The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-31
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lv pales55ff 9sex July 30.-(Special)- )- 3 fszas48srs f#.58.ns is still going on in the N554Fk ssfff65s#z5I5 I5.7 Sloeum and Elkhart, tasn5afs sH If his point, between ne- s4os ans s5slas and it was reported to- nfeag fs zx sast 90 blacks were killed a,,a 4ataSsa .lnd that a score of white sen Ysr8 eifaer lead or suffering from ;t41lof sru,naa conservative estimate of sne aaa5 k E The war between the ssA.s4aeS and stlss IS followed a race riot late rf4anx ate noon in Slocum, when John Wiiscn. [ hite farmer, attempted to collae1 asns from Edgar Henry, a neers NtaoA ard Henry engaged in a isns. in which revoleers were drawn. Both sides were reinforced and the situa- tion tonight is acute.
 Among the known dead are:
 William Pekor, John samuels. Alfred whitten, James Arnold. Harvey Wilkins William Good Albert Milan, James French. Sol Lee, Jefferson Harris, wfl- liam Timmons. James Edry. George Ed mundson, Henry Frazier, Richard stub- blefleld. Deputy sheriff of Anderson county; Constable Sam Wolfe. and E. E. Raines.
 Troops were rushed here from Houston and Jacksonville, and body of Texas Rangers arrived tonight prepared for bloody battle.
 A band of negroes were driven into a strip of forest at dusk, and as darkness fell the woods were surrounded by posse of white farmers all armed with rifles and revolvers.
 East Texas Aroused
 All of east Texas is aroused Not since the days when Mexican marauders swept across the border or when Texas Rangers fought pitched battles with bad men has feeling and excitement run so high
 Two companies of militia and the state Rangers were ordered out by Adjutant General Newton of Austin.
 It was reported 200 armed negroes from nearby towns slipped into Elkhart under the cover of darkness tonight.
 The exact rumberso dead is hard to de- termine. because many bodies have been removed. number of unidentified ne- groes were found dead in the underbrush. They had been shot to death during fierce battle which was waged this after noon.
 The negroes are in frenzy of ex- citement and it is feared that the death list may run to over 100 before the uprising is quelled.
 Orders were given that when the militia reached Palestine tonight the plan is for 1t to march direct TO the scene of hostflities.
 The race war was started yesterday afternoon near Slocum when a while man fired on a negro following quar- rel over disputed debt Both were farmers Men of both races secured arms and rushed to the scene, and fr- Ing has continued all day.
 It Is reported that deputy sheriff of Houston county Is among the dead
 Rush to the Scene
 Immediately upon report of the bat tie here POO citizens rushed to the scene. Palestine Is in the midst or the Texas black belt. and there Is much enmity between the two races The city is now under martial law. The auth critics at noon today closed all saloons and hardware stores. Scores or citizens were disarmed on the streets.
 Parties from Jacksonville, Byron, Crockett, Cronin, Stark and other towns organized and went to the scene of the riot in automobiles. heavily armed.
 That more have been killed Is the belief here tonight but the report was not confirmed and no men had returned from Elkhart up to late this after. noon.
 Capt Godfrey Fowler has assumed charge of the largest posse. which went from here to Elkhart and the posse assisting Fowler Is headed by Sherih Black of Anderson county. Captain Fowler won fame serving under Es- trada in the Nicaraguan revolution and his home is in Palestine.
 There are TOO negroes residing in Anderson county, and 1t is b sliev 10 there are 1000 now gathered between Elkhart and Slocum. The negroes are determined not to give up unless ut teriy routed. They are well generated by a huge black, who Is shouting or ders right and left. Efforts to shoot him down have so fur failed.
 One Hundred Negroes Surrender
 Fort Worth, July so.-(Special.)-- One hundred armed negro farmers who look part in the riots of Anderson county Friday and Saturday surren- dered late tonight fo Sheriff Black. Capt Reese Fowler and their posse. following rioting which resulted in the known deaths of il negroes. It is possible that the death list may be increased to IS negroes. but the bodies of only Il have been recovered and taken to Elkhart, a small town near the scene of the trouble.
 In spite of early reports that several white men were killed, newspaper men late tonight were unable to obtain the names of any white men killed. and 1t Is thought that all the deaths have been among negroes. All the fight Ing has heen In an isolated neigabor- ! hood. for from telegraph or telephone communication. and most of tho reports have been greatly exaggerated.
 The negroes under arrest are being closely guarded by tho county off, cials and state rangers and members of the state militia with view of protection and to prevent further cas- ualttes.
 For six hours the whites of Ander- son county have been at fever heat of excitement following a fight between a white farmer and negro road over- seer. when the latter ordered the white man to work on a rond. To this de- mand of negro the white man re- piled with blow and In the fight tha followed the overseer was killed. White \ farmers have resented the large negro population In that community and i'm mediately armed and travelling In small