Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-01
AT ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
A Diiiicnlty Between whites and
Blacks.
Special to the N. O. Democrat, |


rs ATLANTA, GA, September 26.-
h The largest crowd ever seen on tn
y streets Of Atlanta turned out this 4,
9. ternoon to witness the memorial ser
} vices, under the auspices of Cpur D
:. Lion, Commandery OF the knight
: Templar' At least thirty thousan,
: people, more than half Of them ne
groes, were congregated upon Mariet
0 ia street, wien the procession, til,
!, largest ever seen here, halted in from
of DEGREES Opera house where tb,
i, funeral ceremonies were held. The
procession was composed of the Com.
mandery, the Fifth Artillery Of the
United States, the City Council, a
} regiment of local military, batal-
lion Of colored military, several lodges
Of colored Odd Fellows and manv
ibther leca!! associations. The Opera
House could not accommodate one
tenth Of the people, so a large part
of the procession remained in the
street with the vast concourse during
the exercises. The Opera House
4
was beautifully dressed, the black
cloth with which the stage and galle-
ries was gracefully hung bearing
handsomely worked and bold insig-
MIA OF the order-a magnificent me-
tallic case surmo united catafaloue
In the centre Of the stage and to the
front in a semi-circle were ranged the
principal officers of the stage and to
the front in semi circle were ranged
the principal officers of the lodge. The
Fifth Artillery band furnished the
music, and fine addresses were spoken
by Capt. Henry jackson and the Revs.
d. W. Given and A. G.. Thomas. Ap-
propriate resolutions were read and
the exercises were closed with the
doxologJ led by the band and choir
and joined in by the great audience.
While the exercises were progressing
up stairs, colored Odd Fellow, wlo|
could not jam his way in, got mad
and kicked over a stack of guns,
Whereupon a soldier of the Fifth Ar.
tlllery clubbed him with his musket. !
the negro's friends rallied to him,
when the police rushed in, and aided
by the Fifth Artillery, prevented a
riot. This incident demoralized the
crowd, which broke in every direc-
tion amid the shrieks of women and
the shouts Of men. A few moments
later a police captain tried to arrest
an unruly negro man at the foot of
the stairs, when he struck at the off,
GER, missed him, and planted his fist
full in the face ola white lady, knock
ing her fiat; thereupon the officer
him tearfully; the soldiers
and citizens wounding several ne
yroes in attempting to keep back the !
crowd. Many arrests were made,
and just as the police were entering !
The station on Pryor street, negro
nan threw a large rock, knocking a
white man down, near the door, and t
crowd of negroes, bent upon rescu- +
ng their friends, formed in a line /
lbout a square from the station. n
where they were harangued by a large !,
'egro who brandished a huge butcher i
,nife in his right hand, and told them n
o "carve their way through" The !,
'olice, reinforced by many armed n
ltIzens, charged the crowd. caotur- Il
ng the lnstigator and dispensing the o
mob without firinga shot. After five Ii
'clock, while the colored military q
we're marching down Decatur street. IL
soldier stepped out of ranks and Or Q, q
cred a countryman who was meet a
1g them with wagon to turn back st
al
lie refused and a white man in the Il
rowd seized his horses rein and at az
smpted to lead them by the soldier !, !,
which several soldiers charged the b'
'hite man pushing him to the wall az
nd wounding him severely in the D,
1T hand with bayonet. The police :
oming to his rescue, the soldiers =
loved on. A little after this a negro g
nocked policeman down in front Of :
imball House, when the officer fol- 5.
wed nv fhp nonh n..re,,od ~. -