The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-01
sTTUaTTON At DARLINGTON.
Volunteer Troops Moving on The CITY bat
will he Warmly Received by Citizens.

| CHARLESTON. s. c., March 81
The situation at Darlington is quiet but
dangerous. Governor Tillman has been
sending orders all day TO volunteer mill
tary oroa nizations throughout the State
to 20 to Darlington. Last night the three
cornnanies OF Coluribia refused TO obey
his orders. and dsbanded. To-day the
| Gordon Iieht infantry declined to go and
| sent the Governor = dispatch saying:
1--WE are I'm sympathy with the citizens
! Of Darlington in tAeir purpose Of the
] defence Of their homes
The Sumter Infnntry have refused to
obey his orders. The Blshopville company
Of Sumter county. went TO Darlington
to-day. but afterwards returned home
and would NOT perf0sfn the work expected
Of them The Fourth Brigade Of Charles
ton the largest and best equipped body
Of troops in the sidte has been ordered
to the front and wiz not 30.
Moving IN Darlington
But several conraaies have moved on
Darlington. and are row en- rorte 10 that
place. 4 company fren Aiken county, the
Adison Rifles. OF OrenSeourg. a company
from Clarendon county, and perhaps sew
erla other companies from adjoining coun-
ties VIII lfdiH AlAr H'r-i+N VA vel tD-AAit,AAN
or in the morning.
AT Oreanburg. Or ]. ". Stokes, who
was defeated for Congress at the recent
election by Cen Izlar. made a passionate
harangue. and organized a company Of
100 men. with the former as captain to
20 10 the support Of Tillman. II is Till
mans purpose and hope to mobilize at
least 900 men at Darlington but he finds
f. difficult 10 mobilize anybody. He has
issued a proclamation prOclaiming Dar-
lingtOn I'm a state OF insurrcctiOn. and
will exhaust all his power to suppress the
trouble.
Meanwhile the Citizens are Not Idle.
In the meantime the citizens OF Darling
ton are not idle At o'clock this after
noon there were 275 armed men at Dar-
lingtOn and vicinity reaCy 10 defend the
people Of the town against all comers.
Last night the dispensaries at Florence
and Tfmonsville were reided and the
whisky turned into the cutters. To-day
scouting parties have been securing tie
country for WHISKY spies who made their
escape yesterday Three Of them were
captured at Sumter today, and sent to
the penitentiary in Columbia for safe
keeping.
Seven or eight more spies were sur
rounded in the swamp It Syracuse, and
are certain - be captured. Two others
surrendered to-day, and are now in the
hands of the people. it IS believed and
threatened that all Fho are captured
will be killed and fhrS ere strong threats
Tonight that the so MoLendon. VINO
was wounded IN the fight yesterday, will
be lynched tonight. The situation is
very grave. and the state Of the public
mind is indiscribable. At no time In the
history Of this State for the last thirty
years has there been so great estrange-
ment between its people
The Feeling in Charleston.
The most intense excitement has pre-
vailed in Charleston to-day. The bulletin
boards of the News and Courier have
been surrounded an day with crowds Of
excited people, but the utmost good order
has been preserved. The following ad-
dress was issued this afternoon and post
ed on the bulletin board:
To the people Of Charleston:
The situation in the State is one OF
exceeding gravity. To is OF the highest i'm
portance to Charleston and 10 the State
that in this crisis the citizens Of Charles
ton shall do all in their power 10 preserve
absolute peace and quiet in the city. We
appeal to all good citizens. without re-
spect to political afliaton. to lend their
efforts I'm this behalf Let us at least alb
stain from all assembling Of ourselves
together or public demonstration.
(Signel)
JOHN T. FICKEN,
JOSEPH W. BARNED,
GEORGE b. EDWARDS.
q. l.. BUST.
CHARLES L. ENGLESBY,
A. W. MARSHALL,
j. G. HEMPHILL,
J. T.. SMYTHE,
H. BAER
The effect Of this auueal was great