The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 1

- e VOLUME LXXXWN "URDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 189S. _PRICE FIVE CENTS MILITIA AND POLICE RULE WILMINGTON But the Race War Is Not Over. AN UNRULY NEGRO SLAIN RED SHIRTS THREATEN TO LYNCH BLACK PRISONERS. Tolbert Takes a Trip to Washington and Is Trying to Have Fed- eral Troops Sent to Quell Disturbances. Special Dispatch to The Call. WILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 11.—Com- parative quiet has reigned here to-day. The guards shot one unruly negro in a negro slum of the city this morning. A sensation was created by the capture of J. R. Melton, late Chief of Police, by a crowd of Rough Riders, who would have committed violence had not the military interfered, and at 9 o'clock Melton, R. H. Bunting, Republican Jus- tice of the Peace, and C. H. Gilbert. ex- Fusion policeman, all of whom are in danger of severe treatment by Red Shirts, were escorted to the depot and sent out of town. Eight negroes in the County Jall whom the Red Shirts and Rough Riders had threatened to lynch were sent to | Goldsboro this morning for safe keep- | ing. These were arrested during the | rioting Thursday. The city is now un- der thorough military and police pro- tection, and there is every indication that no further outbrea e expected. TOLBERT LAYS THE BLAM= ON DEMOCPATS WASHINGTO v. 1L.—R. R. Tol- bert, whose father and brother were | shot in the recent race war at Phoenix, 8. C., was at Department of Justice to-day to secure an investigation by the al rities. He was accom- ied by s f the Republican poli- ticians of the State. The elder Tolbert iIs now in the State penitentiary for safety m popular violence. | Mr. s that the true facts of the rioting have not been given. The | facts are, he said, as follows: “I was nominated for Congress by | the Republicans of my district. For the | purpose of making a contest before the House my brother, T. P. Tolbert, agreed | to be present at the polling place at Phoenix for the purpose of witnessing | avits of colored men who were as voters because of their in- ability to comply with the requirements of the constitution. “My brother took no part in the man- agement of the polling place, which was in the hands of the Democrats. He simply sat on the piazza of Mr. Lake's house and witn ed the amn- davits given him, depositing the affi- davits in a box prepared for the pur- Etheridge, the white man who | as an election manager at | les away: ‘He left his with a party of men, He walked up with here my brother was able and deliberately sitting a the kicked ove table and box in which were put the certificates. Then he as- saulted my brother. In a short while the Democratic voter ho were in the same hou rushed out and commenced shooting into the crowd. The negroes fled. My brother, who is probably dead by now, told me th Stheridge was killed by shots from his own friends, My brother did not have a weapon on his person Mr. Tolbert said that he was at Ab- beyville, twenty-five mi way from the shooting. His father, J. R. Tolb: was at Verdry, another precinct. When the elder Tolbert learned of the riot he started to the scene in his buggy, ac- companied by a little. ten-year-old nephew. Before he reached the scene he was met v a mob, which riddled the buggy with bullets and wounded him and the little boy times. a number of It is said that the boy was hots. , who was first shot by the mob, was aided to his home, some distance from the scene, and was pur- sued by the mob. While lying in bed in a dying condition the mob attempted to make him give the name of the per- | son who had killed Etheridge. He said | he could not because Etheridge had | been killed by the Democrats them- | On finding his father so badly wound- o CO000000000000000 | INSURGENTS OF PHILIPPINES YET & FIGHT THE DONS. § o They Have Taken the Island 9| 01 2 of Negros and Are Now o Besieging Iloilo. gj e < Q! LONDON, Nov. 11.—Advices Q] have been r ed at the office O/ | President listened —attentively-to the | spent some time EDWARD HOLLAND ] FIRST WARD. EDWARD C KAEBEN SECOND WARD WM H PHELPS FIFTH W ARD e L.FBYINGTON GEO. SEVENTH WARD SAN "FRANCISCO’'S NEW BOARD OF EIGHTH WARD: ARTHUR AT T RIDGE ELEVENTH WARD JEREMIAH DEASY ALBERT HEYER TENTH WA RD LLINS wocols NINTH WARD THE MEN WHOM THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE THE CITY'S LAWS JOHN LACKMANN SIXTH WARD ED. AIGELTINGER TWELFTH WARD SUPERVISORS. ed R. R. Tolbert procured a doctor, who | ¢ attended to the wounds of the senior | g8 Tolbert. After placing his family inse | gs safe place Mr. Tolbert came on to thisT{ g city. . Mr. Tolbert states that his brother | & said that so far as he could see shots | =3 were fired by the negroes at Phoentx. {2 They fled as soon as the shogting ¢om- ! menced, leaving T. P. Tolbert as the|$3 target for the mob to shcot at. | &8 At a late hour this afternoon Mr. Tol- bert, accompanied by Solicitor General Ric¢hards of the Department of Justice, called at the White House and had an extended interview with President