Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-10
POWER OF THIN PRESS.
Editorial In Coloed Paper Pcepiies
Race Riot.
TWO WHITES AND EIGHT NEGROES SHOT.
Exciting rtmc. at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eating oun. ard vinchssters
are In Evidence.

Washington, Nov. ia star special
from Wilmington. N. c.. says Events
have moved quickly In Wilmington this
morning and the white people have
made good their threats 90 take ven-
geance upon the negro newspaper which
published the editorial dcrogatory to
white women.
At $3.50 o'clock the negroes not having
responded TO the demand for the re-
movai OF the press OF the Record. the
negro Newspaper. x-Rcprcscntatlve
waddoii. chairman of the white COM
mlttoc Of twenty-five. repaired to the
light Infantry armory. where he was 10
meet the citizens by appointment.
ElRih o'clock was she last hour Of grace
for the negroes 20 reply and that hour
passed without an answcr being re-
ceivcd. The citizens then waited half
an hour for achievements.
Meantime armed men had begun 20
gather In the wide street In fruni ~ the
armory. These carried rides, ahotguns
and ammunition and thr assembIaEe IN
cluded some OF the most sjlid ciiizona
sion headed by x-Rcpresentatiyc Wad-
dell, and the committee u twenty i've
moved In the direction o. ,he Record
printing shop. All along the line 81
march the procession was Joined b.
armed citizens aud when tue negro
quarter was reached th- negroes cou'd
be seen few blocks away running into
their houses. when tte crowd arrived
IN front Of the Record o'lice. 4 two starry
frame building. picket lines were
thrown out acrofa tls streets and
squads o. men wgni 10 slulre. IN me
neiRhborhood. Leader Waddcll wisn
rifle on his shoulder waat 30 the d3pf q
the building and knocked. but there be-
ms no response the door was H9on burst
open. The citizens aufged into the
place and commenced the work VI DO
alructlon. The furniture was smashed
and thrown Into tn street, the nCora
were Quilted Of mOyabiea and the huild-
Ing was fired and daH!rlysd. scme one
turned IN IRE alarm, and when the
engines responded ne crowd discharged
their weapons ami n 'usiltde ~ guns
and pistols and shouts Elltd the ALT.
The affalr was soon over. r iweyer. and
no one was hurt. The publishing house
was destroyed. but ihs neiEh11fiLs
property saved.
the colored editor M.n,ey. his bro her
and their associates have Nd aud could
not be found by the citizens. After de-
atroyinE the printing house the march,
srH returned 60 the armory where they
had lett a rapid nrc machine gun
mounted In a wagon ready 20 be- dis
patched TO the scene u a battle should
occur.
The leaders Of the crowd said subsa-
uu.ntiy THAI they had no Intention to
burn the Record, that u WIS the work OF
some rash persons or by accident and
did not have the concurrence u the
committee. Today'H action OF the
whites was the sequel u yeaiorday'H
"A hN .fsI A.N -
the committee 0f twenty-five In tho af-
tcrnoon as a result OF which the n.s gross
were given until this morning TO return
an answer Tor the demand Tor the re-
moval of the press and the cessation OF
the publication Of the Record, Last
night was an anxious one for the citl-
Eena IN the residence section. About
o'clock street car came into the b1ai-
neau section and reported that ths me-
Erocs had fircd Into u and that the pas
HenEerr had returned the IRE. A car
loaded with armed men was soon speed.
ing toward the scene Of trouble but the
orcndsrn escaped, The entire eastern
end OF the town was aroused and armed
men were In the street ears and on
every corner. In the negro district 20
or 20 young negroes were assembled but
they were not armed and not Violent,
and the elder men uald they did not
contemplate trouble and sincerely
whites kept guard about the business
and residence sections. but no Incident
occurred 20 disturb the night
AZ 1880 o'clock the scene shifted 10
another section OF the city. Scarcely
had the marchcrr dlfbanded az the ar
mory before word was passed along
that 800 or 400 negro lHborera Of the
great cotton compress had knocked on
WORK ana were assembling. The armed /
men hurried 10 the river front and took /
POSI- lions al the head Of the streets |
leading TO the docks. The negroes /
gathered In groups " nfteen or twenty. /
hu1dled iogether and apparently very /
much excited
They were In state Of panic. Their
wives hurried 90 them with reports |
mat the whites were burning the negro .
qutrterS and were shooting the people, /
ana begged their husbands 10 come 1
nome ana the whole force quit work.
Ihe white leaders endeayOfed 20 calm
the excited men. told them no harm was
intended and advised that they return 1
70 work, There was no violent talk nor
threats by the negroes
IN all the disturbances the local au-
!hoIltles made no show Of asserting
themselves ana not policeman Il
around The preservation OF order Il
practically vested IN the committee Of /
s'm,nH-nve' who are now trying 60 o..
"a CHECK the reckless element among .
the whites. The rapid IRE machine gun .
~ a wagon manned by crew armed |
WIN NlncheHters was brought, down In |
tIoht OF the postoiiice, but on the adj |
VICE OF the leaders was halted there.
soon after n o'clock word was
brought that endorsements were need /
~, ~. IN tue negro section ~ Brooklyn
ne men were sent. Twenty minutes |
h,,r news came that there had been /
toNlAlon between the whites and blacks |
ani mat blaod had been shed. As a |
t',ut OF the trouble at brooklyn II Is |
nenvF.d that a number Of negroes who |
nave been killed viii number four. A /
Nhlte man named Mayo, who was shot |
~ we stomach, has since died Another |
"nte man was hurt. The situation Ii /
g.rllel al the scene OF the trouble now. |
he negroes have gone into their |
nouses' squads OF men are hating an |
~ negroes and taking their pistols |
"uil them wherever found.
later dispatch 10 the Star says /
oelWeen one and two o'clock there We're |
several skirmlahea. The total casual. |
N.a az two y. m. were:
ElRnt negroes Killed, three wounded, /
anu three white men wounded, Mayu |
Nhelwlok ana Fner. Mayo III not dead |
~ before reported but 10 shot through |
~ lungs About 1880 o'clock two |
Mhlle men, passing a house were fired
upon, A detachment Immediately sur
rounded the house and took away i've
,hl1,EI9ea' II was at first proposed TO