The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-18
For a Time Conditions
 Were Serious.
Rear Admiral Barker Promptly Re- sponded to Appeal of Municipal Authorities and the Re-
 calcitrant Jackies
 Were subdued.


 crazed by an over-indulgence of whiskey Ia many cases. a mob of at least three hundred bluejackets and soldiers, with possibly a few civilians, Saturday night raised row in the "tenderloiu'' disstrfct which resulted in the death by shooting of soldier and the serious wounding of three or four bluejackets. One of the latter was shot in the arm and bullet could not be located when the man was taken to a hospital It Is altogether probable that he will lose his arm.
 Charles Banks, a soldier. member of the 7th Coast Artillery. stationed at Fort Barrancas, was shot dead, bullet having ploughed its way through his temple and emerged at the back of his head. His death was instantaneous.
 Sailors Injured.
 Walter Wiggins was the man who was shot in the arm. He was from the bat tleship Iowa. William Mylian, also from the Iowa, was badly hurt. but the wounds found on him are thought to have been afflicted with clubs. Two other sailors were hurt by. both ciubs and pistol shots, but none so serious as to necessitate making a trip to hos pital. They received treatment at dif- ferent drug stores.
 Policemen Burnham, Puntell and villar were in the midst of the melee. Burn ham came near being trampled to death, but he emerged with few broken places ia his skin. The other officers would have been badly hurt by the overpower- ing numbers who had gathered about but endorsements reached the spot very quickly and prevented further trouble The trouble started early and continued until after midnight. and was only stopped by the arrival of over half a ma hn Ant One sailor was taken in charge by one O. the policemen for disturbing the good order of the city. This disturber of the peace was taken to patrol call box. block away, and the wagon was rung for. About this time, the officers aver, shrill whistle was heard, this sound l being interpreted as a signal and so un- | derstood by the sailors, for in few mo- ments more there were several hundred sailors gathered around and began a | show of trouble. The three policemen punched at the time for the protection of one another and to prevent the prisoner from being taken away, but in the scuf- | fie the officers became separated. This | is apparently what the sailors intended, for they began then to make trouble fast I and furious. The patrol box is at the cor ner of BayIen and Zarragossa Streets, and when the sailors succeeded in sepa- 1 rating the officers, by sheer force of numbers they forced Patrolman Villar north on Baylen Street, and Burnham and | Puntell east on Zarragossa Street. Each inch of the way was contested by the bluecoats, and when half way between Baylen and Palafox Streets on Zarra- gossa, Burnham was tripped. Evidently the sailors tried to trample him to death. and how he escaped he himself cannot explain.
 By this time the mob of sailors had been swelled into almost double the original number and serious trouble was menacing the police department. When Burnham went down. he saw that 1t was only a matter of self-protection that he use his pistol and club, and he fired his revolvers. Other policemen had re- sponded to hurry calls by that time, and | distress signals were blown. The day squad had just reached the station but a block away, and under the personal commafid of Chief Schad, all the police at hand hurried to the scene. When these achievements arrived. Burnham was still on the ground and in danger of | being trampled. The squad made a rush, and by the use of clubs, pistols and fists. fought back the surging and mad dened crowd. When the sailors had been forced back the body of Artilleryman Banks was found on the sidewalk. It | was picked up and taken to an undertak- | ing establishment. There 1t remained until the coroner's jury viewed 1t this morning.
 Tried to Buy Guns.
 Seeing that the police meant business and that the usual leniency toward the I sailors in this city had been forgotten | altogether, a number of the sailors made | hurried visits to the different hardware a.. olN o,,A NrtnH A1 al.au revolvers. The merchants were request ed not to display or sell firearms. and this. being generally observed, was per- haps the means of preventing more blood she'd The sale of knives. razors, etc, 1t | Is said to have been good, the pur- chasers being people of all classes. Mayor Takes Command.
 Mayor Welles was notified of the trou- ble and he hurried to the spot. There | a shouting, frantic crowd was found, whose sole desire apparently was to mob | a policeman or two. The mayor saw that a riot of dangerous proportions was in l progress, and he assumed command of the police. At midnight he and the police chief held consultation and formulated plans for the ending of the trouble. The ' request that the merchants sell no fire arms was then made.
 Marines Called.
 Admiral Barker, commander-in-chief of the fleets here, was appealed to for ma rlne guards. The admiral was ashore at l the time and no sooner was the request made known to him, and he realized the | condition of affairs he gave assent. | Flag Secretary Eberle was also ashore and that officer was directed by the ad- miral to hurry aboard the ships and make details from the Kearsarge. Ala 1 bama, Iowa and Olympia of marine guards. This was carried out quickly and l. was splendid how the commands worked. Lieutenant Eberle hurried aboard the Kearsarge and. signalled the | other ships by means of lights the com- mands of the commander-in chief. Steam | launches towing cutters filled with armed men were soon seen coming from the | different battleships and as soon as the dock was reached. these determined men were on land, Each squad was in com mand of a lieutenant, and the way the marines awed the dangerous sailors was | nothing if not wonderful. They arrested bluejackets right and left. and chained them. This done, details were detached and the alleged trouble-makers were taken to the docks and later to their re- spective ships. The marines, with the entire police force. stayed on guard un- til after o'clock Sunday morning when all danger seems to have passed away and then went back to the battleships
 Negroes Left Hurriedly.
 The statement is made that a number
 ot negroes, who frequent the district
 where the rioting took place, and who
 have been under suspicion of robbine
 sailors a Various f{nas fn theII