Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-11
THE CAROLINA RIOTS
Eighteen Blacks and One
White Killed.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES RESIGN.
New Government of Conservative
Democrats In Wilmington - At
tempted LynchfnE Last Night.
Within Ordered out.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Nov 11.-After
a day Of bloodshed and turbulence VIII
mington subsidized last night into COM
parative peacefulness. Eight negroes
were killed and three white men wound
ee during the day, one of them, William
Mayo. seriously
Last night the city was in the hands
Of a new municipal government and
law and order is being established. Yes
/ terday afternoon the board Of aldermen
resigned one by one. As each alderman
vacated, the remainder elected a sue
| cessor named by the citizens commit
/ tee, until the entire board was changed
! legally. They resigned in response to
/ public sentiment. The 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 Elk
! Representative Waddeli was elected
mayor and L. @. Parmelee chief of po-
lice. The first act of the new govern
ment was to swear in $50 special police
men, chosen from the ranks Of reputa-
bic white citizens. They are vested
with all the authority of law and will
take charge of the city. The citizens
win remain on guard however. through
out the town to prevent possible at
tempts at incendiarsm. The new gov
ernment will devote its attention to re-
straining recklessness among the whites
as well as keeping down lawlessness
among the negroes.
The burning of The Record printing
Office yesterday morning created a great
connection among the negroes Of the
! 4
were going to burn and murder in the
negro quarter This rumor reached the
negro employees Of a cotton compress.
numbering 200 or 400. who quit work
and hung about the streets in manifest
terror. Other parties congregated in the
negro section, and il was in one of these
that the first tragedy was enacted. The
men were standing on a corner and
were ordered to dispense. They declined
and, ii Is claimed, fired into the whites.
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 rife at William Mayo, white, standing
on the veranda. shooting him through
the left lung. The negro was recognize
ed, pursued and captured while hiding
under a bed. It is said he confessed
to the shooting. He was riddled with
shot by his captors and killed.
In the meantime the town was in a
state Of excitement. The whites rush.
ed to the scene from every direction.
the local military company was ordered
out, and n battalion Of United States
naval reserves proceeded to the vicini-
" of the trouble with rapid fire gun,
About 1 o'clock some negroes in a
house fired upon a passing party OF
white men. The house was surround
ed and four negroes captured and TAX
en- TO the jail. One negro broke away
and ran, but was shot down and killed
before 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. Their names at this
time are unknown.
A crowd was formed last night tc
take from the Jail and lynch two ne
groes, Thomas Miller and Ira Bryant
who We're arrested yesterday charged
with making threats and were regard
ed as dangerous characters.
The mayor, Colonel Waddell prompt.
ly prohibited the assembly Of the crowd
at the JAIL and he himself headed q
guard Of 25 men with Winchesters t.
guard the prisoners.
Another negro was killed last night
at Tenth and Mulberry streets. He wa.
hailed by a guard, but refused to halt
and, continuing to advance, was shot by
the guard.
Three companies of state militia ar,
expected from neighboring cities to aic
in maintaining order.