The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-16
DEADLY RACE RIOTS
Trouble in Wilmington, N. C.. in
Which Nine Negroes Are Killed.
Three White Men Are Wounded, One
SeriousIy-The Trouble Begins by
Wrecking eff the Office of
the Negro Press.

SeriOusIy-The Trouble Begins by
Wrecking eff the Office of
the Negro Press.
Wilmington, n. c., Nov. 11.-After a
day of bloodshed and turbulence VIII
mington has subsidized into comparative
peacefulness. Nine negroes were
killed and three white men wounded
during the day, one of them, William
Mayo, seriously. The city is in the
hands of a new municipal government
and law and order is being established.
Cause of the Trouble.
The trouble in Wilmington COM
menced at $50 Thursday morning,
when an armed body of men, num-
bering about 400 and led by ex-Repre
sentative Waddell, chairman of COM
mittee of 25 appointed for the purpose,
proceeded to the publishing house of
negro newspaper, the Record. to wreck
it, The editor of this paper had pub
lished an article defamatory Of white
women. and mass meeting of citizens
on Wednesday ordered his expulsion
from the city within "a hours and the
removal of his press. Fifteen leading
negroes were called on by the commit
tee of 25 Wednesday night and directed
to notify the chairman by 1880 Thurs
day morning whether they would agree
to the removal of the press. They were
informed that if no answer was re-
turned the press would be demolished.
No answer was received by the chair
man Thursday morning, and after
waiting an hour the citizens proceeded
in body and demolished the fixtures
of the printing Office.
Panic Among Negroes.
The burning of the printing office
created a great commotion among the
negroes of the town. The rumor spread
| that the whites were going to burn and
murder in the negro quarter. This
rumor reached the negro employees of
cotton compress numbering 300 or 400,
who quit work and hung about the
streets in manifest terror. Other par
ties congregated in the negro section
and it was in one of these that the
| first tragedy was enacted. The men
were standing on a corner and were
ordered to disperse. They declined,
ard, it is claimed, fired into the whites.
The Battle Begins.
| A fusillade was Immediately 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 William Mayo (white) stand
/ ing on the veranda. shooting him
through the left lung. This negro was
recognized. pursued and captured while
| hiding under bed. It is said he con-
| fessed to the shooting. He was riddled
with shot by his captors and killed
Total of Nine Negroes Dead
About one o'clock some negroes in
a house fired upon passing party of
white men. The house was surround
| ed and four negroes captured and taken
to the Jail. One negro broke away and
ran, but was shot down and killed be-
/ fore he had proceeded half a block.
/ During the afternoon there were other
affairs of this kind and eight negroes
were killed during various times in the
disturbed sections.
/ AS the news of the riot spread
| through the neighboring state cities
they offered to send help, and all such
! offers were declined, except in the case
| of Fayette, from which town came
about $50 men. AS nightfall came the
town was completely patrolled and
| guarded. Very few negroes were on
the streets and they were not allowed
to congregate anywhere. The action
of the citizens in organizing new
municipal government is expected to
bring peace and order, and no more
rioting is expected.
BIoodshed in South Carolina
Washington, Nov. IA special to
the Post from Greenwood, S. c., says:
Five negroes lay dead at Rehobeth all
| day along the roadside, another was
killed Thursday and likely four others
are dead and lost in the woods. One
white man was buried, three others lie
at the point of death and six more have
been wounded. Four heads of families
| have left the country and armed troops
| of countrymen are securing the coun-
| try hunting other victims. All of this
| is the outcome of an election row at
| Phoenix.
Eight negroes have been lynched
within two weeks time in neigh boring
| counties.
Ben Collins (colored) was killed
Thursday night near Phoenix. He is
said to have fired one pistol shot into
the polling place and reached for an
ether weapon.
Quiet mt Wilmington.
Washington, Nov. IA special to
the Post from Wilmington, n. c., says:
This city is remarkably quiet, the tur-
moil and terrible race conflict consid-
cred. The military are doing police
duty at the request of the city authori-
ties, although no martial law has been