The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-11

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1o.-A Star
special from Wilmington, N. c., says;
Events have moved quickly In VIII
niington this morning and the white
people have made good their threats to
take vengeance upon the negro news
paper which published the editorial de-
rogatory to white women. At 7:SO
o'clock the negrues not having responded
to the demand for the removal OF the
press Of the Record tthe negro news
paper) Representative Waddell. the
chairman Of the white committee Of
twenty-five. repaired to the light infan-
try armory, where he was tn meet the
citizens by appointment. Eight o'clock
was the last hour OF grace for the ne
groes to reply and that hour passed
without an answer being received. The
citizens then waited half an hour for re-
Inducements. In the meantime armed
men had begun to gather IN the wide
street in from of the aTmory. They
carried rifles, shot guns and ammunition
and the assemblage included some Of the
most solid citizens of the town. At $3.50
O'Clock the procession headed by eX-
Representative Waddeii and the COM
mittee of twenty-five, moved In the di-
rection Of Seventh and Num- streets,
where the Record printing shop is lo-
Gated. All along the line Of march the
procession was Joined by armed citizens,
and when the negro quarter was reach
ed the negroes could be seen few
blocks away running into their homes.
Record Once Burned.
When ts1e crowd arrived In front Of the
Record office, two story frame build
ing, picket lines were thrown out across
the street and squads Of men sent to
squares in the naighboThood. Leader
waddell, with rife on his shoulder, went
to the door OF the building and knocked,
but there being no response the door
was soon burst open. The citizens
sJlrEed into the place and commenced
the work OF destruction. The furniture
was snaShedand thrown Into the street,
the floors were gutted Of moveables and
the building was fired and destroyed,
Some one turned in a fire alarm ana
when the engines responded the crowd
discharged their weapons ana fusilade
OF gun and pistol shots, cheers end
shouts filled the air. The affair was
soon over, however. and no one was
hurt. The publishing house was de-
stroyed, but the neighboring property
saved. The coloTed editor. Manly, his
brother and their associates have ned,
md could not be found by the citizens.
After destroying the printing house
the marchers returned to the aTmory,
where they had left rapid fire machine
gun mounted in a wagon ready to be
despatched to the scene II q battle
should occur. The leaders of the crowd
said subsequently, that It was not the
intention 70 burn the Record building,
that It was the work Of some rash per-
cons OF by accident and did not have the
concurrence Of the committee OF twenty
five.
To-dayB action of the whites was the
sequel Of yesterdays meeting at the
county court house and that OF the COM
mittee Of twenty-five In the afternoon
az result of which The negroes were
givon until this morning to return an
answer to the demand for the removal
of the press and the cessation OF the
publication OF the Record.
An Anxious Night
last night was an anxious one for the
citizens in the residence section. About
S o'clock a street car came into The busi-
ness section and reported that the ne
groes had fired into Il and that the pas
scngers had returned the fire. A car
loaded with nrmed men was soon speed
ing toward the scene OF the trouble but
the Offenders escaped The entire east
ern end of the town was aroused and
armed men vera on the street cars, on
every corner and patrolllng the dark
streets. In the negro district thirty or
forty young negroes were assembled,
but tkiy were not armed and not vio-
lent NJ d the older men said they did not
contemplate trouble and sincerely hoped
for peace All night long the whites
kept guard about the business and resi-
dent sections but no incident occurred
10 disturb the night.
At 1890 o'clock the scene shifted to
another section OF the city. Scarcely
had the narN,hcrs disbanded at the arm
ory before word was passed along that
the 800 or 400 negro lnbOrers of the great
cotton compress had knocked OF work
and were assembling, The armed men
hurried TO the river front and took posi-
tions AZ the head OF the streets leading
TO the docks. THE negroes gathered In
groups Of fifteen or twenty huddlcd to-
gether and apparently very much eN-
cited. They were soon In n state OF
panic, Their wives had hurried TO them