The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-16
Died IN RIOT
Bad Liquor and cnas Canse Of Fight Be-
tween Waaes and Blacks
TWO OF LATTER KILLED
The Ringleadcrs Among the Negroes
Fled Up the River AFTER the Fight,
With Sheriff and Posse In Pur.
suis.-The Fight Occurred Near
Chattnnoorc OF, si,e Dan, Works.

SuiG--The Fight Occurred Near
Chattanooga on the Dam Works.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says
two negroes were killed as The result
ot.a race riot at the Haies Bar lock
and dam soon after midnight Tues
day.
Bad feeling has been brewing for
some days between the white and
black employees OF the lock and dam
contractors. and an assault upon one
OF the negro laborers by number
Of white men, coupled with liberal
distribution o. bad whiskey and guns
among the negroes. it IS said. brought
the trouble to climax.
After an exchange OF shots between
a force OF five policemen sent from
Chattanooga. under the direction Of
Capt ". u. Burk. Deputy Sheriff
Moreland OF Marion County who had
sworn In a number OF special depu-
ties. and the negroes. the trouble was
oue.led None OF the white men was
killed or wounded il the rioting.
The negroes who had taken the most
active part in the trouble making re-
treated rp the Tennessee river, and
the sheriff OF Marion county Is trying
70 apprehead them
Charles Lee. negro, who was
sent to the lock and dam from Alex
aaoria. Va. was set upon oy 2 party
of white iaborers and badly beaten
The enmi.y Of the white men tc&a.d
the negro arose from rum. that
the negro was TO be placed ii charge
OF certain pump work. whi:a is ':s-
ualIy looked after by white ndcain-
lists. The contractors ,ns.:e L Gear
tha; no such move was anticipated.
but the report had gained wide ciScu-
lation.
After the negroes at the lock and
dam had quit work Monday wh!skey
began 70 circulate freely. and they
adopted an obstreperous attitude to-
ward the whites. AZ the blacks out
numbered the whites two to one. the
white employees and their families
came alarmed and notified the May-
ion county authorizes. Sheriff West
noreland was in Chattanooga at the
time. but his brother. deputy sher-
III. took charge Of the situation while
an attempt was being made to locate
the sheriff.
The negroes were firing from the
shelter OF their shacks in ali direc-
tions. The officers returned the fire
and closed in upon the negro settle
nent. clearing the shacks OF the
fends 4 band Of negroes retreated
up the river towards the mountains.
This party. about thirty in number.
seemed to be the principal trouble
makers. On their fight they carried
with them a large number Of repeat
Ing rifles and revolvers.
The officers made no attempt to
pursue the fleeing men. but made
search Of the negro houses. One ne
gro was found dead in one OF the
houses. in such a position rs TO indi-
cate that he had been killed IN a
drunken Sight with members Of his
race Another dead negro was found
on the ground behind one Of the
houses where he had apparently
stood while firing upon the ohieeis
4 pistol vas found beside MS aoiy
Before the officers had lei: :hied
negro was reported dead in nearby
cornfield, but this could not De .e:,-
fed
4 search Of the negro no :ses r.
rea!ed large amount Of wh'sSey.
which accounts. IN large measure.
'or the trouble. One case. wn!ch.
lad not yet been broken opar. was
'ound. while whiskey bottles were W.
ag agound large numbers.