Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-06
NEW Y0RES COLOR LINE
Another Day of Race Troubles in
the Metropolis.
OOLORED BOY STARTS A RIOT.

Striking n White Vendcr With an
Apple Core Is Followed by the
Gathering of q Mob and Threats of
Lynching--A Desperate NcGress.
New York, Sept. Am apple core
thrown by colored boy, which struck
William Kohles, a white man, caused
a small riot between whites and blacks
in West FOrty-tifth street yesterday
afternoon, which was quickly quelled
by force of patrolmen.
Kohles is a vender. He was driving
through Forty-eighth street when he
passed a crowd of small cOlored boys
and was struck in the back of the
neck with the core of an apple. The
man was stabbed in the neck a week
previous by a colored man, the cut
requiring several stitches. The vender
became very angry at the boy, and
after catching him slapped his face a
number of times. A colored man final
ly struck the TOHder in the face, knock
ing him down. The exchange of blows
attracted a crowd, and threats were
made against the colored population.
volver and threatened to shoot the
first colored man in sight. The col
ored boy entered the residence of
Charles Brooks, colored. This at
tracted the mob to the building.
Brooks, who had been i'll with typhoid
fever, was taken to the police station,
despite the pleadings of his wife, who
explained that he had been i'll and that
a relapse might follow. He was after
wards released.
In the meantime William Fl. Pettilo,
colored, and his daughter, Ruth, Z
years old, were passing through Forty
seventh street, when crowd Of white
men started after them. The little
girl ran away and escaped. Her father
and two other negroes ran into the
saloon of Lee Springle, nearby. The
crowd started to follow the colored
men, when Springle drew revolver
and threatened to kill the first white
man who entered. He stood in the
doorway and defied the crowd. A po-
lieeman finally dispersed the crowd.
About the same hour that this oc-
Cured a colored woman armed with a
hatpin and a razor nearly caused an
other race riot on Ninth avenue. She
was taken in charge by a policeman
and followed to the West Thirty-sev
enth street station by a crowd of 300
men and boys, who wanted to lynch
her.
A man who said his name was
Michael Grannin was standing at
Thirty-ninth street and Ninth avenue,
n
They exchanged a few words and the
woman attempted to stab Grannin
with a hatpin. Grannin succeeded in
lodging. Then the woman drew a
razor and attempted to slash Grannin.
Finally a policeman caught the wo-
man and secured possession OF the
razor. Before he reached the station
house the crowd had largely increas-
ed, and there were cries Of lynch her. )"
A half dozen policemen finally rushed
up and kept the mob at distance.
After the woman had been taken to
the police station her husband appear
ed on the scene. Threats were made
TO lynch him also, but large number
of policemen finally succeeded in driv-
ing the mob away.
A row In which only colored people
became involved started yesterday af-
ternoon in fiat house on West Sixty
third street AS result Charles Dan
iels, colored, the janitor of the apart
ment building, Is dying in the hos
pital He was shot by Benjamin Car
ter, % years old. also colored janitor.
Carter has also been arrested. The
cause of the trouble is not known, but
it Is said that Daniels and several col
ored men endeavored to enter the fiat
despite the protests of the residents.