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ATLANTA Population 130.000 Homes 28.000 Telephone* ....................... 15,000 MkIu lines of railroads Bevm Miles of street railways iso nankins capital Ht000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. w wv Population Miles of stenm railroad*... Miles of eleetrlc railways., Value of 1906 cotton crop .'flOO.OOO.'oort VOL. 1. NO. 129. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1906 PT?T<TR- 0n Train* FIVE CENTS. ITXUAjUl. la Atlanta TWO CENTS. IN A TIME LIKE THIS—it is the duty of every man to defend our city and our state against the disgrace that has come to us. Although the crimes that have been committed by negroes"kre unbearable, let every true citizen show that he does not approve of the suffering and death of the innocent victims of mobs. Men, keep cool—God and the world are looking on and demanding that we punish the guilty—not the innocent. CALM IS NOW RESTORED AFTER THE WILD RIOTING; NO TROUBLE IS IN SIGHT Unfounded Rumors Sunday Rep lace Acts of Saturday. MILITARY PATROL THROUGHOUT CITY REINSTATES LAW Six Hundred of State Troops Were on Duty Sun day Night. The riot Is over. Atlanta Is quiet and there Is no In dication of further trouble. At 2 o'clock the streets presented their usual work day appearance and every vestige of the disorder of Sat. urday night and Sunday had disap peared. Since midnight Sunday there has been no disorder In the city. Shortly after that hour a negro was lynched at East Point, but It was done so quiet' ]y that even East Point did not knov flUUWttll moxaias- . The military companies of the Second regltnent have returned to their homes. No more troops will be called out. The local companies are still In uniform and under arms, but they have been with drawn from the streets and are at .their barracks awaiting emergencies. The police and military authorities have the situation well In hand and.be lieve that all trouble Is over. Rumors of disorder In the forenoon proved un founded. No city of North or South could re gret more deeply the riots of Satur- , clay night and Sunday than Atlanta. Hut the citizens who stand for some thing—who own property, who have built Atlanta Into what It Is—are free from any stigma. The howling mob which made Decatur and 'Marietta streets a pandemonium Saturday night had not one citizen of standing In Its disordered ranks. Unkempt men of the streets, half grown boys at first. In spired by a boy’s love of excitement and afterwards animated by animal passion, formed the mob which has sent the name of Atlanta over the wires in no enviable light. Began in Comedy. Like all mobs. It had but a small be* ginning. It began halt In comedy. Jt ended in tragedy. If that first gather ing in Decatur street, near Marietta, had been dispersed before It grew un governable, there would be no troops in Atlanta today—there would have been no terror in Atlanta homes for two long nights. , . „ At 9 o’clock Saturday night a crowd of perhaps a hundred gathered at De catur and Marietta streets. It was stated afterwards that the trouble be gan when a white woman was stopped by a negro and her purse snatched. But those who were standing In the streets saw nothing but a swarm of boys, who saw nothing but a swarm oi uoys, wnu yelled and hooted at every negro who passed by, shouting to him to run and aiding him with a kick or a blow with a stick. At first It was almost good natured. There was not an angry face in the crowd. Even the negroes who ran the gauntlet seemed to mind but little the blows which hammered them and bent their efforts to reaching a side street, where they might escape. There was n<» effort to follow them. But as the mob grew its temper rose. Inflamed by the vile whlrky of the De- catur street dives, the white men who frequent the slums on Saturday night •1 rifted Into the crowd and their temper spread to the rest. Soon the street was filled until It was black with men. Restlessly it moved down Decatur street. Its leaders announcing that they were going to clean out the dives. Here and there a frenzied man would rise on a bale of hay or a wagon and brandish an "extra” In the air, and the mob would howl for blood. Policemen were sent from the sta- tlon, but they could not cope with the mob. Then the reserves were ordered out and men of the day watch awak ened at their homes and rushed to the • cne. But the police had let Its op portunity slip by. The mob was now beyond all restraint. Shooting Begins. Suddenly a number of shots rang out in Piedmont avenue close to Decatur. They were fired In the air to frighten * fleeing negro, but they were a signal f r deadly shooting a little later. Other “hots were fired. Pistols were shown b'idly now, as the mob realized Its ■irength. , T hen a fire alarm rang out and •'hi* f Joyner In his buggy turned from * ’ htroe Into Decatur street and ""ept into the crowd. He never check- ' I Ids horse as he reached the crowded Mrv °L but the mob had heard his gong nnl «p)!t into tw9 parts to give him r ‘""sage. Down the street Jie drove at MINISTERS CONDEMN SENSATIONAL EXTRAS The Methodist