New-York tribune., 1901-10-29
CAUSE OF OUTBREAK.
ONE ACCOUNT ATTRIBUTES IT TO BURNING
AT THE STAKE AND ANOTHER TO DIS
TURBANCE AT CAMP MEETING.
"a TELEGRArH To IL TRInrNE. ]

tBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE
New-Orleans. Oct. 2S.-The recent burning at
the stake OF a negro at Balltown. La, has
| aroused veritable the Louisiana
Mississippi border line, and at latest reports to-
night thirty persons have fallen victims in the
conflict The centre Of disturbance is so remote
from railroads and telegraph lines that few
particulars of the riot have reached the out
side world but 1t is known that hundreds OF
armed men from the surrounding country
rushing TO the storm centre. and none can yet
predict how far the affray will he carried. The
Governors Of both States interested are alert 10
the situation. troops are ordered assembled at
New-Orleans and Columbia Miss and orders
10 march expected at any moment, Lousi-
ana having secured permission TO send troops
through Mississippi in order to expedite the ad-
vance movement
The negro. Norris who burned for the
crime of rape and attempted murder. had among
his executioners one man OF his own race. This
angered the negroes Of the neighborhood, and
they planned to lynch the they considered
traitor To his The whites rallied to the
support of the good Niger" and in the fight
which followed eight white men and eighteen TO
twenty negroes were killed
The fight occurred near Balltown. In the angle
formed by the corner OF Washington Parish.
La, and the State of Mississippi The country
is wild and lawless.
FOURTEEN MEN KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
THE Picayune's" Amite City dispatch says
that three white men and eleven negroes killed
is the startling and terrible news from Wash
ington Parish tonight. man from Franklin
ton confirms the above information, but he knew
nothing Of what had happened since yesterday
evening. The first news Of the race riot was
brought to-day by Cornelius Nixon. who. with
his mother, started from near Franknton this
morning. He stated that white men rode int"
Franklinton at o'clock this morning asking
for help. saying that the negroes were up in
arms threatening to eXterminate the whites
The of the trouble is at or near Ball
town where a negro was burned last week for
assaulting a white woman. This was not the
cause however, of the murders yesterday, in
which three white men and eleven negroes were
killed and several wounded Mr.: Nixon saw
and talked with many men from the scene and
they said that much worse trouble was expected
to-day. as armed men were hooking TO the
scene. and II reported the blacks were
equally active in preparing for battle.
ARMED MEN HURRYING TO SCENE.
At 8 o'clock this morning a posse left Frank
linton for the in charge of Sheriff Sim
mons. and from all over the country armed
men were hurrying to the same place. MT
Carter said five hundred men probably were
under arms to-day in Washington Parish. Inc
trouble occurred al a negro camp meeting. ana
the origin. near as can be ascertained. was as
follows:
Greer Lott a negro was running a refresh
ment stand and a constable. a white man. name
not given. to him and asked for MS
license He had and became impudent.
cursing the constable and defying him Inc
constable withdrew and obtained assistance
He returned with several white men, when the
negro rushed out and fired point blank into the
crowd killing Joe Seals and Charles Elliott
The whites returned the fire and killed Lott
Then a negro preacher named Connolly rushed
out OF a house with gun in hand. attempting 10
shoot when he killed. His daughter also
was killed IL is said accidentally. In the shoot
ing which followed another white man was killed
and E H. Thompson wounded. and seveS OF
eight negroes killed. The shooting had no direct
connection with the burning of the negro Morris
I'm that region last week, but il is undoubtedly
a sequel to that tragic event. Since that time IL
is reported that the negroes have been holding
nightly meetings. preparing 10 attack The saites