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ATLANTA ropr.istion J30.000 Home* 26,000 Telephones 15,000 Miiln linn of railroads Baron Slllfs of alraat rallirajs uo Bonking rapltal tg.000.008 The Atlanta Georgian. Milts of Ploctrle rnitw VOL. 1. NO. 130. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 26, 1906. Morning Edition. TWO CENTS. MILITARY AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES ARREST, DISARM AND DISPERSE SEVERAL HUNDRED NEGROES IN RIOTOUS SUBURBAN SETTLEMENTS, RESTORING PEACE, ORDER AND CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT ATLANTA NEGRO TOWN IS CLEARED BY THE STATE TROOPS AFTER TROUBLE OF NIGHT Militia Arrest and Dis arm, Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven. BROWNSVILLE NOW IN ENTIRE QUIET Serious Trouble Averted by Troops After Killing of Heard. L. J. Price, poatmaater and proprie tor of the atore at the Junction of the Jonesboro and McDonough roada, waa arrested Tueaday morning on the charge of furnishing negroes with wea pona and ammunition. The atore waa cloaed by the atate militia after search lng the atock In trade. Powder wai found concealed In oil cans and other placea. At daybreak Tueaday morning, negroea were arreated In South At lanta by companies A, B and C of the Fifth regiment of Georgia and the Gov ernor's Horse Guard, troop I.. Two cars, containing 75 of the negroes, were aent Into the city and were placed In the Tower, where they will await trial. The remaining negroea were allowed to go back to their homes after being searched. The negroes sent Into the eltf were those on whom wero found oKealed weapons, those who showed signs of skirmish and witnesses. As soon as word reached the city that there was a riot of aerloua nature In Brownsville Monday evening the militiamen were ordered to the scene. Company B, under command of Cap tain E. B. Dlshman, waa the first to ar rive at the Juncture of the Joneaboro and the McDonough roads. The com pany then marched up the Jonesboro road toward Lakewood Heights. Every, thing was quiet. There was not a ne gro In sight until the company had marched a half mile up the road. The negro houses at this point are closely built together, and It. was here that the fight between the county of ficers and negro rioters occurred one hour before. Although the cabins and cottages were as dark as the road up which the soldiers had- marched, the muffled movements of the occupants could be heard. The exact locality of the skir mish was ascertained and a squad of the men made their way between the dwellings to the spot where the body of J. L. Heard was still lying. Silanes Prevailed. To reach the body it was necessary to go down an alley, which would not permit more than two men to walk abreast. The silence of the negroes up until this time and the fact that every light In the houaes was out gave rise to the belief that another ambuscade was awaiting those who attempted to take the body. Out of the fifty odd men In the com pany there was not a one who was not anxious to take the risk. A squad was derided upon, and led by the captain and Itrst lieutenant. The body was captured without In cident. Shortly after the arrival of company B. company F appeared on the scene. It was then that sentinels were placed around Clark University. Brownsville, the settlement at the Jonesboro ai\d McDonough crossroads, and other sub urbs In South Atlanta. Mors Troops Arrivs. Company A later was sent to South Atlnnta and relieved company B. Com pany B was then sent to headquarters, "here more ammunition waa secured anil the company returned Immediately. Throughout the night there was no other disturbance after the arrival of the soldiers. The Governor’s Horse board patrolled the suburbs while the other companies did sentinel duty. At dawn the work of arresting the negroes and searching the houses was commenced. The companies already on the grounds were strengthened by company •M and the Marietta company. Houses Searched. The companies were divided Into ’Quads and sent out under the officers. The work of going through the houses "as done with the dispatch and care- BATTLESHIPS Secretary Feels That Cuban Situation Is Dangerous. 1,500 NAVY MEN ARE TO BE SENT WORST IS NOW PASSED, AUTHORITIES AGREE; VIGIL TO BE UNRELAXED As darkness fell over the city Tuesdayjlt can be stated, without any attempt to minimize, that everything indicates the presence of the most peaceful condition Atlanta has known since Saturday nighty The center of the city is more serene and quiet than normally; the suburbs are under the strictest guard, and the effective manner in which the police and militia handled the Brownsville district has put a quietus on any possibility of negro uprising. This patrol of the militia and police will be continued with even moro vigilance Tuesday night, and from the military headquarters at the Elkin-Watson Drug Company a guard of troops can be projected to any point in the city or immediate suburbs in less than 30 minutes. Automobiles are kept in readiness. Should there be any developments of menacing nature the city can be put under control of thp United States Regulars from Fort McPherson in a few hours’ time. Governor Terrell, Col. Clifford L. Anderson, in charge of the militia; Sheriff Nelms, and Mayor Woodward express confidence that the worst is over. . Yet there is no .over-confidence. Tho authorities are prepared. Orders Reach Washington From Oyster Bay For Quick Action. Continutd on Pago Two. Washington, Sept. 25.