ministers of Atlanta, at their meeting at the Wesley Memorial church Monday morning, adopted unanimously a number of resolutions denouncing the riot of Saturday night as an outrage, criti cising the authorities for lax methods In preventing It, condemning the dives which breed crime and the negroes who are responsible for attacks on women. They criticised the action of the sensational papers In issuing Inflammatory headlines on Saturday night. The resolutions were In substance as follows: “Whereas, The peace and good order of our city have been disturbed by a lawless mob; Its good name dishonored. Innocent people sttacked and our population terrorized: therefore,.be it resolved: “1. That we deplore and condemn the assaults on white women which have justly aroused the bitterest feelings of our people, and we express our deepest symapthy with the victims of black brutes. “2. That we condemn the lawless spirit that would not only visit vengeance on the guilty, but wrath upon the innocent, and that we call upon right-thinking people, by sentiment and action, to regard human rights and divine Justice. “3. That we express our profoundest sympathy with the Innocent suf ferers of lawless violence. “4. That we deplore the weak and slow administration of justice by the courts and hesitating manner of the guardians of the public peace In suppressing dens of vice and hotbeds of violence. “5. That we believe that nearly all acts of violence are caused by the sale and use of intoxicating drinks and we call upon all our cltlzsna for the suppression of the liquor traffic. "4. That we deprecate all sensational presentations of assaults or at tempted assaults, as exciting passion and violence. “7. That we call upon the authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent ‘ his murderous mob. of the law the leaders and Instigators of thli "8. That as ministers of the gospel, charged with the forming and strengthening of right public opinion, we will renew our dfllfgence In con demning every form of wrong and In telling our opinion to obedience of (Sod and of the state.". MAYOR WOODWARD APPEALS FOR THE REIGN OF THE LAW To All Citizens of Atlanta: I appeal to pvery citizen of Atlanta to settle down again to business and to pay no attention to th'e rumors which will doubtless continue to go tho rounds of the city, over nine-tenths of which are absolutely false. I appeal to you to exert every effort to quell any disturbance which you might see and to report the same Immediately to police headquarters. I appeal to the negroes to keep off the streets ns much as possible, as their presence might again arouse thejanimosity of the whites to further action. I appeal to husbands and sons to remain at home after nightfall until all semblance of ex citement has pnssed away, knowing that their services arc more needed there than on the streets. These appeals I make with the greatest earnestness and belief that they will he answered. . There have been a, number of tho better clnss of citizens drawn into the events of the past few days beenuse of the general excitement, but now mntters have reached the point where no more lawlessness will be tolerated. The law will take its course. There will be no mercy shown to any breakers thereof. Affairs must become normal. And so it shall be. After 8 o’clock Monday night every minor found on tho atreets will he arreated unless a sat isfactory explanation can bo given. The police have been instructed, and I wish to notify all parents. Tho saloons will be closed throughout the day, and if at night it ia believed necessary to keep them closed longer, they will remain closed. Every protection the civic authorities can give will be given to the people. This protection will extend to all law-abiding citizens. The fair name of Atlanta demands that the most stringent measures shall now be enforced and to protect this name nothing will be left undone. It is my earnest appeal, desire and belief that the citizens who have and who are making Atlanta what it is will give their united efforts to the cause. JAMES 0. WOODWARD, Mayor .of Atlanta. OF WHO EXTRAS ‘I Am Thankful That All Papers Did Not Get Them Out.” I am thankful that all the papers (lid not Join in the business of get ting out extras Saturday night,” said Mayor Woodward Monday morning. "Many of. tho reports that were pub lished were not only fuel to the fire, but entirely false. It Is to be hoped in the future that the papers will be exceed ingly careful what they publish when the news touches on anything like the cause of the riot.” Mayor Woodward showed plainly the disgust and anger he felt because of the numerous extras Saturday night. These extras were sold from one end of the city to the other, and brought many hundreds of people to the center of the city. At the Grand, as well as at the other theaters, newsboys were ready and waiting for the crowd when the final curtain had been rung down. The men bought, read and Joined the mob as spectators and thus gave “the weight of their /presence to those who were doing the killing,” as It was stated by the mayor. Mayor Woodward stated Monday