The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-27
FIERCE RACE WAR
AT ATLANTA, GA.
Numerous Assaults by Negroes
on White Women Cause
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OH i1e i
sIxTEEN WERE KILLED
Local Police Unable TO Control the
crowd-Governor Orders Out the
State Militia and May De-
clare Martial Law.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 25.-With sixteen
light artillery and one squadron of
cavalry, under Colonel Anderson, the
Georgia state militia and the entire
city police force still guarding the city,
Atlanta is comparatively quiet. The
race war which broke out Saturday
night is now almost entirely abated.
BY order of the mayor the saloons
have been closed until further notice,
and many business places. such as
restaurants, all night drug stores, ETC.,
We're closed early in the evening. In
the early part of the night there We're
cases where cars We're shot at from
ambush, and a few motormen and
conductors refused to continue on he
cars. For this reason on Randolph,
Walker and Magnolia streets and on
the Auburn avenue line service was
discontinued several hours before the
usual time. A negro, pursued by a
crowd of about fifty persons, an into
the Marion hotel, where he was shot,
and, it is thought, fatally injured. A
negro was shot in the hip in Mcdaniel
street but the prompt arrival of the
militia saved him. A street car conduc-
tor, white, was shot by an unknown
negro, but his injuries We're not Sc
rious.
Sixteen Were Killed.
The number of killed all told is placed
at sixteen, but there is no way OF find
ing out the definite number. as the
negroes friends carried the lea away
in many cases, fearing the dead would
not receive proper burial. Six bodies
ire at one local colored undertaking es-'
adjustment.
At the request OF the authorities the
newspapers Issued no extra editions
today.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. PA race war
Of no ss,ean proportions began at Allan
ia Saturday night. The city is now con-
trolled by the police, aided by nearly
a thousand of state militia. Every part
Of the town is patrolled by the soldiers
and the authorities seem to ave the
situation well in hand. Governor Ter
rell, who ordered several companies of
the state militia service from points
outside Of Atlanta to aid the local
companies. stands ready to declare the
city under martial law If the scenes
are repeated.
The outbreak came as the result Of
numerous and repeated assaults or at
I tempted sSaults upon white women
by negroes. The last OF an even dozen
of such assaults within he limits Of
Faulkton county within the last nine
weeks came last Friday night, when
four attempts at assault We're re-
ported.
Crowd Lacked a Leader.
The usual Saturday night crowds
boys who thronged the downtown
streets. There was no leader and no
overt act until late in the evening.
ABOUT 10 O'Clock a negro man showed
q white woman from the sidewalk on
Whitehall street, in the center Of town.
Almost simultaneously a negro woman
made an insulting remark to a white
man on an adjoining street, and he ad-
ministered what he considered due
punishment.
From the start the excited crowd,
which a become a mob, began it's
work Of destruction Five thousand
men and boys thronged the downtown
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riot had started brought thousands
more from their homes in the suburbs
n residence districts until fully TO-
900 men t%kronged the downtown sec
ton. They made attacks on the in
coming street cars. Each car was
scanned for negroes. The trOlleys were
pulled from the wires, and in the semi
darkness of the unlighted cars negroes
! were beaten, cut and stamped upon in
an unreasOn1ng. mad frenzy. II a ne
gro ventured resistance or remon-
STRANGE 1t meant practically sure deoth.
One car half filled with negroes APP
preached from an outside run. The
mob dashed for the ear. Resistance
was made by the negroes, who had not
been epprised of the trouble Three
negroes lay dead or the floor of the
car wncn it was permitted to move on
and two more were beaten into uncon-
seriousness.
Women Fight Like Demons.
In the fighting negro women made the
most Warlike resistance to the mob and
themselves fighting like AmaZons.
In the residence district great anxiety
was felt. The police force was CEN
tered down town, practically leaving
the residence district without protec-
ton. 1t was u night Of terror to hum
dreds.
The lawless character of the mob was
uNi'y AZ NpIiiS TIE latter
part of the evening. When negroes had
vanished from the streets the aimlcss
mob from pure WantonneSs broke
windows II damaged property.
The crowd, after putting the negro
porterS from PullInans of a Western
and Atlantic railroad train standing
ready to start, proceeded to smash the
windows in the day coaches and mail
and baggage cars. They the crossed
to the Kimball house and continued The
window smashing amusement, causing
a loss Of several hundred dollars. Nj
mcrous windows in stores on PeacItree
street show the fact that the mob
passed that way. A close watch was
maintained to guard against end
ism, but fortunately this precaution
was unnecessary and fire was not add
ed to the horrors of the night.
Extra Editions Are Tabooed,
A meeting Of citizens, bankers busi-
ness and professional men, represent
ing the best element of Atlanta citi-
Anship, was held here yesterday aft
ernoon to consider the Gov
ernor Terrell, Mayor Woodward. Col
onel Robert Lowrey, Colonel James
English and others to the number of
500 We're present. Speeches were made
and warmly apDlauded in which tba