The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-11


ing the City, While Reinforce
ments of Whites From Surround
ing Towns Are Hurrying to
Wilmington-Trou Caused by
suppression of Negro Newspaper.
WILMINGTON. N. c.. Nov. 10.-Af-
ter a day of bloodshed and turbulence.
Wilmington has subsided tonight into
comparative peacefulness. Eight ne
groes were killed and three white men
wounded during the day, one of them,
William Mayo. seriously.
Tonight the city is in the hands OF
g. new municipal government, and law
and order Is being established. This
afternoon the board of aldermen re-
signed one by one. AS each alderman
vacated, the remainder elected a sue
cessor, named by the citizens COM
mittee, until the entire board was
changed legally. They resigned in re-
sponse to public sentiment The new
board is composed OF conservative
Democratic citizens. The mayor and
new board elected their successors,
| according to law. Ex-Representative
Waddel was elected mayor and g. G.
Parmlee chief Of police.
The first act of the new government
WIS to swear "A policemen.
chosen from the ranks of the white
citizens. Further trouble Of a general
or serious nature is not expected.
The trouble in Wilmington today
commenced at $50 this morning, when
an armed body of citizens, numbering
about 400 and led by Representative
Waddell, chairman of a committee OF
twenty five, proceeded to the publish
ing house of a negro newspaper. the
Record, to wreck II. The editor OF this
ruper had published an article de-
famatory TO white women, and q
mass meeting OF citizens yesterday or
dered his expulsion from the city with
in twenty-four hours and the removal
of his press. Fifteen leading negroes
were called in by the committee of
twenty-five last night and directed to
notify the chairman by 1880 this morn
ing whether they would agree to the
removal Of the press. They were in
formed that, If no answer was re-
turned, the press would be demolished.
No answer was received by the chair
man this morning, and, after waiting
an hour. the citizens proceeded in a
body and demolished the fixtures OF the
printing Office The building was also
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 it.
The burning OF the printing office
created a great commotion among the
negroes of the town. The runor spread
that the whites were going TO burn and
murder In the negro quarter. This
rumor reached the negro employees Of a
cotton compress. numbering 300 or 400,
who QUIT work and hung about tho
streets in manifest. terror. Other par
ties congregated in the negro section.
and II was in one OF these that the
first tragedy was enacted. The men
were ordered to disperse. They dsclin-
ed, ard, 1t is claimed fired into the
whites. who returned the attack. Three
negroes were killed and two whites
were wounded slightly. One negro ran
down the street and. passing a resi-
! dence, fired q rife at William Mayo
(white) shooting him through the left
4 lung. This negro was pursued and
| killed.
Whites rushed TO the street from
| every direction, the local military com
pany was ordered out, and battalion
| Of United States naval reserves pro-
| ceeded to the vicinity OF the trouble
with a rapid fire gun.
About ! O'Clock some negroes In a
house fired upon a passing party Of
white men. The house was surrounded
and four negroes were captured and
taken TO the jail. One broke away
and ran. but was shot down
During the afternoCn there were othes
affairs of this kind, and eight negroes
were killed IN the disturbed section
Very few negroes were on the streets
by nightfall. and they were not allowed
to congregate anywhere.
A crowd was formed tonight to take
from the jail and lynch two negroes
charged with making threats. The
mayor, Col. waddeIl, prohibited the
assembling OF the crowd. and headed
a guard OF twenty-five men to protect
the prisoners
Another negro was killed tonight at
Tenth and Mulberry streets. He was
hailed by a guard but refused 10 halt
| and continuing to advance was shot
hy the guard
Three companies of the state militia
viii arrive during the night from
neighbcring cities and assist in main
tanning order.