Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-10-20
The Charleston Row
One Nan Killed and -Four Wounded Owe
Charleston Primary.

Charleston Primary.
Charleston. S. G. Oct.. Is "A
pistol battle in which one mai
wac killed aud four others shot
broke up a meeting of the Demo
cratic City Executive Committee
here today when ths votes at las,
TussdsY's primary we're to be can
vassed. A Nation Guard Gem
pAny which, with fixed bayorets
helped the police TO restore order
tonight still was patrolling near
by streets The man killed wa,
Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter fol
ahs Charleston Evening Post HI
Vas shot through the lung. W.
A Turuer, ap insurance agent,
aud w. e. WlnRate. superintend
Snt of the ohaingang, were serl-
ously wounded. Fl L Wilensky
. city meter inspector aud Jere
miah O'Brien, inspector Of weights
and measures and 3 member OF
ths executive committee, received
minor bnllet Wounds. Six arrests
we're made.
Todsys trouble was the culmi.
nation of bitter political cam
paign. which eudad last Tuesda
in . primary held while several
companies of the Nationsl Guard
we're kept in readiness to suppres
possible disorders
One of the SIX mon arrested
Max Goldman, q msrlne engineer,
tonight was in hospital suffer-
Jog from q severe blow Oh the
head. Others arrested are: H J.
Blown. ioe-wagon driver and
former policeman; II. J. Healy,
former police sergeant; Conrad
Slender. deputy sheriff and J. j,
Stsenken, keeper or . cemetery =.
No charges we're preferred against
my of them.
Governor Manning at Colum bia,
immediately upon being informed
OF the shooting, ordered the Wash
ington Light Infantry to the scene,
Tais company With AID bayo-
nets, quickly cleared the street,
in the vicinity of the building.
Lster the militia men aided civil
authorities in patrollipg b Q
streets and remained on duty late
sonight.
The entire Second Regiment,
located here, was he'd in readi-
ness at Its armory. Governor
Manning ordered local dispen-
saries closed.
There were only small groups
of men on the streets ttnlght aud
no outward evidence of more dis.
order.
The militia is under command
Of Colonel e. NJ Blythe of Green.
willie in the absence of Adjutant
General Moore, who is attending
the rifle matches at Jacksonville.
Charleston had been prepared
for trouble since last Monday
night when Governor Manning
ordered four compaies of State
Guardsmen and three divisions of
naval militia held 10 their armo
fies. Tuesday. primary day, pass
ed quietly, however, and at Z
O'Clock Wednesday morning the
guardemen withdrew. Followers
of Mayor John P. Grace an as
pirans for renom1nation, charged
that Governor Manning was un-
necessarily trying to Interfere
with the primary.
Une fiji ,isl returns showed that
HYDE had been nominated by q
maj Gritty of 10 votes out of mora
thin 5000 cast. More than 100
votes were contested by the Grace
adherents and the city executive
committee met today to canvass
the returns.
Bitterness engendsred by the
osmpai gn, the presence cf the mi
IitiA on primary day aud the
cioseness of she vote created such
4 threatening atmosphere that
many extra policemen we're detail
cd in and in front Of the building
where tie meeting was to be held
today. The building was crowded
and q large crowd in front was
held in check by the officers.
Just al the meeting was to be
called to order, fight started il
. hallway adjoining the committee