Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-16
NEGROES SEEK SAFETY IN FLIGHT; ALL
BUSINESS HOUSES ORDERED CLOSED
Apprehension of More Serious Trouble Persists THOUGH
Twenty Hundred Soldiers Patrol Streets Fiendsh
Deeds of BIOodhiSty Rioters Worthy of Savage ApacheS
Woman Leader of Mob in Hands of Police


wife, five children and two old people
belonging to the family to the end of
the route today" said street car con-
ductor. ''They had loaf of bread
and some potatoes in basket; that
was all"
Other conductors have the same
stories to tell of the ashen faced ex-
slaves or descendants of slaves fleeing
from the city whose proudest boast
is that it was the home of the great
emancipator. Governor Deneen feels
keenly the position in which the work
of roughs and rowdies has placed the
capital city His adherence of the
treatment of the negroes and his de-
termination to bring about condition
of law and order if it takes every
miltiaman i'm the state was shown In a
statement issued by him today.
The arrival tonight of the First
regiment from Chicago was greeted by
cheers from the curious ones who de-
spite the order to remain indoors lined
the streets in the vicinity of the Jail.
With the arrival of the Second regi-
ment General Young will have more
than 5000 men at his command.
Tomorrow" said General Young,
81 will have affairs in order. With q
fuller knowledge of the city and the
men more accustomed to the streets,
now strange to them, it is doubtful if
any considerable crowd will be able
to gather"
The fact that this was Saturday
night, which Is the customary night
OFF, for laborers and others who have
drawn their weeks wages is held ac-
countable for much of the nights
trouble and certainly was responsible
for many false alarms. In common
with General Young, those in charge
here believe that the energy of the
will have spent itself
by tomorrow night. The leader Of
the mob which wrecked Loper's cafe
last night 1t Is claimed by the police,
was definitely discovered tonight to
have been a woman. She was ar
rested and gave her name as Kate
Howard. Detectives who searched the
prisoners home say they discovered
table linen and silver belonging to
Loper in the house. 1t is said that
the crowd last night feared to enter
the cafe until the Howard woman ap-
peared. With arms flung in the air
ana shouting, she dared the men to
follow where she lad. With a shout
the Amazon leader led in demolshing
the place. she led also, it is claimed,
in depredations and assaults which
We're committed later.
A small crowd of roughs at 1880
this Sunday morning broke every
window and the front door of the cot
tage of Clarence Harvey, a negro A
detachment Of the First Illinois was
sent to the scene at Seventh and Ber-
gen and brought Harvey, his wife and
his mother to the county jail The
mob has dispersed before the arrival
Of the soldiers. otherwise the situation
was quiet. General Young, Governor
Deneen and Adjutant General Scott
had retired for the night, leaving Col
onel SanbOrn in charge.
The latest recorded act of mob vio-
lence was an attack upon the resi-
donce of Rev. G.. II. McDaniels, a ne
gro clergyman. The structure was
torn to pieces but the occupants es-
capped. Troops dispersed the rioters,