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Trouble in Wilmington, W. C. in Which Nine Negroes Are Killed. Three White Men Are Wounded, One Seriously—The Trouble Begins for Wrecking of the Office of the Negro Press, Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 11— After a day of bloodshed and turbulence Wil lmington has subsided into comparative peacefulness. Nine megroes were killed and three white men wounded during the day, one of them, William Mayo, seriously. The city is in the hands of a new municipal government and law and order is being established, Cause of the Trouble. The trouble in Wilmington com menced at 8:30 Thursday morning, when an armed body of men, num bering about 400 and led by ex-Repre sentative Waddell, chairman of a com mittee of 25 appointed for the purpose, proceeded to the publishing house of a negro newspaper, the Record, to wreck it. ‘The editor of this paper had pub lished an article defamatory of white women, and whose meeting of citizens on Wednesday ordered his expulsion from the city within 24 hours and the removal of his press. Fifteen leading negroes were called on by the commit tee of 25 Wednesday night and directed to notify the chairman by 7:60 Thurs day morning whether they would agree to the removal of the press. They were informed that if no answer was re turned the press would be demolished. No answer was received by the chair man Thursday morning, and after waiting an hour the citizens proceeded in a body and demolished the fixtures of the printing office. Panic Among Negroes. The burning of the printing office created a great commotion among the negroes of the town. The rumor spread that the whites were going to burn and mmurder in the negro quarter. This rumor reached the negro employes of a cotton compress numbering 300 or 400, who quit work and hung about the streets in manifest terror. Other par ties congregated in the negro section and it was in one of these that the first tragedy was enacted. The men were standing on a corner and were ordered to disperse. They declined, and, it is claimed, fired into the whites, ‘The Cattle Deginn. A fusillade was immediately opened pon them by the whites and three negroes were killed. Two whites were wounded slightly. One negro ran down the street and passing a residence fired a rifle at William Mayo (white) stand ing on the veranda, shooting him through the left lung. This negro was recognized, pursued and captured while hiding under a bed. It is said he con fessed to the shooting. He was riddled with shot by his captors and killed. ‘Total of Nine Negroes Dema. About one o'clock some negroes in a house fired upon a passing party of white men. The house was surround ed and four negroes captured and taken to the jail One negro broke away and ran, but was shot down and killed be fore he had proceeded half a block. During the afternoon there were other affairs of this kind and eight negroes were killed during various times in the disturbed sections. As the news of the riot spread through the neighboring state cities they offered to send help, and all such offers were declined, except in the case of Fayette, from which town came about 150 men. As nightfall came the town was completely patrolled and guarded. Very few negroes were on the streets and they were not allowed to congregate anywhere. The action of the citizens in organizing a new municipal government is expected to bring peace and order, and no more rioting is expected. Bloodshed 1n South Carolina, Washington, Nov.11—A special to the Post from Greenwood, D. C., says: Five negroes lay dead at Rehobeth all day along the roadside, another mas killed Thursday and likely four others are dead and lost in the woods. One white man was buried, three others lie at the point of death and six more have been wounded. Four heads of families have left the country and armed troops of countrymen are scouring the coun try hunting other victims. All of this is the outcome of an election row at Phoenix. Eight negroes have been lynched within two weeks’ time in neighboring counties Ben Collins (colored) was killed ‘Thursday night near Phoenix. He is said to have fired one pistol abot into the polling place and reached for an other weapon. cas quer at Wilmington. Washington, Nov. 12,—A special to the Post from Wilmington, N.C., no; This city is remarkably quiet, the tur moil and Terrible race conflict consid ered. The military are doing police duty at the request of the city authori ties, although no martial law has been proclaimed. There are five cm on duty. They are the Fayetteville riflemen, the Clinton guards, the Kings ton naval reserves, Wilmington lighting jar and the Wilmington naval re serves. COL. Walker Taylor is in com mand.
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Warren, Minnesota, US
Thu, Nov 17, 1898
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