thnt the most deplorable part of the whole occurrence was the fact that so many innocent negroes suffered. "The real perpetrators of the assaults were doubtless hiding while the work ing negroes were on the streets and were those who suffered. "The better classes of the negroes should be protected, and will be,” said the mayor, "and the lawless class of whites should be punished. If the mob had caught and disposed of the rapists, It would not have been so bad. But PRESS IS URGEB - BY GRAND JURY TO STOP EXTRAS Resolution Against Sensa tionalism Is Passed. AT EAST POINT BAPTIST MINISTERS DISCUSS SITUATION ZeJ Long Taken From Calaboose and Strung Up. The following resolution* were Mon day adopted by the grand Jury: Reiolved, by the grand Jury of Ful ton county. That the pree* of the city be urged to abstain from the publica tion of all sensational and Inflammatory news mntter: to discontinue the pub lication of “extras" In reference to pre- toraj condition: to publish no ( r ,. t „i and | odg <. d In Jail. The negro had been In Jail but a short while, A very quiet, but determined mob, broke down the door of the Bast Point calaboose shortly before midnight Sun day night, and, taking a negro named Zed Long, lynched him without cere mony. Sunday night the negro armed him self and came to East Point nourishing revolver. He was immediately ar- Name Strong Committee of Six to Investigate Conditions and Report on Next Sunday. Fifty Baptist ministers met Monday morning In the First Baptist church at the regular meeting of the Baptist Min isters' Conference. The situation now existing here was the chief topic of discussion, but owing to the tense feeling now those present deemed it wisest not tb Issue any state ment at this time or take any pro nounced course. A committee consisting of Dr. W. W. l«nndrum, pastor of the First Baptist; Dr. John E. White, pastor of tho Sec ond Baptist; Rev. John E. Purser, pas tor of West End Baptist; Dr. J. W. Mil lard. pastor of Ponce DeLeon Baptist; Dr. V. C. Norcross, pastor of Western Heights Baptist, and Rev. Samuel Cow an, pastor of Emanuel Baptist, were appointed to Investigate and make 'his committee will make a report on the causes and influences of the situa tion now existing In Atlanta, looking toward organisation of sentiment among Baptist people to go to the bot tom of the matter. They will begin work along this line Immediately. WHOLE POLICE FORCE KEPT ON EXTRA DUTY rumors until such rumors are first in vestigated and found to be true; In short, to use conservatism and discre tion in the treatment of all facts relat iBf to the conditions now confronting Yours truly. A. J. WEST, Foreman. J. R. NtlTTWO, Secretary. In many Instances I know personally of negroes who suffered thnt were of the law-abiding kind. "This morning I have received many telephone calls from people all over the city, especially women, asking me to keep the men nt home while the waters nro troubled, and everything will be done to carry out these requests. "If tho riot should continue, the governor will place the city under mar- tint Inw, which will be nn everlasting disgrace to Atlanta and to her citi zens. "It Is my belief, however, that the excitement I* now over. The Inw-nhld- Ing citizen* who joined the mob, being carried away with the excitement of the moment, hqve had time to come to their senses. The boys who nre re sponsible for much of the trouble will be kept off the streets, and the author ities will attend to the others.” companies arrived, hut tho mob armed In behind them nnd Jeered at the firemen. Water Turned on Crowd. Here the first effective repulse of the mob began. Six streams of water with powerful pressure from the mains were turned upon tho rioters, the firemen advancing up Decatur street toward I’enchtree and beating the mob hack before them. Hod It been a question of storming a Jail or of defending any one spot the water would have solved It. Rut the streams only served to drive the mob, angrier than before, to a street out of reach of the hose. building, occurred the first recorded tragedy of the night. A negro, hi* head bleeding nnd his clothing tom, emerged from the mob nnd ran up the street. A man stepped from the crowd and fired nnd the negro fell. This was the beginning. Within half an hour It whs reported thnt two ne groes were lying dead under the For syth street viaduct and another a block out Marietta street. The mob moved on and no negro who came within Its clutches escaped without a terrible beating. By this time, close upon midnight, every negro who had escaped the riot ers was making his way homeward Then the mob turned toward Martel- thrmI|f |, silent street* or crawling t.i street. By this time the theater* were emptying: their crowd*. From the Star on Dccalur street came a thousand men to Join the mob. From the up town theaters came women and chil dren Who shrank back In terror from the mob and took a roundabout course to their cars. Many sought refuge In the hotels rather than attempt a Jour ney home. And all this time the mob was swelling In number and growing more violent as U swelled. First Tragedy of the Night. through dark alleys In an effort t< roach shelter. Many slept In the first hilling place they could reach. The mob was losing It* prey. Negroes Dragged From Car*. But the street cars>rere half filled with negroes who had thought them, selves safe In company with respectable white people. The mob stopped a car in Forsyth, near Marietta, and dragged them shrieking from their seat*. The motorman made an effort to put on peed, hut some one pulled the trolley . t. .. ... I oa U'klla U',..non n n.l v : wwn ine street jie arove at ■ 7- - - , fh very *hnd- speed. nut Home one pulled the trolley fh# U h ' U * ,,ac ® R 5 d beh,nd h,m c ?