Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-12
{? { ARLINGTON RIOT,

CHARLESTON, 8. C., Sept. n.-A press dispatch from Baltimore, Md, last night reporting the proceedings in the United States court in the injunction suit to pre- vent Governor Tiliman from taking pos session of the arms of the Washington l. ght Infantry of Charleston contained so
 many inaccuracies of statement that it is necessary that some corrections should be made. fA
 Taking up the statement made in the dispatch, the News and Courier will say editorially tomorrow:
 This statement is absolutely untrue in every material particular. The dispensary raiders did not pass "tbe line of offensive ness'' drawn by the citizens of Darlington and other towns. It was drawn at the threshold of their homes, and the raiders in Darlington did not attempt to pass it, Nand were not, therefore, molested in the oona,ct o&->their raid. They finished tbeir business iS town after three days stay and were assem6istf!t- 6t!- -at tbe railroad station to take the train when tIS-tk.s sI oo cured in which they took such conspIcss. ous part. They were not "attacKedo by anybody. There were not more than half dozen citiZ3ns, men aud boys, at the station, besides the regular station officials and attendants. Two young men got into quarrel and fight. One of the raiders in- teriered in behalf of his friend, and, with out provocation or excuse for his act, shot and killed a citizen who was seated near the scene of the fight. This was the first shot fired, and it caused the general shoot ing that followed immediately, in which several of the raiders and several of the by islanders took part, with the result that two of the citizens and one of the raiders not a "number''-were killed. The rest of the raiders were not "put to fiight.' They held the ground when the shooting was over, ard then fled to the woods to avoid arrest for the homicides they had committed. The local authorities sent out posses to capture them, which failed to find them, and returned to their homes in a few hours. This vas the extent of the ''up- rising"
 During the next two or three days Gov ernor TilIman published a proclamation declaring the people of the two counties to be in a state of instruction or rebellion, and sent large body of militia to Darling ton and Florence under the command of two generals, both of whom were his par tisans and both of whom reported that they found perfect order prevailing in the counties. e'I here was no resistance to the gubernatorial authority from first to last, and the governor's action was taken with out the application or approval of any To- cal authority and without the slightest warrant for it in the conditions existing. He filled the capitol with his armed parti- saus at the same time remained closely guarded in his home for two days, and has since plainly explained his extraordinary conduct by the ridiculous statement that he believed his political opponents in the state were engaged in a 'conspiracy' to depose him.
 The "uprising" existed only in his dis eased mind, and the state of things which he organized aud sustained for week or ten days for it's suppression is now known as "Tillman's April fool rebellion" from the date of the publication of his proclama- tion.
 Some of the companies of militia which he ordered to go to Darlington refused to obey him. The Washington Light Infan- try was not among the number, however, so that the assertion that the members of the company "flatly refused to take up arms' at his command is as false as the other statements in the report.