Mc- Kinley. He related to the President the story of his experiences in South Carolina, substantially as given in the foregoing, entering into minute detalls | gz of the trouble on election day. The[is recital, but gave no indication of what | action, if any, might be taken. How- | ever, he requested Mr. Tolbert to see | the Attorney General and make him a | full statement of the situation as he |$3 viewed it. |88 Returning to the Department of Jus- | §3 tice Mr. Tolbert had an interview with Attornev General Griggs, who had just returned to the city from New Jersey. | At the conclusion of the interview the Attorney General said he would have a conference with the President upon the matter as soon as possible and it would then be determined what, if anything, would be don To-night Attorney General Griggs with the President, but so far as could be ascertained no decision of the question presented by Mr. Tolbert was reached. In addition to the effort of the De- partment of Justice to secure definite and official information concerning Tuesday's rioting steps have been taken 3 53 (4 2 8 88K 8 ke % R AN RN R RN RN BRI RERIRRRARRR RN LRI RRNEN afsséss*ssmsmsg _ANDREW CARNEGIE, THE = i . CELEBRATED IRON KING, e s IS TO BE ARRESTED : Warrclr}tv Issued Because the Milliondire Manu- = facturer Ignored a Summons to Appear = and Qualify as a Juror. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Justice Lawrence in the Supreme Court to-day issued an order directing the Sheriff to arrest Andrew Car- negie, the millionaire iron and steel manufacturer. The application for Mr. Carnegie’s arrest was made by Assist- ant Corporation Counsel George H. Cowie, who appeared in behalf of Henry Winthrop Gray, special Commissioner of Jurors. Mr. Carnegie was served with a notice by Commissioner Gray on November 1 to appear before him on November 10 to testify as to his qualifications to act as a special juror. Mr. Carnegie did not present himself, and Corporation Counsel Whalen directed a motion to be made for his arrest. The warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Dunn, and will be executed as soon as possible. AR R R R R R A R AR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR S R A S S AR R R R R BRERRRRUBRURRRINRRNRLNRRNRY to afford ample protection to the elder Tolbert, who is Collector of Customs at the port of Charleston. It is said that, as a Government officer in the exercize of his individual rights and | in the performance of his official du- | ties, the Federal Government will not permit him to be interfered with. PLACED IN PENITENTIARY FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY | { in | A wi ot co Nov. 11.—A Journal enwood, S. C., says s believed to have set. nto its formal state at Phoenix but to-day a telegram says word sent to Columbia to hold John R. ATLANTA, G3 tied City we | been arrested during the excitement of the day, and some persons of the town thought they should be summarily dis- patched. i Thomas Miller, who was charged with | declaring that he would wash his hands | been under the ban of the whites fur Mayor waddell and his assoclates put They said that good government was to | prevail in Wilmington from this time and would commence immediately. The | would-be lynchers were so ored.” The three men have signified their willingness to go. e “JUSTICE IS SATISFIED, VENGEANCE IS CRUEL” WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—A special to the Post from Wilmington, N. C., says: This city is remarkably quiet to- night, the turmoil and terrible race conflict considered. The military is do- ing police duty at the request of the city authorities, although no martial law has been proclaimed. There are five companies on duty. Mayoer Waddell issued the following possibility of getting witnesses, pre- vented the Inquest being held to-day. e LAWLESS ACTS OF NEGROES - AT PANA PANA, I, Nov. 11.—The imported nen-union negro miners here are be- coming reckless and the union white miners are growing restless. Troop B of Bloomington remains on duty here, but almost nightly, in the Flathall district, the negro residents practice shooting at any white man that passes through. The negroes have been heav- ily armed by the mine operators. Last night the residences of several white One was a prominent leader, a white man’s blood before night. nother was A. R. Bryant, charged ith being a dangerous character. The hers were less prominent, but had all nduct calculated to incite trouble. v2to upon the proposed lynching. insistent e wm‘uf h [‘;‘m“l' “?l'lx: ‘(;’15_‘;‘25‘6]] that the Mayor called out a guard and | proclamation to-night: miners were shot into by Winchesters said aflidav \plicating the Tolberts | kept the jail surrounded all night. This | pne comparatively few persons in this | in the hands of the colored men. A ‘m the s “,’mhli S ea onlihe morning the six negroes were taken out cily! whlo sprem disposed to abuse the op- | white widow's cottage was pierced re- > recent race s were = : e = portunity of carrying arms, which recent way to Columbia, and it is now believed | 224 