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RACE RIOT IN WILMINGTONTh» »*, • *•••» Wr*lr •.l.n.lrrmo ..... It f*^« M«B !»•»• »»•Wl,..e »f !•». '•«•* f uriffilIn UMk WTh- r.»lllt;iv»n K r*-|'rlthH TiniM Vmitur. «'■ I'Up-rpuMi»b«d a' Ktle.gb. in regard fo Hi-race riot at ilmingtonWi»?*4*r*»Nf N iv a m.A was* in* el i tig of nearly a I tJtiiin-ftfKl white ciiUen* of Wilmington WA* held yesterday to t ik*- action lo insure the I'.untiuuiiH*1 1,1 white suprcuii' ) in Wilmington. A serieii.f *et*n resolution* were adopted, declaring in positive tfri:»-, it at Wumingiou wilt never again submit to bn dominated by rirgnif* or by wtiiie men Wtie uw the negro to help them into power.The seventh resolution demands that the Jt-cord mint he suppressed and that Manly, the negro editor who wrote the i n fa mom elatider of white women min-1 leave this locality. A committee of clu**u» yesterday eve-nlng communicated the action of ttiemeeting to a number of influential negroes and demanded compliance . Unless the negroes accede to the demand by eight o’clock this morning the negroes were told that the white citizens would demolish the Record office and outfit and lorcibly eject Manly .Negroes not having complied with the demand of the wnite business men by seven thirty this morning, the Imir fixed, six hundred white men as.sem bled on Market and Kifih streets, and about eight thirty, they in arc In «l to theoltflie of the Uaily Record, llie in famous negro newspaper,and destroy ed all the material in the building The building took lire, hut some a-•ert that tins was accident. The loaders in the crowd sent lor the tire department and the Mimes were confined to the Record building. On Houih street, twenty feet distant, was a large negro church, and north, twelve feet away, was a building occupied by negroes.The excitement m thecily is intense, and It is feared that I lie negroes will attempt to retaliate to-night. 1 he streets are lull of arm* d while men, and at least one Ihou-and will he on guard to-night.Tim column that moved on the Record office was composed of the hem OitU'ii* ol VV liming.on including del* gy men.at:
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The Caucasian
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Thu, Nov 10, 1898
Page 2
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Andrea H.
GA, USA 27 Sep 2021
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