Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-10
RIOTS AND WAR.

The lest autl-nogro outbreak IN New
York city Illustrates striklngly m,
rrit OF l8wlesness. which al tim
takes hold Of mobs. even in civlllg q
countries when passion Is permitted 70
dominate reason. Occurrences OF that
Kind help us 10 comprehend the recer.
atrocities On China, which the clyllla q
world found 1t necessary to send armies
DO ayeugc.
The central scene OF trouble was near
Eighth Avenue about Forty-seventh
street. q white man, who In a Aehi
With q negro had been wounded. pr..
tended to see his antagonist In that %.
caHiy and proceeded to take revenge
The assaulted negro protested his Is.
ror5nce OF the AFFAIR and called ior
halg The ossailant then turned
against another negro, and before
Ions a crowd Of white and colored peo.
nls had assembled.
Some Of them withdrew when they
h8d ascertalncd the situation, but one
OF the negroes. after having broks1
away was pursued by a mob that
shouted, Lynch him" He finally s-
COPIED into a house. The mob followed
him and seized a sick man whom they
dragged into the street half-naked and
who. but for the interference OF he
police. would In all probability have
been murdered The mob next found o
peacaable man who was walking 90
company with his little niece he was
knocked down and trampled upon 81.
nally he succeeded In getting away ana
found refuge Ia a saloon. The proprie,'r
protected the objects Of wrath. threat.
enln- to kin the pursuers. Then tts
mob returned to the street and puii
a negro OF a car BY this time Do.
lice force had been gathered which dis.
persed the rioters
The report states that very few O..
the dlsturbers OF the peace had any
idea Of the orisIn Of the trouble, They
simply clamored for blood. II was on
outburst Of race hatred which, but i'r
the prompt action OF the officers, might
have ended. az 50 many other sudden
bursts Of insanity, In murder
The question has been raised whether
such occurrences at home may no,
have some pathological connection with
the constant reports OF war and blood
shed that have formed the bulk OF The
news Tor the past months. II is a
pertinent question. When there is
lighting In the air" Its influence Is
felt at the Preside as well in the tent
near the battlefield.
Not only official reports but son
more private letters carry the inie,'
t0us air an over the land. The nature
Of q great many OF such private CON.
munIcations may be Judged from the
following which has founi rs way Into
public print The writer describe 20
bis brother in Washington how be l1l
others were scouting In the Philippine
and came upon party Of natives o-.a'
nratna o wedding He continues
1--WE were about twenty-five yards
from the party when word was passed
alaug 90 charge but not TO shoot women
Ur children Most Of the party hau 1e.n
inaullnp ln vino and they were, th.Ia-
Ufe. not perfectly sober. Each solder
took aim and. following the lirst h,e
rushed upon the crowd those VINO hA4
escaped the bullets running I'm an ulI'.-
lions and some OF them taking refuge
lu ths house with the women hha '"Il-
dru Some of the soldiers were - 'N-
cited that they fred into the crowu' tII
the scene chat resulted was q hVi u'.'
one. ON the ground near the nous .is
the body of tine bride, whose BRAIN pun
been blown out probably by heni'ns-
t.a Hle. such as was carried ny 'Ns
FIip.no7 % the party. The groom, N.n
hai received O bullet In his slVi.l-,n'
vas lying near by In dying cohul ',N.
Twelve OF the Fllipinus had Deeh wv.
aui about the same number Nou Ll,l
an elderly woman was shot throub" we
lgr and @ baby's arm was sho' on.
However. we got the old genera ~.
right ana we burned the insult 1's
quarters before leaving We h'.,i-
tlted that the place had Deell ,l,
headquarters OF the insurgents 10 'N''
section
Il IS not necessary 70 comment on 'ue
influence such letters must have ~ ''.'
c.es where they are read and r'-''1a'
and made the topic Of conversa''oh ana
contemplation. They cannot DC " '1''
tor I'm the progress OF civilization
But whatever is the cause Of the 'p'n.
OF mobocracy that is but TOO my 70 ''
evidence IN this country at pIese.7 '"'
fact itself should not escape the N.'.'''
can people. a remedy should DC ''l'l
f0r %. To let It alone means a '''''
deterioration Of our national chal -...f
q lowering Of the standard OF ny .'.'s
which ultimately must end 10 so0i'' -''
political ruin. The race problem '-''
country threatens once more 10 ''''''
ors ~ ga. r,,ost tutnortant issuts'