—Secretary of War Taft haa requested that addition al war vessels with as many addition al marines as possible be sent to Cu ban waters without delay. A telegram was received by the navy department today from the president at Oyster Bay, In which the department was or dered to send to Cuba as soon os possi ble all the marines aboard the battle ships of the North Atlantic fleet, a to tal of 450 men. Six hundred more ma rines, which will be taken from the naval stations on the Atlantic coast, will follow within a few days' time. It Is evident that Secretary Taft con sldera the situation In Cuba rather worse than better. While no definite details of the contents of his dispatch to Oyster Bay could be obtained at either the state or the navy depart ments today. It was learned that Its general tone was decidedly pesslmls tic. It was announced at the navy de partment this afternoon that the bat tleship Texas, In addition to the cruis ers Brooklyn and Prairie, has been selected for duty In Cuban waters. The Texas is now at Norfolk. It Is proba ble that the cruiser Columbia will also be sent after her return from Panama with Secretary Root. It Is snld that the president takes the view that there Is necessity, or will be, for more American ships In Cuban waters. • It Is believed that orders will he also received to rush preparations for the sending of an army of occupation to Cuba. There was great activity at the department this morning, but offlclals there, like those at the stale and navy departments, displayed extreme reti cence with regard to th Cuban matter. That orders of a definite character were received from OyBtev Bay, how ever, there Is no doubt. Havana, Sept. 25.—Secretary Taft Is greatly discouraged over the outlook for reaching a settlement of the Cuban trouble owing to the reported refusal of President Palma to agree to the terms which Mr. Taft arranged yester day with the liberals. FAMOUS DIPLOMAT GIVES VIEWS ON INTERVENTION Washington, Sept. 25.—A suggestive glance down the vista of Immense con sequences that could be expected to ensue upon the Intervention of the United States In Cuba was afforded by John A. Kasson, dean of American diplomacy. In a lltle Interview. Among the probable consequences which Mr. Kasson suggests are the opening of n new and pressing phase of the tariff question; a struggle be tween the president and the senate over the terms on which Cuba shall at last be made a part of the American union and the forcing of a moat mo- mentus determination as to the pol icy of this nation toward Its colonial possession. SENTINELS WILL BE POSTED IN SUBURBS BEFORE NIGHT ' '. .L. .... i Colonel Clifford L. Anderson. In command jstated to The Georgian Tuesday aftemon: "We will have the situation better In hand tfollght than Monday night. The militia will be posted In the suburbs before dark. First, the woods will be secured by extended order tactics. Then tho men will be placed. ".Monday the sentinels, were not placed until {ffter the trouble had started and after It was too late to get up loiterers In the woods and out-of-the-way places^* As to the present situation, ha skid: "The excitement Is quieting down to some'f ^tent. We do not apprehend a great deal of trouble tonight." Throughout the morning and early afternoon, militia headquarters were over-run with cltlsens seeking per mission to buy revolvers and ammunition. Tho requests were refused. There will be no more orders for either ammunition or weapons given out by the militia. LATE NEWS OF THE SITUATION TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS In a telk made to citlzsns gsthsrsd in front of tho court house Tuesday morning, Mayor Woodward said: "Thar* ars twslvs companiss of mill tary on duty In Atlanta now. “If it baeomea necessary, ws can gat tha Seventeenth regiment of United States troops from Fort McPherson. If wo need them, wo will call for thorn and will gat them. They will os hare in an hour after they are called." No more trouble la expected at South Atlanta. Before the negroes were lent Into the city Tueaday morning a plea waa made to Captain Wilson, of the Governor’s Horse Guard to keep troops in the negro settlements Tueaday night. Captain Wilson replied that they would be protected If they caused no more trouble. “Men came out here to protect you,” said Captain Wilson, "and you shot them down. They certainly did not kill themselves. There are good negroea among you, and you should point out the bad ones. There would then be no more trouble." Nearly 400 prisoners are confined In the city stockade, this being the great est number ever before held there at one time. This record-breaking number of prls- oners Is due to the rioting In the city. A total of 71 prisoners were trans ferred Monday from the police station to tho stockade. The prison waa guarded throughout Monday night by a number of armed men. There waa no trouble of any kind, although considerable shooting was heard In the vicinity. An unknown negro was shot and killed Tuesday morning about 100 yards from the Intersection of South Pryor and Ridge avenue. No details concerning the killing hare been learned. Much excitement la reported In that vicinity. Another unknown negro waa shot and badly wounded by a crowd of white men In Haygood avenue, near Capitol SOS BALLOTS TAKEN WITHOUT A CHOICE Kppolnl to The G corgi* n. Waynesboro, Os, Sept. 25.