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f; 1 3-14 f I. ! r-.. : ; I I . I 4 . - i . -.--w . y , , r- . , , . -, . . ., ,, , ::W t U O ALAM1 i Y JPear BLOODY -A: Riot Broke. Qut Between Negroes and Whites at Fourth and Har- HametixStreets Yesterday- at 1 0,clock-Seven Negroes : ' KiUedadThree; Iqtall WoundedThree Whites ."J r-; ShotTpB JRecord Wiped; Out A Day of Hor . , rors antl 4 Night of Wild Alarms. . ."(From Daily '"Messenger,-? Nuv. 11th. J..5 It will be renu mbered' that on Wed ' Tif-sOayat 11 o'clock a remarkable mass meeting.- of -Wilmington's leading . citi- -ZHIS '.ag' hold ai tie; court hnji&e at J Whh'h thct Tnllow ing is onr- pf a h'ft of resolutions adcuitedt . ; ,' 'T-hat .the white mVn expect to live In His fKjmmunity peaceably; to" have ami -provide 'aljkS'jIutf' -'protfction for. their. families, who shrill be safe ffom -Insult -or injury fiom oil porsons," -WhornE-ocvr.,- We" are jirf pared, ' to treat' t'he rjf Kroes vith justify .and .con-1! . 'sideratinri in ajl matters which do not. - Involve" sa.fr i ifices of the itatfsr&st3 of J tiie Intelligent and progressive portion of -the f-ofnmunity. But' are equally -- prepared now -and immed'fately to en force, what we know'to-e our rights. "That we have . been, ,i,n our de'sjre -for liarmony and" peace, ''blinded both ,tto oar interests and buf rights. A cli--.max Hvas rcir.hedhen the negro' pa per f this -city published 'an article sevvile and slanderous that it .would ' lo most communities - have resulted -In. the lynching bf the'-editor. We deprc : ; ea te 1 y n e'h i n g and . y e t t he r e is no p u n. " . iahrnnt, provide'd by' the courts, ade--, quale 'jfor this offence. We, therefore, oweit to ihe people of this community and of this city, as a protection against - sulcljjirfnse in the. future; that the' pa-. per known as -The Itecord'-'4 cease- to - be published arid that , its 'editor be .bsanished from this community. . "-We. demand that he "leave this city forever, within hventy-four hours af ter the fssuanceof this' proclamation.; Second, that the prih ting press from which The Record has been 'issued -be packed -.and shipped , from r-the city" Tvunout, Ueiay, .that we be notified'. v Withih twelyet hoursf of iihe acceptance -'or rejection 'of this demand. ' : "Jf th.e demand is agreed to, within twelve hours, we' counsel forbearance, on the. paut of all white men. If the demand is refused or if no answer is g;iven withi.il: the time mentioned then ihe. editor, Manly, will be expelled by force." v X ' " ' .In accordance with the" action of ' the mass meeting, the Hon. A. tM. Waddell, chairman, of . the meeting, appointed ;the folio-wing committe.e to carry- out the pifipose of the meeting", to wit.: . Mtvssrs. -'Jaqies Kllis-, Rev. J. W. Kra-1-rirr, Frank M.auiKlor, F. r. Skipper; C. L. Spencer, HuerhMacRae. J. Allen ' "Taylor, TO. S. LathropFl.I. 'Fechtig, rfire. ..An' alarrh" was; immediately2 "trun . Wl II. Northrop,. ir. A. 43. Skelding, ed in from box 51, at the corner, of Sev "F, A Montgomery," B. F IvlngK Rev. ' enth -and Nun streets, ,and thtf flre.de 4. VS. Harvey JTos. R.-S3a-vis, Brt ' partment responded promptly.,. The W: C Galloway,', Jos.. D. Smith, JohnfirP.had 'gained such headway, however, K..Ct:ow', F. 11 Stedman, Gabe' Holmes4 '' that ' the building was ' destroyed, -al - aunius ..vavis,- Iredell Meares, p l. ' Rridgers, W Worth. F.'-Robertson andC. W. . . -Thecoihmittee met-at, the rooms '.of . xra! """'su . 1 - the Merchants' Association' at. 3;S0 1.vvards ;pulled down h? fireman. . ' oVlock . Wednesday afternoon ' and . 'When the 'fire department t arrived ' .adapted measures 'to carry out the pur- J'some of the men discharged -their fire 'pose of the' meeting. They then invited , arms th air and the children :in the " a ''number of colored citizens to meet ;-negro fechool nearly were thrown into with them' at the 'rooms of the Mer- ' a 'state of great alarm.. r chants' Association; at 6 o'clock Wed "nesday eV'ening. ' A- number of colored ministers-and others met the commit tee at the hour appointed - and they 'Wtere acquainted, .with ' the purpose t;o carry out the resolutions ; and were asked to use their influence in having The - Record suspended, the press and . .material .shipped- from the city, and . Alex Manly, the editor who wrote the - article, defaming vhite women to leave , ihe ,clty, if he were' here. The resolu tion -was laid : before the colored citi j ehs' asJ an ultimatum, and. they were .