Iron County register., 1898-12-01
|R|OIOUS NEGRO SOLDIERS.
A Race War Breaks Out Between
White and Black Troops at
Admission, Ala.
SEVERAL ON BOTH SIDES WOUNDED.
One Negro killed-The White Citizens of
the Town Arm Themselves snd Take
Part In the Fight-Prisoners Arrested
with Difficulty Saved from Lynch
ing.

| Admission, Ala, Nov. 25.-Mcmbers
of the Third Alabama, the negro regi-
ment, with murder in their hearts,
caused the greatest excitement last
night that this town has ever known.
| Shortly after dark Private Gilhart, of
| Company B, Second Arkansas, while
returning to camp from town, was
shot in the head by negro soldier
who also stabbed him in the back.
/ Gilhart was taken to the regimental
hospital.
| A Member of the Fourth Kentucky Shot.
| A little later a member of the Fourth
! Kentucky is reported to have been
shot on Walnut street by negro sol
! diers who lay in gulley shooting at
the white men who passed. Firing
was heard IN Liberia, the negro quarter
! of the city, which is not far from Wal
nut street, and squad of the provost
guard went to investigate. AS it
| turned the corner of Fifteenth and
Pine streets large crowd of negro
| soldiers, without warning, opened fire
| upon the guard with Springfield rifles,
| the gun in Use in the regiment. The
guard returned the fire, but had few
cartridges and soon had to retreat.
When reinfcrcements and Ammunition
were secured the negroes had disap-
peared.
Two White Soldiers Wounded.
In the engagement Sergeant Dodson
of the Third Tennessee was shot in
the arm and Private Graham, Third
Tennessee, in the stomach. If any of
the negroes were shot it is not known
as no dead or wounded have been
found. Two members of the provost
guard are missing.
When news of the trouble became
known white soldiers, who were in the
city, gathered around the provost
headquarters and begged for guns
and ammunition, but were refused.
Citizens armed themselves and re-
paired to the scene of the battle.
Mayor Hight had the saloons closed.
Negro Soldiers Arrested.
Several negro soldiers, one with a
Springfield which had just been fired,
were arrested in various parts of the
city and locked up, though it was
with difficulty that the infuriated
white soldiers and citizens were pre-
vented from wreaking summary VEN
geance upon them. The armories of
the two local military compnaies were
broken into and every gun and car
fridge appropriated by unknown
parties.
Gen. Frank, who is in command of
the troops here, came out and was on
the streets until a late hour.
Gen. Colby, commanding the Second
brigade, brought in two companies
each of the Third Tennessee and Sec
ond Arkansas. They secured the city
and carried all soldiers not on duty
back to camp.
Shot While Under Arrest.
A member of the Fourth Wisconsin
is said to have been shot, but the re-
port can not be verified. One negro
soldier, while under arrest, was shot
in the arm by citizen. After the en-
gagement at Fifteenth and Pine, very
few negroes, either soldiers or civ
ilians, were to be found on the streets,
but firing has been heard at intervals
in various parts of the city
A Negro Soldier Dangerously Beaten-Ons
Killed, Another Fatally Wounded.
A negro soldier was dangerously
beaten by some white soldiers on
Tenth street yesterday afternoon, and
this incident is supposed to have
caused the riotous actions on the part
of the negroes who are said to have
slipped out of the camp through the
guard lines.
Later-One negro soldier has just
been brought in dead and another
fatally wounded.