The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
RIOT AT ATLANTA
SIXTEEN KILLED AND A LARGE
NUMBER INJURED.
NEGROES OBJECT OF ATTACK
Assaults on White Women the Cause
OF the outbreaks-MiIitia Called
Out and Prompt Measures Taken
by Authoitles.

have passed since race war OF no
mean proportion began in Atlanta.
In that periOd at least sixteen lives
have be sacrificed ard the number
OF injur'd vii! be forty, several OF
whom cannot recover
At 4 Il. IN. Monday. Atlanta is
compara' IeIy quiet. The negro
trouble, while breaking out in several
sections auring last night is now al
most entirely abated.
BY ord Of the mayor. saloons have
been closud until further notice. and
many business places. such restau-
rants, a. night drug siores, etc. were
closed.
A rae war OF alarming proportions
began he.r Saturday night. Through
out the night it ragged with varying
vigOr, and when morning dawned it
found number Of negroes and one
white mn dead, a score of both races
wounded and down town streets in
possess Of eight companies OF the
Fifth infantry with a battery of light
ARTILLERY Il reserve. Through the day
little Of importance occurred. The
police ass~rt that with the aid of the
military hey now have the situation
under cUatrol.
This CCLGition came as the result OF
numerous and repeated assaults or at
tempted assaults upon white women
by negro The last of an even dozen
Of such assaults within the limits OF
Fulton county within the last nine
weeks came yesterday when four at
tempts a. assault were reported.
The usual Saturday night crowds
were larv"'y increased by men and
h,H " -brnppei the inVnfnwn
streets. there was no leader and no
overt &c until late in the evening.
About j. o'clock a negro man showed
a white vuTuau froom the sidewalk on
Whitehai. street. in the Certer of town.
Almost 81; uitaneously negro woman
made an Insulting remark to white
man on an adjoining street and he ad-
minister! what he considered due
punishm'-'
From 'h.s start the excited crowd
which has become mob. began It's
work Of destruction. Five thousand
men and huys 1hronged the downtown
streets l'. ing for negroes. News that
riot h. started brought thousands
more from heir homes in the suburbs
and resi-, nee districts. until fully
10000 n.- thronged the downtown
section They made attacks on the In
coming s'reet cars. Each car was
scanned 'or negroes. The tro!leys
were pull from the wires and in the
semi-dark Toss of the unliGhted cars
negroes v,re beaten. cut anu stamped
upon ir IN unreasonins mao frenzy
II a neE 70 offered resistance or remon-
strated meant practically sure death.
One car half filled with negroes
approa ched from an outside run.
and resistance
was made by the negroes. who had not
been apprised of the trouble. Three
nesr,es lay dead on the floor OF the
car " hen 1. was permitted to move on.
and xo more were beaten into uncon-
sciOU- ness.
Wen the crowd seemed TO be get
ting Aeyord control. at about 10
O'Clock Mayor Woodward mounted
car latform in PeaChlree and Mari
eta rect and urged the people to dis
pers. declaring that the assaults OF
the W hite women would be punished
prou ptly.
Ma, or Woodward was given re,
spec ful hearing. but when he finished
the work of destruction was resumed.
He j. ade another appeal few mo-
men, later, but without result.
Th,n he turned in general fire
ALARM calling the entire fire depart
mem the scene.
To Chief Joyner he gave the laconic
ord,r Clear the streets"
Tn result was to stop the mob in
its work in that immediate section and
to drive it to other streets. The stu
alton became so threatening at IL
o'clock that Governor Terrell was ap-
peal,d to to order out the state
TROOPS
Ii vas almost O'Clock this morn
ing before the first squad appeared on
the >'reets and at O'Clock six com
pani,s were under arms.
In he lighting last night negro
women were the most warlike. urging
resistance to the mob and themselves
fighting like Amazons.
Tht lawleSS character OF the mob
last night was fully demonstrated dur
iny the latter part of the evening.
when negroes had vanished from the
streets the aimless mob from pure
wantonness broke windows and dam
aged property.
The crowd. after pulling the negro
portrrS from Pullmans of a Western
4 Atlantic train ready to start. pro
ceedci TO smash the windows in the
day coaches and mail and baggage
cars
The day was passed without serious
trouble following the riots of Saturday
night and Sunday morning.
A meeting of citizens representing
the best element of Atlanta was held
this afternoon to consider the situa-
ton.
Governor Terrell. Mayor Woodward,
Col. Robert Lowrey. Col. James Eng
lish and others to the number of 300
were present. Speeches were made and
warmly applauded In which the killing
OF half score innocent negroes and
the injuring of score Of whites and
blacks were condemned as a reflection
on the spirit OF the city, state and the
South