The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-24
New Fork February "a. 1887.
OUTRAGE AND RIOT


o. New Fork February "a. 1887.
OUTRAGE AND RIOT
The Evening Post publisted IN Phi
day and Saturday. and the walls NJ the
cry have for some days past bern cover
ed with thr following handful: 81
RarAn, MAR, Rrsr. 80 {,
THEIR PRICES Nusf COVE DOWN!
Tbs soice Of the People Shall be Head and
will Prevail s -
D The People will meet in the PARK, Rsin
~ shias. al 4o'elock, on h0ND ~ AFTER
Mound
To inq,irs INTO ID. cause afthe pre.sn. unea.
smpled Distress, and % devise . smtsble re
inedy. All Friends Of humanity, drtegmined
10 resist MOnoPolists and Extorsioners. are in
Moses Jacques. Daniel GOrhsm,
Dsniei A. Rohertson. 4 Alexsnder .iing, Jr.
NeS York. FEB 10 1881.
Asmighi be expected. language so well
calculated 70 srouse the worst passions Of
the worst part uf The pop1lace Of large
city. ocessianed the sssemhlage in The
Park yesterday afternoon Of great mum.
her Of people, estimated q from 5000 70
5000 in number.--A sell constituted
Committee then made their appearance
in frout Of the City Hall. among whom
| Alexander Ming. Jr.. appeared mos, con
spieoous. He made a speech. the chief
topics of which, rs far ~ could be heard.
acre the Currency. Banking, and finally
high Rents and high Prices. Another
orator followed. whose name we could
not learn, Among other language he
used the following: !" Fellow ci,lzens.
Eli Hart has now in his sL,rr fifty three
thousand barrels OF, -four. Let US 90
down peacesbly and ask him 10 let US
have il ., $40. if he don't we'll tsfier q
long pause) 90 peacesbly away" This
speech was tremendously cheered. and
several orators followed. Ia one of the
intervals, Alexander Ming, Jr., offered q
set Of resolutions, OF which we could only
gather the sense Of one. which was TO the
effect. that memorial should be sent to
the Legislature TO prohibit the issue Of all
notes under one hundred dollars.
The meeting consisted chiefly OF for
eigners. many Of whom could not speak
English. Certainly not one-lhird were
American citizens. and those chiefly
apparently attracted there by curiosity.
From this meeting large numbers pour
ed down Broadway, and after making
one or two defours. reached the store OF
VI. Eli Hart, in Washington street. A.
bout twenty-five barrels Of -four we're
then rolled out Of The store. their heads
knocked in. and the contents scattered
abou, the street. At this time number
Of the friends Of Mr.. Hart and posse Of
police officers arrived on The spot, bu,
they had encountered on their way in
Dey street apart Of The mob, who attack
ed them. aud took away the officers
stats. breaking them over their persons.
The officers, notw outstanding, succeeded
| in clearing the store Of the rioters, and
appeared sufficiently strong to proven.
The entrance OF any more through the
only door open.
The mob we're thus kept al bay for
abou, twenty minutes. during which time
the Mayor arrived and addressed them,
demonstrating with them on the folly Of
their conduct He was struck several
times and pel,ed with -four, and finally
compelled 10 desist and retire. The rio
,ers having received large addition 10
their numbers. scattered themselves abou,
the lower floor aud counting house. and
continued Tor one hour rolling on, barrels
of -four and carrying out bags Of wheat
The contents Of which were all turned
in the street. The desks. papers, and
every thing in the counting house. were
thrown out Of The window. and the for.
mer broken to pieces by jumping on
them. They then proceeded up stairs
and began throwing barrels OF -four ou'
of The windows and down the hatch
ways. An half hour was consumed IN
this way. Ii was now dark and about :
o'clock. when strong body ofpolice Of
| iicers arrived. and in a few minutes dis
| persed the whole.
| The mob then crossed over 10 the Eas
| River, and commenced an attack on ,h'
store Of A. B. Mech & Co. where the!
destroyed about twenty five barrels q
-four. They then marched of TO. tn
store Of Messrs. Herricks. in Coen,ie
slip; bu, here they were encountered b
the police---,o whose aid The citizen
were turning out from all quarters dns
en- off and dispersed.