The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
WAR ON BLACKS.
lm,d Whites Destroy a Colored yews-
npCr Plant at Wilmington, NC.
aNambcr ~ X Led IN Roth sid~s--sevsral
WoundcI 4 Complete Change of Mn.
rle %, G,vernmrRt Restores Order
-D,rubers Held In Restraint.

i Wuu,oIoN \. C., Nov. 11.-A riot
took place here Thursday morning
4 rght Nc-roc> and one white man are
rpor,c s led. A score or more arc
uoanleI. South Carolina has been
i t.rc,apa.d 20 for help.
Negroes are attempting 10 burn the
r,y and q reign of terror prevails.
Tic mayo. and city administration
have escaped. Red shirts" are dis
sru.ur The Negroes everywhere as
Ncy meet them.
The mayor and other city officials
who were notified to surrender the
cts have either left or can not be
found. IAc committee of Negroes. who
were notified to remove the printing
rr,,, ot ,ae Eccor (Manley's Negro pa
pei failed TO reply to the notification
within the prescribed time.
Fifteen hundred armed white men.
with eN-CongreSsman Waddell leading
them. marched to the printing office
Thursday morning, broke it open.
smashed the press with sledge ham,
ncr, and burned the building to the
ground
While the building was in flames
lm r.ac> were turned on 1t, and the |
hail of bullets riddled and tore off the
weather hoarding and roof. Every
citizen was sober and deliberate and
wore Do disguise.
4 icw Ncrroes attempted resistance.
but after one was shot, the remainder
were dispersed. Fire engines were
hurried to the scene in response to a
fre alarm bell. but the firemen were
ordrc. not to pay a stream on the
fire, bu' to prevent any spread of the
flames.
White c.tizcns interviewed here by
your correspondent since the burning
OF the Record building say that the fire
in the building broke out after the
crowd had assembled, and was not
Started by any one.
Several ministers of the city stood
on guard Thursday with Winchesters.
There were few able bodied white men
ID Wilmington who failed 20 do guard
in'y Wednesday night. Excitement
broke ont afresh at 9 p. m.. when Ne
'rocN fired into a street car filed with ..
people /
Almost before the noise of the volley
'cd ont armed whites began TO gather. a
u few minutes 800 men with Win Z
hc>'ers had arrived, but the blacks a
.ad fled. \ red shirt parade took I
lace shortly after. d
News was received Wednesday night p
Dat Negro knocked down John L. "
''''' white man, at Wilson, n. c., o'
il" 'hen He'd firing revolver as he VI
an lie WIS joined by other Negroes, lie
: armed
III lew minutes 200 armed whites v
lFgea down the street, scattering
e Ne-roes. NJ
mother Negro was killed Thursday
'ht at Tenth and Mulberry streets
was hailed by guard but refused
la.t and continuing to advance, was
9 hy the guard. co
'INNGToN, n. c., Nov. l2.-This "'
.urbed and long perturbed COM Po
niiy seems at last to be entering r''
u new era of peace and order, VI
complete change in the municipal ei'
enmcnt, effected Thursday night
some suddenness but great una Pe'
N.Y. has placed men in control of To- w"
affairs representing the best ele-
i'softhc city. The firm hand of the 'ne =,
is icing laid upon the town and is " ""
'ng In restraint all classes which :, i'
.At threaten disorder. '"e
-e first act of the new government rr,
10 swear in 25O special policemen. III
headed men were selected for
e positions and were instructed to The
en' any attempts TO terrorize the g
Ioe> as well as to frustrate acts of
'NNuc>s by the latter. n,
os;'.., '''''.' was Put 10 d test ball
o''aie.y and the new officials were g..
" upon almost before they had scor,
" u'c-r seats TO make good their M
.'Neo To preserve order. A big footl
''At party was planned for the ton
' @No II required all that the may no;n,
F., '0'i"'eS could do to pre- to dii
No
l... Negroes IN JAN who urda.
~ ,l...''o''" o''" curing inc excite They
~, "'Iu "HOm some OF the were
P''p'e thought should be sumar-
Fa'c"'d. One was a prominent
=, =, Nomas Miller. who was charg- La
-'h declaring that he would ,ash tion
ahas n white mans blood hafo,.a heavi,
another was A. K. Bryant, night
~" "''h being dangerous char coyer'
. The others were less nron;nnn, inches
40 had been under tbe han 90 much
mites for conduct calculated ,o;n and W
ouDie The W
Reported Kininr.