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i THAT BOSTON RIOT RIOTi RIOTTrotter
Trotter and His Misguided Followers Followersin
in the Meshes of the Law and Sent Sentto Sentto Sentto
to Durance Vile VileMoral Moral Cowardice Cowardiceof
of the Hoodlums Who are Afraid Afraidto Afraidto AfraidS
S to Riot a White Meeting MeetingFerris MeetingFerrisStranded MeetingFerrisS Ferris FerrisStranded
S Stranded in Louisville LouisvilleBOSTON Louisvil1eBogTo LouisvilleBosToN
BOSTON BogTo MASS MAS Special SpecialLast Last night nightat nightat nightti
ti at the A M E Zion Church on Columbus Colum Columbus Columbus ¬
bus avenue at a public meeting of the theBoston theBoston theBoston
Boston branch of the National Negro NegroBusiness NegroBusiness NegroBusiness
Business League one of the most disgraceful dis disgraceful disgraceful ¬
L graceful and riotous scenes in the his history history hisS ¬
t tory of Boston was precipitated by five fivemen fivemen fiveu
u < men under the leadership of William WilliamMonroe WilliamMonroe Williame
e i t m Monroe Trotter editor of the Boston BostonGuardian BostonGuardian
Guardians Guardian who has become insane in inhis inhis inhis
his opposition Ol > position to Dr Booker T Wash Washington Washington ¬
4 + ington and his methods of leadership leadershipThe leadershipj
j 4l The plan to break up the meeting was wasdeliberately wasi wasdeliberately
i + deliberately premeditated and was of ofthe ofi
1 i the coarsest most vulgar sort such as asis asis
5w is employed everywhere by the hood hoodlum hoodhun hoodhim ¬
hun rowdy elements to create riot riotand riotand riott
t and confusion Trotter was backedw backed backedup backedup
w 1 up in his rowdyism by a half dozen dozenwomen dozenwomen dozenr
r women of the street whose valgarser vulgar r rvices ser services serices ¬
vices ices were obviously purchased Mart Mar Martin lfartin ¬
t a i tin the man who began the interrupt interrup interruption ¬
t tion and was most persistent im row rowdyism rowd rowi ¬
i r dyism d rism insisting insis ing that Mr Washington Washingtonis
J S + is opposed to social equality is a but butler butI ¬
I 4 ler in a white family and appeared at atthe atthe atthe
the meeting in his waiters jacket jacketBehind jacketBehind jacketI
I = b4 Behind Trotter and Forbes are sev several several ¬
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rt J eral era other men who have more brains brainswho brainswho
4 who by the ir action have lost charac character character charact ¬
a ter with the white and colored people peopleof
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of Boston not because they are demo democrats democrats demoL ¬
L crats at heart but because they have haveshown haveshown haveI
I shown a rowdy and vulgar disposition dispositionin
in their opposition to Mr Washington Washingtonwhich Washingtonwhich Washingtonwhich
which places them among the hood hoodlums hoodlums hoodlums ¬
lums of the population populationThere populationThere populationThere
There were some two thousand peo people people ¬
f ple in and about the church drawn drawnthere drawnthere
± 1 there by a laudable desire to see andj andjhear and andhear andI
I hear Dr Washington speak They Theywere Theyvere Theya
a were honest and intelligent people peopleamong peoplef
f among them being many of the dis distinguished distinguished distinguished ¬
tinguished and respected colored peo people peopIe ¬
pIe of Boston Bostonpeople people proud of their theircity tlieircity theircity
3 city and zealous for its high reputa reputation reputation reputation ¬
tion for intelligence sobriety and for forlaw forlaw forS
S law and order Scattered among these thesetwo thesetwo thesetwo
two thousand people were Trotter andj and andhis andI
I his henchmen who had contrived to tothrow tothrow tothrow
throw red pepper about the altar be before before beN ¬
N fore the meeting was called to order orderfor orderfor orderfor
for the purpose of confusing the thespeakers thespeakers
speakers As soon as the chairman chairman1Hon chairmana
a Hon W H Lewis called the meeting meetingto
to order hte disturbance was begun by byone byone byone
k one Martin with hissing by his associ associates associates associdr ¬
dr + ates When T Thos Fortune of New NewYork NewYork Newr
r York was announced as the first firstspeaker firstspeaker firstf
f speaker the man Martin became so soboisterous soboisterous soboisterous
boisterous in his talk and action that thatthe thatthe thatS
S the audience was thrown into confu confusion confusian confusion ¬
sion sion and the police had to be called calledin calledin calledin
in in to eject him Just before Mr For Fortune Fortune Fortune ¬
tune concluded his remarks the man manwas manwaf manwas
was allowed to return to his seat on onpromise onromise onpremise
promise > romise of good behavior but the theinterruption theinterruption theI
I interruption continued through vthe vtheaddress Jheaddress the theS
S address of Edward Everett Brown BrownWhen BrownI BrownWhen
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When Mr Washington was intro introduced introI introduced ¬
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I duced the five men created so much muchdisorder muchisor muchdisorder
disorder isor er anal confusion conf cion that the audi audience audience audit ¬
t t ence became panicky and riotous in intemper int inSt
St t temper t temp mppr r The managers of the meet meeting meetI ¬
