The age-herald., 1898-11-11
DEAD NEGROES IN ABUNDANCE Citizens of Wilmington Take the Reins of City Government. BLACKS FIRED THE FIRST SHOT Are Responsible for Precipitating Con-
 flict Which Cost Many Lives. THE BATTLE RACED ALL DAY Ten Were Killed and Twenty-Five More or Less Seriously Injured
 Only One White Man Badly
 Hurt South Carolina.
THE BATTLE RACED ALL DAY

wilmington, N. C., November 10.-Wil- mington is comparatively quiet tonight, after day which for turmoil and strife has no equal in the city's history. Now, that the conditions are somewhat settled, it appears that ten negroes were killed out right and that twenty-five are more or less seriously wounded, and that eleven others whose conduct has been offensive and cal-, culated to aggravate the already strained attitude of the races are locked in jail. Not a single white man has been killed and only one, William Mayo, seriously wounded.
 Tonight the city is in the hands of new municipal government and law and order is being established. This afternoon the board of aldermen resigned one by one. As each alderman vacated the remainder elected a successor named by the citizens committee until the entire board was changed legally. They resigned in response to public sentiment. The new board is com- posed of conservative democratic citizens.
 The mayor and chief of police then re- signed and the new board elected their suc- cessors according to law. Ex-Representa- tive Waddell was elected mayor and D. c. Parmalee chief of police. The first act of the. new government was to swear in 250 policemen. They are vested with all the authority of the law and will take charge of the city. The citizens will remain on guard, however, throughout the town to prevent possible attempts at incendiarism. The new government will devote it's atten- tion to restraining recklessness among the whites as well as keeping down lawlessness among the negroes
 There is no doubt that the negroes are re- sponsible for the precipitating of the race war, as the following affidavit from a thoroughly reputable citizen will attest:
 The Negroes Responsible
 "Wilmington, N. C., November 10.-I, Will liam McAllister, being duly sworn, make the following affidavit
 First, that I am a yardmaster for the Atlantic Coast Line My duty is to make up trains in the yard of the said company in the city, of Wilmington.
 Second, that about Il o'clock this morn- ing l started to go to bed; my wife called me to the window. live on North Fourth street, next ta St. Marks Lutheran church. My wife said: Billy, there's going to be trouble l jumped ou and went to the window and saw a white man remonstrat- ing with negro with gesticulations. I heard the white man say, go on, go on.' The negro went about ten paces, and then I saw the negro shoot. He pointed a pistol toward the white man and fired. Immed- lately 1 saw blood flow from the said mans right arm Then there was another shot, fired from the negro assemblage and then there was firing from the white assemblage with the result that three negroes fell. The negroes then dispersed Then white men proceeded toward Moores drug store, to telephone for assistance.
 Sworn to before me this, the 10th day of November A. D.. 1898.
 WILLIAM M'ALLISTER."
 This is certified copy of the original.
 'J. H. BOATRIGHT,
 Notary Public."
 The city is thoroughly quiet at late hour tonight. The companies of the Gov ernor's Guard from Kinston, Maxton and Clinton are expected tonight and hundreds of men have hocked here on special trains.
 Governor Russelrs Influence
 As soon as the afternoon meeting was over, MT. George Rountree received tele- gram from Governor Russell saving that he would us all his efforts to influence the mayor and city council to resign if that would restore peace. MT. Rountree sent the following reply:
 Mayor and aldermen resigned Two hundred and fifty special policemen sworn in. Law will be maintained and peace re- stored"
 MT. Rountree is a prominent attorney here and a number of the democratic con  gressional committee.
 The trouble in Wilmington today com menced at S:30 n. m., when an armed body of citizens, numbering about 400 and led by ex-Representative Waddell, chairman of a committee of twenty-five, appointed for the purpose. proceeded to the publishing house of negro newspaper. the Record, 10 wreck it. The editor of this paper had published an article defamatory of white women and mass meeting of citizens yes- |. within, twcnty-four hours. and the removal of his press. Fifteen leading negroes were called In by the comm.ttete of twenty-five last night and directed to notify the chair man this morning whether they would >Sgrse to the removal of tho prea4. They were informed that If no answer was re- turned the press would be demolished No answer was received by the chairman this morning and after waiting an hour the citizens proceeded in body and demoi-