Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-08
THE WAR DECLARED OFF.
NEGROES CAN RETURN TO SPRING VALLEY
A Resolution to That Effect Adopted at Mass Meeting of All the White
 Miners.

Princeton, H., Aug. 1.-The war on negroes by the Italians of Spring Valley has been declared off The Spring Valley Coal company will be permitted to re- sume operations and the negroes to re- turn to their homes. This action was
 taken today by mass meeting of all
 the white miners, who assembled in the
 public square. About 800 miners were
 present, the largest part of whom were English speaking Interpreters were
 present from the Italians and French.
 resolution was offered to the effect
 that the miners of Spring Valley would
 recognize the fourteenth amendment to
 the constitution of the United States,
 which guarantees to every person equal liberties without regard to race, color
 or previous condition of servitude, and
 that the miners of Spring Valley would
 pledge their earnest support to all of the
 citizens in the enforcement of the law.
 After being interpreted the resolution
 was put to a vote and was declared car
 ried by an overwhelming majority. About
 fifty Italians voted in the negative. A
 committee was appointed to wait on
 Manager S. M. Dalzell of the coal com
 pany to inform him of the action of the
 meeting and to report that the miners
 were ready and anxious to return to
 the mines.
 MT. DdlZell was clOSelcu Wlli tiiC Noili
 mittee almost an hour. He had had talk
 with the miners in the morning with ref erence to the proposed meeting. Wmle the resolution adopted was not just what he had wanted, he agreed to recognize It and to resume operations probably by to- morrow. The notification committee to
 report the condition of affairs to the col ored miners, most of whom are at Seaton- vile, was also arranged between them. It was composed of the following per ..xvt1l 1l1 e.fx lnG distant, tonight: Manager Dalzell James O'Conner president of the state miners federation, Mayor Delmago and five or the Spring Valley aldermen.
 At noon today Assistant Adjutant-Gen-
 eral Bayle of Springfield, the representa- tive of Governor Altgeld, arrived in Spring Valley to canvass the s1tua ton: On the same train came c. w. Bush of Chicago, the representative Of the organ ization of colored people of Chicago. lie came in place of Representative Jonn U. Buckner.
 The assistant adjutant-general had a number of conferences today with the city and county authorities ana also delegation of leading citizens rom
 Princeton, among whom were EX-Con- gressman Henderson, state senator U; " Templeton, Editor c. P. Bascom and E. K. Mercer It was decided to await the turn of events before definite action should be determined upon.
 MT. Bush, the representative or the Chicago colored people, had fair com plexion and was thus enabled to talk with persons on both sides without preJ- udice. He spent the greater part Of his time at Seatonvile and investigated the list of colored persons reported in!ured' Tonight he said he had found the infor- nation as to the wounded and clubbed and the incidents reported to tse supslah- tially correct He thought the publica- ton of the mob's doing had in large
 manner been the means of bringing the
 mob's reign to speedy termination. He
 says he has the names of six colored per
 sons at Seatonville whom he found to be
 badly injured and the names or two Wno
 were slightly injured. Other injured per
 sons were taken elsewhere He found
 colored woman in a delicate condition
 who has been severely trampled upon.