The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01
QUIET BUT DANGEROUS.
The Situation in the State as viewet
from Charleston.

from OnhrleSCOn.
Charleston, S. c., March 3l.-The sit
uation at Darlington is quiet but danger
Gus, Gov. Tillman has been sending or
ders all day to volunteer military organi-
cations throughout the state to go to OAR
lington. Last night the three companies
of Columbia refused TO obey his orders
and disbanded. To-day the Gordon Light
Infantry, of Sumter, declined to 90, and
sent the governor a dispatch saying
"We are in sympathy with the people of
Darlington If their purpose is the defense
of their homes"
The Sumter Infantry have refused to
obey his orders
The Bishopville company of Sumter
county went to Darlington to-day, but
afterward returned home and would not
perform the work expected OF them
The Fourth Brigade Of Charleston, the
largest and best equipped body of troops
in the state, has been ordered to the front
isnd would not go.
Several companies have moved on to
Darlington, and are now en- route to that
place. A company from Aiken county,
the Edisto Rifles of Orangeburg, com
pany from Clarendon county, and perhaps
several other companies from adjoining
counties, will reach the seat Of war
tonight or tomorrow.
STOKES ORGANIZES A COMPANY.
At Orangeburg today DR. J. William
Stokes, who was defeated for congress at
the recent election by Gen. Izlar, made a
passionate harangue and organized COM
pany Of 100 men of farmers, with himself
as captain, to go to the support of Gov
Tillman. 1t is Gov. Tillman's purpose
and hope to mobolize at least 900 men at
Darlington, but he finds it difficult to
mobolize anybody
The citizens of Darlington are not idle
At o'clock this evening there were 275
armed men at Darlington and vicinity
ready TO defend the people of that town
against all comers.
Last night the local dispensaries at
Florence and Timmonsville were raided
and the whisky turned out in the cutters
SCOUTING FOR THE SPIES.
To-day scouting parties have been
securing the country for the whisky spies
who made their escape yesterday Three
Of them were captured at Sumter to-day
and sent 10 the penitentiary in Columbia
Tor safe keeping. Seven or eight more
spies were surrounded in a swamp at
Syracuse, and are certain 10 be captured
tonight. Two others surrendered to-day
and are now in the hands of the people 10
is believed and threatened that all who
are captured will be killed The situa-
tiOn is most grave and the state OF the
public mind is indescribable.
At no time in the history Of this state
for the last thirty years has there been so
great an estrangement between it's people.
HOW THE TROUBLE STARTED,
The full and straight story of the shoot
ing at Darlington has not been vet pub
lished, and there seems TO be some mis-
understanding about the matter This
morning responsible and temperate eye
witness'gave a plain statement Of the
facts. He gives an exceedingly graphic
story and it tells briefly how unneces-
sarily human life was lost He said ~
went 10 the station 10 20 off, and upon my
arrival there about twenty spies
arrived with Winchester rides and
pistols. While standing there. not ten
feet distant from the crowd, / heard one
Rogers tell Floyd that he had not been
treated fair and that he could have