The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-18
SIX KILLED.
War Between White and Negro
Coal Miners
Breaks Out Afresh at Carter
vile, Ill.
MILITIA CALLED OUT.
State Troops Patrol the Streets
of the Town.
Negroes Defied Warning to Stay
Out of Town.

] CartervilIe, Ill. Sept. 1s.-Carterville
| was the scene of a bloody riot about
| noon yesterday in which six negroes
| We're instantly killed, and one wounded
| unto death, while two others received
! slight wounds. Trouble has been hoy
ering ever since the militia was recalled
/ by Governor Tanner last Monday. The
! white miners of this place have refused
! to allow the negro miners to come into
| town, always meeting them and order
! ing them back. Yesterday, however,
! thirteen negroes, all armed, marched
! into town, going to the Illinois Central
! depot. They exchanged a few words
| with the white miners there, when the
j negroes pulled their pistols and opened
| fire the whites, who at once re-
! turned the fire. A running fight was
kept up. The negroes scattered, but
/ were closely followed by the whites,
| running up the main street while the
| remainder took down the railroad track
Here the execution was done, all who
/ went through town escaping. After
! the fight was over, six dead bodies
| were picked up and another man was
! found mortalIy wounded. They were
| taken to the city hail. where the wound
| ed man was attended to and an inquest
| held over the dead ones.
| Trouble has existed here off and
| for over a year, but no fatalities occur
!
train on the Illinois Central railroad
! was fired into and one negro woman
| killed These negroes were on their
| way to the mines, having come from
| Pana. A short time afterward a pitch
| ed battle ensued between the union and
non-union forces, during which time
! the dwellings occupied by the union
/ negroes We're burned Several arrests
| We're made and the parties are in jail
| at Marion on the charge of murder,
| awaiting trial.
The has a IL
| ton to prevent further trouble, and
! none will occur unless the negroes make
| an attack Superintendent Donely, of
| the Brush mines, where the negroes
| reside, reports that the negroes are
| worked up into frenzy, and that,
! while he is doing all in his power to
| hold them in check, he is afraid that
he can not do so much longer, and
| that, unless the militia arrives shortly,
further trouble. may be looked for.
The names of the killed are:
REV. o. T FLOYD.
| HUSE BRADLEY.
| JAMES HAYES.
JOHN BLACK.
| ONE UNKNOWN.
| HENRY BARNUM.
| Sim Cummings is mortally wounded
! and expected to die at any time
! Company c, Fourth regiment Illinois
! national guard, arrived here late last
| evening, and will endeavor to preserve
| order. Forty miners from the Herrin
| mines left that place for this city, arm
! ed with Krag-J JOrgensen rifles, and are
| determined to assist the white miners
| if their services are required.
| TANNER SENDS TROOPS
Springfield, Ill, Sept 18.-Governor
| Tanner has ordered three companies
of the Fourth regiment, under com
mand of Colonel Bennett TO CarterviIIa
| He received a telegram from Samuel
! Brush, manager of the St. Louis &s
| Big Muddy Coal company, at Carter
| vile, that six of a crowd of his negro
| miners, who had gathered a the depot
| preparatory to leaving, had been killed
! d mob having fired upon them
PATROLLING THE STREETS
| CartervilIe, Ill, Sept. 1S-Soldiers are
| patrOlling the streets and guarding the
| mine property against attack as a re-
| suit of the battle in which seven col
| Ored nOn-HniOn miners were killed and
! two We're wounded Sunday. Although
| all is apparently quiet. it is feared that
| a further outbreak may come at any
| moment. So far no arrests of those
| who participated in the shooting have
been made
TROOPS IN CONTROL.
Murphysboro, Ill, Sept. 1S-Company
! c, of the Fourth regiment l. N G.
Lieut.. Thomas Lowden in command is
| in full control of the situation at Car
terVille- No arrests have been made
| and much difficulty is anticipated in
| discovering the identity of the white
! men who did the killing. John O. Page
| of Metropolis and Postmaster James
! Landen were within twenty feet of the
! scene of the riot which began they
| declare, when one of rne colored non
| union miners fired a shot. They claim
| it was Sid Cummins who fired Cum
minis was shot twice through the head
! and died today.
Sam Browning and Jim HAYES are
missing and thought to be dead.
The funerals took place this after
! noon Mayor Zimmerman had the
! bodies prepared for burial He con-
! veyed the wounded Cummins from the
town to Greenville, which is inhabited
! by the negro non union men at Brusb's
| shaft Manager Donnelly says that the
negroes of GreenVille We're frenziad
! when they heard of the killing of their
comrades and tried in every manner tn
get rifles from the company's MAGAZINE
! to make an attack the town He
prevented them but it is feared thew
may yet break from the companys con-
troll. Each of the dead men had heavy
revolvers and from 25 to 40 cartridges.
When the first shot was fired men rs n
from all parts of the town with Win
chesters and revolvers. Each of the
dead negroes was shot in the head
RAILROAD IS THREATENED
| St Louis, Sept. 1S.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from CarterviIIe. III.
says:
Nineteen miners have been arrested
at Herrin and taken to Marion. the
county seat, for trial
| Company B of Newton and Counanv
OF M'-unt Vernon. Fourth regiment
are expected here this afternoon.
| special from Marion states that the
| superintendent of the Illinois Central
railway has notified Sheriff Cirav that
I the miners at Carterville threaten his
| road and It's passengers and that he
will hold the county responsible for any
damages.
The sheriff leaves sick bed to go to
| CarterVi1Ie.
The miners arrested are white men
and the report of their arrest has