Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-19
RIOT.
RIoodshed and Strife.
Democrats VS.. Negroes.
About a Drawn Battle.

night: On the route of the demo
cratic parade last night, at the south
west corner of Ninth and Walnut
streets, is three story brick build
ing known as the national hall, the
lower story of which is occupied by
two colored families, barber-shop
and cigar store kept by colored peo-
pie. In the second story is the
Higgins (colored) club head
quarters. Here a festival of
some kind, gotten up by two
colored women, was in progress.
Two clubs had passed down Walnut
and the third club, "Blue Hens
Chickens" was passing this hall,
when a st tine was thrown from the
sidewalk into a transparency which
the club carried. The club passed
on about fifty yards before it was
generally known that this had been
done. When it became known to the
club, it halted, and the marshal said: ):
"We have been insulted. All who are
ready to follow me, come on; all
who are not, get out of the way"
At this time, the young mems demo
cratic club, next in line, numbering
IS men, had reached the hall,
when another stone was thrown,
which struck it's lieutenant, Colonel
Thomas A. Kane, with such force as
to stagger him in his seat, he being
wounded. Almost simultaneously
two pistol shots were fred from the
second story Of the hall into the
club, which being totally unprepared
there being only six revolvers
among the eighty-fve members
broke and scattered in the midst of
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
testimony, it appears that some of
the negroes were armed with musk
cts. ''Blue Hens Chickens
and the Williams club came
rushing up and returned the
fire, and for two OF three minutes
there was hot firing on both sides.
Then the negroes broke and fed up
Ninth street, pursuedby the paraders,
who kept up hot fire in their rear
At the same time the air was
filled with flying bricks and stones,
which smashed all the windows and
doors and did some damage to the
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
a colored church at Ninth and French
streets, and several colored houses
were bombarded with stones. The
following is list of the wounded
who were in the line of parade
VIM. Mckinney, shot in cleft cheek,
serious; Thomas A. Kane, 1of young
mems club, struck in the breast with a
brick; G. c. Montgomery, of young
mems club, shot twice in the breast,
slight wounds; VIM. Wier, Williams
club, wounded in the thigh by re-
velver bullet; William Long, young
mems club, shot in the neck, slight
Frank McGinnis, Williams club
shot in the neck, slight
Isaac Pearce, shot in the shoulder by
a revolver bullet; Money Pike
knoc ed down by brick and slight
ly injured; Thos. Jones, five buck
shot wo nds, none serious; Elias
Crilley, lckshot wound in the arm
John 'Donnell, acting reporter fol
tie Sunday Mirror, struck in the alb
domen by a spent bullet. Only two
colored men were shot, and neither
leriously. Temple, another negro
was brought in by the police after
the riot, with his face badly bruised
by some missile. A colore6
woman was struck in the
side by a brick, and young
colored girl was struck on the heae
by brick. A colored woman wa.
badly hurt by jumping from second
story window of the hall. Three
negro men were struck by bricks anG
slightly injured. George Pike, white
. was attacked by several negroes aftel
7 the row and badly cut in several
3 places. For nearly an hour the clubs
: surged around the hall and neigh
y borhood, exchanging shots will
g scattered negroes and throwing
g bricks into emptied buildings. Al
}. length, chiefly through the persua
: sion of Ignatius Grubb, they moved
: on. Arrived at Tenth and Orang,
f streets, they rallied and talked abou
9 attacking large crowd of negroe
s who had rallied and made q stand a
Eleventh and Orange, but were per
E suaded by the police and Thomas
u Melton to desist and disperse. Th
81 police, eight in number, then went t
% Eleventh street to dispense the ne
Is groes. There were over one hun
y dred OF the latter, many of ther
n armed with muskets, which the
IS leveled at the approaching polio
's and ordered them to halt. They d
q rected that only one policemal
! should come up to parley with chen
:, Having heard what this officer sal,
s they promised to disperse, but di
n not do SO for an hour. The polio