The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28
ALABAMA NEGROES KILLED.
RACE RIOT RESULTED SERIOUSLY
FOR -FOUR OF THEM.

Assembled With Bifes in Hand and
Abused Passing White Man.
White Miners Went Out to Glasgow
Hollow and Fired Upon Them.
Three Arc Dead and Another win
Discharged With Protecting "a
Rapist.
Birmingham, Ala, June G.-Three ne
groes are dead and one is not expected
to live until morning, as a result of a
riot between the white and negro miners
at the ore mines, near Cardiff, in Jeffer-
son county
The dead are: Ed Ellis, Jim Dill and
Adam samuels.
The wounded are: Rudolph Williams,
George Thomas. mortally wounded.
The two races came 10 clash in the
late afternoon in Glasgow Hollow, where
the negroes had cOngregated armed with
Winchester rifles. A white man passing
along the road was held up, and besides
being abused, was roughly handled
This news soon spread, and an armed
body of white miners moved toward the
Hollow. 1t is supposed that they went
around by a circuitous route in the
mountains and came upon the negroes un-
eXpectedly.
Ed Ellis, the ringleader, armed with a
| rife and Colts revolver. fell at the first
volley. A rife bullet did the work There
was another voley and four of the other
| negroes fell. Jim Dill and Adam Samuels
| died in a few minutes later, being re-
moved to a negro house.
George Thomas was shot through the
abdomen with a Winchester buffet He
is not expected to recover. Rudolph Will
Jams will live.
How the Trouble Started.
The trouble started yesterday when it
was thought that John Shepherd, who on
| last Wednesday afternoon assaulted Mrs.
\ Monroe Jones, near Corona, was in that
| community. The negroes armed them
| selves TO prevent his capture. Both sides
We're aroused and only the timely arrival
| of a sheriff's posse prevented an outbreak.
This morning the negro miners held a
| mass meeting and refused TO go to work.
They all be.ong TO a secret organization
! known as the knights of Africa" or the
| Mysterious Ten" They keep rifles and
ammunition on hand at all times. 1t was
in the afternoon that they gathered in
| Glasgow Hollow, although with what in
| tention is not now known.
Have Lost Their Leader.
Influential citizens say that the ring
I leaders are now out of the way and they
| hope to manage the other negroes.
Ed Ellis, the head of the band, and hold
| ing the chief Office in the secret organiza-
ton, made speech to the negroes just
before his death, telling them not to be-
lieve what the white officers had told
| them. and swearing that he for one would
get even with Sheriff O'Brien, who yes
| terday, at the point of a shotgun, ordered
him to dispense his gang
Shortly after the riot Sheriff o. Brien
| left here with a hundred armed men. He
! now has the situation in hand for the time
being, although late reports say the situa-
| ton is extremely critical and that the
negroes are talking of avenging the death
| of their leaders.
Armed Negroes Gathered.
! Sheriff O'Brien, who is now at Blossburg
! has received a message from Adamsvile
| three miles from that place, asking for
protection
| An armed body of negroes is gathered
| in the mountains threatening to make a
descent upon the mining camp in the val
| ley.
| He has dispatched all the deputies he
could spare across the country.
| telegram has just been received here
asking for reinforcements of soldiers.
Prepared for Emergencies.
special from Cardiff says;
| Few men are asleep here tonight
| Every man has revolver and a trusty
| winchester near him. The women and
| children of many families are speeding
away TO places of safety. Each side is ex-
pecting an attack and while at midnight
| there are no outward demonstrations, a
light is seen burning in every miners
| hut.
'~The trouble really started last NIGH
when body Of white men fired on some
negro shacks. one negro was shot in the
| leg, and as a result the negroes were sui
len and refused to go to work to-day"
| A private dispatch received ia Blrming-
| ham tonight states that the dead and
wounded negroes were shot in the back.
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