The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-02
NEW RACE RIOT
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ru, the day. The jail IS under str'n
guard

lII,l EEA Ark, oct. Thames \.
T,rran. prominent business man 81
Helena VAS wounded in tlght To-Day u'-
tvccn = pue$r searching for mon WI"
fired from ambush and killed W. a. va
kins. n special agent of the missouri
p.,.iGr railroad and wounded EharI'"
pro,t , deputy sheriff. and crowd OIL
men. said to hc negroes. NJ inc low"
If Elaine near here. Two DINER Inc''-
hors Of the posse arc reported TO h"Nc
noon wounded 4 telephone HrSS"h'
from Elaine stated that shots wcr. DE-
ing exchanged in III" streets OIL E'"'"'
rrrors have been requested.
Tho trouble began last night WIZ"
Oo,,,,,. Ir,t, with Adklns and n"Er"
Irus,, were an;hushrd "pn"Eit" h''i
,.hurc. ,t IIrup spur two miles h"r'h
az Elaine, while "n their way |" hrr';'
-. MIXERS Of n family. VIII" w"r" "a!H |"
-, ;,,,.,J,cd in n row among thrm"'lN'N'
Tho accounts Of IN" deputy m" 'h'
,o.r,, ,rus,y indicating the attack gu
49,, ,hr,.r mon had been mad" by nm or
,.,riycd bond Of negroes. p"&S'S "'r"
n,st,ly oryanizod BY tho Sh"r'it "'If
ushrJ 10 Elaine TIL" first posse !"
arrive MAS met by fore" ~ Ar"'" !"
r-rocs and immediately S'nt back uFE'"e
,ou. fnr rriururcom"uts, declaring me
NEGROES were assembling N large mum
Ter. and had h'=uu pr"n,'Scu"uS Hr''0
''H ,re,,.s \dGuiunnl posses
re- "rERh'"'" ~ ,,,,,, and rushed
ot population III IN county, ' r,.,,r,s
- ,,,c scene. Within an hour f'i"r'
canc Of a pitched hn''l" IN me S''
e Elaine between N" posses ana INV
negroes. ,.,,e,r1
Early reports >A'd ,.s,,,,.
md fifteen hundr"d IL SL,"% ",' ,..,.r,.
hl"d in ih" Nr'n'IE :" cir,
ARMED with hlgh power ''' .>,.,,,e
t"lrrh"n" operator 49,,
told an official mere "Eh''iH r,.mo,.,.,
GrcSS in the streets. w 49,, $50,
In quick su"c"SSi"n "rF'' ,;,in,, ~.
Inducements. guns "''i '''- ash
mcS%aE" was E'h' /" Wv ',.. r-o,n
ing his aid III '"'"'''''''
Camp Pike. r,,.ou
In ON" m"s*2E" mel ,,,-
In chnrg" Of tn" posse III RAM me
phuncd that ms -"r'' wa l,,,,
numbered and that hrihE "'''
general
Later il was reported mat III, w
had been driven from f'i''''' ""' ~.
lighting was still IN progress wv
To the north. wh"r" In" hahH WIS H",
rosrd 10 haV" received r''h'.'''''
Fighting in this vicinity 'nh'F'u'"
dark. and wrari"d p"ss" men began I"
rc,urn 10 Helena.
Eorlv TONIGHT. however. negroes were
r,,ortcd again corCrcCa'ing in TN" out
.Li-,s ~ 1,,oip, and Iosrrh 6. Meyers,
T., ch,rcc of one Of tho possess. said ho
oxncctcd another hattl" to brEin at any
rcnent An hour later. however. n
r,cesoro ,roe received saving the situa-
60, h,d crown no worse.
Two rotrrrinr noesr mon brought nu.
,1 -u,,o-s and sus.
~ .r.,, an ~ which ron The
p''".'H. n.,c 1,o N
"''' nav 49,, ~
propaEah"'t "'H'''""''t """''H
Er""S y! Wh''' men u WV 49,
u''H''"' '"N N'''' NV wa -"
cation "i negroes an'he"'I 'S'i" I" wv,
whit" residents IN IN" S"u'h'rh T.r' q.
IN" C""1trN. Negroes IN tnf' S''.I"h' ~
Is r"iat'o. nave af-"7'"" 'h"F VIII n',
PICK IN" present COTTON crop uh''ES pam
their own price. ana nn1nh"rS ~ th"in
nrr reported I" nave rriuf'i 7" w"rh
for IN" whit" farmers Tor any wages.
II Is stated on good authority thA'
negroes in tho vicinity Of Elain" hav"
boon holding secret meetings ut night
and that unidentified whit" mon hav"
boon circulating literature among thCm.