The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-11
KILLED IN RACE RIOTS.
Nine Negroes Shot Down in tho
Streets of Wilmington, N, 9.
A NEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
The Retiring Onicials Were Forced to
Tender Their Reslgnatlons-Trou
Arose over Negro Newspapers
DefjlInatlon of white Women.

Def1Inatlon of White Women.
wilmington n. c., Nov 11.--After a
day Of bloodshed and turbulence VIII.
mington subsided last night into com
parative peacefulness. Nine negroes
were killed and three white men
wounded during the day one Of them,
William Mayo, seriously
Today the city is in the hands of a
new municipal government, and law
and order is being established. Yester-
day afternoon the board of aldermen
resigned one by one. As each alderman
vacated the remainder elected a sue
Gessor, named by the citizens commit
tee until the entire board was changed
legally. They resigned in response "a
public sentiment. The new board Is
composed of conservative Democratic
citizens
The mayor and chief of police then
resigned, and the new board elected
their successors, according to law. Ex.
Representative Wadden was elected
mayor and r. G. Parmelee chief of po-
lice. The first act of the new govern.
ment was to swear in $50 special po-
licemen, chosen from the ranks Of rep.
main on guard, however, throughout
the town to prevent possible attempts
at incendiarism. The new government
will devote its attention to restraining
recxlessness among the whites as well
as keeping down lawlessness among thd
negroes. Further trouble of general
or serious nature is not expected.
The trouble in Wilmington COM
at 90
when an armed body Of citizens, mum.
bering 400, and led by ex-Representa-
tive Waddell, chairman of a commit
tee of 25 appointed for the purpose,
proceeded to the publishing house Of
negro newspaper, The Record, to
wreck it. The editor of this paper had
published an article defamatory of
white women. and mass meeting Of
citizens on Wednesday ordered his ex-
pulsion from the city within "a hours
and the removal of his press. Fifteen
leading negroes were called in by the
committee of % Wednesday night and
directed to notify the chairman by 1880
yesterday morning whether they would
agree to the removal of the press. They
were informed that if no answer were
returned the press would be demolished.
man yesterday morning, and after wait
ing an hour the citizens proceeded in a
body and demolished the fixtures of the
printing office The building was alsC
fired and gutted The leaders say that
this action was the work of irresponsi
BILE persons, and as soon as the fire was
discovered the fire department was
called to extinguish 1t.
The bnrniOp pf thp nriptiDpr office
created a great commotion among the
| negroes of the town. The rumor spread
that the whites were going to burn and
murder in the negro quarter. This ru-
NOR reached the negro employees of a
| cotton compress, numbering 300 or 400,
who quit work and hung about the
| streets in manifest terror. Other par
! ties congTegated in the negro section,
| and it was in one of these that the first
tragedy was enacted. The men were
standing on a corner and were ordered
to dispense. They declined, and it was
claimed fired into the whites.
A fusilade was Immediately opened
| upon them by the whites, and three
| negroes were killed. Two whites were
wounded slightly. one negro ran down
| the street, and passing a residence fired
| rifle shot at William Mayo, white
| standing on the Veranda, shooting hin
| through the left lung. This negro wa:
| recognized, pursued and captured while
| hiding under a bed. 1t is said he con
| fessed to the shooting. He was riddlet
with shot by his captors and killed.
In the meantime the town was in
state of excitement. The whites rushed
| to the scene from every direction, tn
| local military company was ordered
| out and a battalion of United State
| naval reserves proceeded to the Vicin
| ity of the trouble with a rapid fire gun
About l o'clock some negroes in {
| house fired upon a passing party OF
white men. The house was surrounded
and four negroes We're captured anC
taken to the jail One negro broke
away and ran, but was shot down anC
killed before he had proceeded half {
block. During the afternoon there wer,
other affairs of this kind. and eigh
negroes were Killed during the day il
the disturbed sections.
Another negro was killed last nigh
at Tenth and Mulberry streets. He wa
hailed by guard but refused to halt
and continuing to advance was shot.
As the news of the riot spread throug
the neighboring state cities they offer
ed to send help. All such offers wer
declined, except in the case of Fayette
vile, from which town came about Is
men. AS night fell the town was com
pletely patrolled and guarded. Yer,
few negroes We're on the streets, ant
they were not allowed to congregat
anywhere.
II developed later in the day that tn
negro committee summoned Wednes
day night had agreed to use their of
fees to have the press removed, al
though the editor had disappeared, an
they had no authority on the premises
This letter, instead Of being delivere
to the chairman of the committee of
in person, was put in the mail, and di
not reach him till three hours after tn
expiration of the time limit which ha
been fixed for the reception Of an al
swer.