Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-19
HEaNANDO, MS J.
A Row Prevented-Inflamed by Judge
Walton, the Radical Candidate for
Congress, the Negroes At
tempt Trouble
Promptly Met by the Whites, Bloody
Row was Prevented Three White
Men and Three Negroes
Being Wounded.
Special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal
SENAToBIA. September Is Last SAT-
urday the club at fernando appointed a
water, ETC., for the meeting to-day. The
COMMITTEES fulfilled their duty and had the
STATS arranged Ia a semi circle. E ,rly this
morning the negroes came 10 town, and after
WhoopIng around the square marched to the
grounds and took possession OF the seats and
hitching ropes. Captain Raines anticipating g
trouble, sent fer Sowell Newsom, q leading
Radical, and told him to take J. N. Campbell,
another Radical, and get the negroes to give
up the seats, ETC., as the whites b Ad purchased
and arranged them for their own use. New
ON excused himself, when Captain Rstnes
saw Cam pbell and got him TO go and help Set.
tie matters. They found the negroes with
their horses crowded around the stand, ana
no space left for the invited clubs. Captain
Rlines proposed a division Of the ground,
making tree in front Of the stand as the line,
the whites to occupy. the south half and the
negroes the north half The well dt posed ne
grOes considered this "fair," but the more tur-
bulent cried out, "Hold on to your seats" etc.
The disput about the space was, however,
finally arranged between Messrs. Raines and
Campbell satisfactorily. kaines then came
t. the stand, and demanded the seats politely.
Many Of the negroes, however, held on TO the
seats, and claimed right TO them. A white
man m0tiop ed the negroes to get of, telling
them that the seats were engaged. A negro
tried to wrest his stick from him, and another
negro knocked the white man down. The
negroes then began shooting; fifteen or twen-
ty shots weie flied by the negroes, and four or
I've by the whites.
captain Raines cannot get too much credit
for going In front of the men, and pre- venting
them from firing. The sheriff, judge and dis
trict attorney went to the gronnd to Interfere
rhere were about 1orty whites and one thou
sand negroes present. captain Raines jumped
upon he platform beside Walton, and told
hi % II he mad anything 10 say for peace, to
say 1t now. The negroes backed, and Walton
said he knew nothing. he then commenced
speaking, but rem 2rK ed tina he would make
the kind OF speech he had made at Pleasant
Hill, which was bloody shirt, and Supposed
that would not quiet things. He consulted
Manning, who said they would speak II
things could be quiet. The negroes com
menced forming In the road. Toe whites
sheriff put The whites under orders. Raines
begged Walton to quiet the negroes, and
he went with Colonel Morgan and the sheriff.
The negroes left, threatening to return and
burn the town. The sheriff summoned d
Raines and company as p-sse, under
orders, to prevent further disturbance.
The following ba ch OF ia schools were tel
egraphed by Walton 10 TAFT. "As Manning
and myself, nominees for congress, were about
beginning our nineteenth Joint dI, cussion
gro, and the whites oper ed fire
on a large colored crowd in the audience
Five cOlored and two whites are reported
shot. After the shooting L offered to speak,
but declared should, as usual, denounce
Democratic violence. The off GERS then ad-
vised the crowd to disperse and they So"
The true re- ult is three wounded on each
side. The whites were Woods, ,Thos Mich
OILS and ID. w. Bristal, the two former seri GUS.
fernando is on guard and will care for her.
self Owing to Captain Raines throwing him
self between the hostlles little execution was
done. These people will not Withstand SO
SAM T, MASSEY,