The comet., 1880-10-23

At Wilmington, Del. A Democratic
Procession Attacked by Negroes
a Number OF peOpIe wounded.

At Wilmington, Del. A Democrat
y a Number OF Seopie Wounded.
PHILADELPIiIA, Oct. 18.-A speci
i, to the Times gives the following pa
:, ticulars of political disturbance
u Wilmington, Delaware, Saturda
d night:
"On the route of the Democrat
parade last night, at the Southwestern
y corner of 9th and Walnut streets, is
t three story brick building known q
9 National Hall, the lower story of whic
: Is occupied by two colored families;
: barber shop and cigar store is keI
t by colored people in the second story
q and the third story is Higgins( (colored
Club headquarters. Here festival c
some kind, gotten up by two colore
women was in progress. Two club
had passed down Walnut street, an,
Il third club, the Blue Hens Chickens
was passing this Hall when stOn
: was thrown from the sidewalk into
transparency which the club carried
Hhe club passed on about fifty yards
before it was generally known tina
this had been done. When it became
known to the club, it halted, and the
Marshall said, I'VE have been insulted
all who are ready to follow me come
At this time the Young Mems Demo-
S5 men, had reached the hall when
another stone was thrown, which
struck it's Lieutenant-Colonel, Thos.
A. Kane, with such force as to
staggcr him in his seat, he being
mounted. Almost simultaneously two
pistol shots were fired from the second
story of the hall into the Club, which,
being totally unprepared, there being
only six revolvers among So members,
broke and scattered in the midst of a
fierce vOlley of shots from the build
ing, by which several of the members
of the Club were slightly wounded.
From the fact that some of them were
buck-shot wounds, added to direct tes-
timony, ii appears some of the negroes
were armed with muskets. The Blue
Hens Chickens, and Williams Club
came rushing up and returned the fire,
and for two or three minutes there
was hot firing on both sides. Then
the negroes broke and fed up Ninth
street, pursued by the paraders who
kept up Il hot fire on their rear. At
the same time air the was filled with
flying bricks and stones, which smash
ed all the windows and doors and did
some damage tothe interior of the hall.
Some threats Were made to burn it,
but they were not carried into effect
Stones Were also thrown through the
windows of the col0red church at
Ninth and French streets, and several
colored houses We're bomb barded with
stones.
The followingl5 list of the wound
ed who were in the line of parade
VIM. Mckinney, shot in the left cheek;
Thos. A. Kane, of Young Mems Club,
struck in the breast with brick; C.
c. Montgomery, Young Mems Cub,
shot twice in the breast, slight wounds;
VIM. Wier, Williams Club, wounded
in thigh by a revolver bullet; VIM.
Long, Young Mems Club, shot in the
neck, slight Isaac Pearce, shot in the
shoulder by revolver ballet; Norris
Pike, knocked down by brick, and
slightly injured; Thomas Jones, five
buck-shot wounds in the arm John
O'Donnell, acting reporter for the
Sunday Mirror, struck in the
abdomen by spent bullet. Only
two colored men were shot, and
neither seriously. Temp e, another,
was brought in by the police after
The riot with his face badly bruised by
some missile. A colored woman was
struck on the head by brick, and
oolored woman was badly hurt by
umping from the second story win
low of the Hall. Three negro men
were struck by bricks and slightly in
ured. Geo. Pike (white) was attacked
oy several negroes after the row and
Dadly cut in several places. For
nearly an hour the Club surged around
5he Hall and neighborhood, eXchang-
ng shots with scattering negroes, and
bricks into the emptied
At length, chiefly through
,he persuasion of Ignatious Grubb,
hey moved on. Arrived at Tenth and
Orange streets, they rallied and talked
lbout attacking Il large crowd of
negroes who had rallied and made
tand at Eleventh and Orange, but
we're persuaded by the police and
Thomas j. Mellon to desist and dis
1erse. The police, eight in number,
hen went up to Eleventh street to
lisperse the negroes-there were over
90 of the latter, many armed with
which they leveled at the {
pproaching police and ordered them
o "halt." They directed that only
ne policeman should come up to par
ey with them. Having heard what !
his officer said, they promised to dis j
erse, but did not do so for an hour s
nd the police were powerless to coerce i;
hem.
Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, a |
quad Of police were sent down to dis Il
erse large crowd of negroes gather /
ii at Ninth and Walnut streets. As !
he officers came up mulattO opened d
re on them from an alley, and several L
hots were fired on others in the crowd. a
pecial officer Hugh Shields was shot il
l the thumb by the accidental di = I
harge of revolver he was wrench Ii
lg from one of the negroes. Patrol II
IAN Cannon was struck on the head IL
y Il brick and disabled from duty. "
he police grabbed one prisoner, and II
lspersed the riOtors, and then gu Irds ii
ere placed on duty. Mayor Altmond
ls been urged to forbid night parades a
future, but doubts his authority to
} so. The City Council will be peti-
Dned to take some action, as it is fear n
that any future night parade would ID
: attended with a serious loss of life. ii
Six negroes have been arrested for
in the riot during the ca
parade Saturday night, al
I'd will be given hearing tomorrow. Of
m. Mckinney of the Bayard Club, is
hose injuries were thought to be fatal, a.,
better this evening. He will doubt r,
3 recover. Great excitement pre- h,
Ills, and the citizens generally are ar ar
Xious that no more parades shall ed
Ike place. ~ ~
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