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REFUGEES FROM GREENE COUNTY.Ten of the Negro Miners Driven from There in Indianapolis.Says the Indianapolis Journal: “Ten negroes from Linton have been in this city for the past few days and wiil remain here if work can be found for them by 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 of negroes in the mines of the Island Coal Company is still fresh in the memory of the public and the negroes are rap idly 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 a stronghold 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 for a negro. The employment of the negroes in the mines caused dissatisfaction among the white miners. This dissatisfaction grew withthe increase in the number ofnegroes employed. It had been fomenting gradually until the outbreak a few weeks ago into a race war. It will be remembered that at that time the ne groes barricaded themselves and succeeded in repulsing the whites 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 were limited, and if the colored men remained it was onlya question of time till another outbreak would occur. The negroes realized this fact and aregradually departing from thecounty.The ten who came to this city are being temporarily supported by the coal company while it is seeking to find some sort of employment for them. 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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Bedford Daily Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 17, 1894
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