™ e ,n y^h^United State* government from the wire. White women and chll- l,l « boae carts and reserve men. Other ow of the LMtea ouuro however, when tho news spread 1 the little town. A well-organized posse got together and marched quietly to the calaboose, broke down the door, took the negro Zed Long out, nnd, marching him to a batch of woods a half mile from the town, lynched him. Ho quietly was the lynching executed that the more peacefully-inclined in habitants of the town were ignorant of any such doings. No one In East Point seems to know' Just where the mob originated or Just when It evaporated. All that was left to show for the lynch ing Monday morning was the battered door of the |all and the lifeless form of a negro hanging to a tree. dren In the car saw what followed. At 12:30 o’clock the fire alarm rang out the riot call and members of the various companies began to muster at their armories. But the regiment was widely scattered, And it was long after midnight before It could be mobilized. By that time the rioters had left thf uptow n streets nnd broken Into smaller squads, which raided negro settlements in various quarters. Crowds Corns to Town. During the hour* fenm 10 to 12 o'clock the streets presented such scenes as never before darkened a page In At lanta’s history. Reports of the rioting reached to the suburbs and every In- Continufd on Pago Twe. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS! Owing to th* undu* excite- ment which *«*m* to prevail in umt Motion* of tho city, tho delivery of Tho Georgian it like ly to bo oomowhat irregular to- day. ’Should you ml*o ^jfour ^rapor, kindly phono Boll 4927, ard 4401, and wo will attampt to Mnd one by special muMngir, although tho moocongsr Mrvieo io badly crippled today. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Police Captain John C. Joiner, who la acting chtcf of police Monday, an nounced thnt the whole of the police force will he kept on extra duty as long as Is considered necessary. Chief Henry Jennings remained at hi* home Monday morning In nn effort to get a little rest, he hnvlng been on a terrific strata since enrly Saturday night. The police, both officer* nnd men, are all working extra time, and an In creased force of call oflleers Is being kept nn duty at the police station to answer emergency calls. The day watch, under command of Captain Joiner, went on duty Sunday t morning at I o'clock and onc-holf of the watch remained In service until midnight. The other half went off of duty at 3 o'clock In the afternoon and came back at midnight. These men will be nn until noon Monday. The evening watch, under Captain Mayo, went on duty at noon Sunday and remained In service until midnight The morning watch, under Captain Jett, went on at that hour and came off Monday nt noon. This arrangement will bo continued until all semblance of trouble has been dissipated. By this means, one full wateh and half of an other wateh Is on duty all the time. The police have rendered splendid service anil have offered no complaint at the extra duty Imposed on them. ALL NEGRO CLUBS On complaint of H. L. Johnson, of the firm of negro lawyers, Johnson ft Malone, Acting Chief Joiner sent a squad of men Monday afternoon to close all the clubs, dives and negro restaurants on Ivy street. Johnson went to the station and re ported that these places were filled with negro toughs and questionable charac ters, nnd he deemed It wise to close up the places for the time. A squad of men were dispatched at once to do so. CITIZENS TO MEET TO GUARD WEST ENO MOTORMAN STRUCK ON HEAD 01 ROCK W. M. Johnson, a motorman on an Auburn avenue electric car, was struck the head by a rock while passing tbc v corner of Auburn avenue and Fort street Monday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock. He was not seriously Injured and was able to continue nn duty. It Is believed that the rock was thrown by a negro concealed In that vicinity. West End will be protected by a clt|. sens' patrol. The citizens of that pnr tlon of Atlanta plan to meet Monday evening and lay out plans In have an organized set of men protect the homes from any possibility of outrage or dis turbance. The organization will place guards, and n system of notifying the residents will be perfected. Thi* more comea alter the acan ot Sunday night when the rumor of a con centrated assault on West End spread to nearly every home. “A mob of 500 negroes Is marching on West Find with the Intention of burning the homes," was the report, and because of It some 150 men sat with guns across their knees until dawn scattered all possibility of such an action. Sanitary Chief John Jentzen said Monday: "West End Is not frightened, but It I* prepared for anything that may turn up. A vigilance organization will guard that portion of the city per haps for the next month.” OOGOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOg O THANKS GOD FOR O THE GEORGIAN. 