Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-11-10
THE ELECTION
GENERALLY QUIET IN THE CITY.
Trouble Down the State.
RIOT IN THE SIXTH WARD.
Fsoht mast NioAt

[From the Commercial. Of tuesday,
The election to-day has been an unusual,
Interesting one and more than usually exciting
There has been considerable trouble in various
parts of the State, and some fighting.
| PRELIMINARY sKIRnnsHEs.
Last evening, about 0 o'clock, as meeting Of
Hall. corner Of 9th and Walnut streets, the Pom.
| der Pioneers, and some other Democrats with
torches, marched down there, and after some
bandying Of words, 1t is alleged they threw two
bricks at the building, whereupon the colored
voters j" went for them" in manner which sur
prised Them. The red-shirted pioneers were
flying in every direction, seeking shelter from
infatuated colored men, and some of them were
badly hurt by flying bricks or bullets, few pis-
tol shots having been fired during the skirmish
ONE or two of the colored men were also shot,
but none were seriously wounded we believe.
:. We hear that the Democrats had Dragged that
they would tear out these headquarters, but up
to this time they do not seem to have made very
encouraging progress.
We stopped there this morning and asked part
OF the crowd how the fight began.
Their spokesman answered that them fellers
come around here to git fight and they got
little more nor they come for, that's all. They
went away pretty soon. We didn't commence it
but il they amt satisfied we'll do it better next
time, that's all All we ask is to be let alone"
THE POLLS TODAY.
We made the round Of all the polls in the old
city this morning, and found the election pro-
crossing quietly and peacefully everywhere ex-
cept in the first ward. There every cslored
OF snarling and quarrelling, and an occasional
nght. The police were successfully working to
prevent any widespread disorder however The
colored men were voting in all the wards, and so
Iar as we could learn Them but few of their votes
were rejected.
FIGHT IN THE SIXTH WARD.
Shortly after noon, fight broke out in the
Sixth Ward which threatened at one time, to
expand into serious riot. The Democratic
Pioneers, who hail from the classic locality Of the
" Old Church" were there in their red shirted
uniform, and there were also there quite num-
ignominious flight the night before. OF course,
it was not difficult for the quarrel to be resumed,
and about noon a fight commenced between
some Of the red shirted party, and some of the
colored men. The fight rapidly expanded in
were soon called into requisition. It
had not continued for many minutes before
black men came iocking from every direction.
LOOK which way you would crowds of colored
men, in full run, could be seen hurrying to the
scene OF the combat. In few minutes the
pioneers were again in flying retreat holly pur-
sued by the victorious blacks. The police officers
and U. s. Marshall Dunn turned back one crowd |
Of thepursuing party and also turned back fresh
oiomu Vi ploneers, anu zen. WOOuall U. b. ASSES |
sor, happened to meet another crowd Of blacks in
pursuit Of fleeing pioneers, and dissuaded them |
from any further demonstration and in a little |
while quiet reigned again. The colored men were |
not pacifed without much difficulty, however,
and they swore roundly that they had stood this /
sort Of thing long enough and now intended to |
iefend themselves whenever attacked. After 4
his row was over the reinforcements who had |
30 suddenly appeared on the scene disappeared
Is quietly as they had come. During the melee
MAI xuaa .v,<ts H., l. Io~x1
yhitem man in the arm. Two others were wounded |
,ut not severely, and no one, we believe, was
atally injured.
TROUBLE DOWN THE STATE.
Dispatches received in this city this morning
tate that great disorder prevails at the polls for
y. Georges hundred, at Odessa, and that many
republicans, black and white, have by force and
intimidation been driven away.
From Smyrna, the polling place for Duck
}reek Hd., there is even a worse report, and it
5 stated that mob of Democratic roughs armed
With cudgels, pistols, &C., have taken possession
4 the polls, driving every colored voter away.