DEMOCRATIC REGIME STRANGLING ANARCHY

Wilmington’s New Government Bringing Law and Of & Out of the Chaotic Conditions Brought About by Negro Domination.

LEADERS OF TURBULENT NEGROES BANISHED

Melton, French and Others who have Rendered Themselves Odious to the Best Element of the Community Among them–Fred Steadman, a White Supremacy Leader, Saves French from Violence–Newbern Refuses to Receive these Creatures Wilmington Has Vomited Forth,

THE QUESTION OF FEDERAL TROOPS

Cabinet Decides Developmen’s so Far Afford no Warrant for Sending Them. Close Watch to be Kept on Situation Here. Attorney General Greggs will Probably Investigate Conditions Later. Another Unruly Negro Killed Yesterday. Turbulent Negroes Removed from Jail and 3ent to Richmond. Others who Stir up Strife to follow.

Wilmington, N. C., November 11.-

(Special Staff Correspondents.) -Wilmington is still under martial law. The five companies of troops have relieved the three hundred special police at sundown, and are to-night patrolling the city. Hardly a negro can be seen on the streets and very few white people are away from their homes. This is in accordance with a proclamation issued this afternoon by Mayor Waddell.

All citizens except the special police force have agreed, to lay down their arms to-night, preserve the peace and do all in their power to aid the city government in restoring order.

Rioting so fur as the negroes is concerned is at an end, and no farther trouble fro that quarter is expected.

Fusionists have worn Radical rule in New Hanover counts. They have reaped violence and bloodshed, just exactly what the awful harvest has been in this no one can say to-night. Perhaps it will never be known. The best authorities fix the number of dead at six, and number of wounded at ten. This, however is but an estimate. Six dead bodies have

been found and identified. Seven wounded negroes and two white men have teen taken to the city hospital. The dead all of whom are negroes. are, so far as known as follows:

William Mazona, John L. Gregory. Chas. Lindsey. John Townsell, Josh Halsey, Daniel Wright is the negro who shot William H. Mayo, a white man. A crowd followed Wright home after he shot Mayo and put thirteen bullets in him. Despite his wounds he lied in the city hospital until seven o’clock this morning. Carter Peaman was one of the first negro leaders arrested and put in jail. On account of some services Peaman had rendered white people here in the past, he was last night given his liberty on condition that he would leave the city. He went to South Carolina.

In addition to those above named there are said to be gone three or four more who are known to have been shot down at various places in the city Thursday but who are unaccounted for In the list of either killed or wounded. It is generally believed here that the list of fatalities will reach a dozen, perhaps, or more. The wounded negroes now in the city hospital are John R. Davis, shot in back and kidneys; John Daw, shot in two places; George Miller, shot in two places; Geo. Henry Davis, shot in three places; Alfred White, William Lindsay, Samuel M. Farland. The last three were admitted to the hospital to-day. They are not seriously wounded. The two Davis’ are probably fatally wounded. Daw and Miller are badly; but not seriously wounded. No white men was killed, though it ls not certain that William Mayo, who was shot through the lung, will recover. Only two others, George Pilner and N. B. Chadwick, were wounded. Their hurts are slight. Piner has a flesh wound in the abdomen and Chadwick’s hurt is in the the right arm.

Since the killing of a negro near the railroad early this morning by a soldier there has been no shooting here to-day. Work of another and much needed kind has been going on. People of the city have been ridding themselves the leaders who are responsible for the misrule of the past few years, and the bloodshed of Thursday.

The good work begin last night with G.Z. French, a white carpet-bagger. He was waited on at his room at the Orton House by a committee, escorted to the train by a squad of militia with fixed bayonets and put on the train with the injunction to leave North Carolina and never return agin upon peril of his life. It in believe he has gone to Washington. So intense was the bitter feeling against French that after he reached the station a rope was thrown over his head and several strong men were in the act of swinging him to an overhanging beam, when influential citizens interfered, and with difficulty prevented the lynching. French has been acting sheriff here for some time, Hewlett being only a figure head

Early this morning the work of banishment was resumed, when a squad of soldiers, under Commander Geo. L. Morton, escorted the negro leaders, Tom Miller, Pickens, Bell Ari Bryant and Rev. I. J. Bell to the station, put them on board the northbound train with instructions to leave North Carolina and never return. They had tickets to Richmond. These negroes were among those arrested and put in jail Thurday for firing on white men and for urging other negroes to deeds of violence. The next exits were

Trial Justice R. H. Bunton,  ex-Chief of Police John R. Melton, Charles McAlester, Isaac Loftin, colored, and ex-policeman Gilbert. They, like French and the negro leaders were drummed out of town under an escort of soldiers. They were put on the train leaving

here at 3 o’clock and told to leave the State. They went to Newbern and were not, however, allowed to remain there long. They left almost immediately, and a special from Goldsboro says they passed that place safely to-night. Another special from Newbern

says there is reason to believe that the negro Editor Manly in in that city and diligent

Efforts are being made to find him. To this end an ongoing streamer was searched for this afternoon. He was not on it.

