Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-08
POLITICAL.
4 Greeley Procession Attacked an
Dispersed
By Crowds of Armed Negroes
Fifty to seventy-Fire Shets Fired.
The Negroes Still Rampant at Mid
gEQ night.
The Police Make No Attempt to
Disarm Them.
Several wOunded-NOne Killed-COn-
Dispersed

OASeAA Al
Several Wounded-EOne KilIed-COn-
dieting Accounts of Its Origin.
CINCINNATI, Oct. IA riot occurred
tonight about 10 o'clock at the corner of
Fifth and Broadway streets between a
Fourth Ward Greeley torch light process
sion and colored people, in which fifty to
seventy-five shots were fred. Several per-
SOUS were wounded but none so far as
heard of killed. sThe accounts of the affair
by eye witnesses are very conflicting, and it
is almost impossible to obtain reliable par
ticnlars. The Greeley club was from
ward in which the population is largely
Irish and the locality of thel riot was one
thickly settled by colored people During
the day, the colored people say, word was
sent them they would be attacked this
evening. This news came also to the
police, and the officers of the district feared
riot. The colored men laid
In q stock of Ammunition.
The colored women of Allen Chapel
which is at the corner OF Sixth and Broad
way were holding sort of fair for the
benefit of the church. They had colored
brass band playing for them on the street
in front OF the church. This drew large
crowd Of people and a speech was called
for, and cololed man made them po-
liLical speech on the street. While he was
speaking the procession of Greeley men
marching west on Fifth street, toward
Broad, came into the latter street and turned
to 60 down toward Fourth street. This
was one square distant from where the
speaking was at the colored church, Sixth
and Broadway. The procession turned
down Broadway, marching away from the
crowd at the church. Here, and at this time,
the firing commenced. How It commenced
no two storie ies quite agree. One account
is that lot of colored children rushed
down to the corner to see it go by, and
hurrahed for Grant, aud that torch bear
ers in the procession beat them and drove
them away; and attempted to drive gi-
gantic colored man away ley beating him,
and that he drew pistol and fired at them.
Others who were not near by, but who saw
the beginning, say that four shots were
fired first by the procession and that the
colored men fired back. The
The PrepOnderance of Testimony
is that the firing was commenced by one
very large colored man who was standing
at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, on
the sidewalk. The confusion then became
fearful. The members of the procession
first started to run; then rallied. The col
Ored men, such as had pistols, seemed to
be using them and retiring north on Broad
way. The unarmed colored men
Bun to their ArmOry
on New street, next north Of Sixth street,
and east of Broadway and got about thirty
muske Is and rushed out to reinforce their
frienda.. They succeeded in driving back
and dispensing the members of the process
sion. They then rushed to their Armory,
where about 80 or 200 of them are under
arms. They have all the app caches to
the A.rmory guarded. One of their leaders
insid made them
A Speech
in which he said:
"This attack tonight was organized TO
intimida you from voting tomorrow.
Now want to say to you, let every man of
you o to the polls and vote at the cost of
your lives" .......
This speech was received with a deafen-
ing shout. Whenithe riot was in progress
the mot alarm was turned on the tre-bell,
and
The whOIe:POIIcesFOrce
was called to the scene. The
Mayor, Chief of Police and the whole
police force were soon on the spot. The
police f. rmed across the streets in platoons
and drove the mad crowd from the vicinity
of the strife. They made such disposition
offcrcss as prevented a renewal of the con-
fiict up to present writing, (midBight). Great
crowds OF men are now cOugreg8ted on
Main, near Sixth street, just outside Of the
limits of the police and three squares from
the armory where the colored men are
still Under.Arms.
The greatest excitement prevails in the
| locality. Serious fears are entertained Of q
renewal of the conflict. The danger viii
| not be past for several days. The general
| belief of witnesses is that after the riot be-
gun, both sides participated to their utmost
in the firing, but there are Eo reliable &C
! counts of any colored men being shot
Witnesses say several colored men vert
| knocked down in the streets.
The Wounded. ..
The seriously wounded are: Jas. Smith
wounded in the heshy part of the thigh
and Thomas Warrington, also in the thigh
| Smith was in the procession, and Warning
| ton was standing on the sidewalk whert
| the firing commenced. OAe n IN was shot
through the toe. Another as grazed acrOs;
the thigh; another through the arm, an
other in the left thumb, whil3 several had
their clothing cut by bullets.
Half Past One This TOrHtng-QGtet
| Restored.
CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 8, 1870 A. MA
this hour quiet seems to have been com
pletely restored. The crowds have dis
persed from the streets, and the coloreC
men have left their Grmory and gone tC
! their homes.
The streets in the vicinity Of the riot ar
entirely deserted, with the. exception OF few
police, who are visible. A large force OF
police are understood to be in the Vicinit!
ready for an emergency, but matters looE
now as if no further trouble would occur
tonight. r