The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-29

Whites aud Blacks Ia Loaokc County
Nay Come Together.
NEGROES ARE ORDFREu 10 LEAVE.
A Leader Of the Colorcd New Advisca
His People 10 Arm themselves
ana Defend Their Lives.


aud whites in Lonoke county aud a race
war As threatened which, when once start
ed, may outrival anything of tho kind Wit
messed In the South for years. Tho trouble
has been brewing for long timc and tho
| feeling Is so bitter that the first spari,
| will cause nm explosion.
| The center of the trouble Is the town OF
lsonoke. place OF some 5000 Inhabitants,
about onc-haif OF whom are negroes, A
portion OF the white people OF the town
have been trying TO rid the place OF the
negroes, and clashes have been frequent In
the past Five of the negroes have been
killed and others have boon driven out OF
town. There has been little resistance on
| the part OF tho blacks up to this time, but
| they are now organizing for tho purpose Of
mutual protection and tho next clash is all
! NEST certain TO produce serious results.
This clash is expected to take place within
the next week or two. notices being served
on the negroes that they must icave the
county within that time or suffer the con-
sequences.
Tho following written notice. bearing
date OF January %, has been tackled on the
I.onoke and on many cabins In the aur-
rounding country:
"You arc hereby notified That you
ana every other negro in LOnoK~
county must leave LopOlsc In thirty
days and never come back again.
II You don't go, you VIII he hung 4"
the limb or "a tree aud your black
cnrcnsScs filled with lend"
adorned with a skull aud crossbonea NO.
tees have also been posted on doors of
negro school houses warning the teachers
TO close the schools aud get out OF the
county without delay Many of the negroes
have taken their families and all OF their
belongings and moved out OF the county
and several negro schools have been closed.
But large number have made known
their purpose of remaining in their homes
and defending them Mt the cost of their
lives IL necessary. One prominent oolorcl
man. In an open letter to his race. advises
tho coored men of Loroks to supply tbem-
selves with arms and be prepared to protect
themselves.
,srIsI... 4. '
the negroes OF Lonokc must look out for
themselves. Tho law offers them no pro-
lection. Negroes have been shot down
ond their white murderors gone unpun-
shed. The law is IN tho hands OF the
men who perpetratc these crimes. Arm
yourselves and protect your lives and your
homes. When the negroes OF LonDke coun-
ty Kill about twenty-five OF these lawless
white men the ontragcs ON the negro race
will stop and not until then"
Inst summer colored normal school,
whilo In session at Lonoke. was broken
up by mob and one OF the instructors
bc1ten. A few months later the lead body
of the teacher was found perforated with
bullets.
just before tnilhtHlaB NEGRO Hlf'fUhHt
at Lonoke WAS logged by mob of masked
men who told him that they were guns 10
lynch HIM The negro broke away and cs
capped after being shot and beaten.
A reward OF $50 was offered by Governor
Jones for the arrest and conviction o. men,
bers OF this mob but no arrests were made.
A few days ago the governor inereiHed the
reward TO 500.
white man of Lonoke shot and Instant
Iy killed a negro and was promptly ac-
quilted by a justice OF the peace.
These outrages have excited some CT the !
negroes unto desperation and they are de-
termiDed 10 resist TO the bitter end the |
attempt to drive them out of their homes |
and should the threat contained in the |
posted notices be carried out a general |
uprising OF blacks IL believed to be imn,- !
nent The situation Is regarded as critical. |
prominent citizen Of Lcno.e was In
Little Rock In consultation with Governor
Jones on the situation today. What tonk
place at this interview has not been given
out.
shipwrccised smilOrs Rescued.
New York, January rs. Seven ship