-- required to give an answer at ! 7:30 o'clock yesterday, morning, no sooner, no later, as to whether the resolutions Wduld be complied with writhout the V use of extreme; and harsh measures to venforce the determination of the- mass -meeting. . ' - '"LThe colored citizens were notified to . deliver, their reply to Colonel Waddell ait' 7:30 a. mi at his residence,- on Fifth street; -between : Market and- Princess; .nd h.e, was in turn to niake known the- reply, of the colored citizens at ,8 waJ m;-at- the armory of the Wilming--' ' t(W Xight Infantry,' on Market-' street between Fourth and Fifth streets. ' -;OnWednesday night the colored cit--' izens who' met wath the ;white citizens iommittee. met at the barber shop of . . Coroner David ". Jacobs, , colored, On -. IDock streetbatween Front, .and - Water 'streets. After discussing the matter, they formulated the following reply to the . white .citizens' committee": i ' : -'"Hon.'A'. M. -Waddell, Chairman Citi ; zens' . Committee, Wilmington N "C.: "Dear Sir: We, the colored citizens to whom was- referred the'' matter- of THE WILMINGTON, MESSENGER: RACE f-xpulslonfrom .this community of the perton;.and press of A. L. Manly, bpg most rPijectf ully . to say that, -we are' in -no wisp responsible for,, nor iri any wajcondone the obnoxious article "that calIed-;forth your' actions: Neither are we authorized to act for him in this matter; but in the interest of peaee'we w)ll most -willingly use ' our influence' to have your. wishes carried Out. Very rf-spectful.ly. The, Committee of Colored Citizens." : v yif-;, y . 4. . . The above reply was placetd in the h'andsr'of A. W Scott, a young color ed lawyer, . to be .delivered t6 Colonel Waddfjl.', The reply wa?s put in an enr velope' addressed as follows: ' , "'IIon. A.' M. . Waddfell, . - ' " Wilmington, N". C. 5 "Please deliver .at,-House." j " Instead of delivering the -. rply- at Colonel Waddell's'' residence, Scott, through criminal negligence, which hasr resulted In awful fatality forjhis race, mailed the letter. . ' ; Colonel Waddell waited in .'suspense for th reply, but it failed to tome. He went to the Light Infantry armory at 8 o'clock,- when he was to Report , to Ihe white citizens. ' t, ,' THE RECORD PLANT. Wipjbrr OUT.' - t 1 ; . " ( Befo.fe 8 iD'clock the. citizen Jbegan to gather, at the armory to learrji the an svver from the committee of f negroes, E very' jma'n brought his rifle ah d" many had pistols. also. It was-an-orderly as semblage and, there were no Evidences of disarderr although some ir4pAtre.rice' was manifested at the delay ir hearing from the' committee. When the' hour of received, the order was given to hiarch to the1, office of The , Record. Thfe men ' formed l.by fours and with Colonel! Wad - dell and "some members of the 'commit- f tee of tw.entV-fiveat the 'head of the column, the procession moved (juMar ket street. . OpTer 'citizens joined "the marchers 'as the line moved on. The Record plant was located in; Free Love Hall, on Seventh street 3 between Nun and Church. When' the iall was reache d the main body qf the iai;chers halted, pickets "were thrown oat Vnd a number of men broke into the-1 hall. ,The fixtures 'o"f vthe printing o-fhee were quickly- thrown but and demolished, the mt terial. on both floors being thus treated. About this time it was found that the building wask on fire in the second; str':T, -This was very much.-re-1 gretted as it 'was not proposeil tto fire the" building. It was though t that an overturned 'lamp may have started the though the adjacent property! was saved. Only the charred frame of the - j- building; a two story frame structure, , K . - I ' il .r". ; '. ' ' i, -. j. I' .iV f .M " BLOOD-T RACE CONFLICT. After the Record plant had been' wip-ed- outj of existence the marchers - re tyrned to the armory 'and soon "After wards 'dispersed. . The white men' left with their -. guns tp. go . home. The men from. athe . : northern . part of . the-' city, , known n as 1 Brooklyn; went rout- Fourth', streets "'In the meantiirie, the negroes iri various .parts of the city learned of the destruction of The ' Record 'l establishment and crowds of them assembled in many sections of the city aiid there was r - 'much I incendiary .tftlk and threaten ings. Some of the negroes were armed and" w-efe in - a bad, temper. Along North i Fourth street; there were vquite a number of negroe standing on the corners. 