The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-29
STATE TROOPS WHO SHOT ciTl- zENs AT AUGUSTA TO HAVE
 MILITARY TRIAL.
ASK REMOVAL OF TROOPS
Situation In Street Car Strike Is Quiet but Outbreak Is Feared at Any Time--One More Victim of
 the Troops Is Dead.

Augusta, Ga. Sept. 2S.-With six companies of national guard on picket duty maintaining Gov. Browns mar tial law proclamation and negotiations under way looking to settlement of the difficulties of striking motormen and conductors of the Augusta-Ai railway and electric corporation today, the sixth day of the strike, was de- void of disorder, but an air of sup pressed excitement pervaded the city.
 The strikers having made known their willingness to arbitrate, a com mittee of the merchants and manufac- turers association waited upon Vice President Pardee, General Manager E. c. Deal, and Boykin Wright, general counsel of the car company, and dis cussed the settlement of differences by arbitration No official announcement was made concerning the result of this conference.
 The city council met this afternoon and considered the strike situation. It was reported late today that 600 car penters had struck in sympathy with the street car men, but this could nos be verified
 Captains Henderson anu Jowett and 15 or more members of the national guard connected with the killing late yesterday of Alfred Dorn and Robert Christie, when they crossed dead line established about the company's property are under arrest and will Ee conrt martialed to prevent t3ie review of the affair by the civil courts. It was reporetd at the hospital late today that Ben F. Baker, who was driving with Dorn. and was wounded, is in a serious condition and is not expected to live.
 Adjutant General Wm. c. Obear ar- rived here today and took command of the situation, assisted by Col M. J. OLeary, commander of the First in- fantry, national guard of Georgia.
 Subsequent to mass meeting here tonight at which resolutions were adopted asking Governor Brown to withdraw the troops, two large mobs of striking street carmen and sympa- thizers were only prevented from at taking the local power plant by inl- 2assioned pleas of the strike leaders
 At midnight the mobs began to dis perse. At that hour the officials of the railway company maintained their former position that they had noth- ing to arbitrate and would fight the strikers to the end.
 The arrival of 25 strikebreakers from New York and the death of Ben F Baker, one of the business men shot by the state soldiers last night, bring bringing the death list to three. were the principal developments in the rail way strike situation tonight Large crowds thronged the downtown streets, but the presence of the troops patrolling the city had quieting eff feet and there was no disorder.
 Several conferences were held dur ing the afternoon between street rail- way officials and citizens in the hope of effecting a settlement but 1t was announced that the company holds to it's position that there Is nothing to compromise. At special meeting of the city council resolution was adopted calling upon the street rail way company in the name of the city to end the strike.
 Adjutant General O'Bear, ic nom mand of the city under martial law, was notified that Governor Blease of South Carolina had ordered the dis pensaries on the Carolina side of the river closed. General O'Bear also or dered all county saloons in this county closed. Armed guards have been placed at the bridges leading to the Carolina side and no one is permitted to pass without military pass.