I 1 ing then decided to have Trotter and andall andall andall
all of hIS fellow conspirators ejected ejectedfrom ejectedfrom ejectedfrom
from the church A squad of police policemen policemen policer ¬
r men commanded by a sergeant was wascalled wascaned wascalled
called in and in the confusion that thatensued thatensued thatensued
ensued both inside and outside of the thechurch thecmrCl thechurch
church cmrCl arrested Trotter and his sister sis sistor sist
tor t r and two of kis henchmen and andwith andwith andl
l with handcuffs on their wrists wristsmarched wristsi
j i marched them oft to the station house houseOne houseOne houseOne
One was badly cut with a razor and andtwo andtwo andt
t two policemen were injured one of ofthem ofthem ofthem
+ them stabbed in the hands with a hat hatpin hatpin hati
i i pin it is alleged of Miss Mand TrotG Trot Trotter Trotter ¬
+ G ter When the rioters were removed removedafter removedafter removedafter
after two hours of confusion the meetl meet meeting meeting ¬
l t ing proceeded in an orderly and recor recorous recorOS recorI
I t onus manner At the close of the meet meeting meetlng ¬
1 ing ng Mr Washington was given an anovation anoation
t ovation and was overwhelmed by therush the thecrush theqls11
crush of people who desired to shake shakeins shakeiis
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1 K ins band aDd assure him personally personallyof
of their hearty heart good ood will and sympa sympathy sympathv sympar ¬
r 5 thy
° thyIt h It will be recalled that this man manTrotter mani manTrotter
Trotter To t r and two companions from Bos Boston Bos1on Boaon ¬
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ton on came near precipitating a riot on onthree onthtce onthree
three occasions at the Louisville con conI ¬
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vention of the AfroAmerican Council Councilearly councilearly Councilearly
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early In July Jul last and succeeded by bytheir byI bytheir
I their lawless acts and words in color coloring coloring ¬
i ing the reports arcut the convention conventionin
in arch a way as to confuse the thethoMjhtfu thethOll thethoughtful
thoughtful thOll ht II people Qovle of the country It Itis Itis Itis
is safe safeto to say that by their conduct at atLouisville atLouisville atLouisville
Louisville and at the Boston meeting meetingof
of the National Negro Business BusinessLeague BusinessLeague BusinessLeague
League Trotter and his crew have havedone havedone havedone
done more to injure the cause of the therace therace therace
race in the estimation of the people of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the country than can can be overcome by byyears byyears byyears
years of hard honest effort It is high hightime hightime hightime
time that the race frown down such suchcrazy suchcrazy suchcrazy
crazy desperate characters as Trotter Trotterand Trotterand Trotterand
and place the seal of their disappro disapproval disapproval disapproval ¬
val upon them in such an unmistaka unmistakablue unmistakablue unmistakablue
blue way that he who runs may read readIt readIt readIt
It is worth while to emphasize the thefact thefact thefact
fact that Dr Dr1Vashington Washington has during duringthe duringthe duringthe
the past six months spoken a dozen or ormore ormore ormore
more times in white churches in Bos Boston Boston Boston ¬
ton but Trotter and his gang made no nodisturbance noI nodisturbance
I disturbance in in any of them theywaited they theywaited theywaited
waited until Dr Washington was to tospeak tospeak tospeak
speak at a church of his own race racecrowded racecrowded racecrowded
crowded by the flower of the races raceswomanhood raceswomanhood raceswomanhood
womanhood and manhood of Boston Bostonto Bostonto Bostonto
to carry out their program of riot and andconfusion andconfusion andconfusion
confusion Why did they not carry it itout itout itout
out at some of the white churches in inBoston inBoston inBoston
Boston where Dr Washington has hasspoken hasspoken hasspoken
spoken during the past six months monthsProfessor monthsProtessor monthsProfessor
Professor Wm H Ferris the theprime theprime theprime
prime mover in the disorder at Louisville Lou Louisville Louisville ¬
isville was not present to assist his hisfellow hisfellow hisfellow
fellow rioters in Boston Thursday ThursdayThursday ThursdayThursday ThursdayThursday
Thursday night for the reason thathe that thathe thathe
he is completely on his uppers in Lou Louisville LouIsville Louisville ¬
isville It seems that Trotter and andForbes andForbes andForbes
Forbes after using Ferris for their theirown theirown theirown
own own selfish ends abandoned him and andleft andleft andleft
left him stranded in Louisville Fer Ferris Ferris Ferris ¬
ris is a type pe of tramp who goes South Southto SouthI Southto
to attend meetings and to instruct instructIthe in instructthe truc t tthe
I Ithe the colored people as to the solution solutionof
I of their problems It is most pittiful pittifulto
to read the urgent letters he is writ writing writing ¬
i ing to Boston entreating his friends friendsto friendst friendsto
t to lend him even ev even n the smallest amounts amountsto
to enable him to get home homeTHE homeTHE homeTHE
THE TESTIMONIAL TO MR J HEN HENRY HENRY HENRY ¬
RY IA LEWIS LEWISNotwithstanding LEWISNotwithstanding WIS WISNotwithstanding
Notwithstanding the threatening aspect as asf aspect
