The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Five Men Shot in Bloody Melee Attending Meeting of Democratic Executive Committee
AN EVENING POST REPORTER DIES FROM
 WOUNDS RECEIVED
State Militia and Police Now
 Have the Situation Well in Hand = Extra Com
 panies Ordered Out

Charleston, S. C., October IS. paign resulting in the democratic pri-
 maries last Tuesday being held while seven units of the state guard was held ready to assume police duties, reached crisis today in pistol bat [tle in a room where the democratic executive committee was about to meet 10 canvass the returns. When the smoke of the fight had cleared from the room pn the second floor of three-story building at King and George streets. live men had been shot and others were nursing various bruises.
 Sidney J. Cohen. a reporter for the Charleston Evening Post was shot Through a lung and died soon after. Wv. A. Turney, an insurance agent, also was shot in lung and is in a serious condition as is w. F. Wingate, su- sperintendent of the city chain gang. who is suffering from bullet wound | Ein the scalp. H. l.. Wilensky, city Emeter inspector, was hit in an arm, and Jeremiah O'Brien. inspector of weights and measures, and member of the executive committee, was shot in Ban ankle. All the wounded were ex- Epected to recover.
 Arrests Made
 One of the six men-Max Goldman, a marine engineer--tonight was in hos Ipital suffering from severe blow on the head. Others arrested are: H. ]. Brown, ice wagon driver and former policeman; Edward Mcdonald. steve dore and former policeman; J. J. Healy, former police sergeant; Conrad stun lSer, deputy sheriff, and J. H. Slender, &keeper of cemetery. No charges were 8preferred against any of them. Governor Manning at Columbia, inn mediately upon being informed of the shooting, ordered the Washington light Infantry, Charleston company, to the scene. This company with bayonets Iaffixed to their rifles quickly cleared 1.-the streets outside of the building, where it was feared trouble would de- velop. Later the militiamen aided police and special deputies in patrolling the streets in that vicinity and remained on duty late tonight.
 The entire second regiment, located here, was ordered held at it's armory for eventualities. Governor Manning also ordered local dispensaries closed until further notice. There were only small groups of men on the streets to- might and no outward evidence of more fdisorder. The militia is under command Eof Col E. M. Blythe of Greenville in 1.-the absence of Adjutant General Moore, 5 who is attending the rifle matches at Jacksonville.
 Prepared for Trouble
 \ Charleston had been prepared for ftrouble last Monday night when Governor Manning ordered four companies of state tguardsmen and three divisions of naval militia held ready at their armories to ttake over police duties if necessary. Tues- R day, primary day, passed quietly, how I ever, and at [ oclock Wednesday morning the guardsmen were dispersed. Followers .of Mayor John P. Grace, an aspirant for denomination. charged that Governor Manning was unnecessarily trying to in- .terfere with the primary thereby favor- Hing the faction led by Tristram T. Hyde. |This was denied.
 Unofficial tabulation of the returns | |showed that Hyde had been nominated (Continued on Page Twelve)