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RACE WAR IN TENNESSEESome Arrests Made by Sheriff of Claiborne County and Worst Is Thought to Be Over.Knoxville. Tenn.. Aug. IS.—At midnight the situation near Jellico, where the uprising of while miners against negroe*occurred yesterday, appears to be quiet, though it Is difficult to obtain direct information. owing to the remoteness of the section.Sheriff Hughes of Claiborne county,*Tennessee, today arrested five members of the band believed to be the leaders, and this has done much to relieve the situation.Early this morning the band drove thirty negroes out of their homes at Campbell's mine, near Anthras, rousing them from their sleep and forcing them to lea\e hastily, some half clad.It Is stated that the members of the band have notified the negroes of eight or ten camps, scattered over several miles, to get out within three days, or they will be killed. Many negroes and some white residents today continued to flock to Jellico and other towns. It was reported also that some time last night a cabin occupied by an aged negro woman and five children had b«-en burned and all the occupants lost their lives, but this has not been verified. ^Threats were sent out today against the negroes of the towns of I^i Follette and Jellico. but the authorities do not take them seriously.
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Salt Lake City Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Wed, Aug 19, 1908
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