BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1900 Late Tuesday afternoon Judge MARTIN received a telegram from Constable Mark CLOYD, of Huron, asking him to send down the Sheriff with a posse to help protect the town from the colored laborers, who were on a rampage. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has had several hundred negroes at work along its line near that point for a number of months rebuilding and improving the road bed. They are from every State in the South and a tough crowd to deal with, especially on pay days and until after they dispose of their wages, which they do by "shooting craps," playing cards and drinking. There have been a number of serious affrays in that vicinity during the past year and several negroes have been killed and a number badly wounded. When the officers went to make arrests the perpetrators had flown, no one knew whither, as the contractors invariably gave money to men involved in trouble and hurried them away to avoid attendance at court for trial and thus delaying the work. The officers awaited further developments before going to Huron, and as it turned out their services were not needed. Everything was quiet at that place that night, no hostile demonstrations having been made by the colored men. Mitchell, Ind., Sept. 12 – Last night was one of the feverish restlessness and uneasiness to the citizens of Huron, but everything was quiet and no attempt was made to carry out the threat of the negroes to return and burn out the town. About sundown several negroes from the camp came into town. The news spread like wild fire and soon a large crowd of citizens had congregated and a hurried consultation was held. Every man was prepared to defend his life and property and they would have made short work of the blacks if they had shown any disposition to do violence. But the negroes only ventured as far as the village postoffice and then hurried back to camp. However the trip caused the citizens much uneasiness, and fearing it was a scouting party, decided to place guards around the town. Men were hurried in different directions and a shot from one of the sentries would have called the whole town to arms. The town is under guard again tonight. Fortunately no one was seriously injured in the riot Monday night. William FELKNER's saloon is located in the front part of his residence and when fire was opened on the negroes in the front room Mrs. FELKNER and two children had just retired in an adjoining room. She laid her clothing on a chair beside the bed and the clothes were riddled with shot and the clock a few feet away was literally shot to pieces.