The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-02
sfss | r. ------------------ Quiet Is Restored As Sol diers And Machine Guns
 Roll Into Niles DOZEN PERSONS B SHOT OR BEATEN Some Of Victims Of The Clashes In Serious Con-
 dition In Hospital
HOODED ASSEMBLY
 FORCED TO DISBAND
Incoming Delegations Are Kept On Trains-Many <
 Placed Under Arrest
fRx Associated Press.l

NILES, Ohio, Nov. 1.- State militia tonight patrolled the streets of Niles following a day of rioting between mem- bers of the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the Flaming Circle. Quiet was rapidly returning tonight.
 Gun battles between Flam- ing Circle adherents and Ku Klux Klansmen had oc- cured near the meeting places of the rival factions. Pistol fights between speeding auto- mobiles of klansmen and klan foes added to the casualty toll.
 Several times shots were fired by the opposing factions into their rival camps. Many of these shots went wild a as large numbers of men fell xS3ax on. the ground as the fir Ing started"
 Military control, however, was not established until after almost dozen persons had been shot or badly mauled. Some are in hospitals in serious condi. tion at Warren, the county seat Of Trumbull county, five miles away.
 Arrival of the uniformed troops was {, the most welcome sight which citizens of this city had seen in some time, as it meant immediate disintegration of the opposing forces. As the big motor trucks rolled through the streets loaded with soldiers and machine guns mounted on their hoods and tops, shouts and cheers went up from the crowd which lined the streets.
 Quiet Reported
 Sheriff Thomas said this evening aft CT tour of the city that everything is quiet and 1 don't expect any more trouble"
 The sheriff, with scores of special deputies, had managed to keep the op- posing forces from coming together en- masse until the arrival of state troops. His efforts in preserving order, how ever, did not prevent numerous sporadic clashes among detached units of the op- posing forces, resulting in the casual ties.
 .I am tickled to death that it was no worse," was the only statement Sheriff Thomas would make tonight.
 Col. L. S. Connolly of the 145th h. fantry, who was placed in command of all troops ordered to Niles by Governor Donahey, in a statement to the clti- zens of Niles, said it was not his inten- ton to impose unnecessary military reg ulations on them and urged all to CO., operate with him in maintaining order.
 KIansmen Depart /
 Tonight practically all klansmen from other points had left the city or were rapidly leaving by back routes. or avoiding entering the city. A special train carrying hundred of klansmen from Kent and other cities arrived over the Erie railroad after military authori- ties had taken charge of the situation. They were not permitted to leave the train.
 Many business places were closed to- night. All banks were closed, though it is their custom to remain open on Saturday nights.
 Throughout all today's tense period, Mayor Harvey c. Kistler was not at his office. which he had left last evening. No one connected with the city adminis- tration professed to know whether the city's chief executive was. Police Chief L.J. Rounds said he thought Mayor
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