Evening star., 1898-11-10
EIGHT MEN KILLED
Serious Rioting at VIII
mington Today
DEAD ALL COLORED MEN
Several White Citizens Were
Wounded.
CITYAUFHORIFIES POWERLE IS
Committee of Safety to Take Con-
troll of City,
CITY AUTHORITIES POWERLES IS
Committee of Safety to Take Con-
MILITIA CALLED OUT
Special From Staff Correspondent.

Special From Staff Correspondent.
WILMINGTON. y. C., November 10
Events have moved quickly in Wilmington
this morning and the white people have
made good their threats TO take vengeance
upon the negro newspaper which published
the editorial derOgatory to white women.
st I:30 o'clock this morning. the negroes not
having responded to the demand for the
moval of the press of the Record, Col Wad-
dell, the chairman of the white committee
Of twenty-five, repaired to the Light Infan-
try armory, where he was to meet the citi-
zens by appointment. Eight O'Clock was
the last hour of grace for the negroes to re-
ply, and that hour passed without an
swer being received. The citizens then
waited half an hour for reinforcements.
In the meantime armed men had begun
to gather in the wide street in front OF the
atrmory. They carried rifles and riot guns.
nearly every man with a cartridge belt
around his waist filled with ammunition.
The asse mblage included SOM of the most
solid citizens of the town. At $50 o'clock
formed in line of fours. Representative
WaGdeIl and members of the committee of
twenty-five headed the procession, which
moved eastward Market street in the
direction of eth and Mum streets, where
the printing shop was located. All along
the line of march the procession was joined
by citizens who hurried from the side
negro quarter was reached, the negroes
could be seen few blocks away, running
into their houses. The negro women and
children watched the marchers from their
porches. but few negro men were seen.
Halt at Record Office.
Arriving in front of the publishing house
which is a two-story frame building, the
marchers halted and picket lines were
thrown out across the street in both direc-
tions and squads of men were sent to
squares in the neighborhood. Col. Waddell
as the leader in the movement. advanced 10
the door of the building. his rifle on hi;
shoulder. and knocked. There was no re-
sponse. and, after waiting a minute or two,
the door was burst open. The citizens surg
ed into the place and began the WORK
Of destruction The furniture was smash
ed and thrown into the street. amidst the
cheers of the onlookers. Both floors were
gutted OF mova5les. and then Il curl of
blue smoke wound Its way out of the win
dows and floated away on the light breeze.
The building had been fired.
Some of the crowd cheered and others ut
tered expressions of regret that fire hal
been used. In a few minutes the infiamma-
BILE structure was in a blaze and threatening
the light wooden buildings adjacent. A
fire-alarm box was on the corner and some
enc turned in The alarm. There was wait
OF several minutes. during whicI the fire
had gained good headway. and he whole
structure was of red fire beneath a
dense pail of black smoke
As the fire engine dashed down Tth street
with Changing bells. the crowd discharged
their weapons in the air. and a fusillade of
gun and pistol shots. cheers and shouts
filled the air. The little children in a new
free school house on the corner. who had
been frightened by the fire and the guns
added their frantic screams of terror to the
babel, while the negro women were rush
ing about in search of their little ones
The affair was soon over, and no one was
hurt The publishing house was destroyed
but the neighboring property was saved
The editor. Manly, his brother and their
associates have fled, and could not be found
by the citizens.
Sequel of Yesterdays Meeting.
TOdays action was the sequel of yes
terday mornings meeting at the county
court house and of a meeting of the COM
mittee Of twenty-five yesterday afternoon
At that meeting it was decided to send
runners to bring in thirty of the most prom
lnent negroes to receive the Yerdict of the
citizens About fifteen came in IT 6 o. clock
and Colonel WaddeH presented the ultima
tum-
II was that an answer should be given
him at I:3o this morning whether the press
would DC removed and publication of the
paper suspended No discussion of the sit
uation was permitted. but the negroes were
told TO act promptly on the lines laid down.
or suffer the consequences. They departed.
and one Of theiI Tamber-Henderson, a law