Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-09-21
MINERS SHOT
WHITES SLAY SEVEN BLACKS IN A
BATTLE AT CARTERVlLLE.

Whites Escape Injury in Running Fight
Down the Main Street-Labor Griev-
ances at Bottom of the Trouble-NIilitia
is Ordered Out by Governor Tanner.
MURPHYsBoRo, Ills, Sept. 1S.-At
noon terrible street fight took place in
Cartervilie between crowd of negro
miners from Brush and white miners,
resulting in the death of seven negro
non union miners. The negroes We're
down town and We're ordered
back by the white miners. A
quarrel resulted in negro
non-union miner shooting at the crowd.
The white men at once opened fire and
killed seven of the negroes. No white
men or union men were injured.
Trouble has been lowering 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 ordering them back,
Yesterday, however, 1S negroes all
armed, marched into town, going to the
Illinois Central depot, where they ex-
changed few words with the white
miners there, when the negroes pulled
their pistols and opened fire on the
whites, who at once returned the fire,
when running fire was kept up. The
negroes scattered, but were closely fol-
lowed 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 four dead bodies were picked
up and another mortally wounded. Two
more negroes were found near the
Brush mine, swelling the total killed to
seven.
Trouble -as existed here off and on
for over year, but no fatalities oc-
Cured until June 30, when passenger
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 pitched
battle ensued between the union and
non-union forces, during which time
the dwellings occupied by the union
negroes were burned. Several arrests
were made and the parties are in Jail at
I Marion on the charge of murder, await
ing trial. Superintendent Donely of
the Brush mines, where the negroes are
employed, says the negroes are worked
up into frenzy and that further trou-
BILE may be looked for.
The names of the killed are:
i REV. 0. L. j. FLOYD.
! HUsE BRADLEY.
JOHN BLACK.
| HENRY BRANUM.
SIM CUMMINs.
jim HAYES.
/ UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO.
Company G, Fourth regiment, I. N.
g., arrived here last evening and will
endeavor to preserve order. Forty
miners from the Herrin mines left that
place for this city, armed with rifles,
and are determined to assist the white
miners if their services are required
One Of the dead negroes is a preacher,
the others are laborers. One of the ne.
groes who was first shot started to run.
He was shot again and fell. One of the
white men then ran up and shot him
through the head with rifle. The
shooting took place Immediately in front
of Mayor Zimmerman S house and in
full view of several ladies seated on the
porch. Before the noise of the first
shots had died away the streets began
to fill with excited, armed men. After
the crowd of negroes had broken and
scattered it was the evident intention
OF the infuriated miners to go to Green
vile, where the big nonunion negro
camp is located, and finish the work
All afternoon an angry crowd of men
patrolled the streets. Later the pro
jected trip to Greenyille was apparently
called off.
WHITE MINERS IN JAIL.