The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-18
NEGROES SHOT Down.
Six Men Killed in a Fight With
Union Miners.
NEGROES STARTED THE SHOOTING

The whites Promptly Retniintcd, Fir
Ing ut the -Unlonists ns Thev
Fled-One OF the wounded Negroes
wilI Die-The Militia Ordered out.
Cortervilla Ills, Sept. 49, Carter
Vile was the scene of a bloody riot
yesterday, in which six negroes were
instantly killed and one fatally wound
ed while two others received slight
wounds. Trouble has been brewing
since the militia was recalled by Gov
ornor 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,
13 negroes. all armed, marched into
town, going to the Illinois Central de-
pot, where they exchanged a few
words with the white miners there
Then the negroes pulled their pistols
and opened fire on the whites, who at
once returned the fire. A running
fight was kept up. The negroes scat
tered, some being closely followed by
the whites up the main street while
the remainder fed 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
mortally wounded Two other dead
negroes were found last night near the
Brush mines. They were taken to the
city hall, where the wounded man was
attended to and an inquest held over
the dead ones.
The killed: Rev. T. J. Floyd, Huse
Bradley, John Black, Henry Braun,
Jim Hayes and one unidentified Nor
tally wounded; Sim Cummns.
One of the negroes, when 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 a rife The shooting took
place Immediately in front of Mayor
zimmerman 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 men. After the crowd of ne
grOes had been killed and scattered it
was the evident intention of the in
furiated miners to go to Greenville,
where the big non-union negro camp
is located, aud finish the work All
afternoon an angry crowd of men
patrOllcd the streets. Later the pro-
jected trip to Greenyille was apparent
ly called off
Trouble has existed here off and on
for over year, but no fatalities oc-
Cured until June 30. when a passeu-
ger train on the Illinois Central rail-
road was fired into and one negro wo-
man killed These negroes were on
their way to the mines, having come
from Pana. A short times afterwards
a pitched battle ensued between the
union and non-union forces, during
which time the dwellings occupied by
the non-uniOn negroes were burned
Several arrests were made, and the
accused are in Jail at Marion await
ing trial on the charge of murder.
superintendent Donely, of the Brush
mines where the negroes reside, re-
ports that the negroes are worked into
a frenzy, and that while he is doing
all in his power to hold them in check
he is afraid he cannot do so much
longer.
Company c. Fourth regiment, |. N.
G., arrived here last night and will
endeavor to preserve order. The com
pany from Newton arrived this morn
ing. Forty miners from the Herrin
mines are reported to have left that
place for this city armed with Krag-
Jorgensen rifles and determined to as
sist the white miners here.