The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-24
NEGRO RIOT on EDgro ISLAND, s. 9.
Unpatriotic Northernefs-Onc Negro Shot
Negro Adherence of Northern Taskunasters.
[trom the Charleston News jury 2l.l

Unpatriotic Neutrality-suspicious. Negro Shot
Negro Adherence of Northern Taslkmasters.
ttrom the Charleston News, jury 2l.l
ORIGIN OF THE RIOT.
The Ners OF Saturday last gave some particulars
OF a riot among the negroes on EdistO Island the
o% sasss, ssxs
planters On the island told me negroes that they
would work for them on Monday and Tuesday OF
Of iand--about ve acres each. A large number OF
work. The plan operated finely until the Fourth OF
July came, which. as Is well known, fen upon SUN.
9e as %nasy anG aid o
nearly ell the planters who made this con.
tract with the negroes are from the North, and
to their section. and tod the negroes that they must
ss0 Oh sy m the Is ss
1t WAS general holiday, ana should have been OBJ.
served by oil American crizens the planters should
be willing to lose the day, and said they would have
been willing to lose it under IKE circumstances.
After much discussion on the subject majority of
number positively refused to do So ana against
these the planters sgeG out oefore Magistrate
tations under the authority Of these writs, among
the negroes, Thought the planters very unrea-
sonabe In turning them away from their little farms
an nen s 70 s 50
'''N SHOOTING OF CYRUS HAYWOOD.
another writ Of was pTSnSsd sSSnss
e elacs or to 20 With him 70 the magistrate ana found
sa Ss &c re Sns e CO. but Tons
consent TO be bound hand and foot and thrown into
and g S sna cu
resisted and was shot through the hand. and then
while wounded was tied IKE cs thrown into "a
was kent in solitary confinement FOR three days and
without having any attention pad to his wound.
On wednesday night he, with assistance from out
CYL orvysEs II DANCER -, ,,., ~.
AZ soon as the arrest Of Cyrus was reported me
p ps around the houses q The OOnsiabIe ana
soner. Some OF the crowd threatened to hang the
officers II they did not release Cyrus and seemed
SSg hs ccsrs s mers s mson
sed every art to appease the angry crowd but they
would not be quieted until they were assured that
'''"p'1 TIRED OF. TIM NoKTnsRNExs. 81
During the disturbance several OF the Southern
planters went among he negroes and endesvored,
BY reasoning with them, to'persuado them TO return
to their work. The negroes told them they were
talking would do no good then, Is they had nothing
agans. tho southern planters but were tired Of the
island ever since they came they had been unjust
10 the negroes. t-lts 'a- y a1c..-D
ARREST OF THE RINuLEADHRSs
On Monday last Sheriff E. w. N. Mackey. accom-
,aried hy two detectives, Washington and Reed,
went over TO the Island 10 arrest the ringeaders,
and found everything quiet and most Of the
negroes at work as usual. He Inquired for
peter -. Hedges, Alfred smith, Moses
Brown. Ioston jenkins and Moses Gadsden,
FOR whom he had warrants charging them with re
leasing Cyrus Haywood and with being the ring
leaders vi the riot. They came forward as soon as
they heard that they were wanted. The Sheriff told
them 20 meet him at the boat, as he wanted them 70
20 with him to the city, where they would have 10
undergo an examination. Al the appointed time
all came to tho boat and the Sheriff brought them
alter their arrival they were arraigned before Mags
tra,e De Large (coioredh who postponed nearing
OF the case until the 30th Of this month"; ~
Sheriff Mackey advised the negroes to make up
the day loss, which they consented to DO II the
planters would Withdraw their writs OF cjectment.
the planters have agr ed to do this ana AFFAIRS on
the island nay now be reported a. quiet and likely