Bunting is cordially hated here. He has for many years lived with a negro woman, and in his police courts he has always held the scales of justice so as to favor the negores and several punish the whites. A large crayon or pictures of Bunting and his negro paramour are nailed to a tree on the corner of Seventh and Market streets. These pictures were taken from Bunting’s home Thursday night when the committee called and found him absent.

Isaac Loftin, colored, and Charles McAllister, are merchants here who have been selling arms and ammunition to the negores and meeting them. As the train pulled out and the thousands assembled at the station began cheering. Bunting and Gilbert burst into tears. Gilbert leaves behind a wife and five children. Bunting’s paramour and several other negro women who have been talking too much, will be made to follow it is stated to-night. Late this afternoon a committee waited on R.B. Reardon an objectionable negro barber here, but he had heard they were coming, and he fled down the sound. He will not return to-night. W.E. Henderson, a negro lawyer, left with his family for Richmond.

They went to the depot under escort of posse of officers. There was several other leaders who have indicated a willingness to go of their own accord within the next few days. They will be allowed to do so.

The worst men and most objectionable leaders in the city having now been banished, no further force will be permitted in the matter. The citizens committee which has been attending to this ward of purification to-night promised to desist, Iay down their arms and leave the rest of the regularly organized city government.

News comes from Lumberton that two obnoxious negro leaders were killed Thursday night in Thompson township, Robeson county, by white caps. The report has not yet been fully confirmed.

FRED L. MERRITT.

Washington D.C., Nov. 11 – A special to the Evening Star from Wilmington, N.C. describes the scene there to-day as follows:

This disturbed and long perturbed community seems at last to be entering upon an era of peace and order. The complete change in the municipal government effected last night with some suddenness, but great unanimity, has placed men in control of local affairs representing the best elements of the city. The firm hand of the law is being laid upon the town and is holding in restraint all classes which might therein disorder.

The first act of a new government was to swear 20 special policemen. Cool-headed men were selected for these positions and were entrusted to prevent any attempts to terrorize the negroes as well as to frustrate () of lawlessness by the latter.

Good government has put to a test immediately and the law officials were called upon before they had taken their seats to make good their promises to preserve order. () lynching party was planned for tonight, and it required all that the () and his associates could do to prevent it. There were six negroes in jail who had been arrested during the excitement of the day and whom some of the people of the town thought would be summarily dispatched. One was a prominent leader. Thomas Mille, who was charged with declaring that he would wash his hands in a white man’s blood before night. Another way A.R. Brant, charged with being a () character; the other were () prominent but had been under the () of the whites for conduct calculated to incite trouble.

LAWLESS NEGROES BANISHED

Mayor Waddell and his associates put a veto upon the (). They said that good government was to prevail in Wilmington from this time, and he would comment immediately. The would-be lynchers were so insistent that the Mayor called a guard to keep the jail surrounded at night. This morning the six negroes were taken out and escorted to () bound train by a detachment (), to be banished from the city. The citizens cheered as they saw () for they considered their nature conducive to peace in the future. The men were started for Richmond, Va.

This is but the () of a general movement to rid the town of the turbulent negroes’ leaders. It is not proposed to use violence but to send them away with instructions not to return. Squads of men and () to-day searching for the most notorious characters, and they will be deported as they are found. Last night, the Republican deputy sheriff, G.Z. French left the city. He was followed by the train and narrowly escaped violence.

A party of men went into the car determined to take them out. The arrival of Fred Stedman who is one of the most conservative and cool-headed men in town, while be that at the same time a leader in the () for white supremacy, frustrated the attempt. He was joined by two other citizens and the three persuaded the crowd to let French go. French was a prominent Republican in () and has been charged with organizing the negroes.

Several white men of the community who have become obnoxious from their leadership of and association with negro politics are also to be deported. Notice was served upon three of them this morning to leave within twelve hours. They are ex-Chief of Police Melton, Charles Gilbert and R.H. Bunting. The three men have realized their willingness to go.

AN UNRULY NEGRO SHOT

Republican Chief of Police Driven From City — All Quiet Now.

Wilmington, N.C. Nov 11 — Comparative quiet has reigned here to-day. Guards shot one unruly negro in a negro slum of the city this afternoon. A sensation was created by the captive of J.R. Melton, late chief of police by a crowd of “rough riders,” who would have committed violence had not the () interfered and at 9 o’clock, Melton, R.H. Bunting, Republican justice of the peace, and C.H. Gilbert, ex-Fusion policemen, all of whom are in danger of severe treatment by red shirts, were escorted to the depot and sent out of town. Acting Sheriff G.Z. French left town last night. Eight negroes in the county jail whom the “red shirts” and “rough riders” had threatened to lynch, were sent to Goldsboro this morning for safe keeping. These were arrested during the rioting Thursday. The city is now under thorough military and police protection and there is indication that no further outbreaks are expected.