Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22
FIGHT
| WITH U. $. TROOPS
,..,,,es Of Colored Cavalry at
,sipsgold Causes Trouble
,rrLE Al RIO GRANDE.
,. conflicting. but The,
show tina, More Troops
are Needed.

show that Wore Hr""P'
are Needed
-. Tex. Nov. si.-i,eports have
- hsre iha, thorc was a pitched
=. ~, night at Fort Ringgold, Rio
IA, city. Tex, between a company
4 n Nlnlh United states cavalry
"A ssrfisonlng the fort and sew
L.,,gsired clilzsns, who attacked the
| = ,.s-,iy after dark.
T.. thousand shots were said TO
| hen hrcd during the night but
| ..,ssitles are not known here. II
| y, aid that all the women aud
1 -, bays tcen sent away from RIO
~ ctv and that runners ar" out
-.,ir,,r,9ments for the citizens.
r.. riiitafy authorities arr occupy
W tsisrraph wires and full reports
~, n, aflair il serious one II In
~ by the activity In military cur
N rhompsou, In command nj Fort
.,s ,ciay bought up all the
~ iofrsraen ammunition In Laredo
n, hufflcily loading a special train
| :, rule1. hagraEr. etc. TO take the
i,bls force here TO the scene Of the
~ And a special train Ia en- route
4. s,em San Antonio with "a com
~ ffou Fort sam Houston.
Is,tS Adiutnnt General Scurry. with
| 49, n ranecra. II expected here to-
I N ali5 on'thc way there.
,aan Tex. Nov si.-Today Gov.
~ vaf In receipt u telegram
\ H. commanding officer OF the
~ qia,es troops AT san Antonio
{~f,ylrr the Information that there
tssr a nice riot ut lilo Grnndc city
4, slght between the federal troOuH
s'fsd therc and the citizens of that
Il About ths same time another
ram came nom the county Judge
i.al pace, and they arr somewhat
II riiary commander a, san An
r. ON. Mcklhhen. tricgraphs that
-pou he received from the com
iadff al Fort Rlnggoli. near Rio
|aris City. states that all the troops
n n III garrison last night Mt
sk WIN the citizens - that town
ufosd On tho fort and fired upon the
ia The guard returned the nrc
~ cntlfe garrison wnn nj once
- 70 arms The citizens continued
afnr upon the fort. the soldiers
anli The mr. and finally had to
ag their gatllng guns into play TO
isrs the attackA The commander
rs b. fears further trouble. and
~ f'f more troops,
n telegram from the counsy Judge
liss that the negro soldiers In the
\, ihfr deployed Ia fuVinc ON the
:. q thc town and fired Into the
n Or about an hour and a half,
aa,lrz into a number Of houses.
Sin.ifg one man, and frirhtcning the
1th and children 80 badly that
.abtf u them had Ned to the sur
ing ranches Tor safety: that the
Al vas entirely unpfuvoked. and
AZ Tie community was highly In
I'D ani further trouble was looked
u onoe
riqh rcclpt of these kilograms Gov.
isr ofirrvd Adit den. scurry TO
sere q action. and he loft tonight
.lt Estimation. The governor also
sfnghsd TO Washington TO have u
iaVeiitation OF the matter and to
1tw The negro troops al once. The
eninder NJ San Antonio sent a Hpe-
4sAh u oihccrs Co the scene at
to iHosilga,e. All Is quiet to-
lsafacf, post adiutnnt at Fort
hglsion. left this afternoon on
A ualn for LAREDO. with a d~tnch-
y 81 me Twenty infantry to
an investigation OF the trouble
fpfi Mnsguld. and to make "A full
= % Gen. Mcl<ibhcn. tho DEPART
y epmmandcr Gen. MrKibhen hns
..liti Win Gov Saycrs on the sub
~ has bgcn asked by the COVER
70 TAKE all the steps In his power
lffliale the citizens ami the sol
Trouble between the negro sol
? o. ihe frontier posts and the
nan population hns been brewing
s'ne limc, A collision bcsween the
and negro soldiers at Laredo a
.,rh ago has resulted In the
.ihhg 81 Tho post thoro. A small
y no also ccrurrcd at RIO grlnde
~ month In which some soldiers
Y sh9' and others were nrrcus cd and
y hlnce then the Mexlcana and sol
Hao Grlndc city have been at
Interest onmity,
~ afternoon Gov. saycr sent the
Ms telegram TO the secretary OF
~ Warrington:
a. direct Immediate. imnartial
rinhlhg lnycstlgatlon into the
negro soldiers nj Fort Ring
sAff county Tex, last NIGHT.
Sae 0rd'ra for tho Immelinte re-.
oi troops, Following telegram
Noflrel from IA. ,..,,..... .,,..... ~
" county; ' ''S ''"s' VI
slig9 soldiers at Fort RinpRold de-
~ IN a ravinp al the aosith edge
80 AZ y. m. last NIGHT md fired
w shots into and over The town.
iAladc continued al Intervals
sls hour and q half one citizen
-a'sl u his house. Housea All over
lsHoratsd by bullets. Women
sl.afeh lied 10 woods and ranches,
'.'-uon terruriscd. 1 fear the peo-
,,g decide TO avcnFe thrmseives
w daa,nruy net. civil nuthorI-
wv o. powcrlcsa 10 control. un.
ld that Llout. Rubottom. com
~: directed This cownrdly ns.
~. 70 cause for tho not. Wire
1hslon and san Antonio FOR
y a. once. ~
JOSEPH D. SAVERS,
1sy a.. Governor of Texas"
rr,i WI received the following
|ssf'i u w,,e.ac from the commanding
hhIos Tm. NV. In charge OF Texas
l51s Waited States army. from his
N Ial seIs IN san Antonio:
mn Anhlo, Tex, Nov. 2i.-To Gov.
nv. austin, Tex. THE following
pa,, ~ ~ We been received:
n nhfEoli, Tex. -AdJutant gen
-p,.la.a,ii ument NJ Texas. San Anton
M. man In garrison last night;
Tro,n' ,rsan airing on our guard al
NM y W, y and scouts placed on guard
M an r .,son' Enemy opened terri
HI n, satrison at 1880 ON side next
~ Htahds city. and continued Tor
q satrl,," ur mon, Obliged to pro-
aiily srsn. fired several voilcys.
need , e5",,.,i out gatling gun and
hi ~ '.eny's lire. None OF our men
gtis,, trouble since. but rumors of
s'hs In county. II true. NAV