The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10
SITUATION.
VERY GRAVE { ]. Y ! I:
Race War at Springfield, l Ohio '',,
Assuming Eveii More Tor Fear tsat- ID
5ss fill Proportions. ss
MARTIAL vi LAW is IS LIKELY Z 4 4. ] (
Governor crricl May So slIt1 De- Y.
clare ;lt#Aly Moment The [1hElc Il
Lyi1cl1ed Negroes Body.

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& SPR1NGFIELD, o., March sa..-Tl1e still
alton early this evening was considered
by tlip authorities to be more threaten
ing than ut any time since the beginning
Of tho present race troubles. While GOV
ernor tIorrlcls has not proclaimed q state
Of martial law, such d condition praacttll-
cally exists in the down town districts
md tho burned portions OF Tho town Tor
lnorly occupied by the negro resorts. Ten
companies Of Ohio National Guard are on O.
plckotS duty, and seven more companies
nro expected. The saloons, without excel,--.
lion, have been closed all afternoon and
many other lines of business have prac-
stcally censed. tbs estimated Gt,'ut fully
Is 900 peono thronged tho streets today,
visiting 10 county jril, tho tcegrap pm
f,,ole @nt Main and Fountain $8s Avenue,
5,yllcro tho negro Dixon was strung llp,
und the burned districts Of the Lev CO.
Az tho result Of repeated requests from
influential citizens, Mayor l3owlus has
irnally consented not only to close the re- &c
naming negro saloons, hotels ana loosl ~
houses which are under the ban OF NE
mob, bit has ordered tho prop tletors IN
avory instanco1to move out al nc ~ toAl-
eating drinks, and IN 4 solneSl cases eyei'
tho fixtures, Including gambling q ppaf-
Ut U.s.. u 81 " IA z ~ III
5l M q 4: WARNS ETtID PEOPLE, vi
n1ayor Iowlus to-day issued u procla-
nation warning people L to keep of tho
streets nnd refrain from conErs gatins
in public places. AZ 81 =
= The mob has at no tlnc shown any Y, dis ~
posi- ton to burn opnrty otbc lI'al' WV
on the Leree,
The kentucky relatives Of Dixon. ZIG "
5Iynched negro, have alreudy engaEed ~
a fdispute as to which Of them shoull
come into possession Of his bod y. .3 ZIG
Rev. j. d. Frazier, OF 3llarro'aspugrs i
KY, a brothcr-ln-law OF Dixon, has oe 3,
active In his demands 70 nave lll' MAJ u's'
position of the corpse. 81
+. The. body was prepared for snip'ile,.'i
ana this evening was sent to t1arfods-
burg. slIy sli43, . y. y
The only outbreak up 70 nlldn,,e'tsI !, ~, a.,f
night occurred ut II O'Clock ~ SNORT
Winter Street, when five SHOTS allneI ~ ~
u, colored man were the occasion 81 tnIeS Z
companies OF mill tia. being dls W - -
the scene of the disturbance. I, u !, 81
J3y7t he time the milittamens arr ved Illi y.
police had restored order. SMOOTH S,,iIMy W..
also heard in the Vicinity OF Mai ap
:ibie to ascertain =, by whom the shols
were fired -, I. ~ ,1on
4 speclal grand jury VIII SIT aneXt Nlo,lt,
daS. morning to $ascertaln#i IT possible ~;
leaders Of Monday night S lnop, WlllcIl
iynrdled Ichard Dixon, and also ne leu lll
nrs, or the rioters e tuesday, MIG v \, WY ~,
81 burned The negro resorts an East " i ,stl-
- -. n rtIltUE.S HARD TO FIND
At ii A. AZ the militia had dlspersed
tthe crowds in the central part OF. ne
cty but It was feurad they would to r..
elsewhere for later movements YNn,ie
ltere nre 1900 negroes In this tity none
was seenSSan anywhere to might NotMlttl-
slcndlng reports about Shipping the p',aF
or Dixon, tho negro, to KENTUCKY, ne
roma ms were privately inferred here sh's
evening. The order for saloons 10 re-
n ain closed is Observed, hut no attention
il, paid to the mayors ptos.lnlat1oH lot
| eople to, keep from cunS tesAtlon OF re-
naming off the streets.
The colored people here nos are uts',u
to he seen getting :cln&t;unH OF 1h'tll
When the west end OF tio i.sYee was
cleaned ON to-day 10 White man WONG
work will, moving 1nnA ulld no 3&Ni'iils
man would accept the goods = n stlnFlf
The work Ind to be done l,y colorcca -1le'l
under guard of the militia. .f
Colonel Mead, of Dayton IS hoidlng "! y 70
city under strong military rule toTlll ght.s
He will be suppressed Tomorrow BY Gen.
eral tMcAlakin, of Toledo whnH there VIII
lie seventeen companies OF militia mere
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