The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-09
Race Riot In GreenviIlc.

Race ktOt In Greenvillc
GKEENvIi.LE, S. c., August RE
ports Of race riot in Greenville have
been exaggerated. On Sunday night Il
dfficulty started at the Poe Mill. Ac-
corting to the evidence of witnesses,
negroes prccipitatcd the riot by ,lelib-
rratcly firing into the house of JOIN,
x. Elicnburg, 2 cotton :nill operative,
living Just across the Bnnc0mbe road
from the fertilizer factory. The shoot
ing occurred between and { O'Clock.
or ;in hour before dark.
There were present at the house ut
the time OF the shooting John X. FL
lcnbnrg, Mrs. II. EllcnburS, T.. T.. FL
lenburg. the father of John II. Ellen
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Phillips, Tav-
lor and Walter Cannon. When the
frs, shot was fired Mrs. Ellcnburg was
i'll the rear end of the house. Her lit
tie child was playing in the ward and
she cried out:
don't shoot the children ="
This was answered by two more shots
ut the house, one of which took effect
III the roof. John Il. Ellcnburg then
walked out on his front piazza and, adj
dressing the negroes. said sharply:
You had better shoot again.
They answered him with two more
shots.
Then the crowd from the mill village
began to gather and march down to the
fertilizer factory. There were in the
crowd Of negroes Jack Moore, Will
Cunningham, Tom jackson and George
Clements. Moore was captured and
carried to Jail
Seeing Moore led of. the negroes
immediately seized the idea and CON
viction that he was going to be lynch
Ca, AMI II courier was sent to the Mount
Zion COlorcd Baptist Church to give
the alarm and call for assistance. The
Rev. j. A. Pinsoli, the pastor, was ask
Ell t" announce from Ills pulpit TINT ii
negro wa> being lyncl,cd ut the Poe
Mill. hut l'insOn, being Ol-hcadcd
and Il man OF Judgment, refused.
This broke up the meeting, however,
and the negroes rushed from the build
ing to secure weapons and go to the
scene.
III the meantime negro had gone to
the home of Sheriff Giifvatii and re-
ported the same thing to him. Chief
of Police Kennedy and Deputy Sheriff
Gilrcath went to the scene about 10
o'clock. as quickly as they could get
there after being notified of the trouble.
At the isuncOmbe street railroad cross
ing they met Deputy Sheriff Whitmirc
and Officer Atkinson.
a party OF between fifty and seventy
live negroes were cOngregatcd ut the
crossing. and IL party of about twenty
five whites i'll the woods, few hundred
yards away, guarding the operatives
houses. The officers persuaded this
mob OF negroes to dispense. While the
other officers stayed ut the crossing to
see that the negroes ai.! not Yeassemblo
after promising to go home, Chief
Kennedy and Deputy Sheriff Gilrcath
crossed over by the fertilizer factory
into Highland avenue
Here the officers met II mob of about
100 frcnzied negroes well armed. They
had rcvolvcrs, shotguns and axes, and
one in the crowd brandisllcd IL reap
hook. After Il parlcy Chief Kennedy
sent the Rev. Pinson, negro Baptist
preacher, to jail to ascertain il Moore
was IL prisoner. He returned and re-
ported that Moore was in Jail. This
report ended the riotous proceedings.
There was considerable firing of guns
and pistols, and ono white man and
five negroes were wounded. In pass
ing through the streets of the city it is
reported that some shots were fired
into dwellings,.
The only lighting was between IL few
operatives of the Poe Mill and strag-
Cling crowds Of negroes.
Later the Greenville Light Infantry
was called out and remained on guard
until morning, but there was no further
trouble and the negroes went to their
homes. The names of the leaders are
known and all will be arrested. If all
the different crowds of negroes had
collected at one point the consequences
would have been serious. The officers
handled the different crowds and pre-
vented concentration.-Ncms and Con-
rier.
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