People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — RACE WAR THREATENED. [ARTICLE]

RACE WAR THREATENED.

Trouble Between White* and Negroes at Fulton, Ky. Paducah, Ky., March 10. —Mayor D. A. Yeiser has shipped to the city a private telegram, 200 Winchestet rifles that were used here during the negro riot three years ago. There are great fears of an uprising in Fulton to-night, if one has not already taken place. The trouble was caused by a policeman attempting to arrest a negro and having to club him before he could do it The feeling in Fulton between the whites and blacks is very bitter. The authorities are trying to keep everything quiet and refuse to answer telegrams. It was rumored here that a serious encounter had already taken place, but this could not be confirmed.