escorted to th; nT]r‘t? m:unt;l ‘bmn events afforded, and who are doing some | Peatedly by bullets, several charges it is the intention to bring them back | DY & detachment of militia, to be ban- | very foolish taiking, are hereby notified | barely missing her three children. AE Sl ey e g aCK | jched from the city. The citizens | that no further turbulence or disorderly | The militia say they cannot appre- o oenix. this is done it is feared ‘heered as they saw them going, for conduct will be tolerated. They are no-| pong th 1pri Captain T. P. B further trouble will result, although | CPce s 2 tified that a regular police force will pre- | Den e culprits. Captain T. P. But- leading citizens are deprecating any | they considered their departure condu- | serve order, and every peaceable citizen, | ler, in command, is apparently acting ittt vislendes & any | iive to peace In the future. black and White, will ‘be protected in s | entirely under orders of Sheriff Coburn ; The men were started for Richmond. | Pewsonan e penp ertyd aNoR s atrol | and is not following the instructions of The Tolberts escaped to Columbia two | Governcr Tanner given before election. ! A e = P aral | Police will reets. J days ago, and after having This is but the beginning of a general Dl & g in Butle: 5 B e e verdter Daving thelr| o vement to rid the town of the turbu- | 18 satisfied, vengeance s cruel and ac- | Captain Butler, when asked to disarm 4 e placed in the pen- curse A. W. WADDELL, Mayo the negroes, said it was useless, as the itentiary as a precautionary measure. | to FIRM OFFICIALS | PREVENT LYNCHINGS | plete change in the municipal govern- ment effected last night with some | suddenness, but with great unanimity, | has placed men in control of local af- fairs representing the best elements of the’city. The firm hand of the law is| in the movement for white supremacy, | lantic coast line s Coast Company. being laid upon the town and is hold- | frustrated the attempt. He was joined | family. It is beiieved the race war is| SAN RAFAE 7. 1.—When Presi- | ing in restraint all classes which might by two other ecitizens, and the three | about over. Nobody has been shot to- | dent A. V. ios 1d his associates threaten disorder. The first act of the | persuadéd the crowd to let French go.| day and none of the wounded has d the entire stock of the San tran- new government was to swear in 250, French was prominent in Republican | died. | cisco and North Pacific Railroad to the ifornia Northwestern Railway Com- po and werq | ga special policemen. Cool-headed men were selected for these posts instructed to prevent any attempts to | lent negro leaders. most notorious character¥ and they will went into the car, determined to take him out. man, who is one of the most conser tive and cool-headed while being at the same time a leader Several \ghite men of the community, Sheriff would arm them again. It is re- ported that a large contingent of out- side union white miners will soon ar- rive in Para. A consignment of 100 rifles was re- ceived here to-day for citizens who in- It is not proposed use violence, but to send them away th Instructions not to return. Squads men are out to-day searching for the Later the Mayor called a meeting of | the new Board of Aldermen. The pu pose of the meeting was to devise ways | and means to suppress lawlessness and | stop “red shirts,”” “rounders” and se- | | be deported as soon as they are found. | ..ot committees, who seem bent aupon | tend protecting their property and fam- WILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 11.—This | Last night the white Republican Dep- | forcing “objectionable citizens” to leave | llies: They claim that no protection is aisturbed and long-perturbed commu. | uty Sheriff, G. Z. French, left the city. | the city, and the proclamation given | S1VeR them by the Sheriff or troops. nity seems at last to be entering upon | He was followed to the train and nar- | above is the outcome of the meeting. - | ==~ e | an era ‘of pesce and order. The com. | Fowly escaped viclence. A party of men| The negroes are thoronghly terror- | PRESIDENT FOSTER’S ized. Hundreds of them have left the | through the country in all | to-night. W. E. Henderson, prominent negro lawyer here, | d for a military escort to the At- | n for himseit and | | SUCCESSFUL couP | Prevents the Absorption of the Dona- hue Line by the North Pacific The arrival of Fred Stead- men in to WILMINGTON, Y, Nov, 11 -/The ‘ C: S GBET BE e wn to have been |PANY for twenty vears and made Gilbert killed in the fight Thursday is six. Nine | oy ne Seneral manag was not long negroes and three white men were | p litics and has been charged with or- nizing the negroes. N. e of the fact | yy DELAY YET THE GAME OF SPANIARDS Granted Further Time by Uncle Sam. CERTAIN RECORDS SENT FOR RIGHT OF PHILIPPINE DISCUS- SION NOW THE ISSUE, Madrid Newspapers Assert That the Government Will Not Yield Its Sovereigm:f Over the Archipelago. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call PARIS, Nov. 11.