Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

1Sp.aery VI ~
49,. Ryceyr IyNcHING The ex-
~ .,,sollag be iyuchi' g OF BEN
e. T5on.-, zoe young colored man.
sj.y nigh. is or the wane, the crisis
' lived. having passed. There is,
! j. w., considerable thlk, but the hot
1oTs 3 al lorty eight hours ago is gradu-
3ooa o. '0s and. under the existing or
" I C'J%ns no further trouble is ap,;
r o. 'l. The excitement reached
pee 'l. ,ids Yesterday and the early
s by :. h., piga,, aad unless some of
pr u ~. ., tnoaehtiul or the younger
p .. I" Ar. guilty Of some indls'
IeasTS q. y.o,sIess act, which would pre-
! re. y, ,5sir elders nto conflict, per-
p a '' viii soon be established.
! b. ~, I' s-T ,s-ieri4y the lynching Was
Al "r theme ofdiscussion among
'.I P, a.1ifts and b.acks, although as II
p.D ."ilb'o, he after class carried on
1 . .oo'la9aies among themselves, aid
l l", u. tr,eaon with the whites. The
o-' J nj lie more conservative OF
o.e= dement's has, in great measure,
V.H 49, Tho. sad, 50 far, restrained
'' ~. -, 5l.d.i even mad they ntertain-
u ~ 5;esl n9uous. Tue authorities
! ne meantime sre taking every pre-
Union ma to zip all trouble in its lnclpi'
~ F,rlv las. night there was an uneasy
,iaatjon among The white people,
.5o locked re me streets and stood
, ~, - in rroup-, some numbering half a
. .,1r and others nearly half q hundred.
believed that seventy dvs
=, cent carried pistols. King
,.., especially was alive with
oo and women also. They were as
. ,a ~ tDoueh parade was on the
MS An sir OF unrest was apparent
,.rywhere. and no little apprehen-
m was manifested by numbers.
"a colored element, outside their
IN Immediate neighborhoods, made
am.e.yys scarce, but few sppt airing
HE principal tnToughfares and ex-
hitting no desire to bring on q Difficult
MANY aarmists among the whites
.opaesied saDguiuary scenes 70 ore
oraipg. aud Wild rumOrs were III the
r of the modifying of negroes in this
"a that quarter of the city, but when
IL polcr Investigated them it was
mad .ary We're merely he emana-
DIS of Overwhelmed brains or the I'M
ias.ious OF Youngsters, some OF whom
tmed a4X0us to witness 4 con-
c-. One rumo7 WAS to the effect that
excursion steamer was about TO
ma a load of negroes here who were
wresS vengeance upon the whites
rlyncnluc Thomas. Another was soou
ing from .0uth to mouth that the
rides of dsrkeys from Fishtown and
Petersburg ueighDorhOod were mar
aed neor rae gas works, and that j.
as their intention to fire the
aodsri O! Company's building
nd draw le whites from all other
lts OF Toe city, 10 order that the incen-
aries could Dot the CITY at will ia re-
lisron for toe 'ypching. When tie
,icc repaired to the scene no such
ale of things was found, although
@ having the works in charge were
impressed by The excitement incident
the rumor That they employed armed
en- to guard Toe building.
The Alexandria ignt Iofantry had
Ell put uuder arms early in the even
( by Mayor Simpson and ten extra
Acemen had been sworn in Had
y dsorder been started it could aid
Jud have been brought to a speedy
The crowds on the streets
glu to yet thin as hour after hour
ssed by midnight normal quietude
evalIed, and today was ushered in IN
Z more serene auspices than was yes.
-day and this evening the city is un-
ual.y quiet