The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-11
RACE RIOTS IN THE SOUTH
NORTH CAROLINA THE SCENE OF
 MUCH BLooDSHED.

bers of the City Government Forced to
 Resign-The Trouble Was Caused by
 the Publication by Negro Editor of
 an Article Defamatory of White Wo-
 men-Six Negroes and Probably More
 Killed at Rehobeth.
 Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 10.-After a day of bloodshed and turbulance Will mington has subsided tonight into comparative peacefulness. Eight ne- groes 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 are be- ing established. This afternoon the board of aldermen resigned one by one Each alderman vacated, the remainder elected successor, named by the cit izens' committee, until the entire board was changed legally. They resigned Ahi ASoRo1o0 lO puOllC SSllIlulSAl. uG 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 l.. G. Parmelee chief of po- lice. The first act of the new govern ment was to swear in 250 special police- men, chosen from the ranks of reputa- ble white citizens. They are vested with all the authority of the law and will take charge of the city. The citi- Zens will remain on guard, however, throughout the town to prevent possi- ble attempts at incendiarism. The new government will devote it's attention to restraining recklessness among the whites as well as keeping down law lessness among the negroes. Soon af- ter the meeting George Rountree re- ceived a telegram from Governor Rus sell saying he would use 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 have 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 member of the democratic congressional committee. The trouble in Wilmington to-day commenced at S:30 a. m. when an armed body of citi- zens, numbering about 400 and led by ex-Representative Waddell, chairman of the committee of twenty-five ap pointed for the purpose, proceeded to the publishing house of negro news paper, the Record, to wreck it. The editor of this paper had published an article defamatory of white women and a mass meeting of citizens yesterday ordered his expulsion from the city within twenty four hours and the re- moval of his press. Fifteen leading negroes were called in by the commit tee of twenty-five last night and direct ed to notify the chairman by 730 this morning whether they would agree to the removal of the press. They were informed that if no answer was return ed the press would be demolished.
 No answer was received by the chair man this morning and after waiting an hour the citizens proceeded in a body and demolished the fixtures of the printing office The building was also fired and gutted. The leaders say that this action was the work of irresponsi- ble persons and as soon as the fire was discovered the fire department was called out to extinguish it. The burn ing of the office created great commo- tion among the negroes of the town The rumor spread that the whites were going to murder the negroes. This rumor reached the negro employees of a cotton compress numbering three or four hundred who quit work and hung about the streets in terror. Other par ties congregated in the negro section and it was one of these that the first tragedy was enacted. The men were standing on a corner and were ordered to disperse. They declined and it Is claimed fired into the whites A fusi- Jade was opened upon them by the whites and three negroes were killed. TWO whites were wounded slightly One negro ran down the street and passing a residence fired a rifle at Will am Mayo. white, standing on the veranda, shooting him through the left lung. This negro was recognized, pursued and captured while hiding under bed. It is said he confessed to the shooting. He was riddled with shot by his cap tors 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 vicinity of the trouble at a rapid pace. About 1 o'clock some negroes in house fired on 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 pro- ceeded half a block. During the after noon there were other affairs of this kind and eight negroes were killed at various times in the disturbed sections. Their names at present are unknown. AS the news of the riot spread through the neighboring cities, they offered to sand help and all such offers were de- clined except in the case of Faystte- ville. from which town came about 150 men. AS night fell the town was com nIetelv patrol1ed and guarded. Very few negroes were on the streets and thav were not allowed to oongregate
 .1.ora The action of the citizens