The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-11
KILLED IN RACE RIOTS.
Nine Negroes Shot Down in tho
Streets Of Wilmington, N. G.
A NEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
The Retiring officials Were Forced to
Tender Their ResIgnatl tlons-TroubI
Arose Over Negro Newspapers
defamation of White Women.

Tender Their ResIgnat ons-TroubI
/ Arose Over Negro Newspapers
Defamation of White Women.
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. 11.--After a
mngton subsidized last night into COM
parative peacefulncss. 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
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 sue
cessor. named by the citizens commit
tee, until the entire board was changed
legally. They resigned in response to
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 Waddell was elected
mayor and Il. G. Parmelee chief of pO-
lice. The first act of the new govern
ment was 20 swear In 250 special po-
licemen, chosen from the ranks of rep.
utable citizens. The citizens will re-
main on guard, however. throughout
the town to prevent possible attempts
at incendiarism. The new government
Will devote its attention to restraining
recklessness among the whites as well
as keeping down lawlessness among thu
negroes. Further trouble of n general
or serious nature is not expected.
The trouble in Wilmington com.
menced at $50 yesterday morning,
when an armed body of citizens, num-
bering 400, and led by cX-Representa-
tive Waddell chairman of commit.
tee of Is appointed for the purpose.
proceeded to the publishing house OF
negro newspaper, The Record, tu
wreck it. The editor of this paper had
published an article defan,ato,y li
white women, and a mass meeting e.
citizens on Wednesday ordered his eX-
pulsion from the city within q hours
and the removal of his press. Fifteen
leading negroes We're called in by the
committee of % Wednesday night and
directed to notify the chairman by 7:3i
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.
No answer was received by the chair
man yesterday morning, and after wait
ing an hour the citizens proceeded in
body and demolished the fixtures OF the
printing Cf!ice. 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 rumor spread
that the whites We're going to burn and
murder in the negro quarter This ru-
NOR reached the negro employees of
cotton compress, numbering 800 or 400,
who quit work and hung about the
streets in manifest terror. Other par
ties congregated in the negro section,
and 1t was in one of these that the first
tragedy was enacted The men were
standing on corner and We're ordered
TO dsperse. They declined. and it was
claimed fired into the whites.
A fusillada 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 residence fired
rife shot at William Mayo. white, I
standing nu. the veuanda. shooting him
through the left lung. This negro was
cor nj, ,,r yvhiI.,
hiding under n bed. 1t is said he con-
fessed to the shooting. He was riddled
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, the
local military company was ordered
out and battalion of United States
naval reserves proceeded to the vicin-
ity Of the trouble with 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 negro broke
away and ran. but was shot down and
killed before he had proceeded half g.
block. During the afternoon there were
other affairs Of this kind, and eight
negroes We're killed during the day in
the disturbed sections.
Another negro was killed last night
al Tenth and Mulberry streets. He was
hailed by guard, but refused to halt,
and continuing to advance was shot.
AS the news of the riot spread through
the pcighhoring state cities they Offer
ed TO send help. All such offers were
Il I
vile. from which town came about 15s
men. AS night fell the town was COM
p!etcly patro!led and guarded. Very
few negroes were on the streets, and
they were not allowed to congregate
anywhere.
1t developed later in the day that the
negro committee summoned Wednes-
day night had agreed to use their Of
fees to have the press removed, al
though the editor had disappeared. and
they had no authority on the premises.
This letter. instead of being delivered
TO the chairman of the committee of 2l
in person, was put in the mail, and did
not reach him till three hours after tho
expiration of tho time limit which had
been fixed for the reception of an ar
swer.
A crowd was formed last night tc
take from the Jail and lynch two ne
groes. Thomas Miller and Ira Bryant
who We're arrested yesterday charged |
with making threats and were re-
Earded as dangerous cases. The mayor
Colonel Waddeil. promptly prohib- |
tied the assembling of the crowd at tina
Jail, and he himself headed guard OF
prisoners.
A III bnssador CRmbon May Leave Us. |
Paris, Nov. lit is reported in dip. |
lomatic circles that Jules Cambon. tn, |