Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-18
IN A BLOODY RIOT
Six Negro Miners Were
Shot By Whites.
TROOPS HAD JUST LEFT
And Trouble Had Been Expected
Negroes Were the First to Open
Fire--Militia Will be Again Sent to
the Scene of Trouble.

Ca%rterville, ILL.,, Sept. 17.-Carterville
was the scene of a bloody riot between
white and negro miners today. Six ne
groes We're killed and one other MORALLY
wounded. Company c, Fourth regiment.
I. N. G., arrived here late this evening
and will endeavor to preserve order.
Forty miners from the Herrin mines left
that place for the city this evening, armed
with krag-Jorgensen rifles, determined
to assist the white miners should their
services be required. Trouble has been
brewing ever since the militia was re-
called by Governor anne last Monday,
since which time the white miners have
refused to allow the negro miners to come
into the town and opened fire on a crowd
inta the town and opened fire on a GROVE
of whites. h whites returned the fire
promptly and a running fight ensued.
The negroes. closely followed by the
whites. scattered, some running up lhe
main street and the remainder starting
down the railroad track. Here the worst
execution was done. After the fight was
over four lead bodies We're picked up n
another MORALLY wounded. They were
taken to the city hall. where the wounded
man was given medical treatment ana an
inquest held over the dead ones. Later,
near the Brush mines in another part OF
the city, two other dead bodies were
found. The killed:
REV. O. r. J. FLOYD.
HUSE BRADLEY.
JOHN BLACK.
HENRY BARNUM.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED.
Mortally wounded: Sim Cumming.
The mayor has aiken every p%recaution
! to prevent further trouble and none Will
! occur unless the negroes make an attack.
! SUPERINTENDENT Donnelly of the Brush
! mines, where the negroes reside, reports
that the negroes are worked up INTO a
frenzy and while he is doing all IN MS
/ power to hold them in check he is afraid
! that he connot do so much longer ana
that unless the militia arrives shortly
further trouble may be looked for.
Late tonight Governor Tanner received
the following telegram from Sheriff Gray
of Carterville: Company G has reported
to me. The situation is critical. Ihere
are many armed men in CarterVille ana
in the vicinity of the Brush mine. The
military company is not sufficient to ais
perse the mob
Governor Tanner sent the following
, telegram to Lieutenant LoWden, COM
handing Company F, Mount Vernon, at
Carterville: do not hazard the lives OF
your men against great odds. You are a
soldier and the commanding officer. AS
such do your duty. You are on guaro
and must be the judge as to the condl-
lions and the responsibility rests on you.
Governor Tanncr also telegraphee
Sheriff Gray as follows: "You shall have
all the force necessary to enforce the la"
and bring the guilty parties to justice"
He also telegraphed Lieutenant Low
den of Company F, Mount Vernon, tt
leave by the quickest route and report
with his to Sheriff Gray at Car.
~terville.
Trouble has existed here off and on fol
over a wear, but no fatalities occurred
until June 80, when a passenger train or
the Illinois Central railroad was fired into
and one negro woman killed. These
negroes were on their way to the mines
having colne from Pana. A short time
afterward a pitched battle ensued be
tween the union and forces
during which time dwellings occupied by
the union negroes We're burned. Severa
arrests were made and the parties are II
Jail at Marion on the charge Of murdei
awaiting trial.