The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-27

trenzled nlobs, In attacking nnsroa..
oEeatned a sigh of relief. All nicht
auu a lntorthe morning the MONS of
armed Whites had chased the NEGROES
AZ sVery direction, shooting. stabbinp
ana clubbing with a wantonness s,,cb
as only mobS can show. Nor uoro
! eney content with the mere attaching
OF de~tenseless and innocent npgroae
IN their CORY desire for revenge II,,or
tnose who had biutally attacked
Whlte n in the past fortnight
!oey went about town smashing win
COWS and destroying property, prob
/ drink. anu
Ihe yc1amoring mobs.2 sWayinc
through the streets. making attacks
Upon street cars, dragging negroes
from vehicles and chasing them into
tne Jim Grow" quarter, had kept
me city IN an uproar all through the
nlgnt, n n police We're ~+utterfy
poWerlesS. They WsIes laughed at in
their efforts to make arrests. and cit
lzens VINO endeaVored to dissuade the
crowds of angry men and bows were
derided into silence.
Reports rs to the number of killed
ana injured vary, of course, but some
nave 1t that at least seventeen ne
| groes We're killed. Other reports
nave 1t'that not more than ten fatali-
Ties occurred. In reality only four
bodIeS have been found at local mn
dertaking ESTABLISHMENTS bht IT is
said that the negroes were SO terrified
II they carried many of the bodies
to the suburbs for interment. Fully
forty blacks and whites are known
10 nave been hurt sss.s%,,,a- 1850 A
A black face was q rarity in the
strfeets* Ordinarily one sees about
as many negroes as whites, but the
stern experience had it's effect on the
negroes I'd they remained at their
homes. Practically every home in
Atlanta lacked it's servants. the no. |
groesb being afraid to venture through |
n streets to reach the places where |
they were employed.
Women in Peachtree street. the |
fashionable residence part of the CITY. |
VINO ave not touched a culinary |
utensll IN years prepared meals for |
families. The hotels were prac-
llcally without servants, and not a
negro bootblack nor q newsboy. was |
to he seen in the streets. !
only once was the mob baked, and !
IhaL was when n section of it was
raldlng negro saloons aud restaurants |
IN Decatur street. A fire alarm was
in and Chief Joiner, recently
for Mayor, came with
three engines. In a few minutes he
mad streams of water rlaviug, and as
soon as the water touched the mob it
dissolved.
Finally rising TO the situation. the
entire fire department was called to
n Decatur streets. in the ne
gro quarter. and with streams OF
water playing in every direction the
rioters were dispersed, 10 gather
again at points out of reach of the
water. h department remained on
duty all night.
The bulk of tbs violence took place
n n first two hours. much Of it in
minutes.
h mob afforded SOME curious sit
nations. In front OF the postoficc
missionaries were nreachinc
Orotherly love: less than 100 yards
two negroes were killed under
the viaduct. A block further down
street the Salvation Army
vas holding forth: near by a negro
was stabbed to death, two more were
and others were fatally stabbed
,r beaten.
~ Meeting of prominent citizens
vas held at the Piedmont Hotel to
Informally discuss the riots. 1t was
leclded that h situation did not de-
naDd II further action than the as .
emily of the militia. The burden of
ne majority of speakers was regret
so much injury would be done
atlanta by this outburst Of race re-
eminent. {