Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-11
RIOT AND BLOODSHED
Follow the Election in Will
mington, N. C.
TEN MES WERE SLAIN
Libelons Negro Editor Fed Will. His
New paper I'i"nt Was i;eng wreck.
oil by Indignant Citizens. Band.
OF Armed III. II on the Scene


riot occurred this afternoon between
whites and blacks. Eight negroes were
Killed and three white men We're in
jured The furniture and building o..
the RECORD was destroyed The ne,,r
editor Manly. escaped
CITY GOEERNAllINT CHANGED.
WlLMl SGT0N, n. G., NOV. lo-Af-
ter Il day OF boodshed and lurbulcuce
| Wilmington has subsidized tonight into
comparative prlccfulness. Eight ne
Sroes were killed and three white men
wounded during the day one OF them
| William Mayo, seriously
! Tonight the city is in The hands of :,
new municipal government and law and
order IS being established. This after
noon the Board OF Aldermen resigned
one by one. AS each Alderman va
Gated. the remainder elected success
or named by the Citizens COMMITTEES.
until the entire board was changed le-
sally. They resigned in Response. t.
public sentiment. The new board is
composed of conservative Democratic.
citizens
The Mayor ANA Chief OF Police. then
resigned and Che new board elect
cd their SUCCESSORS, according to
law. IIx-Eeprcscntative Wauuil was
elected Mayor and T. g. parnelee cher
Of Police.
The first act of the new city govern
ment was to swear in $50 special po-
licemen. chosen from the ranks OF re-
putabie white citizens. They are vest
will take charge of the city.
l'he citizens will remain on guard
however, through out the town to pre-
vent possible attempts at inccndi;lris.n
The new government Will devote its
attention To restraining rec1lcssn.sS
among ~" whites as Well as keeping,
down lawlessness among the negroes.
Further trouble Of a general and Sc
ri"us nature is not expected.
GOVERNOR ltITSSGLL'S POSITION
Wll.MINGTON, ~ G.. <Nur. ,o-To-
day. soon after the citizens meet j1ii.
MT. George Rountree received Il tcle-
gram from Govrnor Russell, saying:
that he would use all his efforts to in
liuence the Mayor and City Council to
resign If that would restore peace.
Mr. Roun-ree sent the following re-
ply:
Mayo: and Aldermen hav resigned.
i've hundred and fifty special Police
men sworn in. Law Will be maintained
and peace restored
Mr. Sountiee is prominent attorney
here and a member of the. Democratic
| Campaign Committee.
ARMED MEN OUT
TRANSLATION. N. c.. Nov. 10
One hundred and fifty armed ,n.n left
here fog Wilmington on !, special train
at 8 o'clock tonight
MILITARY ON THE: SCENE
| WILMINGTON. n. C.. Nov. 1o.-A
special train arrived late this afternoon
and also 500 armed citizens from Fav-
Icttcvillc.
RECORD PLANT WRECKED.
WILMINGTON. n. C.. Nov 10Th.
trouble in Wilmington today COM
menced at $50 this morning. when an
about 400 and led By cN-lecprcsentalivc
Waddill. chairman of the committees O.,
Twenty-Five appointed for the purpos..
Proceeded to the publishing house. of /;
ncsr" newspaper, Tn" Record. to wreck
The editor of this paper had publish
ed an article defamatory of white wo-
men. and a mass meeting of citizens
yesterday ordered his expulsion from
the city within twenty four hours. ana
the removal of his press
tlitcen leading negroes were called
In by the committee of twenty-five last
night and directed to notify the chair
man by 100 o'clock this mornin,s
whether or not they would agree To
The removal Of the press. They we're
Informed that if no answer WAS re-
turned. the press would be demolished
40 answer was received by the chair
man this morning, and. after wajtin..
an hour. the citizens proceeded in II
body and demolished the fixtures Of TIL.
printing office. Tho building was also
fired and Quilted. Th,. leaders say that
this was the work Of irresponsible per
sons and as soon as the fire was dis
covered the Fire. Department was called
out to extipguish it,
NEGROES PANIC STRICKEN.
The burning Of the printing office
created Il great comnotion among th,.
negroes of the town. The rumor spread
that the whites were going to burn and
| murder in the negro quarters. This
ruhior reached the negro employees uf
q cotton compress numbering 300 or 400
who quit work and hung about thu.
streets in manifest terror. Other par,i,..,
congreeated in the negro section and it
was in one of these that tn first trac-
coy of the day was enacted. The men
were standing on corner and We're
ordered to dispense. This they leclin-
ed to do. and. it is claimed. fired into
!, the whites.
A. fusilade was Immediately opened
upon them by the whites and three ne
groes We're killed Two whites we're
wounded slightly. One negro ran down
the street and, passing a residence fired
a rifle at William Mayo. white. who
was standing on the veranda shooting:
him through the left lung. This Negro.
was recognized, pursued and captured
while hiding under bed. 1t is said he
confessed to the shooting. He was rid
died with shot by his captors ana kill
ed.
LOCAL MILITARY OUT
IN the meantime the town was in a
state of excitement. The whites rushed
t" the scene from every direction the
local military company was ordered
out and a battalion of United States
naval reserves proceeded to the scene
of the trouble with a rapid fire gun
About ! O'clock some negroes IN a
house fired upon a passing partv Of
white men. The house was SURROUNDED
and four negroes captured and taken
I" Jail. one negro broke away and ra1u
but was shot down and killed befa s.
ne had proceeded half a block. .reas
During the afternoon tEe5y .Is'Scre
other affairs of this kind arHa eight
negroes We're killed in various parts of
the disturbed section. Their names are
at this time unknown:
towns in tbe state offering assistance
All such offers We're declined except
in the case of Fayetteville. from which
towp 100 men came. At nishtfal the
ten was completely patrol.ed and
lsSuardeA.gEza ''''
: PEACE AND ORDER.
The action Of the citizens in organic