The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-09-27
RAGE RIOTS At ATLANTA
Citizens of the Georgia City Agra
waited by the Many Negro As
saults on White Women.
STATE TROOPS ARE NOW IN CONTROL

Seventeen Companies Of Militia are Pa
trolling the City and saloons are Closed
for the Present-No Further Outbreak
Ia Anticipated and the People are Re-
suming Their Normal Condition.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. PAS result
of four attacks by negroes upon white
women in this city IN one day, mobs
that at times were estimated at $1,000
persons assailed negroes in the streets
Saturday night.
There are several negroes dead and
probably 40 or so injured. The At.
lanta Constitution at an early hour
Sunday morning asserted that Is ne.
groes had been killed. The members
of the mob, or rather mobs, were wild
with frenzy.
The mob began its work early Sat
urday evening, pulling negroes from
street cars and beating them with
clubs, bricks and stones. Negro men
and women, riding to their homes af-
ter the work of the day, were ruth
lessly torn from the cars or attacked
on the streets. In a few cases ne
groes retaliated in the early part Of
the night, but after 10 o'clock there
were few in public places.
The fire department was called out
to disperse the mob on Decatur street,
a street most frequented by negroes,
and for time seemed to hold the
crowd at bay. The police reserves
were called out to hold the situation
until the troops could be modified.
The mob seemed to lack leadership.
and this doubtless prevented great
slaughter.
Sunday passed without serious trou
BILE following the riots Of Saturday
night and Sunday morning.
A meeting Of citizens, bankers and
business and professional men repre-
senting the best element of Atlanta
citizenship was held here Sunday az
ternoon to consider the present en-
Urgency.
Resolutions were adopted urging on
the city council the enactment Of laws
closing negro dives, in which 1t was
declared much Of the crime among
the negro classes has its origin.
Closer restriction Of saloons for both
whites and blacks were demanded.
The II companies of state militia
were in complete control of the sit
uation Monday morning. All saloons
were closed for the day under the Or
der of the mayor. Business has as
sumed normal conditions the street
car schedules have been resumed, the
schools are open as usual and pub
lie confidence Is being restored under
the energetic measures taken by the
authorities, city, county and state, to
maintain order. No further outbreak
is anticipated.
The authorities believe that they
have the city under control. Sunday
night passed without serious disturb
ances, although many people were on
the streets until late hours. The total
number Of dead Is extremely difficult
to estimate. The bodies of those
killed in connection with the riots Of
Saturday night have been prepared
for burial. 1t is reported ON seeming
ly good authority that several bodies
have been taken away for burial and
1t Is equally probable that some
deaths have not been reported to the
police or other authorities. The ex.
act number OF dead is not likely to
be known for some days.
Various startling rumors Of trouble
have been brought to the newspaper
omces but nine tenths Of these have
been proven absolutely without foun-
dati0n and In other cases marvellous
sxaggeration was shown.
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