Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-12
The New Mayor is Determined 10
Fave Order.
SECOND PROCLAMATION
o,.,oxious Characters Expelled and
kept Moving-The Negroes Fleeing
a., All Directions Through the


vrrrNuNGTON. y. c., November IL
..-r..7ll-The city is remarkably quiet
...r.eht. the turmoil and terrible race
..-eict OF yesterday considered. The
military are doing police duty, at the re-
..ss- Of the city authorities. although
,a~t,sl law has not been proclaimed
.r..ro are five companies on duty, They
.-. the FAYETTEVILLE Rinemen, the clinton
,:.sr5s. the Kinston Naval Reserves, the
wilmington Light Infantry, and the Will
,-tr,ton Naval Reserves. Colonel Walker
TAYLOR is I'm command, with Lieutenant
colonel George j. Morton as aide.
,bort o'clock this afternoon there was
81 military parade through the principal
streets. The five companies were in me
and were accompanied by two COTS
~o-i1-6re guns. mounted on wagons ana
"a l-pound Hotchkiss. The military were
enthusiastically cheered by white people
su along the line OF march. The rrinci-
pal object of the demonstration was TO
impress the negro element with the for
midableness of resources for the mainte-
nance Of order now at hand.
4 PROCLAMATION.
10 also served TO reassure many white
people and prepare the communitt for
the more confident reception Of the fol-
lowing proclamation, which Mayor Wad-
den issued tonight:
'The comparatively few persons in this
city who seem disposed 10 abuse the op-
portunity of carrying arms, which recent
events afforded. and who are doing some
very foolish talking, are hereby notified
that no further turbulence or disorderly
conduct will be tolerated. They are noti-
fed that a regular police force will pre-
serve order ana every peaceable citizen,
black and white. will be protected IN his
person and property. No armed patrol
except those authorized by the Chief of
Police will appear on the streets. Justice
is satisfied; vengeance is cruel and ac-
cursed.
lsigneO "A. w. WADDELL, Mayor"
The most sensational occurrence here
to-day was the sending of eX-Chief-ot-
Police John X. Melton, Jusuce-of-the-
Peace II. II. Bunting, who is also United
States Commissioner, and Charles Gil
bent, an ex-policeman, out Of the city.
4 company of Red shirts from the Fifth
Ward were determined to drive them out
o. the city or XIII them. The fact is,
thty were taken from squad of Red
shirts by the military and carried TO
the Light Infantry Armory for protec-
uou. Later they We're escorted under
military guard TO the Atlantic-Coast Line
depot and put upon the 4:50 Wilmington
New Berne train for transportation to a
place Of safety When last heard from
they were in New Berne, but the citizens
of that place suggested" that there were
yet more healthy localities, AID they dis
appeared.
The sending OF the three men out OF
the city as a safety precauuon is very
much regretted by conservative people
especially because one Of them, Il. II.
Bunting. is a United States commissions
er. and respect for ms office, they say
should have been a protection. However
his political record in cooperating with
the negro element Tor the ascendancy il
local government had so imbittered many
persons fhat il was feared they coulC
not be restrained from violence.
NEW GOVERNMENT FIRM.
Late this afternoon Mayor Waddel
called a meeting Of the new Board OF
Aldermen. The purpose of the meeting
was to devise ways and means TO sup
press lawlessness and stop Red Shirts,
Rough Riders" and secret committees
who seemed bent upon forcing "objec
uonable" citizens to leave the city, ant
the proclamation published above is tn,
outcome Of the meeting. The session
was behind closed doors
a big lynching party was planned fo
last night. and II required all that tn
Mayor and his associates could do t
prevent il.
There were eight negroes in jail, AM
one was a prominent leader, Thoma
Miller. who was charged With declaring
that he would wash his hands in whit
mans blood before night Another wa
A. r. Bryant charged with being dan
serous character The others had beei
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calculated 10 cause trouble. Mayor Wad
dell and his associates put a veto upoi
the proposed lynching They declared
that good government was TO obtain II
Wilmington from this time and was 4
commence Immediately. The would-b
lynchers were 50 insistent that IN
Mayor, as stated IN last nights dispatch
called out a guard TO keep the Jail sur
rounded ali night This morning the si'
negroes were taken out and escorted Z
the north-bound train by a detachmen
OF militia 70 be banished from the city.
NEGROES FLEEING.
The negroes are thoroughly terrorizod
Hundreds Of them have left the city
fleeing through the country in ali drec
tions tonight. W. r.. Henderson. tn
most prominent negro lawyer here, ask
cd for a military escort 10 the Atlantic
Coast Line depot for himself and family
The authorities age making a deter
mined effort 20 put stop 10 all violence