11 At the southwest corner of Fourth - street at "Mr. John Brunjes' store', about; twenty-flve negroes were standing ,as- the Brooklyn men came by with" their' guns. ' A3 the white men passe,d . through .the negroes on -the .street about they made ihsulting remarks the ' white, men- and their guns. The whites suspected an attack and ordered the negroes aw-ay. They refuse' ed to go. ' Norman ; Lindsay,, colored; addressed the men of hj.S' race and ap pealed tothem" to 'disperse. "In the name jof God,"" he said, i"for the sake of your lives, ytur-family, your chil dren and your, country,: go. hom." They hissed at him. Hq said: "I am as brave as any of you; but we are: powerless." The negroes moved .dog gedly over to the1 noTtheast corner'. of Fourth and Harnett streets and stood ahout the store of Mr. W. 'A; WalJk'erT lize'd. ' yjs: diagonallaCro?s the strr-et from.thir first position.. The crowd of whites consisted of ahout ejght men and rthey occupied ' a position on the west sMe of Fourth street, between Mr, Brifnjsl store and St. Matthew's English. Lu theran church, n few feet from the .negroes' ' first place. Policeman 'Aaron Lofkamy saw that trouble was brew ing and he went to the other corner among the negroes, urging" . them, to 1 leave. He told them not; to .bring on any trouble and. that it wpuld. be bet ter for them to go home. .The crowd rnoved'hack a short 'distance - and orie of the negroes drew a pistol and fired deliberately at the "whites, who. had meanwhile been joined by several other-armed men. The pistol shot caused the whites to fire a- volley from shot guns, Winchester rifles and revolvers. Several negroes fell under, a galling fire, but all tout two jumped'- up and they fled in all directions. Many of them w'ere wounded. Two men fell in their tracks, instantly, killed. Two others 'who were shot, ran .into i a small house at 411 Harnett street, a few feet away from the.; corner. One of them fell on the. floor and died-in a few: minutes.. The other, George Henry Davis, who resided in the house, w-as shot in the small of the back, had a Shot in the left thigh, . and 'a ball had struck him behind the left shoulder, and lodged In" his chest just ben'eath the skin so that it could be felt, just above the hearty'" . - A RUNNING FIGHT. Some of' the' negroes ran west on Harnett street firing back as they went, and as 'the white men ran from their residences along the' street the negroes were on, thfe negroes would turn their guns' on them. The whites Had run out with their,- guns upon hearing the' sho6tirig at the corner, and they returned the fire of the ne groes. At Fourth and Harnett streets none of the whites were hit, .but as the negroes passed down to Third and Harnett streets.- they fired at the whites, in the streets, shooting Mr. .Will Mayo 'through an' through with , a ,44-calibre Winchester ball. The. bullet struck" him in the left breast near tbe arm and .eame out onthe right breast, piercing both lungs." lir. George PineV also received a : wound from. a 44-c.aIi- bre ball w-hich struck him in the abdo men and passed under the. skin and came out at his -right side. Mr. N. B". Chadwick was shot through the mu&sle of the right arm just below the shoul der. The ball which wounded him was also a 44 -calibre; but is passed through w-ithout -breaking, his arm. j- In the fighting' at 'Third and Harnett streets the negroes ran dow;n Third street. One-negro whose name is Sam Greg ory, ran up Third street,- and fell dead between Harnett and.' Swattn streets.