The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-18
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\ tnetr negroes popuidtton increased. Governor Deneen's proclamation ask l field and net enter other cities, seems to be of no avail
 l Negroes Not Wanted. A statement from several prominent hotel men this morning brings out the I fact that negroes are not wanted as walters, porters and bell boys at the | Springfield hosteleries. Proprietor John H. McCreery of the St. Nicholas said this morning: This trouble makes 1t very nearly | impossible for us to employ colored help at this time. If we do, a mob | might attempt to take them from the hotel We are making every effort to | secure white help"
 It is not only the St. Nicholas that is devoid Of porters and roustabouts. The Leland Hotel, where negroes were extensively employed as walters is this morning without help
 The few negroes who remain in Springfield are of the better class. Many of them would leave but are staying to protect their property A correspondent of the Associated Press accompanied General Young on a tour Of inspection tonight during which all the posts were visited
 All stores are still closed promptly at nfghtfail, and the embargo on liquor selling Is complete Even hotels are not allowed to serve intoxicants to regular guests and the clubs are simi- larly situated.
 Negroes to Conserve Law.
 chicago. Aug. 17---A law and order league composed of negro residents of the Southside to stamp out lawIess- ness and crime in the 'black beit'' of Chicago and to prevent any such hap Vr1a pI Ad ha la- days in Springfield. will be formed to- morrow night at a mass meeting in the Institutional African Methodist Episcopal Church.
 The decision to form such an organ ization was taken as the result of stirring appeal by Rev. H. N. Stewart, pastor of the church.
 The bad and lawless element of the negro race always has and will con. tinue to affect the better element vastly more than the lawless element of the whites will affect that race" judged by the worst element of our race and unless we rise and condemn and fight against the lawlessness ele- ment we will be rightly judged
 Tn the trouble at Springfield we are apt to perhaps condemn the whites. But we must accept our share or tss rsspops1Sty We should S s1 form
 
 league, Or | good citizens. league. to rid our community of negro law breakers. We do not want the im- ptession spread broadcast that our people hArbor the criminals of our race. and we must act in our own de- fense and in defense of the future good name of our people"
 Can't Identify Richardson.
 Chicago, Aug. MA dispatch to the Tribune from Bloomington, H., says:
 Mrs Earl Hallam victim of the att tack in Springfield which started the race war Is in doubt about the iden- tity of her assailant. Tn an interview she declared that she was uncertain whether Richardson. who Is now a prisoner in Bloomington is the guilty man.
 She says. however, that she is al- most certain that he Is the man and his general features support her belief. but in the darkness which prevailed she could not discern the negro's features sufficiently to positively iden- tify him. She will say nothing more than that he looks something like the man.
 Mrs. Haliam's greatest concern now is over the race war which resulted from her misfortune. Although herself probably the most pitiful sufferer of the affair, she shows genuine regret over the general bloodshed and de- struction and says that she would rath. CT die herself than to have been the innocent cause of such a carnival of crime. 'rs v 'l6r
 Negroes Seek Shelter.
 Bloomington. III, Aug. 17-Crowds Of negro refugees from Springfield are coming to Bloomington, for shelter among people of their own race Most of them walked long distances and also have been helped through by crews of the interurbah lines. Most of them are psnniless and all their possessions are carried in small bundles. A move nent has been started to give them assistance.
 Whiskey The Cause.
 Chicago, Aug, 17--E. w. Chain. pro- htbitionist candidate "a fer-the presi- dency. who was injured in Springfield at the inception of the race rioting while trying to protect a negro who was pursued by a mob. tonight de- clared that the true cause of the trou- ble in Springfield is whiskey
 It is the open town" he declared, that is bringing the bad negroes up from the South. They have been flock. ing to Springfield and other such towns ever since the South struck so hard at the saloons"
 Batfleahips at Colombo.
 Colombo, Aug. 1.-The battieshiDa Alabama and Maine constituting special service squadron of the United States Atlantic fleet on its way to the Atlantic Coast arrived herA vestardav