The colored American., 1900-09-01

cess by hard work still ringing in their
ears.
SHOOTING SCRAPE.
The bartender (white) shot
waiter here Sunday morning just
shortly after the dining room doors
we're opened. Ii Is said that Mf. Hark
less who was shot cursed the bartender
a night or two prior TO the shooting,
when taking 50 a cO!ored man who
was EN- pl0yed I'D the bar room; while In
This conversation with the coiored en-
ployee, the cashier, white man, over
heard the conversation and told the bar
tender that Negro cursed him LII Is
further s ated that Harkltss went to
the bar again on the fjiio wing eatur'
day night and he WAS assaulted by The
bar tender with a big club. The matter
was supposed to have been settled when
Mr. Coontz (bar tender came to his
breakfast ths next morning he struck
Mr. Haskless with club and as the
waiter saw bis revolver he begun 20
run and Mr.. Coontz in pursuit of him
until Mr. Harkless came to the railing
of the long porch which was about 10
feet from the ground and Jumped over
it to the ground. While Mr. Harkless
was in attitude of trying to get up to
run, leaving his back turned to bis pur
suer, he (the uartende) beg n 10 fire
at him he fired the second time, the
bullet striking the right rist, lodging ln
the left hand just under the thumb.
The news swept the entire dining room
| like wild fire. and within minute
ab 1ut two hundred and fifty wsitefs
| @lor hralro
ing up and down the long porch with
fire in their eyes, many of whom
declared they would not work another
moment till the man was under arrest.
1t is said that two ffcera of the law
lone Of whom was the chief were sir :
ting at the table with Mr Cnontz just
before the shooting and that the chief
saw CoontZ clubbing the waiter. About
a hundsed or more Of the colored help
crowded around the door in which the
desperate man entered with the cry OF
s'let's get him" and it was for some
thirty or forty minutes before the man
ager and head waiter could get the men
to go IN to their work The passions of
the crowd were not curtaiIed till the
mansger had ated that he was sorry
OF the affair and that the man vas un'
der arrest and was taken to Ut Wisburg
to the authOritie' IF the law. He also
said that he hoped that the bartender
would get he fullest extent Of the law.
There was great deal of murmuripg
after this statement o the effect that it
was only sham arrest, and the rest
thing to do was to get the man and fog
him. The sentiment is prevalent that
the officers knew Of the intent of Mr..
Coontz. 1t Is said Coontz told the
management that If he did not dis
charge shat Negro, he would kill him
the next morning The whole aff1ir
from all the evidenea seems to have
been premeditated. We are sorry that
such was the case but IN such contests
in which passions Of men are more
powerful than sober reflection and good
judgment, we can but Look for laWl ,ss
ness and disturbance. Every thing is
. quiet now and no further trouble Is ex
!, pected Mr.. Harklesa Will issys this
afternoon for Clifton Forge where he
will be looked after at the hospital
Mr. w D. Board of Washington, D. c.,
} is here visiting Mf. Burrell on Dry
Greek. Mr.. Bush left this week fol-
Baltimore, Nd. Mr. Walter Lewis will
leave this afternoon for bis home in
} Charlottesville. Va. Mr.. J Boom o.
Washington, D. @, will leave on ol
about the first OF September He has
been veSy attentive to his duties this
season and 1t is hoped by many of the
'eRding men OF the hotel that he will
; r'turn again next summer. Messrs.
; PaYta and Brench who have been en-
gagged in enlarging pictures have been
able to make very creditable sho wing
indeed, since their large frames have