September 1900 - September 3, 1900 (Monday)

September 3, 1900 (Monday)

• The Hague Convention of 1899 came into effect, with many of the world's major powers (but not the United States) agreeing to attempt peaceful resolution of international conflicts.
• On Labor Day in Charleston, South Carolina, the "Capital City Guards", an African-American regiment of the South Carolina state guard, were giving an exhibition drill at Capital Square, when a group of white men on horseback drove into the black crowd, knocking down a woman and a child. Eight members of the guard chased after the attackers, then attached bayonets to their rifles and charged into the crowd. Though nobody was seriously injured, Governor McSweeney ordered the disbanding of the 14-year old unit the next day, after finding that the guards had accumulated a large stock of ammunition in their armory.