The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-16
AVOIDED ENCOUNTER SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Japanese Seek in Vain to Imminent at Spring.
gage Russian Viadivos- field, O.. as Consequence
tok Squadron. Of LyEching
BUaslEyE TROOPS ON GUARD
Another Outbreak Of Violence Feared
Despite All Saloons
Ordered cIosed-MartiaI Law Prac-
tieaIIy Exists ia Levee District

Springfield, o., March f0.-The sit
uation last night was considered By
the authorities to be more threatening
than at any time since the beginning
of the present race troubles. While
Governor Herrick has not proclaimed
a state of martial law, such condition
practically exists In the downtown
districts, and the burned portions Of
the town formerly occupied by the
negro resorts.
Ten companies of Ohio national
guards are on picket duty and seven
more companies are expected. The
saloons without exception have been
closed and many other lines of bust
ness have practically ceased. 1t is es-
timated that fully $4,000 people have
thronged the streets wishing the coun-
ty jail. the telegraph pole at Main AMI
Fountain avenue, where the negro
Dixon was strung up. and the burned
out districts of the levse.
As the result Of repeated requests
from influential citizens, Mayor Bow
lus has finally consented not only to
close the remaining negro saloons,
hotels and lodging houses, which are
under the ban of the mob, but has or
dered the proprietors in every in
stance to move out all the intoxicat-
ing drinks and in some cases the fix
lures. including gambling apparatus.
The following proclamation was
posted and ordered printed in the
newspapers:
ITO the people Of Springfield: You
are earnestly requested to remain off
the streets of the city after nightfal,
except in cases where business OF ne
cessity requires you to go thereon,
and to refrain from congregatlng upon
the streets or in public places Of the
city.
Compliance with the above request
is deemed to be necessary for the
preservation of the peace and good
order of the community and to pre-
vent repetition of acts Of mob vio-
lence. Any one found lettering in
public places in violation of this re-
quest will be promptly prosecuted" :
The mob has at no time shown dis
position to burn property other than
that on the levee. The Kentucky
relatives of Dixon, the lynched negro.
have already engaged in a dispute as
to which of them should come into
possession of his body. The Rev. j.
B. Frazier of Harrodsburg, KY, a
brother-in-law of Dixon, has been ac-
tive in his demands tc have final diJ-
position of the corpse The body was
sent to Harrodsburg, KY.
The only outbreak up to midnight
| occurred at II o'clock in Short Win
ter street, a thoroughfare only two
squares in length, and inhabited by
blacks and whites. A half dozen re-
located there and at IL o'clock five
shots, aimed at q colored man, were
the occasion of three companies Of
militia being dispatched to the scene
of the disturbance. By the time the
militiamen arrived the police had re-
stored order and the colored occu-
pants of several houses were ordered
indoors. Shooting was also heard in
the vicinity of Miami alley, a negro
district. but the police were unable 10
ascertain by whom the shots were
fired.
A special grand jury will sit next
Monday morning to ascertain if post
Bile the leaders of Monday nights mob
which lynched Richard Dixon, and
also the leaders of the rioters Tues
day night who burned the negro re
sorts in East Washington street.