The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-01
OHIO MOB AGAIN PLIES TORCH
DESPITE MILITIA HOUSES ~ Nh.
GRO QUARTER Arm FIRED.

Fight COmpA hles 81 Guartamch Keen NlOhs
Moving, hut Cannot Prevent lnpendlAF.
ism-atrrct LAMPS shot tut SALOONS
tIOuri -IlcrhferceMents stand Neaay,
S~PRIRuPiRLD, Ohio, Fob, 2s,.-The riots
In tho negro quarter were rpnowed to.nlghl,
IN apite Of tho eight companies Of militia
on guard,
Up to midnight ak houses have heen
burned, twun,y ot tho rioters have been
arrested and two nerAO na seriously hurt
Ono boy, Ora Willis, waa shot IN tho face,
and Fannie Foster broke hor lpg loaplng
bho lay FOR an hour 1T tho rrar ~ tho house
before Bha waH found,
Tho rioters attacked several unguanlod
places, tried 10 light tho "klloher'A NeAts
again, and shot out all Tho street lamps In
tho dlBtrlot,
Four companies " tho Third rnglm5M
and four of tho Fourth were put on guard
early In tho nvening, Tho men " the
Fourth arrived NJ I o'clock oh n special
train from Columbus and were asalRned
% ones 10 different negro dives and rpAortA
where trouble was anticipated,
Company A Of tho Ninth battalion, n
negro company, waH called 10 duty nj ltA
armory, but n will be held IN reserve, unleaA
10 In absolutely required lts presence
among the guards might Rtart d real aoe
war,
All tho saloons were ol0Aad to-day ny
order ~ tho Mayor, but tho wholaRals
liquor houses did great business, and bottles
were humsfUns IN tho alleys and behlhd
lumber piles,
Trouble began early In the evening, when
u crowd sathered on HeetlOh Htreet, shot 0ut
tho street lampH and tore down The shutters
on John FuhdpfberR'A house,
1hny wen going IN 10 dem0liHh the place
when a squad Of soldiers seatteIed them,
Detached mobH hurried the militia In
different parts Of Tho quarter, and one,
getting paHt the guard, tried % burn the
"illoher's Neat" This crowd was driven
on,
II swung into Miami Htrept, stopping NJ
u negro dive long enough 10 burn II, The
militia arrived too late 10 head IN this
ilfp, AMI an alarm WAS Beht IN,
IN quick HuoeeHAlOh alarms WerR runa
IN from thfpp morn polhtH IN the quarter
where gangs or individuals had applied the
torch, The HoldlerH worked 10 keep The
small crowds from fuhihs Into u large mob,
and up 10 midnight they had Bueoeeded,
Martin Davis, the brakeman, tho Aho0tiha
Of whom On Monday night started the
trouble, In Hlill alive, but Ia alhkihH slowly,
and he may die nj ANY time, Ills death Ia
likely 10 not more trouble going,
Al incoming trims and traction eara are
loaded with meh coming IN Ia see the row
Or ~ get Into u, II WA reported that u mob
has been organised In Columbus which IA
waiting lhelo for tho announcement that
Davis In dead,
They intend, when II eolhee, "a move 10
Springfield and join the mob alfeady ~
work, Davis In n Columbus men,
There ara threats from Dayton that
whom Davis dleH a mob there will rush
tho Jail and lynch Dean, the negrd who IN
nald TO have shot Davis, and who Was got
out OF Springfield ahead " trouble laAt
night,
The original plan Of the mob, according
70 aOme Of tho member, was to pet bean
out Of the jail, pun him At the end " n rope
to tho railroad yarlH, tle him 10 Tho rails
aud lot a HWiich engine run over him,
The city and county authorities met
yesterday to oonHtder the situation, II
WIS decided not TO call n Hrneial GRAND
Jury TO invest gate tho riot, A abatement
10 tho people, begging them 10 keep M tho
reeta, was drafted and iaauel by Mayor
Todd,
The conservative oitlsnns ara Hriatlv
alarmed, and plpyrra for thu eatety and
good mama of tho city warr offered NJ tho
AAh Wednesday %anrvtoea IN many churches,
Nine rioters Nrm arreHted hate fortnight
by Major uoorgr MrplRll " Columbus,
with u detachment NJ HoldlcrR, Maruhail
h city solicitor " Columbus,
A oltlgrnR' committee, compo-,d NJ Ctp
Stewart H. 1GtuM, Paul 4 Ataley
and ClArlea Stewart, has hFon Nplolnled
to tAlw stops to prosecute tho rlulrrH and
hnviE ultNthH tn stop mob rule