The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-28
TWO ARE DEAD: OTHERS DYING.
Pitched Battle Between q FlorId - White
Man aud His Negro Employee.
PENSACOLA, Fla Oct. 2s-Sine

PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 23.-Sinele-
handed, j. NJ. Craigler, manager Of
the Hogoeman Lumber Company,
fought a pitched battle late yesterday
afternoon at Hagerman Lumber Com.
pany, fought Chipley, on the Pensa-
cola and Atlantic railroad, with MOB
Of turpentine negroes, killing two Of
them, Amos J ohnson and John Alex
ander, instantly, and wounding a
number OF other. four of whom, An,
drew Miller, Henry Simpson, Jack
Mobiles and Albert SesSon, will die
from their wounds.
The bloody battle has created tae
widest excitement in that section ever
known. All the negroes in the vein
ity Of Chipiey and Hagerman's station
have sought cover, and the surviving
members of the party that went up
against Craigler and his winchester,
have completely disappeared. The
white people of that section have tax
en- down their rifles and are preparing g
for race war, which seems imminent
in view of their aroused condition.
Hundreds OF people are ilocking to the
scene, and with each succeeding hour,
the turmoil seems 10 increase. The en-
counter was one Of the bloodiest in
the history of the State, and, accord
ing to all reports, entirely unprc-
Voked.
Craigler was in charge of the Ia
german Lumber comranyS saw mill,
and reprimanded one OF the hands for
idleness. The negro snatched up ri
fIe and fired on him, and the other
darkies abandoned their work and Sc
cured their weapons with an alacrity
that limited of pre-arrangement, Craig.
Ter retreated to the office amid per-
feet storm Of bullets, but reached it
unscathed. He barricaded himself and
secured his own winchester. By this
time the negroes had surrounded the
building. They were bowling Like
fends, and shooting SO rapidly that
Craigler was forced to lie fat On the
floor to escape the dozens Of rife balls
that pierced the thin weather boarding
like pasteboard.
After the first volley, he rose up,
and tlinging open the door, took a
snap shot at John Alexander, putting
the bullet squarely between the ne
gro's eyes. The mob concentrated
their FIRE on him, but shot wildly, aud
in another instant he had sent J ohm
Alexander into eternity and MORALLY
wounded Henry Simpson and Andrew
Miller.
Craigler dashed to the rear Of the
building and drove them back, NOR
tally wounding Jack MOBILES. The
others charged from the front and
Craigler ran to the open door and ia,
tally shot the leader, Albert Lesson:
At this juncture the Pensacola and
Atlanta train came along, and the
crew and passengers, their attention
attracted By the yells and shots, saw
Craigler's desperate plight, and rushed
to his rescue. The negroes broke and
fled, leaving their dead and dying
where they had fallen.
The news OF the affair spread like
wild fire. aud from their little homes
in the hammocks and pine thickets the
white natives of the section began to
emerge.
In an incredibly short space of time
a multitude of wildly excited men,
armed to the teeth gathered. They
were bent on vengeance, but the ne
groes had made good their escape.
Two hundred and twenty-five bullet
holes were counted in the house At
lanta Journal.