The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-24
They Are No Longer Seen on the
Streets Of Atlanta.
Eleven Killed and 100 Wounded
By a Mob.
CITY FULL OF TROOPS.
Lynching Went on Under Eyes
Of the Militia.
Ended Only With Disappearance
Of COIOred People.

Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 24-Order has bern
restored here after eleven negroes ana
one white man had been killed and
about 100 negroes and white men had
been injured In anti-negro riots. 4
heavy rain did more than the authori-
ties TO drive the mob indoors. Although
the mobs did not form again, a crowd
lynched one negro at o'clock Sunday
afternoon. accused of attacking one OF
the four white women the attacks on
whom were the immediate cause OF the
riots.
The negro who was lynchsd was On
MS way in custody to the county jail.
when he was taken from the officers by
a dozen men and shot to death in The
street.
disturbance was caused when
negro appeared on Marietta street. near
the United States building. with a Win
chester rife In five minutes the negro
was surrounded by a crowd Of white
men, who seized the winchester and
used 1t to club the negro 80 that he
was sent to the hospital Fifty wards
away was grouped a patrol Of 20 state
guardsmen. They made no effort to IN
terfere.
Conductors and rnotorrnen on the
street car lines refused to take thelr
cars out. One car, which came in had
several broken windows, where negroes
IN the outskirts Of town stoned it. This
line runs through a section thickly pOp-
ulated by negroes.
Governor Terrell has ordered to At
lanta seven companies OF the state
militia, two companies from Macon and
one each from the following places.
jackson, GAINESVILLE, Griffin, Rome and
1lndale- These companies have arrfr-
ed and are on duty in the streets. With
tne local companies the force Of militia
on duty is more than 1000 men besides
a battery of light artillery held in ie-
serve.
Although urgently requested from
many sources to declare martial law.
Governor Terrell has so far declined to
do.so.
The mayor. Mr.. Woodward. has issued
! a request that all citizens, white and
/ black, remain off the streets at night He
/ announced that he viii order all saloons
closed. All boys under d years old have
! been ordered to keep off the streets
A meeting Of citizens, bankers and
/ business and professional men represent
/ ing the best element of Atlanta citizen
ship was held here Sunday afternoon to
consider the present emergency. Cover
nor Terrell, Mayor Woodward, Colonel
Robert LOwery, Colonel james English
| and others to the number of three hun
dred were present. Speeches were made
and warmly applauded in which the kill
ing and injuring of innocent negroes
were condemned as a reflection on the
spirit OF the city, state and the SOUTH
the city council the enactment of laws
closing negro dives. in which 1t was
declared much Of the crime among the
negro classes had its origin.
A black face is now a rarity OF the
streets. Ordinarily one sees about as
many negroes as whites. but the negroes
remained in their homes
Practically every home in Atlanta was
minus some of its servants this morn
ing The negroes were afraid to venture
through the streets to reach the places
where they were employd. The hotels
were practically without servants and
not a negro bootblack or newsboy was
| to be seen on the streets.
That the negroes are thoroughly
scared is evidenced by the fact that they
are smuggling their dead into the coun-
| try and giving them private interment-
They are afraid to take the bodies open
/ " through the city lest some indignity
be provoked. Many Of the wounded
negroes have also been secretly removed
from the city
Thirteen white women have been at
tackled by negroes in Atlanta in the last
/ two months. Four Of these women were
/ attacked Saturday evening.