The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-30
Huntington, w. Va, Rioters
Use Clubs and Missiles.
Martial Law Declared.
HELPLESS,
CALLS IN MILITIA
Crowd Becomes More Threatening,
and Further Trouble Today
Is Feared.

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, Aug 81
Martial law was declared here today
and three companies Of troops ordered
out 20 protect Thomas Wayneard and
Charles Clayburn, coIored, from q mob
determined 20 lynch them
The negroes are accused Of numbering
a white woman and fatally injuriny her
husband
Wayne IS charged with the murder OF
Mrs John AiIif. near Quiunimont. and
Elayburn is alleged 10 have murdered
her husband near here last Saturday
Mrs Aili6 was killed while she and
her husband. who had been. married but
q few hours, were going 10 their home
The 1rldE groom was beaten unconscious
ard the brides body was recovered from
a brook by the road where the attack
occurred. ufaT Quinnimont-
W aEne confessed TO having murdered
airs Alllf Almost Immediately after his
capture and troops had 10 be called our
then &c save him from z mob WaVne
also confessed that before he killed Mrs
AliiA ne seriously wounded her husband,
who was q section foreman OF the CheS-
apeake am Ohio railroad Clayburn is
charged Win the murder Of Charles
Wirhrow- who also was a Chesapeake
and Ohio foreman
The mob IN Huntington had been
swollen TO more than FIVE thousand BE-
icre noon to-day and the authorizes
made fre1zled appeals by wire for the
Immediate dispatch Of more troops
Mob Attacks Sheriff
In q clash between the troops and the
mob OF 1900 a score OF persons were in
jured, some seriously, and fifty persons
were arrested The miIitiamen charged
INTO the heart Of the crowd. which
fought back with clubs AID missiles be
fore being cowed Tor the time being.
The calling out Of the troops followed
desperate attempt on the part OF the
local authorities 20 restore order
Sheriff Harshmarger. surrounded BY a
force Of regulars and special deputies,
mounted the steps cf the Jail IN an at
tempt TO reason with the mob He had
had spoken but q mOu7C-.J, appealing 70
them 10 ClSperSe- when the leaders
rushed forward and dragged him from
his position, carrying him away
All night long the tErOng remained
about the tzil and the flames Of q dozen
bOndres made the spectacle more siI-Is-
Sorties Against Jail
Occasionally parties led sorties against
the Jail, but for the most part II was 4
waiting game Til the sky began %
tighten
The arrival CT the troops, brought here
on special trains, brought matters to 4
climax With bayouets fixed the SOL
. Z
Jau, while jeering crowds lined the
/ streets. at times showeTing them with
The main force was concentrated
about the prison, but strong Iolice
+ force was detailed 10 cover the rest OF
the town All loiteTers IN the outlying
districts were arrested
This morning. after the clash IN which
the troops charged the mob- an appeal
fcr re-euforceu1s7lts was taken under
consideration
( A mob gathered before the door Of the
I iaiI in which Wayne and Gay DuEl
/ were confined and battered down the
doors last night y force Of police and
deputy sheri1s who had been on guard
charged The crowd ana many oEoEe I
back from the immediate vicinity OF the
jail
Sheriff Harshbarser tried 20 calm thc
mob. urging l. 10 let Justice take It's
course ana pledeing his word that the
/ negroes vcuIG meet with the extreme
penalty Tor their crimes
For a while II seemed as If the sf1eT-
{ ifs efforts would be successful but
/ fresh recruits kept joining the ranks Of
the mob until shortly before daylight its
frenzy broke bounds and another charge
3 was made on the sail driving the guard
: Of police and deputies back into IT.
Cut By Bayonets.
/ The sheriff then made an appeal for
} troops and two companies Of State
militia were hurried TO the scene They
/ charged the mob arr drove 1t from the
jaiI after uOunding several men with
( their bayonets and arresting fifty-seven-
Men from the outlying sections kept
{ pouring into the town throughout the
forenoon and the spirit Of the mob grew
more desperate as the day advanced
Shortly before noon word was passed
/ 20 the troops TO be ready to repulse an
attack on the Jail and fears grew that
/ there would be more blOOdShed before
night.