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REFUGEES FROM CREESE COUNTY.Ten of the Negro Miners Driven from There in This City.Ten negroes from Hinton have been !nthi* dtv for the past few Jays and willremain here if work can be foun«i for themby the Island Coal Company, In whose employ they were at Linton. They are refugees from the wrath of the white miners at Linton. The race war in Greene county growing out of the employment ofnegroes in the mines of the Island Coal Company is still fresh in the memory of the public and the negroes are rapidly leaving the county, as it is unsafe for them to remain. Last spring the coal company began the employment of negroes to replace miners who were unsatisfactory to the company. Greene county was astronghold for the Knights of the Golden Circle during the rebellion. Many of the Democratic residents of the county have not and never had any regard fur a negro. The employment of the negroes in the mines caused dissatisfaction among the white miners. This dissatisfaction grewwith the increase in the number of negroesempl iyed. it bad been fomenting gradually until the outbreak a few weeks ago into a race war. It will bo remembered that at that time the negroes barricaded themselves and succeeded in repulsing thewhites when attacked by them. While they prevented the whites from reaching them on this occasion, the sentiment against the negro became so strong that it was evident that his days in that county werelimited, and if the colored men remained it was only a question of time till another outbreak would occur. The negroes realized this fact and are gradually departing from the county.The ten who came to this city are bein*?temporarily supported by the coal company while it is seeking to find some sort of employment for thorn. It is thought that another year will see the last of the negroes in Greene county so bitter is the feeling against them there. The company will not attempt to employ any more of them in its mines in that county.
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Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 10, 1894
Page 6
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