The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-07
Imported Colored Walters from Terre
Haute Forced to Leave the Mining
Town I'm a Hurry.
NO VIOLENCE WAS OFFERED
NEGROES PLACED IN A WAGON AMID
CHEERS OF TWO THOUSAND,
Then Driven I'm the Direction Of Vigo
County-Quiet Restored I'm
short Time.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
LINTON, Ind, July 6-The race hatred
epidemic seems to be spreading. This city
had a violent attack of the prevailing dis
ease tonight and if the sentiment dis
played by crowd of 1900 people is evidence
of the real feeling of the city negroes here
after will shun Linton. There was no Sc
rious rioting or violence, the crowd merely
driving a number of imported colored wait
ers out of the city simply because they were
colored.
A lodge of Elks was organized here this
evening and the town was filled with visit
ing members of the order from Terre
Haute, Vincennes, Bedford, Bloomington
and other neighboring cities. The hosts OF
the visitors desired to make things as pleas
ant as possible for their brothers, and also
hoped to show them that they knew how TO
spread a feast. With this end in view a
special caterer was engaged at Terre Haute
to prepare the banquet that was to be one
of the features of the programme this even
ing.
The Terre Haute caterer brought several
colored walters with him. This is one OF
the cities in which no negro is allowed,
and when the caterer and his assistants
arrived on the scene ii was only short
time until there were street-corner consul
tations over what was to be done with the
colored men who had innocehtly been
brought to the city. Discussion of the ques-
ton was not confined to few radical negro
haters, but ii became general, and by night
fall the streets We're filled with 1900 people
and excitement was at high pitch. Self
TOD laod odd he hat
rapidly increased in size and a vote was
ing the colored men to leave. The slogan Of
the crowd was Peace if possible, but force
il necessary"
A committee was appointed to wait on the
caterer and have the colored men leave at
once. The walters needed no urging to
leave, for the crowd seemed to mean busi-
ness. covered wagon was secured with
little delay and the luckless negroes were
driven post haste in the direction of the city
on the banks of the Wabash, while the
crowd cheered. The people soon dispersed
and the town assumed its customary quiet.
Although the affair somewhat marred the
pleasure of the gathering of the Elks, the
work proceeded as If nothing had happened.
While the streets were filled with hundreds
of people, 1t is said that there were many
in the crowd who did not approve of the de-
portation, but would not do anything to
stop IT.
An Associated Press dispatch says: 1.-The
appearance of eight Terre Haute negroes
in Linton to-day caused demonstration in
which the men narrowly escaped death
Alex. Sanderson, Terre Haute caterer
was employed to serve the banquet at the
institution Of a new lodge of the Elks. He
took his cook and walters with him, and
while the lodge work in the hall was going
on several hundred miners assembled in the
street and threatened TO dynamite the hall
unless the negroes were sent out of town
The eight colored men were hurried into a
cab and driven to Jasonville. where they
were put on the train for Terre Haute
Six policemen hung on the carriage and
beat back the crowd while the negroes were
driving out of town.