Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-21

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therefore obey my advice. You must leave
here at once and preserve the public peace
and order. l. know that you feel aggrieyed
and enraged by this unprovoked and murder
ous attack upon you. But you have defended
yourselves and driven away your assailants
They are no longer here. Nobody is attacking
you now. You must not attack any body now.
lfyou do you will become aggressors. There.
fore leave here now and avoid further
trouble
CA voice. We will burn this building.
No, you must not. Remember, boys this
building does not belong to these negroes. II
belongs TO some innocent persons from whom
they rent it, and who has had nothing to dc
with tins outrage upon you. Be reasonable
and Just
Ii yom destroy this building you will put
yourselves in the wrong. You are i'll the
right now. You have simply defended your
selves so far. Public sentiment will justify
you in this. You will justly incur public con-
demnation and bring discredit and injury to
your party here and disrepute upon our city
and state beyond our borders.
You must go and go at once boys. Now
fall in line and leave please.
BY means of this speech and by
efforts directed personally to some
of the most excited of those present
hs succeeded in eventually induc-
ing tharu.to desist and the members of the
Blue Hens Chickens who had remained,
together with number of members OF
other Gibbs, fell in line after fashion and
started off toward the western portion OF
town aud the Chickens headquarters.
This wtis the
LAST SCENE
at Ninth and Walnut. Ga the way 10 the
western part of town tue crowd went to
Tenth and French streets and Was there
met with more bullets and shot from
iarkies on the top of the hill running
from French to King streets Some men
were wounded in this skirmish, after
which the colored forces gathered at
Eleventh and Orange and the Democrats
went up to Tenth and Orange.
Before this last skirmish an
AMUSING BUT EFFEoTIvE
onslaught vas made upon considerable
party OF colOfed men who had gathered
in the alley alongside the Friendship
engine house at the head of Shipley
street, presumably to waylay the Blue
Hens Chickens on their way to head
quarters for they were all well-armed.
The members of the Friendship Fire Oom-
pauy hit on happy expedient for driving
this crowd away, by attaching a section
of hose to the plug in front of the house,
and drenching them with water. MOI
only did they wash them out of the alley,
but they sent them flying along Tenth
street TO Orange, after which this party
also Joined the gathering at Eleventh and
Orange.
The Chickens and part of the Hancock
| pnd English Club went from Tenth and
French to Tenth and Orange, having by
this time worked up
AN APPETITE FOR FIGHT,
md acquired an itching desire to clean
out the Seventh ward Garfield and
| Arthur Club, colored. At Tenth and
Orange they were met by number OF
| citizens and "A squad of polics, who per-
| sulded them to desist, one contribution
being spsech from Thomas Mellon, who
came out aud made an appeal on behalf OF
the peace of his sleeping children, together
with some straightforward talk about the
folly of pursuing go rash course. This
served to put tine crowd in good hunor,
and they decided to go home.
Meanwhile the
coLoRED MEN HELD THEIR POSITION
at Eleventh aud Orange, well-armed.
| squad of eight policemen, under com
mand OF Sergeant Legg, started up from
| Tenth and Orange to disperse the gang
| but were. warned of at the point Of
muskets. rifles and shot guns. They finally
called TO the policemen that one of then
would be received, this concession having
been made through the persuasion o
jonathan Chippey. Officers Bernhard
and Richards then went to the col0reC
men and asked them to disperse. which
they promised to do, but did not ful6ll thu
PROMISE for au hour afterward, when fnd
ing there was no one out to molest then
or make them afraid, they went home
Chippey says that when he appeared OF
the scene the negroes seemed anxious Il
fire into the policemen, until he informed
them that the police did not want to MAKE
any arrests but merely compromise.
was then that permission was given fol
one policemen to draw near.
Thus did The rioting for that night
COME TO AN END
about O'clock, and the remainder of the
niEht passed away quietly, although there
ware many anxious souls disturbed anC
unable to rest until daybreak, particularly
in the radius OF block in all directions
from Ninth and Walnut. Firearms were
discharged during the evening ut Nintt
and Fatna!l and later in the night Oh the
Concord pike in the Ninth ward, bu
nothing like a stand was made 'in thest
quarters.
SUNDAY MORNING,
| early, a stream of humanity commenced
| pouring into the square in which National
| Hail is located from all parts of the city.
| Among the curious were men of all grades
| Of politics, as well as business men aud d
number of women. IL. L. Pickles, ex
Marshal Dunn, Oouncilnen j. X, Adams
and i. @. Moore, of the Sixth ward, and
Numerous other politicians and Ofiioisls
| were thore, inspecting the ruins" and
nahiog inquiries as to the responsibility
/ for the upheaval. A large number OF
I onlore5 mru were also there, and about
o'clock began to work themselves up into
| = condition of excitement At . so q
/ -qRai VI hail G.dozen special police men
/ we've s'sn entering ths square at L gAth
-trrpt. and this sight acted gu the
issamhled negroes as red rag 10 q bull
/ uiJbi.E than assume again
| nELLIGERENT ATTITUDE,
I while calling out to one another "Stand
/ your ground" Sergeant Dolan was pres
eLt eXplaimng away the fears of somt
culored men around him, and, on seeing
the state into which the crowd was being
4 brought, he mounted a door stoop Il
| paeitY the gathering. On looking behind
him, however, he saw two windows, ou
| of which leaned half dozen negroes
each with a repeater in his hand and ht
at once abandoned his laudable project tc
have this menace removed by persuasive
ness BY this time the specials reached
the hat, hut before the reason for theii
appearance was revealed,
BANG! BANG
went couple of the ever ready revovers,
one of tnem from an alley-way. No ont
was hit, but Officer Michael Cannon
received blow in the face with bricl
that disabled him from duty for the res
of the iav. About four more shots wer,
fred and then break was made up Ninti
street into which several dsrkiss cam,
over the fence, pistols in hand. How
ever, the pills did no harm whatever
and after two of the reckless marksmer
had been lodged in the City Hall com
paratlNe
QUIET WAS RESTORED,
which was rendered perfect shortl,
after 10 O'Clock, when policemen wer
stationed at Eighth, Ninth and Taylo
streets with orders to prevent any persoi
from entering the square except thos
living in it. 1t is but justice to say tina
A. Il. Henry and six or seven other prom
inent colored men did all in their powe
to assist the specials in euforcinp tbi