-' A number of negroes who" evidently worked on the river front rah up Har nett street towards the scene- of the. fight when the shooting was going von," Several, white men at Second . and Harnett streets warned them to go back but , they came , on and fired sev eral shots. The whites shot back,, and' scattered the black, sending them back: towards the railroad. An unknown ' negro who' was wounded ran-as far as. the Carolina Central railroa, dropped there and died." ... THE MILITARY CALLED OUT When the shooting began at ' Fourth and. Harnett streets, Dr. B C. Moore, ' who keeps a drug store on ,the: north-" west corner of Fourth and Harnett,? the-corner opposite" the' position "ot the. negroes, telephoned. tothe armories .of the Wilmington Light Infantry and" Wilmington Division, North - Carolina Naval -Batalion.; Both .companies went out. to Brooklyn Immediately, and car ried with them the rapid fire Colt gun; .recently bought by the citizens of Wil mington. It; was mounted ; in a two horse wagon. When the military ar rived at Fourth add Harnett streets,, the whites, had "possession, and excite ment 'was" running high.. The soldiers lined up on. Foprth street and patrolled in two battaiiions, company, front.. M.ean while- the .white nienron all streets ill the city turned out -.to defend their homes. Tey patrolled the blocks and all nesroes passed on any street and all who went towards Br6klyn were held" up at the "muzzle of.guns." Th&se ho had no arms were! allowed "So - go on. Those who 'had arms,-wero, disarmed and told to! go. In Brooklyn the. sol diers and citizens held up all negroes who passedTon the-streets. -MAYO'S ASSAILANT SHOT. . ; Indignation -' was. high ( over, the MONDifT. NOVEMBER 14 1893. shooti;h.ir;: :ot M f W. ir. M:yot and as the TiSTo who -4hb: him 'wa "known by J- 4Kverai. ani it? .cr- d, biran to hunt fcirn. His rsirr." was Xn Wright" and he- residIn H -r.ai!' h-3U.4 .,n Third fftrt bt-'er Harr,"': and RVaden. A "cr"-Aif mri.w 'Vi .--nt. t h'jsi houft an3 r ip& 'all 1 hh. d- rj? a n -i! . wind s ynght fuur.ar :i for.t .fA hot fir?. They- .seized. -Mm ."and ''told . .him1 him ,'Hat th-:-",diJ -i; f r.. , '-He d-n:ed that h h4d .t. Mr. - Ma nd d- dared had Uo gun. His hou4 was seanh-d ard i a c1opi a dubl bar-rt-1 shtt- srn ;frs I a" .fortj--f.jur cjiibr Winchester rlf.- were founJ. I Th? Win-' eh.Jt.er had a y-W in it vt'hi'ijh had fu?t tH--fD nri. TtW mnc' v.hv kh-t ' Mr.. Mayo Was d-'! 5-ri bvd "ai havintr .one thimb.off, :aSrht wi f unJ that -t-V of Wrlsrht'.ft th-imbs was rni-ing. Th-re were al. iith-." cirmri'iirarices. and". as sevtral saw h5c. with" a guijt sh-K)iing from Th'ird 'an-i -Bladf n uw is. "he. was "drlig, d" ou and told to run. Twenty tier inure WirK'ht'.-stt-r.o wre leveled oift.m and a, r'rnfTuc vol-, ley. uas' sent ' t)tir 'him, f'ii- tumbU-d' ,over, fairly !': vlU-l w itfr's!BuH''T. ft was! tho'ug-ht.h was- dead ft .was" discovered . tha';he" was'a-Iivcj ami after he had-Ijitn tn (he street haff an hour he was ak"n uiant." carried. f the-rlty hospital. He w'iS-' p-rn-t-d' by " thirteen bulh'ts. fie fif which jpmer.'d his shoulders gad Ibxck for 'him -co iifei'! . It" is-, .lin-possible After the sit" ? tins? jihe ambulance from the hopial witii the R-ed' Cross banner on it". WU-S bing galloped all around the nelirhborhod of rtlu .nght - ere: -picking, up 1 th"-. wouned wri: taken' to-the city-hospital. "When, the.figf-t'bgan at Fo.ar'th and' Harnett stretslDr. John 5-enpw'ald was an eyi'winess J, the ' tragedy. He, had made a call at lie -res id en re of Mr.' Jno. r Quinn on -Fourti betw t-en Harnett and Bladen streets.; and' v as at!" the gain. Messrs. Mayo, fPint-r arid Chadwick' who were shot'1;, erv assisted to Dr. Ii. C. Moofe's drug, store on one of th corners where Se fighting commenced, and Dr. Seonwi-d went there, and dress ed their wounjls. He ' states that all were wounded hy a forty-four calibre ball. Dr.' ScuSwaid also visited and give his rjrofesifnal services ;to several negro men. 1 Dri C. D . Bell-was sent for anl found a h(.;grq - badly wiounded at his honje on Davis -street, 'between' Second and Thif d streets. lie was shot in the right sideband r:?ht arm. Pie did. not learn his n me. ANOTIIERj MAX RIDDLED., After things s'q-uited down! to-, some extent many, wjhite citizens i employed themselves -as 1 jfeaee m akers.i Several rlaw abiding colored citizens, also did tneir uimoai xo- pacny. '-uneir. race, xne Rev. I. "S. Lee,,-colored, pastor of St. Stephens' Ai MtjK. church, made com mendable effort; in that direction. It was necessary 