—It is now generally understood that the joint session of the Peace Commissions which was ar- ranged for Saturday will be postponed until Monday next. At the joint session of Wednesday last it was agreed that the session fixed for Saturday might be postponed until Monday if the Spanish Commissioners found themselves unable to prepare & | reply for presentation on Saturday, and | it now appears the Spaniards found it necessary to send to Madrid for cer- tain records which cannot reach Paris before 10 o’clock on Sunday morning, and therefore their proper embodiment into the Spanish memorandum cannot be accomplished before Monday. The next answer from the Spanish Commissioners will deal with the right of either to discuss the question of | at the boom sale of 1893—aggregating tne | sum of $750,000. | By this deal Foster, Palache and their | assoclates gain complete control of every share of the capital stock in the broad- | gauge line, which insures an end of the costly litigation that has brought the af-| | fairs’ of the road so prominently before | the public and for a long time has pre- vented the company extending its lines into new territory. The trouble began when Sidney V. Smith broke with Foster and refused to adhere to' an agreement entered into in 1893, after 42.000 shares of stock were bought by Smith Foster and Andrew Markham. Then A. Borel and other nar- | row-gauge stockholders bought 18 v | shares of stock from the Seligmans of New York, which would have given them complete control of the line at the elec- | tion to be held in January next. The in- 1 | tention, after consolidating the lines, was | | to discontinue the Tiburon branch ior | passenger service and have a single ferr | system at Sausalito. The leasing proposi- on, settied this plan, and the late sale settles everything. 3 , __It 1s asserted by Mr. Fout?- that as'soon as possible the contemplafed extension from Uklah north to Eureka will be made a reality. It is rumored that Mr. Foster will soon succeed Mr. Palache as presi- | dent of the new company. e | COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET GIVEN GENERAL MILES In the Course of a Speech He Says the Narrow Limits Are Be- ing Outgrown. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—The complimen- tary banquet given to Major General Miles, commanding the United States Army, at the Waldorf-Astoria to-night, in point of numbers, extensive preparations | and brilliancy rivaled the great banquet given last year in honor of President Mc- Kinley by the merchants and manufac- turers of the country. The leading per- sons, military, naval and business men | were represented, 700 being present. All of the second floor of the Astoria portion of the hotel was utilized for the dinner. The grand banquet hall was too small, and small tables were set in the adjoining rooms. The banquet hall itself was a marvel of beauty. In concluding a speech General Miles said: We are ascending to a clearer atmosphere, up to a higher mesa, where we should take a stronger position than ever before occupied by our Government and people. We cannot longer confine ourselves to the narrow limits that governed us in the past. Much has been said of what has been the ruling policy of the people. This much, I think, is apparent to all: That the grave responsibilities of the nation are too great to be contaminated by personal, partisan or sectional interests. Our interests are national in the highest degree. They embrace two hemispheres. They involve the welfare of a hundred millions of the hu- man race. We are getting to that time when we will require not only the ablest men, but many of them in every department, to pro- tect and administer the affairs of the nation. g e v HUNTINGTON PLANS A NEW ENTERPRISF ‘Will Undertake the Manufacture of Ordnance and Armor Plate at Newport News. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—A Star spe- clal says: C. P. Huntington, with Scotch and English capitalists, will erect at Newport News, Va., adjoining Mr. Hunt- ington's shipyard, a large factory for the manufacture of ordnance and armor plate. They have subscribed a capital of $15,000,000. Mr. Huntington returned to New_ York to arrange the details of this big deal. While in Washington Mr. Hunt- ington received from the Wavy Depart- ment_assurance that his establishment would be given a fair chance to compete for Government work. | MURDERED AMERICAN MISSIONARIES AVENGED | Thirteen Assassins Reported to Have Been Hanged in West Africa. LONDON, Nov. 11.—The mails from | Sierra Leone, Waest Africa, to-day bring | news of the hanging at Kwellu of .air- | teen murderers.of American mi aries, f the United Stat rother- ist. in the Sherbro district of iast May. i a Leone Salt River Valley Oranges. Nov. 11.