New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-25

frage for state and NATIONAL officers The agreemen;
| was kept The negroes polled full vote without
! interference.
AN IMPoTENT CITY GOVERNMENT.
, The county government was thus placed in the
hands OF the white people without opposition but
the city government which the great evil. had
until next May to continue In Office. Its utter i'm
potence to maintain order had been completely
demonstrated a few days before the election. On
Friday some drunken white men had mareated
some negroes; they were arrested and. by the aid
OF white men. fined The following night "A negro
stoned a streetcar He was arrested but a mob
OF three hundred negroes assembled to resist the
arrest. The Mayor could not be found ana me
his officers and their lives saved only by
the energetic action of some white men go
Such the condition Of affairs when on
wednesday. the 9TH Il mass meeting Was hs s, 10
consider the situation Th@y defrecn ha Mah ny
must leave the city ana The Rec2rd pres, p. DC
shipped away In twenty-four hours. People Will OF
and propriety Of this am only relating facts II
was considered 10y nearly every on" here essential
To- the good order Of the community.
The meeting was also asked to go over and cean
up the city Hall Instead the meeting adopted
unanimously a resolution requesting the Mayor AMI
Chitf OF Police to resign. since tney hnu SnV y
their Incompetence and Inability 10 proarrv" ordet
ourcd hy the tw, resolutions They put Ia" first
matter in the hands Of thirty-two representative
fled. they proceeded ~ tn" spot with some vouh-
tcers and DESTROYED the press Just When enc 10y
ping i away. called for by the resolutions.
nayc meyer % 10 IN" negro fut
The brrn,ng Of the building ives denounced 1T IA"
tim, as the work OF mscr'ani, ana there are no
let It he understood that this paper was not de-
stroved because IL WIS Il negro paper There hay"
ben negro papers here ever since I have known
the place and they have been largely sustained ~
white uatronagc. II Was destroyed Tor It's vile
sanders upon whit women especially the wives
and daughters Of the poor.
Wisely unwis.ly the worn was done Not
negro had lifted his hand. and not DROP o. blood
had been shed. Peopl, mad returned To ih.!r ou~iI
ness. and the city had almost resumed - uSuil
aspect, when suddenly about TWO hours aitrrWird'
and mile and half from "rne Record Once me
alarm was given that the negroes ~ BirohiSh-
the quarcr Of the city across deep railroad "a,
where they outnumber the whlt,s many u'm' ,,,
were killing the whites. kelnforcements yen,
rapdly over bu' they found the nesroes already OF
The mili,ary-ordcrs having now cone from the
Governor proceeded to the spot with The rapi-iire
gun. Just as they reached the scene they sa"
negroes shoot at them ana run mo = nous
The colonel gave them two minutes 70 surrender.
shof There wor. one or two others killed after
ward under simir conditions. But most Of IN.
casualties occurred IN the first running iSht. mn
{, vas begun hv the negroes is certain. That inuo-
coni negroes suffered Is also certain hat H'y,t
whites and the GOODNESS Of their leaders There wa.
violent element among US as bn.re b Is ~ from
long course OF injuries and insults Thtrc wa no
government to restrain them and MOB 'ha' mas
tasted blood is much like wild beast
ORDER RESTORED.
7. was the citizens organization that restored
order that protected the negroes, that escorted
u.orkroen 10 their homes and that stood on guard
al that night That is the meaning OF the taCt that
has been made so much OF In papers at distance;
that even ministers 81 tho Gospel shou!dered guns
and stood guari-a fact for which many humble
homo may give thanks. ,...,..
Meanwhile the city government. that had already
agreed 10 Vacate was begging FOR permission TO 10
SO AZ soon as order had been restored me pr,
mission was given. The citizens committee nale1
BOARD Of Aldermen. and the old Board rrslRileu
one at a time tho remainder electing ms successor
from tho committees list Thus the i}oarn wa
i,ey"r without n quorum. and the chanS,, WIS
legally made. The new Board elected = May0,,
All a chief Of Police. and at sunrise the mex,
morning tho citizens guards We're dischargsd' al al
tho government with the military, was IN !ul
'nor,,cI ~ the situation. In a few days more the
mi nary were discharged. and since then we haNse
had rs quiet and orderly town as you Won" Wis"
10 500. ria, 4, tho nrob-
len, ,',nnot some OF the surplus WISDOM OF me
Land mat is thrsng for wider spheres TOT S rI
,ronshir among Cuhans. Iidwaiians ana ldsmS
,d aid ~ ;h. problem and solve it? For some
Of rs recognize that II VIII never p. SOW" pei
l"'n'"'I' "''' PEYTON r. HOGk.
Wilmington. y. g.. Nov. Il. 1895