4r him to haVe a white guard while1 he -was making his rounds and-Colonel' W.,'-C. Jones and, Mr."S. P. Adams, two of iiur best knofh citizens, accompanied hirn. -At 2:15 p m. while the; colored j miraster- and these- two gentlemen were1' on the northeast cor ner of Sixth and Bladen streets, a shot was fired at! them from a small shanty on the southeasit corner -Df . Sixth and Bladen streets, diagonally across the street, where J. , disreputable negro dance hall is riii by a ngro -named Henry Nichols.;! The- two gentlemen fired into the hds'-ise but n-o one "ran out. The, firing broulht a num:?r ; of armed men and the mlAtary .to the serene "and believing tha.c Vfie promises, I were oc cupied by a'number of negroes in am bush, 'they made-a raid on it.1 A negro ran out the rbaqk way and jumped the fence arid ; ' raji out dovn Bladen" street. He wassailed but paid no at tention and .a .valley, was firod at him. He was ihstantl Jcilled, an 1 fell on the pavement on southgide of Bladen street, 'near !S-eT'4.th. It is bedi'eved he la in the doorst .a-fl arrested, six hegroes- whom they ixerX to. Tail., 1 hey are.-l Henry . Nichols,? !Jrm Lane, Wif"eonsin Edwards, JamegHill, "S. T, Knight and' Wililam Tate. Jj ANOTHEIf .R'SH MAN KILLED, At 4 p. ,rf. "hile a cro'wid was ort Fourth street ' Iiidge. over the tracks of the Atlantic Coast "Line,! - a .negrt fired a shot .fron the milroad yard. at. a position nar " Third .street,, a. little east of the railroad car'shopi He' was instantly riddle with budets and w-a lying dead fas tj night v.;heref.he fell. - .After' this incident thf re w;e!re variouM alarms but tilings gre'wj quiet towarcu; night. ,The approaching darkness and a threatening stoFhi added to; the dre?Vd .nd horror of the situation, 'and ettra precaution's xt&e. taken. The military remained oh duty,., and. 400- special policemefi werf? put on duty.:. Abottt 200 men who'-'lame' from Fa5'etteille and intermediate rihts, Goldsboro, and intermediate points,, and other places, were - alsot put; on duty .Besides, the citizens, heavily jarmed, patrolled" the blocks.. The city' was .a formidable, fortress, ahd.-vfery- few negroes vent-ur-ed forth. Ahot .9:Ja o'clock -it w-as rumored that one had been killed" at Fourth and -.Grace- streets,, but it turned out to be a f at? 9' report, .so some ,genT tlemen w-ho ;wnt over to investigate told -us". !' 35 - ,1 The "street 1 ctkrs were not run last night.- The Messenger's riot reporter had to makevh&s round's of.tbTi- city on foot. He pasd armed men atevery corner, but all cTeported'thingS' as quiet While returning .hy Third land ,Red Cross streets; h w'asjust'in time to see a crowd of armed men; make a dash for Mr. John f Ga-rrell's new 'house, which 'is nearl completed. on' Tdiird street, near Rc1 Cross. .White rhe men were on the,w$st side" of Th'ird street a large rock wjis-hurled from the-yard of Mr. Garrelt's"'" house ajid it;came very near striking ime of ther,men. Th-y-searched all' through- anij;. lipder ;the" house but coula "find-no ope.j Whoei&r It was escaped-' - THE; CODIES" MOVED. Coroner Dav&f Jacobs, colored, soon after the conflict ad Fourth! and Har nett streets, w'as notified arid he went over to the scemvof. the tragedy. He had. several bodies-mo Ved to the- tinder - J taking establishment Of t. IC Evan, On OeCOIlU SirtMt; IJejlL- r i iiiitis, tenet 'will hold aniliviuest there this morn ing1 at 10 o'clock. .Some of the. bodies lay last .night', where- .the men were. -shot down. . - , ; '. WHQ FIRED THE I""' SHOT. ' When the shooting jbeKn; in Bfooki- ( lyn. women and children.; fiel from the the little (shantS" The men.'ore down a high fence aund the shanty burse scene in' terror. , . 1 ney.'Wn ere on an streets leading down town, y seeking places of isafety. Colored women and children fled to tliS'-eoodV.and parties "' ... -t .... -. M' ' -. ?S 1 . " ' il -,.-,-'.,"L,-:-"C":"-t t-;. .'f - J 1.-'V !., "':-: - S..--':;- v :.--."-; .vW I -;.'