Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
NEGRO RIOT.
EsIO0dshcd in the City OF Dan
Vile.
A STORM THAT HAS BEEN BREWING
FOR DAYS BURST,
'Ehe Immediate Cause Negro
EDsOIcuce.
A Negro Myitation to the Whites
to Shoot, accompanied
With Curses,
One White Man MCrtaIIy ana
Several Slightly wounded.
FIVE NEGROES KILLED-NUM
Der OF WOUNDED UN-
KNOW \.
The Danyille Grays and CHI.
Zens Volunteering in Pos
session OF the Town.


DANviILE, VA, Nov. "a fghi
took place on he streets here this eve
ming abou. 3 O'Clock, in which w, liels
Holland, son of {. g. Holland, was
wounded-it IS supposed mortally-by
a bullet in he h, aG; Thomas Seward
OF Rains & Seward, shot through The
body; Richard Valentine through tie
hand, and The clothing Of Captain Joe
II. Oliver was pierced With bullet.
On tie part OF the negroes FIVE mCr
were killed. One eiIl had leg broker
by bullet, ard a man as shot through
tie leg. l! is supposed that others
were wounded dangerously.
How The TROUBLE CoMMENCED.
The immediate cause of the fight " a:
q difficulty between Mr.. Charles Noe
and negro named Horse Lawson. a
negro man ran against Mr.. Noel on the
street near by where Lawson wa
standing. Noel called 10 him 10 cx
PLAN his rtdeness, and lie apologlzed
Just th,n Lawson replimal ded the MAJ
for apoloeizing, and added, What's hi
got do about it? What can he do: Noe
then turned and gave Lawson some
blows Nlth his fist, aud they wore
separated, although the whites a d
blacks on The streets ;howed a DISPOSE
ton TO take sides.
A MICRO POLICEMAN INTERPRETERS
A negro policeman stepped up viii
his pis.ol during the beating Of lawson
aud a white man, thinking from biz
movements that he was going 10 shoot
Noel, old,red him to lay bis plsto
down. aud lie did so. = negro in the
crowd near by where tie conflict te'
tween Noel and Lawson was gong on
knocked a pislo! on. Of the the hands
of white man and it exploded, Il
the mean time the Democrats Of the
city were holdiog a meeting IN The
Theatre about the articles in the Ricl'
mond Wing concerning tue circular
styled coalition Rlle 10 Danvllle,'
and a sp. ech made laat night 10 th;
colored people by Colonel Sims. They
heard there was a conflict on th'
streets, AID came rushing down where
the parties had gathered 10 a Grove
near ole OF the stores. The negroes 10
the numb,r Of two hundred and fifty,
this benz Saturday evening, formed il
a crowd near BY
CUHsING THE WHITES.
Pistols were drawn by some on boil
sides, and some OF tie negroes, ap
preaching The whites, called out, Shoe
damn you. We had as well settle thu
now as any other time" Just then TIL
order TO fire was gwen by sOmbOdy il
the crowd. The firing commenced oil
both SIDES, and the streets were quickly
cleared. The negroes running of il
several directions aud some firing Al
they retired. The negro who sho
Walters Holland ran off and escaped in
the confusion that ensued. and nc
arrests were made. All the store:
were Immediately closed and the people
were going about with weapons in the
hands.
The ALARM BELL RUEG.
The alarm-bell vas rung, the Gray
mastered under arms, and their Sergean
(Wood) commanded The people 10 tht
name Of The Commonwealth to @ Il
their homes. Some said in a loud tone
'We will, and went but the Grays ant
some accepted volunteers with them
some mounted. Everything now (9:3O
is quiet. The reporter, in walk
from QUE end Of town to the other, me-
only two persons. Tie negroes herr
held biz meetings several times recent
ly, and haye been addressed by severa
of their orators. An address was mad {
here 10 them last night by COlone
sims, which the whites understood &c
be very denuncia,ory. Tne South
Boston affair has also made some inn
preston here. 1t was plain this morn
lng that trouble was near by, and pru'
dent men were apprehensiye.
The Mass-Meeting of the CT
items.
RESOLUTIONS AFFIRMING THE TRUTH
OF THE CITIZENS CT CULAR-CoL
srMs's SPEECH DENoUNCEC AS ~
CENDIARY-- THE TEXT OF THE CIR
CULAR.
DANvILLE, Va, November AT
a large meeting OF the ci u rs Of Dan.
vile held this afernOon at 3 o'clock
the following resolutions were unanl-