Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-12
INashville. Tenn. Clarion. J

Mrs. Mariah Howard. well known
and highly respected, lies at her
home 1O16 Watkins St, unable 10
move Her helpless and pitiful con-
dition is due to the miserable Jim
Grow street car system in force in
this city. Our reporter called on
her and she told the following story:
Tuesday / took a new town car No
Sic. at Richland Creek and started
TO the city. ! occupied the second
seat from the rear. When the car
had gone some distance a white man
took the same seat that l was occu-
pying. The conductor asked him
10 move; he refused to do so. When
the car had gone a little further, a
white woman took a seat beside me.
Tae conductor said nothing to the
white woman. but told me to get
back on the rear seat. / asked him
10 give me time to move, when a
white man seated on the car, pre-
tending to be an officer took hold OF
me, pushed me down 20 the floor
and in his effort to pull me out of
that seat, dragged me 20 the other
side Of the car, tearing nearly all Of
my clothes OF of me. He then gath
cred beer bottle, and threatened
TO hit me with IL. When we got to
the corner OF Church and College
SITS. this white man got OF the car.
i reported the case TO the Supergn-
tendent of the Street Railway Co.
but do not know what will be done
about it,"
Here are some OF the fruits of the
iniQuitous. Jim Cssow systens. An
honorable. hardworking eolored wo-
man now lies upon her bed with her
back wrenched and helpless, the
white man who did the foul deed and
the Conductor who ordered the wo-
man 10 move and thereby brought
on the assault so scot free. The
Clarion has urged the colorad peo-
pie 70 stay of the street cars, be-
cause IL felt quite certain that such
tragedies would take place There
is 10 be more of them In the in
terest of peace we again urge the
Negroes TO stay OF Of these cars,
and walk where they desire 10 90.
The conductors on these cars, as
rule, hate Negroes, and take great
pleasure in dogging and driving
them around. Some of these days
they viii drive. beat and drag a
round the wrong eolored women.
me WIVES anu uauSQlelS OF COlOreO
men are as dear and precious TO
them as the wives of other men, and
manly, self-respecting Negro men
feel that they should protect their
honorable women just as other men
do theirs. Since we cannot tell
whose wife viii beassaulted next. nor
what the consequences of such
wicked assaults are to be, let us by
all means keep the colorsd women
on OF the street cars. Let the Ne
gro men organize transportation
companies, press buggies, carriages
and herdicks into service, and for
Gods sake keep their women out of
the hands OF these poor, prejudiced,
Negro hating street car conductors.
The Conductor on this No. 416 car
ought TO be dismissed from the SER
vice of the street Railway Company,
the white man who assaulted Mrs.
Howard ought to be sent to the pen
itenuary, the street Railway Co. is
liable to Mrs. Howard for damages /
and she should make an effort to get
them. The Negro women, who will |
continue TO ride on the Jim Grow |
cars in the face of such horrid bru-
talities should content themselves |
with whatever treatment they may
receive.