. whc cam Intcn. tovrn ttxt that-, thy road wer? linl w;th ;t!j ,dltritsv;i jKsIci ihcluilnj? vAIts h werf ter ror Ptrkkvn. It is jiaid that a croyrd of at, leat mr. womn ACd. chil dren vk-re on the i road and in the woods' beyond Smith'- cre-k : bridge. ?fcoWly, .af tr the- riot- a, U-lph;-r. msaffe ifroni Na.vaa ra rtivfdtr. the' city that- a rmb-. .f arra tw-Krc-s .we Cftnins: t th xlty from that Q.uart?r.vd. it w a tJgMnv.I by the person w coiHit . t he. mag-c thai' the draw in Hilton hrtdlsft b ojvned Irt .rdr: to prevent the. r entrance Jnt the city. The draw'vas c"-niiently j lrt t'Pen. ut no Tp'a apj'arsl. ?--r, t-lse was detrrvd by the distressing; newji from. the- city. " . Who wa5 responslbi" -f"or thti aW-fu! affair? Aj W. Scott; the- n-igm" lawyer, primarily, but who -;Pd, the first hot? While a Messenger rterritne'r was hi way t6 the scene of riot, hv? met Mr.- William McAllister- ancf his tr-?s-d '.,w ife fU-eing fnm (the' ?cne. The str-t cars wxcrt not tunnirtr n& they w re walking. Mr, McAllLter i .night yar.dniaster 'for the Atlarr.lc Coast Line and he had tn-n 6n duty irtr th railway yardthe prrVIoii. niglc;. Wht-ri the 'fighting began ? had 'only a short while, before rrach-i his -hm 4m I-ourtA street, near Harnett. Hi house is nTtt door' to St. - MaUhew" hchuFoh. almost in-liru .f .-the- h'fflrt-l ty tn negroi at th,e w hUesv-:h--rw.erV betw't-n his house ' and th'E ''peixlu" Mr! McAllister made ,th'f. ',. statement s. the reporter:. . "At 11 o'clock I'started, togto-bed (he sleeps during the day.) w fjm my wife called mc to the window. 'fBj!ty,V she said, "there'sf g-oi'ng to- be. troublf;' out there I jumped .up and '"Airrivd' t othe; window and saw a wniti -piiaif-(evidently policeman Ijockam?) ' &:tu' portheast corner of -Fourth and .I3(ir nett st ret-t sv remonstratinjr. with tth hands. , laying them ff rapidly, u a negro. 'I ! heard th-'. white m:in' say. "Go on now, it -.fill tw better for .5 Mi." The negro went about ten panes "and pointed a pistol at the white, men I saw the nero shoot. When 'the nc"?ro shot, I' noticed a delay of .a few so oods and heard another shot from the sa .Tie direction, .but I did not see' it tire-i; My xvife said: 'There i-t a'whiie man' killed.'. I, looked and saw blood 'oozLtr from .a white -man's riht arm. After the'twii. shots had been fired1 b.y, the negroes tw white men fired and- t'hrt e negroes dropped. I suppose twt 'white men fired as I heard, the report, of only two guns. Then the negroes;" dispersed to some extent, but they commenced firing at;the houses ,My wife screamed and, fainted, and the 'people--, in thf . street hollowed. When the. - negroes, ran. from Fourth and Ifarnett streets' jve heard four or-rivw Volleys on Third r street 1 in i the rear-iof , the -houses on Fourth street. The volleys were fired oy negroes." . ; When the Messenger representative reached the scene two riegroes were lying dead, pne on the broad pavement under 1 the awning at Mr. Walkers store, land one: in the gutter just in front, of the store; He -w-as told' that a wo-unded man ' w as se. e n ,to run in to the house afr 411 Harnett'streefr. The -nws paper man went to! the house and knTocked.on the do$r, but there jwns no answer. .He- then went to the rear of cite house and werit in. There were" ,three women in'theiiouse, A man -was lying dead on the nvooiv arid one w-as-in .Jed. He gave Iusti name as jGeorge Hery, Davis. He thte man .who had the bullet neT hi heart and . it was felt by t6e reporter-, Hel stated that; the whit0 men rired rhrLjltBt snot. rieverai other, eye witnesseSv Xoever, verified Mr. McAllifter'a It em en t -yithout knowing ha had-' made it. W I - - .... - - 1 RIOT NOTES "The city for several nights has 'been guarded by armed sentries and for past tiiree nignts tne numoer ot guards was Jargely increased. 6n some blocks lic-rewere two' or'-hdre men with Win chesters or riot puns; and it was ini possible for any en to pass witho'at challenge. .Last night, . in numerous instances, colored -men' going horhe f:om ,the:r work being' found unarmed were safely conducted to their homes'. .As -a precautionary measure" 1he mayor' last night had the- tugs Manpn and Navassa in service a.s a- water patrol. to guard against fire on .'the water front. The reeruurr fire' deptfirt- fsient v'as strengfhened, Oy the addititwi r several experienced lire-men. - - f The .'workmen at the. cotton oil .milis- were sb frightened last night that they T,vwul.d 1 not star ; tor titiT-'- hmes.