Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-06
Wholesale Slaughter Plot
ted in Uprising in
Arkansas.
OCT. 6 SET AS
DATE FOR BATTLE
Cause Officials to Re-
double Efforts to Capture All Lead
ers in Race Riots at Elaine and Near
by Towns--Messass Carriers Ready
to Rouse Negroes When Time Came
For General determination Of Whites.

Eleine, Oct 6.--Discovery Of what IL
believed to be a plot on the part OF or
ganlzed negroes, for wholesale killing
of whites IN the SOUTH. led officials to
redouble efforts to capture leaders who
are still at large.
The existence of the supposed con-
spiracy was brought to light by the
committee OF civil authorities orogan-
ized last week, According to officials
captive negroes readily revealed the
plot. To-day, Oct. 6, was said TO have
been the day for the uprising. Women
were members OF the organization.
which was known as the Farmers and
Houscworkers Union.
That organized negroes of southern
Phillips county, had planned general
slaughter OF white people in the local
ity today was definitely revealed hero
yesterday by investigators OF the past
weeks disturbances in that section.
According to these authorities. the
plot included n widespread uprising
in the event certain demands were
not met. With Oct. 6 set az the day
for tho uprising, negro prisoners arc
said to have confessed, each member
Of the organization at specified places
was to pick a bale of cotton, taking tha 4
cotton TO certain prominent land own
crs, plantation managers and mere /
chants, and demand a settlement"
Shoot All Whites.
The confessions made It appear tee
the investigators that without FUR
f..ti. SI,t 49,
blacks were to shoot down all whites
In sight.
A list of twenty -one names, ad@
mitted to represent theKmen to whoe
the demand would he presented, - n !
the hands Of the investigating coens
Killing OF these twenty -one. tls6
prisoners said. was to be the sign&1
for all members of the Organizations
to attack the white population.
An extensive courier system was
explained In the evidence providing for
messengers known to the Negroes an
Paul Reveres"
Would Rouse ,Msn,bars.
These couriers had been duly ap-l
pointed to ride into all parts OF tho
territory. according to the testimony
and summon members to arms
The organization concerned was
said to he the local lodge OF the Pro-
gresslve Farmers and Household
Union of America.
aWe've las. aeuun"
We've Just begun was tho pass
word OF the uprising, the Negroes told /
the investigators. This pass word and ,
the Paul Revere" couriers were con- 4
fessed to have been employed last
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn .
Ing in summonng blacks 10 Hoop /
Spur eighteen miles south OF Helena. !,
after w. A. Adkins special agent OF |
the Missouri Pacific railroad had been /
killed and Charles Pratt, deputy !
sheriff. wounded. 4
The confessions were taken to ex- I,
plain the rapdity with which armed I
blacks were assembled at Hoop Spur /
and Elaine following the incident.
The statements added that at tte 1
time Adkins was killed there were |;
l50 armed negroes in the church at |
the scene OF the shooting. Some OF !
these were women, II was said. carry 4
ing automatic revolvers In their stock !
ings.
Questioned about their supply Of /
shotguns, rifles and ammunition. ne t
Grocs said they often had been advised .
| by speakers. always TO keep their
| racks ftii;,'' aud III your rack nin't full !
! al II now "a
Ammunition Is Found.
Fifty thousand rounds Of ammunition 4
were discovered last night In the /
| Branch Normal School Mt Pine Bmn,
| Ark. according to n telephone message
received here today from Mayor Hollis
| OF that city. The institution Is a negro
| school maintained by the state.
Members OF the investigating con1-
mittoo said there Is every indications
that mercennry individuals have been
! melting the negroes In tho nnme ofstha
! tho federal government.