Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-10
TIE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN WASH.
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ThOusa nds of Armed Negroes Swarm the
Streets Threatening The Lives Of
2 All Whites.
83TTkH aLl1A51 10 3HNU.
Conservative Negro Escorted 10 the Polls
in Hollow Square of Armed heh---
Persistent Attempts 10 XIII Him.
Fi55t5 Il sb Sour Duration sethAass5a IN
the Insurgent RADICALS anu the
Mounted Police.
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Charges and COunteP Charges Fire Arms,
Razors, Bricks, Clubs, etc., EEeelyG &
Used--Frightened Citizens Flee
PIT ing in all Directions $40 ev .

Special 10 the ST. Louis Republican, 81.
| NEGRO INSURRECTION IN WASHING.
TON. s"
1 .WAsHINGToN, June 7.--Ilhe Auni-
cipal election here to-day has resulted
4 in the triumph of the Republican
ticket, and has been accompanied by
extraordinary scenes of riot and blood
shed, resulting in the killing of two
\ persons and the woundiig OF several.
The principal riot was in q contest OF
| the negroes with the Metropolitan
Police, and did not result from the
antagOnism of political parties. Early
last night the negroes commenced to
eongregate in the vicinity Of the polls,
| which they took possession of early
this morning, and held until | o'clock.
They consulted freely among Them
selves, and determined that no eolored
man should vote the Conservative
| ticket. In a precinct in tho Second
Ward TaJIlatto named Stuart ap-
peared TO VOTE. anu was instantly
recognized as a Conservative and
pounced upon. He barely escaped
with his life into aH Rdjoining house,
where the crowd folloSyed him, driv-
ing out the family that occupied it,
lland endeavOfing to- secure Stuart,
amid cries of chang him." At this
juncture Supt. Richards, OF the police,
arrived on The ground, backed by a
reserved police ofmounted men, and
sent word to Stuart to come from his
hiding place and vote, aud he would
be protected. The latter at once ap-
peared, when a large crowd NADIA
rush at him, hut WeIG driven back by
the clubs of the police. The patunl-
men then formed a hollow square
around Stuart, and the latter, with the
Superintendent, moved OF, guarded
by the police. At least q thousand
negroes followed, yelling and throw
ing stones and making occasional
dashes at the police. Tlga. Ragroes
Swarmed out Cf the alleys,and il re-
CURED the utmost eodlhess of the fprce
to prevent them from taking Stuart
and lyhching him, The negroes We're
armed with clubs, raZOrs and stones.
only two or three having fire arms.
Finally Stuart was escorted to another
precinct and voted. The fact seemed
to enrage the crowd; and tha police
were greeted with volley of stones
and clubs. They charged en- tie mob,
driving them baek.; aud wore in turn
driven hack about a whole square.
The superintendent received several
severe blows. The battle then COM
menced in earnest, right in front of the
residence of the Secretary of the Rrit--
ish Legation. The mounted police
fired yplIay over the heads Of the
pinfnrl xrrhiah naauCsn1 n manic n
the thousands OF spectators who had
been attracted by the. first of tie affair,
These flew into the residences down
the alley ways, behind tree boxes,
llelter-skelteT, their excitement and
speed being accelerated by another
Volley from the policey which this
time was fired into the crowd. The
police had been driven. nearly another
block. Several men fell, two negroes
fatally wounded, while about half a
dozen whites and blacks received shots
in the arms and legs, not seriously in-
,juring them. Several colored women
were run over by the crowd. When
the OQlQred men fell, the mob made
another assault on Jthe police with
showers of bricks. One mounted pO-
liceman, detached by accident from
the force, was horribly beaten, and his
horse shot in the flank. The police
man was only saved by fleeing down
an alley. The second. volley, Of shot
intimidated the negroes, notwfth-
standing that they had been rein
forced; and they were driven back a
block, yelling defiantly, but virtually
giving up the attack. The police fol-
lowed them closely, and succeeding in
a fight of an hours duration in secur-
ing quiet, though they patrolled the
street for four hours. The Mayor of
the city soon appeared; but as the po-
lice force were without his control, he
was poWerless. The negroes to the
number. of several hundred remained
in the vicinity until after dark, shout
ing that they would kill any white or
black Democrat; but everybody gave
them wide berth, and no additional
outrages are reported, The colored
population have been very much ex-
cited by the infiammatory appeals
made to them by white men and For
ney's Chronicle, not to vote the citi-
zen's ticket, and the riot to-day is the
natural result. tnTknA q &
After the riot was over, President
Grant rode out TO the scenery
Two. colored men applied at the the
ater tonight claiming entrance under
the new municipal law, but We're re-.
fused admission. 9lsi a5iH rssq.ssF1