- T Vhe;- it hecame known to thivcity autho ritiei a 'ddtafhment- of ppeciaJ police" wa, s sent out tanu earn worKman was saieiy es cortedj toi his home. This is gpd evi df nCe jthat the presfrhrt administ.raUon wtiy guarante-4 cr-wttjfetiori to allr-wh'te or--.black Avho - are 'worthy of ;itizcn--ship. ,-, - ' .---'. . There are s.oout- 1D0 soldiers 'here to- day, under orders of the- gover aor, nd viijioiiei vv aatKer-; .ay.ior requ&sLS -inai ladies prepare breakfast ". and" iln rier for therri and send it in to tn-ar-mory. i The- Wilmington 'Light Infai'ttry and Naval Reserves have dem e faithful" service . in the- effort ' to rest ore orjler and a free compliance witti this Ve- .quest Kvili be accepted as af'i evidence of appreciation of: services ;'rendered, ' Yesterday .aftern'n 'a secial train oh the; C. F. and Y. "T railvay- brought S6' men from Fay efctevi lie to rei'wler as sistancto re&tore arder". IJot'of th'em are mpmbers De th Fayetteviile Inde pendent Light Infantry: ,;' , Last; night" a special br-dht the Max ton Guards. abwt . 60 sf,riig and at 5:-30 o'clock this- morning - thirty of the : Kinaton Naval Reserves -came iiu .. The Climo'n company, with a'iout- 4 m.en, also earned Lnu . " Yesterday 'dtsring the r'pt, ti schools 'w'ere let. (Mit, the - stores saloens Com presses, '.and drug: stores- closyj, and all "business was suspende'l in tee of the jcalamit - ,: . A telephone. .message.. fro-jri the vity hospiuj last night, states, tiat the fol lowing victims 6f the riot were takn oM.rt hospital yesterdayj in "addition to Wtlliam Mayo, Dt.'. Ifner. -to wit: Dan" Wright, coTof; slutr in;l3 placs!-.: Geo. Henry -Davis', slvjt in three places; Joha Davis.-"shot sn six places; George Miller, colored.:, shot in) two pfiices: John; Dow," cqlotwd, !sht; In twor.aces The. rnany fr.iands of Mr, Man wtll' be gratified .ito'-tearn-"' thaf hopes Vtre -n-tertalned of -'bis . recovery-. . . - - -1- "! , ; -' . Yesterday 1 durin " th . excitement, James Lorifilin,' w&ite clrk;f Front 'treVt marU-et, T. C. MilJe-r; AH.-Bryant," R. B Pick-ens and I: J. Hellene four latter .colpred, were; arfestM --and pur in iai.1 on the charge ouslri? Ianguage Calculated; to incite the- negroes. , Yhere was, talfcjof taking them fr6"m--jail and lynching them -and1 a'4cnw4 fathered about F,oarth!laftd Prin-.vf streets yast night, about 10:30 o'clock ap.d "made threats, but hey wtre dlspe;r5ed. - A guard of about sixty mep veon duty to-pmect the Jad, . . A REVOLITton tlf rarkwid f buce In tt City Hot-rrnro-ut--T . ItrpnVIitaa ?tfor, lldrrmru t tilff of Poller Flop Out or aillrr-4.t. Vd4-.lI fXlWlrodl - JTInyor Mud DemorrtUr Aider- mra and ' tilrr of rpUce Alw Yit strrda" -sv h't-hrf ra. c-jiSict oc c'urrl ft .onVm.t appointed fcr au thority of th1 -cm n raa?- nwwtin in .Wednesday, an! rcpwercd to cr ry out th;.,'purr-5f.!( of the meeting A9 erprc.s.xd fn the rVo!iUon. tiQk in)-. m4:a.tx. tvv rarry ut tb i.Ue Ksf fh mv.infexprssed. in the resol-j- . ti.sn caiHr-i? Mayor S. P. Wright the. N..ari of aldermen ,nd Chlrf Police John" It. r-t-Uon, b .-u uf thMr weakr.fs an i itu-fClclency l presTV law1 ar.4 ordr it' the city ; L The Cfummiuf? ii'ptnntJ Vlcssrs, i-. - If. Pidraas nj . W. WVrlh a'cra- miifee call oa "Mayor" .Wright his ass Mitos to re 'gn. They did sv Mayur rW3rflpr a wllnK- to r'ic-sSgn, l-ot' feSEid he w.u!d prvtvr n.t to jo so 'l: the fac. of thts ' cru.s. Chief of Police MeUrr" cxpre-ed h.s wniiiigncss to resign jV Mie -in paid h. f jaUry for Ite balance of hss trri. , , The committee of "twr.t y-iVw me at T!ie Merchants' -Ass-Tuti. ' " P -. lieaf the repert of-' "? i. ; -nt. Worth. They m.i i' , 'T rTr "! ".no and pressure having l-n bniu?Ut t' .benr op. The' myor; thief ( w.d .-t'l'-r-nion to resign Uiey cnim. 4 , t. J" The "jommittef" hon de yj' I -atidi-date for maj'or, aldermi.-n : n"d chi-f of police, hereinafter mntPi ' d.- . ' M?yAT W ught vallf d a tut ''''inK "f thej board a 4- p. tr. and' at ti h'"r rthey' asge-nibled. . The-re w.-r- pref-e-nt Mayo- Wright and , ' Alderman "re. Twlnitur,. Benson. "Hewlc'it ana' ' Nor- wj.d colored. Absent, Ah '-"Vmvri Kt-lth, Morrill and Gren, colore J I"h.e Mayor-stated that the. ob'j ''it Of thtf meeting was to till two'vawt on the,--board one from, the' waad,and one from -.the' Fifth, v t.. . t ..... . , - r .. -.. ... -, - He ' said Lit w as in order to elc . . . mcR iber for the Fifth ward. !i.;ics "tnd ard.; t a F - Alderman Gore 'noniinited Mr; C If. Ganger, and he was unaniruodsly el', ec ted. ' '.