—This morning’s session of the convention has been characterised by much oratory caused by the Brennen delegation ex plaining their position In regard to "dark horse” suggestion. Mojor W. A. Wilkins, of Waynesboro, was called on to suggest a way of breaking the deadlock and suggested speak before the convention and It was voted down by the usual vote of 18 to 18. After 506 ballots there Is no choice. DOZENS OF RIFLES SHIPPED TO ATLANTA Special to Tho Georgian. Columbus, Oa., Sapt. 25.—Three doz en rifle* were ahlpped to p&rtlen In AJ- lanta today by a Columbu* hardware company. avonue, at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning. Both of his legs are said to have been literally shot off. Fifty-one of the negroes arrested In South Atlanta Tuesday morning by the militia were brought Into the»clty and locked In the Tower, one of the negroes being accused of tiling the shot that killed County Policeman James Heard. Owing to the confusion, the name of the prisoner has not been learned. He Is wounded In the leg and Is supposed to have been shot during the battle be tween the county police and negroes, What promised to become a serious disturbance In East Point Monday night was averted by the timely ap pearance of a squad of troopers. The rumor to the effect that 150 ne groes were marching on East Point was telephoned Into the headquarters of the militia and a squad from Troop L was sent to the scene. Peace was restored and throughout the night there was no more disturbance. At the Hemphill station of the water works four troopers were stationed throughout the night. There was no movement made either by whites or blacks which bordered on a riot. With the departure of the negro men a general exodus of the negro women and children In Brownsville and that section began. With such goods as they could pack and carry away by hand they came to the city In a steady stream. Many will leave the city. The rumor which went the rounds thin morning that a mob of negroes had formed near the corner of Gordon and Iloldemess streets and was Inaugurat ing a reign of terror, proved to be groundless. Two score men or more who had heard the rumor made a dash for that section of the city, only to find every thing peaceful. FIRST SHOT ACCIDENTAL CHILD MURDERER SA YS Special to Th. Georgian. Marietta, Ga„ Sept. 25.—John O. Bullard, who waa placed In Jail here yesterday for the murder of his 18- year-old dnuithter. Ruby, at his home near Powder Springs, was seen In hts cell and asked about the crime. He refused to make any statement further than to admit Having quarreled with his daughter at the breakfast table and afterward fired sis shots Into her body. He says that the first shot was accidental and the other five were fired under the excitement of the moment. He appeared to be calm and Indlffr- ent and showed no signs of grief over I). About three or four years ago Bul- lard was Indicted by the grand Jury of this county, charging him with at tacking his daughter, who was then nothing more than a child. Bullard claimed that he was being persecuted by personal enemies. OFFICER JAMES HEARD IS SHOT TO DEATH BY NEGROES FROM AMBUSH V. H HEIRST ON I ST VOTE That’s What His Dem ocratic Friends De- ' clare. BUFFALO MEETING OPENS AT NOON Convention Adjourns Till 11 O’Clock on Wednesday Morning. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 15.—Friends of W. R, Hearts declare he will be nomi nated for governor by the Democratic state convention, which met here this afternoon, on tho first ballot. After or ganislng, the convention adjourned till 11 o’clock Wednesday morning. When the convention was called to order the stage was crowded and thousands of spectators clamored for admission. Outside the hall Virginia street waa blocked with men and wo. men. A band helped keep the great mass In a good humor. It was 12:40 p. m. when Cord Meyer walked on the stage. It was 12:50 when the conven tion was called to order and Lewis Nixon was named as temporary chair man. Senator McCarren and George Raines conducted Mr. Nixon to the chair. Chairman Nixon spoke of the graft In the Brie rana,l enlargement made possible by Republican legislation on contracts let. "Parties do not make causes,” said he. "but causes make parties. When the party concludes this convention let It have under It a platform that will be nothing but Democratic In prfncl pies. Let every feeling be for Demo cracy and the success of Demorcarcy. 