—The fst car b | Spanish sovereignty over the Philip- | pines and with the American conten- | tion that the retention of public | moneys and customs cotlections at Ma- | nila is justified by the fact of the mili- | tary occupation of the place by the American forces and warranted by the protocol even if faulty, as claimed by Spain because such action commenced after the suspension of hostilities. There is no truth in the statement printed here this morning that the Spaniards have decided to refuse en- tirely at the next session to discuss the céssion of the Philippine Islands. Judge Day, president of the Ameri- can Commission, is suffering from a’ cold and had a slight chill last night. Therefore, by his physician’s advice, he is resting quietly to-day. The Judge's indisposition is in the nature of an at- tack of the grippe, from which all the Commissioners have suffered more or less, but he expects to be able to at- tend to business to-morrow. MADRID, Nov. 11.—The newspapers assert that the Government of Spain is sending instructions to its commis- sioners at Paris not to yield on the question of Spapish sovereignty over the Philippine Islands which is asserted to be entirely outside of the protocol, | wherefore the Commissioners are mnot authorized to discuss it. It is further asserted that the Spanish Government will declare that it has not been au- thorized by the Cortes to negotiate the cession of the Philippine Islands. The Liberal advises the Spanish Peace Commissioners to leave Paris after lodging a protest against the de- mands of the Americans. The Spanish newspapers are angry at the Marquis of Salisbury, whose speech at the Guildhall banquet on ‘Wednesday night they declare to have been merely a glorification of brute strength and a denial of the rights of the weaker. The Heraldo asserts that the Govern- ment has resolved to maintain Spain’s sovereignty over the Philippines. It has been suggested also that Emperor ‘William be asked to arbitrate in the event of the Peace Commission failing to agree. The Queen Regent presided at the Cabinet Council F2ld to-day. Premier Sagasta read a letter from Senor Rios, president of the Spanish Peace Com- mission, announcing that the American Peace Commissioners had refused to recognize the Cuban debt and had ex- acted the Philippine Islands. The Cabi- net Council will meet again this even- ing and decide upon a reply. — PRESIDENT NOT DETERRED BY EUROPEAN POWERS NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: While Spain has made no di- rect declaration of her intention to withdraw from the Paris peace confer- ence I was informed to-day that Senor Rios had indirectly intimated that 0000000000000‘0000 TAMMANY WILL NOT INAUGURATE THE CONTEST. Croker Speaks of the Scheme to Assail Roosevelt's Eligi- bility for Governor. | NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Rich- ard Croker said when he heard that some one was to try to con- test Colonel Roosevelt's eligibil- ity for the gubernatorial chair: “Tammany Hall has nothing in this city of the Philippine @ | terrorize the negroes, as well as to frus. | who have become obnoxious from their with any such scheme. Commercial Company, saying | trate acts of lawlessness by the latter. | leadership of and association with ne. | wounded. Only one of the white men, | to do that the insurgents have taken ©! Good government was put to a test | gro politicians,are also to be deported. | William Mayo, is seriously hurt. Four |s tdanyacy wonld hnye We fought Colauel Raoseyalt 8t the island of Negros, one of the @ | yesterday and the new officials were | Notice was served upon three of them | of the mortally wounded, | 8iven the e the SOl The T s e | cific Coa nahue line, he is elected. We know noth- this morning to leave within twelve | Philippine group, separated by @/ called upon almost before they had S s narrow channels from Panay © /| taken their seats to make good their | hours. They are ex-Chief of Police Mel- killed are at | B o ing of any such intention as- and Zebu, and that they are be-.o, promises to preserve order. A big | ton, Charles Gilbert and R. H. Bu an underiaking establishment and the tively peaking, eribed to some anonymous mem- bodies were viewed to-dey by large | SPOLEC. ber of the organization. We are sieging Iloilo, the capital of the 4@ | dynching party was planned for the |ing. On Market street two pictures are island of Panay and the second @ | night and it took all that the Mayor | displayed from the branch of a tree. largest port in the Philippines. O‘\ and his assistants could do to pre- i One is labeled, “R. H. Bunting, white"; O | vent it. | the other, a picture of a negro woman, POO00O02000OOCOCO0O| The negroes were in jail who had |is marked, “Mrs. R. H. Bunting, col- s sople. Al clock to. | On Wednesday evenin - a0t peoples At 23D o plock 105 Lot chesSmithi:Bo raREE | Danish Minister Dead rrow the Coroner's inquest will belf"ll?d to Mr. F ) Ui S S T Rl The-Corbrier 45 =z o Thirty-seven thousand and five hundrel | COPENHAGFN. Nov. il—M. T lle, for- eld. e Coroner is a negro. This! gp.reg changed hands. The price naid was | merly Daaish Minister at Washington, is fact, perhaps, together with the im- |$20 a share—25 cents less than that given | dead. not behind it and will not stand for it.” 0Qo0000000200000 ert UOUOUUOGU0UO0OUROUD0OD000U0000 OOOOQQr‘DOOOch(;OOOOO0000060000000 OCO0O000000000000000000000000000