- ' '-,'. - J.lc erman Gore nominated. Mr, H. I1 Wtst. as aldertnan -from" the Secoi . tl ward and he was unanimously olecte 'I. Each of the new aldermen -were swot . n tn by the mayor a they ei,o,te--U Aldt'rmn Hewlett," of-, the Fuirt. 1 "Worth was unanimously elected in ,hi stead" and sworn in. ' " . , . Aide 'man Gore, of the .Fourth, next resigned,- aid Mr. P. L. Bridgets, -w.i unanirtiously ' elected .iu" his pLee an'i, was sworn in.! - - i ' Alderman Benson, of the- Fifth war 1 panie -next with his' 'resignation, amlL Mr- B-.F. Ktng'was unanimously eh,-t:t- ed in his stead and -sworn in'. Alderman- Norwood, colored, said' fully tende" my resignation ai alder-, man from the Second- ward." ' Mr.." WJ. H..Sprunt was unanimoj Jsly elected a .nis s-ucces,str ana was s voni tn. AldermavyTw;ining; ' . of the First wards' res'iraCft-d and' th Rev. .I. ' W. "Kramer unanimous ily. elected, in his stead. V , . . . .- AldermaniGreen, culure 3, of the "'Fifth. ward,, thenanie in and -resigned. Mr A. B. Skehluig-was una'ni mously deot-J' fed 'and sw.of h. tn as his s.ucces-s-jr. ' -Mayor .Weight state, that' Alderman Keith wasVut of the . city iLXit tnitt . Ahjerman Morrill was sick .at home. The resignation; of Chi.of. Police Jno. R, MeltunAv as' then read and ac epttid. The board- thereupon elected Mr. 'E. G. Parmele as chief of police. Hisj bond of''$l,000 was given, on the spot by Messrs. " George Rountree, Os- p car i Pearsall and Martin Newman. Mayor;' Wright ;thn .stated . to -th(-. board that as -the 'business men had esipresseH dissatisfaction ith the ad jninistratil,Tr and requested hira. to trti . der his-ft'natiori, he would take this opportunity" to, tender- his resignation., as mayor. He .-called Alderman Weal. ' to the chair, .and on m.ptioruof Aider-r man Worth".- 'the .mayoVs J-esslgnatlon ,wai accepied, . Alderman .West announce l that tho election of a.- mavor was .in-.-.order. Aldermar) King nominate'd the lien. A. , M. Vt'iiddell for mayor, and the. me.nion of his name -created a storm, of applause. t - The vote was taken" and -all eight of '--the hew, rder-men . voted for- ColbntL; .WaddelL 'He Vaa , declared elected mayor "lEEi a great df rr.onstration. Mayor-Waddell was. sworn In by -Jus-tice Martin Newman," and he: briefly r1r1r.sf.H .the. l-ivn rr? .TIa .fl - i U t H. members of the board "no doubt ft-Jt liRe? ' he did in this crisis. While he thanked. the1 board- fcir the'honor conferred ujion-J .him. he nki. not .deRir t hsTrosif lan. ann' ' hoped' soon';'.to be relieved, ahi ac cepted it'oMy as a- doty in this grav crisis. He cdnjured t"e members ,Vo& co-bperate wiih him .In the.most ex-'i traordlnary' conditions which confronts . us. '.He called God-to. witnea that hft"11 would employ his. efforts to sternly en force order and suppress vioe-nc. - He ' closed With an ao&tause from all la Ltne room. -., On motion of Alderman .Worth the mayor Wright and the other,? w bo" had yieldrd in the right spirit and resigned 'the city governmevTh motion was' unanimously adopt'-HU" '-,' '-. On motion. ' or Alderman '.King. the. mayor was. authonzed-to svrear In 250 special riolicemon.to serve last night. ', On motion of Aldferma.n Spru'nt, Mr. MF. H. Gouverneur was elected aa--sistant chief .of police to serve during' The board -then adjourned-, and af- ' terwards. heVd a,pnvate meeting In the mayor' off bc - .! " Alderman . T. Morrilh of the Third "' ward, sent in his resignation, but nc action was takc-n orr it. .. j j On motion-the mayor was iautharlz'd; to empAay ,twnty-fi:e moonted men' to patil the city on horseback rjtd twenty-five, men on hlcycles for sirrui duty last night. i Major Waddell announced that. .wanted it' to fffhty be made'icnoj to. whites' and blacks that a.W Lwl V9s.and disorder. in the city wlllj aummauiy and sternly utpr,ess5 After 'discussing a few teavlns-them over, the 1 ed !&UClect to the cal 1 I-'
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 14, 1898, edition 1
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