0 O Thank God for The Georgian, O O especially for Its' 12 o'clock edltnn O O of this day, when there Is so much O O unholy excitement, both In the O O press and among the people. O O H. B. JOHNSON. O OOO0OOOOOO0OOOGOOOOOOOOOOO STERNJUSTICE BY RECORDER Several Punished in Police Court Monday Morning. "This Is tha most Important court In Fulton county today. All the other cqurts will have to wait on this one.” was'Recorder Nash R. Broyles' rejoind er to a local lawyer Monday morning, who wanted a special case called In order to attend another court When court was called to order every seat In the room was filled, ami a large crowd stood around the railing. For once the negroes were somewhat conspicuous by their absence, tha largo bulk of the crowd being whites. Only a few of the rioting coses were disposed ot at the morning session be cause of the absence of a number of the arresting officers. The majority of the cases will be called In the aftcr- noota Enough were disposed of. how ever, to Indicate clearly the attltudo of the recorder In the coses to follow. A thirty-day Mntence In the stock ade without the privilege of paying n fine, and a thousand-dollar bond for rioting waa the pace Mt by the record er on those alleged to be guilty of tak ing an aettvs part In tho rioting. T. E. Clements, a young white man, wore a bloody shirt when he fated the recorder.' He had been struck u blow across the head by Officer J. A. Hollis Saturday night after he had first struck the officer. Officers Clark and Starnes stated that Clements was one of the leaders In the mob which was chasing negroes and breaking window lights, and doing other damage around the corner of Pryor nnd De catur street*. When arrested he re stated and struck Officer Hollis with n heavy stone wrapped In a cloth, so the officers testified. The officer was un able to appear In court because of Ills Injury. Recorder Lecture*. The recorder gave Clements a severe lecture. "Guilty negroes will he prose- cuted, but the Innocent ones must be protected,” said he. "1H give you thirty days without a fine and hind rou over to tho superior court under a 16,000 bond for assault with Intent to murder and for rioting.” "Well, I'm going to get me a lawyer and seewbout this," was the remnrk of Clsmenn a* he was led back to tha prisoner’s room. “Yes, you'll need live or six of them before you get out of this,” was tho re corder's sharp retort. - In the other cases tried the recorder administered a severe lecture to those engaged In the rioting, and the follow ing young white men, all of them of good address, were given thirty days without the privilege of a fine, nnd bound over to the superior court under 31.000 bonds for rioting: W. P. Carter, claims ho worked for L. W. Rogers. Officer Hudgins arrest ed him Saturday night on Mitchell street, taking a Winchester rifle from him. The officer was considerably bruised up by the crowd whllo trying to take Carter to tho patrol box. R. L. Hurst, tbs young son of a former policeman, was given the same sentence. M. J. Ware, a young dentist, waa also given thirty days, and 3L000 bond. Two young men named Polk and Green received a llko sentence. Many. Concealed Weapon*. J. H. Hinton, 15. FI. Callaway and W. Webb, young white men of good appearance, were arrested by Officer Rowan. The officer produced a large bundle of knucks. knives, pistols, ra zors, etc., which he claimed ho found concealed on their persons. They were each bound over under 3100 bonds for carrying concealed weapons. J. I,. Cook, who was with them, had a gun. but It was not concealed, and he wus released. Cleveland Roper, Charles Cowan and Frank Henderson, young boys, hardly out of knee pants, wers lined 325 nnd costa each, for prowling around on the streets Bundsy night armed with sticks and stones. gOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOtKlOa * SITUATION IN HAND, o BELIEVES GOVERNOR. O Governor Terrell believes that O the gravest troublfr here Is ende.i, a and that whatever comes now o will be sporadic, and with prompt O action on the part of the officials o and national guard nil attempts at O rioting will be quickly suppressed. O It Is his opinion also that* the O situation Is now well In hand, nnd 0 that with coolness and clear-head- o ed action on the.psrt of the best O people, no further outbreaks mu 0 occur. o Practically all reasons for mar- O tlal law have been removed, and O the governor has no Intention of o declaring It unle-s there should O l>e repetitions of Saturday night's O disorder. He was busy Monday O morning conferring with officers o of the state guard amt prominent O citizens of Atlanta. o QOOOOQQOOOOOOOOOOQ00COOOOO