Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-11
MORE RACE TROUBLES.
Angry Whites Take Action In Both
North and South Carolina.
SEVERAL BLACKS LYNCHED.
In Wilmington, n. O., the Citizens
Wreck \ Negro Newspaper For
Insulting White Women.
BlOodshed At Polls.
SEVERAL BLACKS LYNOHED.

Wilmington. N. c., Nov. 1.-THE white
,eople have made good threats to take
vengeance on q negro newspaper, Inc
Record, which published an editorial
3erogatory to white women. The ne
yroes not responding to a demand to
remove the press Of The Record, ex-
Representative Waddell. the chairman
Of a white committee Of twenty-five, re-
paired to the light infantry armory,
where he was to meet the citizens by
appointment.
Armed men had begun to gather in
the wide street in front of the armory.
They carried rifles. riot guns and am
munition. and the assemblage included
some Of the most solid citizens Of the
town. The procession. headed by ex-
Representative Waddell and the COM
mittee Of twenty-five. moved In the d.
rection of Seventh and Num- streets,
where The Record printing shop is To-
Gated. All along the line Of march the
procession was Joined by armed citi-
Gems. and when the negro quarter was
reached the negroes could be seen a few
blocks away running into their houses.
When the crowd arrived in front Of
The Record office, a two story frame
building. picket lines we've thrown out
across the street and squads of men
sent to squares in the neighborhood.
Leader Waddell. with rifle on his shout
der. went to the door of the building
and knocked but, there being no re-
Spouse, the door was soon burst open.
The citizens surged into the place and
commenced the work Of destruction.
The furniture was smashed and thrown
Into the street, the floorA were Quilted
Of movabies. and the building was fed
and destroyed.
Fire Alarm Turned In.
Some one turned in a fire alarm. and
when the engines responded the crowd
discharged their weapons, and a fusil-
lade Of gun and pistol shots, cheers and
shouts filled the air. The affair was
soon over, however, and no one was
hurt. The publishing house was de-
stroyed, but the neighboring property
saved.
The colored editor. Manly, his brother
and their associates have fed and can
not be found by the citizens. After de-
stroying the printing house the march
ers returned to the armory, where they
had left rapid fire machine gun
mounted in wagon ready to be dis
patched to the scene II battle should
occur. The leaders of the crowd said
subsequently that it was not the inten-
ton to burn The Record building; that
1t was the work of some rash persons or
by accident and did not have the con-
~ hn or,,Iff of
five.
ments were needed in the negro section
Of Brooklyn. The men were sent.
Twenty minutes later news came that
there had been a collision between the
whites and blacks and that blood had
been shed.
As a result Of the trouble there it Is
believed that the number of negroes
who have been killed will number four.
A white man named Mayo, who was
shot In the stomach. has since died.
Another V ii + m VIC hurt.
Trnlrs - -y ssist ,uce.
Special treirs ace ben TN into Will
mington fro:., ot,.cr TOW Us with re-en-
forcei."nts of arms. Go|dstoro has
started 80, and other places have offer
ed help ii ne del. The Light infantry,
regular state militia organization, will
probably take command Of the situation
here.
The action by the whites was the Sc
Quel Of meeting Wednesday at the
county courthouse and that of the COM
mittee Of twenty-five in the afternoon,
as result of which the negroes were
given until morning to return an an
swer to the demand for the removal Of
the press and the cessation Of the pub
LEGATION Of The Record.
Wednesday night was an ominous one
for the citizens in the residence section.
About o'clock a street car came into
the business section and reported that
the negroes had fired into 1t and that
the passengers had returned the fire.
A car loaded with armed men was soon
speeding toward the scene of the trou-
BILE, but the offenders escaped.
The entire eastern end Of the town
was aroused, and armed men were on
the street cars, on every corner and pa
the dark streets In the negro
district 30 or 40 young negroes were as
but they were not armed and
not violent, and the older men said they
did not contemplate trouble and sin
cerely hoped for peace. All night long
the whites kept guard.