New York Times

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Article in the New York Times regarding violence against black lumber mill workers near El Dorado in 1896. Riot Against Black Mill Men. ELDORADA, Ark., Nov. 12.-- Serious trouble has broken out among the white and colored men of the South Arkanas Lumber Company, situated near here, and the Sheriff was sent for to go out and quell the riot. It seems that the whites object to the presence of blacks in the woods, and banded themselves together and began a work for examination with shot- guns. Several negroes are said to have been shot. Details are meagre. The Sheriff summoned a posse and left for the scene immediately. The New York Times Published: November 13, 1896 Copyright © The New York Times

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