Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-05-17
CHARGE BAYONETS!
WAS ORDER GIVEN
And the Soldiers Obeyed Il
With Alacrity.
FORWARD THEY RUSHED

AS They Reached the Ranks OF the
RiOterss They Reversed Arms and
Went at Mob With Butts OF Their
Rifles.
ALBANY, May 16. - Promptly 40 9
o'clock this morning the United Trac-
tion company begun preparations to
move its cars. At that hour General
Barnes, in command of the Twenty
third regiment, brought out before the
Quail street barn his entire regiment
AT the same time the Tenth battalion
started down town. dropping out details
at the street corners along the Traction
line running to Broadway. One COM
pany of the Twenty third, Company A,
started to clear out the mob maSsed at
the curve on Central avenue. Per-
suasion was of no avail, and back went
the company a dozen PAGES.
"Charge bayonetsi" shouted .Lieuten-
ant Colonel Brady, who was near by.
Down went the cleaning points and
on rush the men started for the crowd.
Just as they reached them there was q
quick reverse of the guns and the butts
smashed against human bodies. With
a howl the crowd started back, some
with bloody faces and some with broken
bones. The mob was not allowed to
stop until it had been driven three
blocks away.
Saloons Closed Up.
Then every side street for blocks
around was cleared and details beRaR
the work OF closing up the saloons and
houses. In two corner saloons they
found surly groups, and In one the sol
| diers had TO club the men with their ri-
| Ges. General Barnes then ordered win
dows in the houses closed. Usually a
rife pointed was sufficient, but in one
or two cases details had TO enter the
houses and close them, the women defy
ing them.
All the time inside the barn doors
were five open cars, manned with NON.
union men, ready for the werd 20 stars.
| On each car were two motorm0n, two
conductors and two Pinkert0n detec-
ttves, the latter with loaded rifles In
their hands.
Orders to Fire.
"The men are ordered not to fire ex.
sept it is absolutely necessary" said
| SUPERINTENDENT Fassett Of the road
At $50 the first car emerged fronl the
barn and rounded the curve TO the spot
where the crowd had wrecked two 9TH
| ers Tuesday. General Barnes was on
| the car and when it reached the obstruc-
tions coupling was made and the dam
aged cars removed to the barn. The
crowd was too far distant to even see
the operation, and if a window went mp
q guardsman soon shut it with an order.
While this was going on, the street
corners along the State street route be-
gan to assume the conditions of mill
tary posts. Details of soldiers in every
prominent square kept people moving
so that no large crowd could gather.
At 9:20 second car left the stable
and started over towards Madison ave.
nue., thoroughfare not guarded. On
board it were Lieutenant Brady and o
company of the Twenty third regiment
guarding two motormen and two con-
| ductors.
They proceeded over Quail street,
stopping to remove hagstone oDstruc-
tions from the track. The car was an
open one.
Oil Company Incorporated.
MOBILE, May 16.-The Mobile De-
velopment company has been incorpo.
rated here, with a capital $50, 900. di.
vided into 500 shares at 800 each. The
incorporators are: Ex- Senator of State
A. S. Lyons, who is main owner Of the
Mobile brewery; Henry Tacon, treasu-
rer of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and
Charles w. Stanton. president of the
Alabama corn mills. The company will
bore wells, construct pipe lines and do
a general business in oil and mineral
lands. They own property in Choctaw
and Washington counties, this state,
and in Texas.
| American Negro Defeated.
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