f pect of the weather w ather Saturday evening eveningAugust eveningAugust eveningAugust
August 8th there was a very large largeand largeand largeand
and complimentary attendance which whichfound whichfound whichfound
found its way to the steamer River RiverQueen RiverQueen RiverQueen
Queen the occasion being a testimon testimonial testimonial testimonial ¬
ial to our popular townsman Mr J JHenry J JHenry T THenry
Henry Lewis LewisThe LewisThe I
The prominent churches choirs choirsclubs choirsclubs choirsclubs
clubs social and secular organizations organizationswere organizationwere organizationswere
were represented in unusual numbers numbersand numbersand numbersand
and of course the social set was on onhand onhand onhand
hand to add lustre to the occasion in inI inhonor
1 honor of one who has contributed so
4 i 11 11PROF
PROF J HENRY LEWIS LEWISmuch LEVISmuch LEWISmuch
much to their entertainment a ad d en enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment ¬
joyment joymentThe joymentThe joymentThe
The movement was inspired by capa capable capable capable ¬
ble representative people who delight delightto
to do honor to one who has justly mer merited merited merited ¬
ited recognition at their hands before beforethis beforethis beforethis
this It is i learned that quite a hand handsome handsome handsome ¬
some sum was realized by the affair affairQuite affairQuite affairQuite
Quite a number of ofsubscribers subscribers doubled doubledtheir doubledtheir doubledtheir
their subscription which whichwas was contri contributed contributed contributed ¬
buted to by many of our best known knowncitizens knowncitizens knowncitizens
citizens The community hopes that thatmany thatmany thatmany
many years of activity will still be beavailable bea beavailable
available a for the usefulness of Prof ProfJ ProfT ProfJ
J T Henry Lewis
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sylvania and Seaboard Air Line Rail Railways Railways Railways ¬
ways to Nashville Tenn on account accountof accountof accountof
of the meeting of the National Negro NegroBusiness NegroBusiness NegroBusiness
Business League August 15 to 19 19The 19The 19The
The special train will arrive at atWashington atWashington atwashingtoil
Washington D C CMONDAY CMONDAY CIONDAY
MONDAY AUG 17 17at 17at 17at
at the Pennsylvania depot at t 1030 10 30 a am am am
m The Washington delegation and andits andits andits
its friends headed by Mr Edward E ECooper ECooper ECooper
Cooper the recording secretary Judge JudgeRobL JudgeRobL JudgeRobt
RobL H Terrell and others will join jointhe jointhe jointhe
the Boston New York Philadelphia Philadelphiaand
I and Baltimore party partyThose partyThose partyThose
Those who desire to join New Eng England Ertgland England ¬
land and New York parties before beforereaching beforereaching beforereaching
reaching Washington may do so by byleaving byleaving byleaving
leaving Philadelphia PhiIade1 hia at 640 a m Wil Wiljmington Wllmington Wilmington
mington 800 a m Baltimore 934 a am am am
m or later train as shown above all allgoing aUgoing allgoing
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Secure your tickets of Mr W E Conk Conklyn Conklyn Conklyn
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1421 Pennsylvania avenue N W WWashington WWashington WWashington
Washington D C Fare 2685 2685Reaching 2685Reaching 2685Reaching
Reaching Richmond August 17 210 210p
p m where we will be joined by Mr MrGiles 1tfrGiles MrGiles
Giles B Jackson Hon W L Taylor TaylorW TaylorW TaylorW
W P Burrell Rev W F Graham and andRichmond andRichmond andRichmond
Richmond Business Business League Fare for forround forround forround
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Monroe Atlanta and Chatanooga ChatanoogaFare ChatanoogaFare ChatanoogaFare
Fare from Raleigh for the round trip
2360 Arriving in Nashville N C CSt CSt CSt
St L Tuesday 655 6 55 p m mReturning mReturning mReturning
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after the adjournment of the meeting
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any point poinfin in eTnnessee Georgia North NorthCarolina NorthCarolina NorthCarolina
Carolina Virginia Washington Balti Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore ¬
more Philadelphia and New York Yorkwithin Yorkwithin Yorkwithin
within the limit of the ticket Bag Baggage Baggage Baggage ¬
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to Nashville A special side trip has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been arranged by the Seaboard Air AirLine AirLine AirLine
Line Railway from Atlanta to Tuske Tuskegee Tuskegee Tuskegee
gee for 640 for round trip giving all allan allan allan
an opportunity opportun ty to visit the great school schoolunder schoolunder schoolunder
under the supervision of Booker T TWashington TWashington TWashington
Washington WashingtonThe WashingtonThe WashingtonThe
The very low rates iriade for this thismeeting thismeeting thismeeting
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For further information call on or oraddress oraddress oraddress
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That the subscriber of the State of
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Testamentary
on the
estate of Julia A C Powell late of the
District of Columbia deceased All
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er on or before the 2Sth 8th day of Juiv Jul July
A D 1904 otherwise they
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