Show o fATAl ENDING WAR Meager Details Received at Tampa Tell of Killing of Two Prominent White Men by Negroes at Palmetto Fla Tampa Fla Pla March Mar h 6 Meager details reached here this afternoon of ofa ofa a race war at Phosphate Camp at Palmetto Sam paymaster ter t r of Tampa and Henry Mathews of were killed and several others were wounded A serious race clash dash is threatened at Palmetto a small town forty miles south of Tampa as a result of the killing kUling of two prominent white men by b negroes this af at afternoon afternoon The last message from the scene scone of the crime says that whites with bloodhounds are pursuing several negroes and if It they are caught summary summary punish punishment punishment punishment ment will be meted out ont c This afternoon when Sam superintendent for a prominent contractor I of this city disputed with a negro em about wages the latter shot him with a revolver killing him Instantly The negro escaped es aped Telephone messages brought Sheriff I Wyatt from Bra with a posse and andI bloodhounds s sLater I I Later the negro was aR chased Into the house of another negro who had rifles i i and ammunition In the exchange of shots that followed Deputy Deput Sheriff Mat Matthews Matthews killed The officers was shot and nd n left for fOt reinforcements and a n d the I t 1 |