The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-17
SPRINGFIELD PATR0LLED
BY WHITE TROOPS
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flee this afternoon steps We're taken to no
tify the negro residents of the suburban
districts to come into the state arsenal for
the night. The scattered settlements ex-
tending around the outskirts of the city
present too great a field for even the big
body of troops here now. 1t was the idea
of the military authorities that the most
effective work could be done with the
danger spots restricted az much as pos
sible.
Another factor in this connection was
the large number of warnings of impend
ing trouble. At all the principal stations
word was received that attacks were being
organized by the lawless elements who.
with a complete day of rest, were expected
to make tonight the time of supreme test
between the mob and the troops. Sew
eral complaints We're received from near
by villages and hamlets of the district of
threatening conditions.
The most irsistent came from Chatham,
a village twelve miles south of here The
negroes there had become frightened at
the attitude OF their white neighbors and
asked that troops be sent Their spokes-
man was told that the best plan would
be for them TO come TO Springfield and
seek protection at the arsenal.
Authorities Worried.
The authorities are a bit worried by
conditions in the outside sections. Scores
of negro families have left Springfield
either on foot or by trolley cars. the lat
ter class riding as far as their means
would permit. and then striking across
the country. These tramping parties. aim
less and penniless, are causing some COM
plant from the communities through
which they pass. The white people assert
that the presence of these negro paupers
imposes Unnecessary burdens, and also ar
que that only the shiftless and immoral
portions of the Springfield negroes are
represented. Depredations 1t is said, have
occurred in the farming districts because
of this condition.
The Springfield authorities are doing all
they can to reassure the negroes still
here. Thus far they have been partially
successful, although the number of those
who have sought shelter in the arsenal is
surprisingly small. Most of the refugees
are advanced in years. too. The young
er negroes, who might be expected TO add
fuel to the smoldering flames by rash acts.
thus far have generally refused to be-
come wards of the state.
Deneen Explains.
Governor Deneen explained tonight that
the disposition OF troops at the capitol was
not because of any apprehension of dan
ger to that edifice, but because the
grounds offered excellent camping facili-
ties and were a strategic point from which
Colonel Sanborn could control the situa-
ton west of Seventh street. An exam
pie of this was afforded late this after
noon when an alarm reached the arsenal
from Spring and Edwards streets, where
A rapid fire squad, under Captain ]. V.
Clinnin of Chicago, was sent TO the place
on the double-quick. Within five min
utes he had cleared the streets for half
a mile from the threatened corner. three
companies of infantry being held under
arms in the arsenal meanwhile.
The states attorney of hankakee coun-
~ called on the governor this afternoon
i'm an effort to have arrested the soldier
who stabbed Earl Nelson with a bayonet
while the First regiment troop train was
at Kankakee last night. The governor re-
ferred him to the military authorities.
Killing Military Necessity.
A court of inquiry was summoned to-
night TO investigate the Kankakee affair
Its finding was that the soldier who
stabbed Earl Nelson did so in self de-
Tense and without violating military law.
The authorities. however, did not an
nounce the details of the investigation,
nor did they reveal the identity of the
miltiaman. The report of the court was
given to Colonel Sanborn of the First
regiment, and then transmitted 10 Gen
eral f. c. Young. Tonight General Young
is on the sick list and his aides declined
TO disturb him. The matter will ultimate
ly reach the office of Adjutant General
Scott. Alarms were more numerous this
evening than on former nights.
In no single case, however, up TO a late
hour, were there any circumstances which
compelled the use of force. A fire early
in the evening at East Mason and Fourth
streets brought out the largest crowd,
but il was composed mostly of curiosity
seekers and was handled easily. Three
barns were destroyed by fire, which is
supposed to have been started by mis-
chievous boys
Grand Jury to Be Called.
A special grand jury is to investigate
the rioting here, beginning tomorrow, ac-
cording to announcement made tonight by
States Attorney Frank Hatch of Sanga-
mon county.
The scope of the inquiry will be wide.
and an effort will be made to fasten the
certain individuals who are under sus-
picion.
The coroner's inquest over the bodies
of Delmore and Donigan has been set for
Tuesday
Scare at Headquarters.
A genuine scare was caused at the
headquarters in the arsenal tonight after
a squad had been sent to dispense a crowd
at Allen and Spring streets. Five min
utes later report reached Lieutenant
Colonel Eddy that shots had been fired
in the threatened districts. He immedi-
ately sent full platoon TO the place to
reinforce the squad. When the addi-
tional soldiers appeared the crowd broke
and ran. The soldiers pursued them for
several blocks and the district. which is
near the scene of last nights iynching,
was in an uproar for a few minutes. The
arsenal was crowded tonight with negro
refugees from Springfield and surround
ing towns. About 300 men. women and
children sought shelter in the heilding and
slept on the floor or in chairs
Shortly before midnight q platoon was
sent TO Harvard Park a suburb on the
southeastern side of the city. to quell an
ncipient riot. Shots had been fired at q
house inhabited by negroes. but no one
was injured and on the approach of the
three wagonloads of soldiers the rioters
fled. The district is near the shaft OF thet|
Central coal mine, manv negroes being
employed in the workings.
StabbinO of Nelson.