The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27
FORCING OUT THE BLACKS.
WIDESPREAD MOVEMENT OF GREAT
IMPORTANCE ~ THE SOUTHT WEST.
THO Negro Question Takes On m Industrial
Phase-Blacks Driven from Country Dis
tr,cts by Niolencs-They Arc Taking

Tho Negro Question Takes ON m Industrial
Phase-Biacks Driven from Country Dis
tr,cts by yiolence-They Arc Taking
Refuge in the Towns and Cities.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 23.-The outbreak dur
Ing the week against the negroes at Orange.
tex lust across tho Sabine River from
Louisiana. is only a repetition OF similar out
breaks that have occurred in the black bolt OF
eastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana
during the last few years. and which will mako
itself felt in tho next census Through all this
region. almost as great as New York. the
negro Ia being rapidly driven back and 10 TAX
ing refuge In the larger towns. particularly In
New Orleans. This movement to get rid OF the
negro population. while not systematic or
organized. has the support OF majority OF
the whites 1t is partly industrial and partly
racial but its effect 10 marked-that OF getting
rid nj the negroes
During the past week two OF these mob out
breaks were reported in nowise related to each
other yet having tho same object In view.
In Tangipahoa parish. Louisiana. a mob OF
Whitecaps after shooting into the houses OF
tho negroes and killing one OF their leaders.
posted notices on all tho mills. warning the
companies against employing negroes in tho
sawmills or on the railroads. postscript an
nounced that the negroes would be allowed to
mako bricks most Of the companies conduct
lumber mill and brick yards side by side-but
not in any other industry. in logging. on tho
lum her railroads or in any OF the more lucra-
tive industries. which it was declared should
be reserved for the whites
The affair at Orange was identical The town
f. one OF the largest lumber centres OF the
Southwest. and its mills have employed both
white and negro labor. 1t is asserted that tho
nillmen were displacing white with negro en-
ploypes as the latter were cheaper and more
easily controlled. There has boen much feel
ing on this subject for some time. Finally It
broke out into overt action. Exactly the same
course was pursued rs in TanEipahoa White-
caps rode around the country fired into a
house where number Of negroes wore as
sembled for mutual comfort and protection,
and killed one and wounded several others.
This was followed by the usual skull and cross
bones letters warning the negroes to leave
Orange county.
Although there were no additional acts OF
violence. the warning letter. accompanied with
the one shooting affair had the desired effect.
and since then the negroes have been leaving
Orange by the hundreds. selling their property
for whatever they could get for it, Most OF
them were well-to-do and owned their homes.
The mill men made an appeal to the Governor
for troops and the Houston Cavalry were
ordered there to preserve the peace. There
~ " Nv ~ eo' o"' ''o ''e'
'ul' VI ,"o 'i'op' nae nv. ieas'uieu 'ne ne
erOes WIN atc hoNlnH OUT RECOGNIZING that
the whites do not want them. and that their
lives would be very unpleasant II they re-
NAMED
rms Is the story that has come from SCORE
Of counties In Texas and parishes In Louisiana
In the last lew years. and which is rapidly
thinning out tho negro population southwest
Of the Mississippi. The black belt. which ex-
tends from Virginia southwark and westward.
ana runs over INTO Texas. has been steadily
driven back Tor the last ten years. Every now
anu men disturbance is reported In some
par' OF ms district. A negro Is shot. usually
no' moro than one. and warning given to the
pao negroes TO leave Ihey DO so. and
prooho'ya Eoon many Others and from that
'hne '"r"aro 'here Is more or less steady