The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
REPUBLICAN R0UGHS.
ASSAULT ON DELAWARE DEMOCRATS.
Negroes Ia Wilmington stone n Demo
osratic Procession and Fire In.
TO the Crowd-A Number
OF Persons Wounded.

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Philadelphia, Oct. ls.--A special to the
Times gives the following particulars Of u
political disturbance at Wilmington, Della.
ware Saturday night on tho route Of the
Democratic parade that night. At Southwest
and Walnut streets, is ihree.story brick
building known As the National Hall, the
lower story OF which Is occupied by two col
ored families, barber shop and cigar
Store kept by colored people. In tho second
story is Higgins colored club headquarters.
Here festival of some kind, gotten up by the
oolored women, was in progress. Two clubs
had passed down Walnut street, and the
third club, the Blue Hen and Chickens. were
passing THIS hall, whena stone was thrown
from the sidewalk into transparency which
the club carried The club passed along hty
yards before II was generally known that this
uS' o"'n oone, when 1t had become known
20 'hS eIHp' II matted, and the marshal said :;
We nave oesn insnl1ed, all.who. are ready TO
ioiiow me- come on All who are not, get
out Oh the way AT this time the yousg
men pemocrshc club, next in line, number
ing e'gh'y'hVs men, had reached the hall,
wneh aho'ner stone was thrown, which struck
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Kane with
such force rs 10 shgger him in his seat, he
oslng mounted. Almost simulteeously two
pls'oi shoes were hred from the second story
OF lhe nall, into the club, which being un-
prepared 'hers being only six
'eVo''e" among eighty'nve members, 1t broke
ana scattered IN inc midst OF volley OF shots
i'o"i 'no building py which several OF The
numbers oil 'hiS elup were wounded. From
inc i"c' 'na' some OF Them were buckshot
wounds added TO direct testimony, 1t appears
'hM some OF the negroes were armed with
mnsKem @ Inc blue Hens Chickens and
inc "'ilalns cub came rushing up, aud
returned 'he hre' In three minutes there
was not h'iug on both siiTs. Thon the me-
g'oos oroNe ""u ned up N'n1h street, pursued
oy 'ue paFauers' VINO RepI up hot iire In
''e,' r'Sr' Nv 'he same Nme 'he air was llled
WIN nyipg oricks ana stones, which smashed
III 'n0 w'nuo"s ana doors, ana dld some dam
AHe 10 'ne interior OF tho nall some threats
wero h'uo 10 oufn H. Out 'heY were not car
r,'u 'n'o '"ec'. stones were also thrown
through 'no WINDOWS oil acolored church at
,N'n'u ana rf"nN s'fee's' ana several colored
houses ,u' were ooinoarueu win stones
10 ,Oi'owlngS Is lis'o ol wounded who were
W 'uo ''"e .. Paraae "m' Mckinney, OF
'uo i'""1 uon V'uo, serious; Ihomss A.
i,'u'' VI '"o iouns nen c'uo' struck In
'u' oros' WIN oFicKi W " montgomery
u -ne iouus "eh eiuo' shot twice in the
ore"sl' s'lsn' wounds VIM Were, Of VIII
''"m' e'uo, wounded 10 the thigh by reyol'
yer oulloti "m' Long, OF the Young Mems
cruz, sno' IN me neck slight; f. McCinnis,
oil Williams club, shot in the neck, slight;
Isaac fleree' shot in the shoulder by a reyol.
yer oulleI; Norris Pike' knocked down by a
oriek ana injured; Ihomas Jones, 1--WE buck
.hot wounds none seriousi Elias q. Roilley,
ouckshot wound in armi John O'Donnol, ro.
porter Tor tho Sunday Mirror struck in the
abdomen by spent bali. Only two colored
men were sbo, and ro;,bor sor,or.,,.
Aaa,,,o. .,-,' y'' ,'' 'Ou'9'
h"o'nor was Drought IN at'er the rot his
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