Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-09

denials to the contrary notwithstanding.
These resolutions were passed by those
present, to the number OF about six hum
drtd.
Meantime the street in front of and ad
ia cent 70 he building WAS thr"nged bv
tremendous crowd of negroes just releas
ed from work iI tire factories fur their
usual Saturday half holiday. Some of
these negroes. partly int, xicataf. Jee ed
at some of TIE whites who passed int" the
building. "A Young white man. Charles
F. Noel, passing mp the street about
block above the Opera House with a com
panioD, encountered two negro men. enc
IF whom trod on his toes. Noel stoned
and the negro Immediately .pn"g'z d
That g all right tten." said Noel. The
negru's c~mpariOn. who was consider bly,
Intoxicated, said. S'pOsa it ain T all right,
what are you doing ahont il - at the
same time drawing pistol. Noel and his
cOmpar iOif- were unarmed and went on.
but presently rasnrned-N Noel armed with
u whip and his c npanlou with pistol
quarrel ehsued htfween N"el and The
negro. whose nama is Hens Lawson. Whc
Rad drawn the pistol. and whoHOw strnct
Noel with his fist. Noel thereupnn struck
the regro with the hutt Of the whip Al d
uuaished him quite severely. Meantlm
large crowd of negroes gathered ir"u =
were KEEP back hy Nna = G mptninn wit
4 pistol IN his hand P "s-ntiy an athlrt''
regro in the crow at erp "a t" sha'c
fhe pistOl frem his han Vie failed 30 Il
his, but in the strug q the w'site ma
was throw n into the g ter, still Ietaiilrs
tha pistol.
The negro then ran off. hut the whit
man rising frtd hIs pistol At h,m rs IL
ran but without eff ct. At the u st l.sin
he rag,Ops generally s.empAre'1 in tvA =,
'rection. N ,el and his companion ther
gent on their Wav, az did ais" the negf'
whom Nn-l had punished For AT leas'
ten mi ntas the eaf or qnietudp was mai :
tanned, Though nnmner nf white me-
c.;ming from the mass meeting coll c'ed
around the scene of the & ,ht. A large
crowd # negroes also again gathered
there. thew being IN the lad And tn
whites on he side walk. The excitement
| OF b tn races b. came intense. and 81 veral
If the negroes displayed pistols and dared
the white men to come on.
Immediately pistnl-sh was fred,
some say nv white man and others by n
negro AID therenpnn instantly ensued a
| fusilad- Of pistol shooting. in which abnu'
| one hu,dred shots were fired. The negroes
again scampered in every direction and in
less than two minutes the s,reet was ciea'
| of thrm The whites continued to hold
| their ground and scores If other white
men appeared in the Streets armed wit
shotguns and pistols These patrnled the
streets. but did no shooting. The fre-heil
was sounded and hundreds If white men
turned out, manv of them armed Mayor
tombstone. who was sick. then appeared
mon the Gene and ordered ont the one
white military company in the town. and
this companv then patrolled the town To
restore and preserve order.
Following are the killed and wounded
Walters A. Holland. white. son of G. G.
Holland. one nf the wealthiest men If the
town. democrat. shot in the head. danger
nuslv. perhaps fatally: j. B. Seward
| white. late of Petersburg. sl.ot thrnue h
| the body. believed to be- mortally wounded;
Rufus Huhhard, white sentinel, badly
| wounded: Ned Davis. negro Yep, killed;
Jun,us Hall, negro, republican. killed;
Jare. Smith. negro. republican, killed, Ed
| BAPTIST. negro, republican, seriously
| wounded: Charles Williams. negro. seri-
Ouslv wounded: Ruben Owen. negro.
shot in the head, will probably die: Peter
| Walters negro. seri .usly wounded
Gov. Cameron ielpg, aphed To Mayo,
| tombstone asking whether he wanted mill.
tarv assistance to nreserva mace order
| The MAYOR replied that he apprehendpd
| further fronhle before the election is over.
and Suggested that a company of troops
| be sent. because he saws. the people are 20
excited that he does not think they ca n b.
safely depended on to preserve order and
| keep down the mob.
!
THE NEWS IN hlCHMoND'
| IVY. ~ ~ 's', :. -
;,'fn,""t,', w - ra'..rJ -, tha =; - :, +
n',,r;,ia .nd - no .,.,,,,d +.L. a,n .cti,,
-, th, ,,.n,tnn w. E''na,nnr 10 ha hoo
~ d ua0 fr',o the to,.n raea,'t sta tine
~. fonr rarsons nod hoan k,I,ad bnt +h.,
- o o,tn p,s thsn oniat .nd tho nennlt
ronoroI,, go al d Tho sar1a.nr aud ne
- a:ao.", ..ra ns ~ 80 20 no Tic
To,,,.n.oo 80 1880, ps,, tho ~;
n;n &c nc tr.uhio ~ 20 to = no resnnnsihil.
Ito fnr tna hom;o;daa Ia did NOT faar an,
.,o,a,,t .r,,,t,,.. -, tha St.+a reIving on Tn o
rssnact f,,r i. a. If ora.t m aioritv of ali
clsssss and marbles in the State. When
Lob Cd what he wonld do in r ,se other col
i,sions shon,d ,.ccnr he renlt d .My dutv
10 RI sa. TINT life liberty and property are
sc u,;il sxb.mst tho mower of the State
! IN nrntect th. ,,eon,a i'm these rights with
ont r4fere ce 70 any party or political
question involved . Az to ,he political ef-
feet of the tro, BILE, the Governor would
say nothing expressing himself to the ef-
feet that such terrible events as he she'd
ding Of human bio d were not to BE- view
I'd in the light of partisan results.
Another d,spa CHI from Richmond SAYS
THE eff, ct of the trouble IN Danville will
be to still turtle, consolidate the anti Ma
hone vote. All parties agree in charging
this race war to NJ ahone and his agents.
who have three welks past been at.
TEMPTING to combine the solid negro vote
nv i,,fl ming them against the whites. IN.
if 81 has been tnat whites and blacks 90
fullu .rmod Amazed narch.nt nj ~
vile said this morning that he would Just
as soon think Of going down town without