1 Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 25.—The situa tion today prior to the opening of the Democratic convention at noon was summed up as follows: The demand for the nomination of William R. Ilcarst .for governor Is stronger than ever. Bourke Cockran Is to speak In favor the nomination of Mr. Hearst. Thomas F. Grady also Is to speak for Mr. Hearst. William Travers Jerome Is to appear oil the floor aa n proxy and nominate Mayor Adams, of Buffalo. The Jerome boom,Is absolutely dead. Congressman Sulser still has hopes of Tim Sullivan’s support. McClellan has lost Sullivan’s support.' Lewis Nixon, Murphy’s own selection for tem porary chairman, Is favorable to Hearst. the Murphy contesting delega tions are likely to be seated. Joseph Casstday, of Queens, Is to carry his fight to seat his twelve dele gates to the committee on credentials. Patrick McCabe, of Albany. Is to de liver his nine delegates to Murphy In support of Hearst. Forty thousand persons are clamor ing for admission to the convention hall hlch holds only 4,000. Delegates are parading the streets headed by brass bands. With the Rulllvan faction bolting from McClellan, and McCarren now re garded as In the doubtful column, Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy started for convention hall confident of victory'. He declared that 105 dele gates from New York county would vote for Hearst. The wise ones from Tammany hall declare that the convention will last until Wednesday night and that no nomination will be made until then. County Policemen Attacked from the Roadside. FIVE WOUNDED IN THE FIERCE BATTLE Officers Had Arrested Ne groes Holding Incendiary, Meeting. Lieutenant Poole found two negroes, Thomas Wilhite and Georgo Wyatt, in the woods near Brownsville Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock and sent them to the Tower. He statea positively that the two ne groes were In the gang that killed Of ficer Heard Monday night, and that he easily recogntxed them; the two were hid In a cabin, but offered no re sistance when placed under arrest. A charge of murder has been lodged against them. Swift death leaped out of tho dark ness on the Jonesboro road Monday night at 8 o'clock for bravo County Officer Jim Heard. It came with such deadly and un expected suddenness that he perhaps never knew what struck him, with with the deadly volley, fired by negroes from ambush at short range, ha reeled and slipped quietly from his saddle to the road. In the same death dealing volley from the negroea, bullets struck Of ficers Duran, Odom and Eubanks and Cltlsen Ernest Smith. A heavy charge of buckshot entered Eubanks' hip, nn<l he was carried to Grady hospital. The others received only slight wounds and continued on duty. Shortly before 8 o'clock Monday night seven county officers and three cltl sens, sworn In for service, started down the Jonesboro road under com mand of Lieutenant Poole. Disquieting rumor# were astir of negroes organiz ing In the vicinity of Brownsville. Found Nsgrots Meeting. The party of officers rode toward the vicinity to look Into the matter. At Jonesboro crossing they ran Into an open air meeting of negroea, where In flammatory apeeches were being mode. Some of the negroes were armed, und six of them were placed under arrest. Riding on a short distance further a crowd of some twenty-five negroes were found standing In the road, nnd as the officers approached they turned Into a side road, where many negro houses were clustered. Eye Witness Tslls of Fight. Events from then on are told graphi cally by J. E. Hicks. 116 Jones road, who was sworn In os a deputy Monday afternoon and was of the party: "We heard the negroes were gather ing to raid us. There wero ten In our party, under Lieutenant Poole. As we came near the negro settlements we found a party of about 26 negroes In the road. It was very dark, but the gleam of weapons could bo seen. As we neared them they turned Into a side street, and we followed. This was In the midst of negro houses, which were surrounded on all sides by negroes. ’’Then the crowd of negroes stood sullenly In the road as we advance,l within ten feet of them. Lieutenant Poole commanded them to hold up their hands. Instantly the reply eatne with a volley of shots from guns anil pistols, which tore up the ground under our feet. Jim Heard, without a sound, slipped from his horse Into the road. 8tveral Negroes Killed. "We responded with a volley, which, am sure, killed several negroes, for we shot to kill. The next moment the whole woods about blaxed with shots, \Whlle puffs of llame came from every cabin. "Under the murderous fire and real ising that we were far outnumbered we retreated down to (the Intersection of the Jonesboro and McDonough roads where there were white residents. Lieu tenant Poole made a gallant effort to recover the body of OHIcer Heard, hut wee driven away by the concentrated fire of the negroea. "We at once telephone,] Sheriff Nelms, Chief of County Police Tur,,., and Colonel Clifford L. Anderson. In about an hour a company of soldiers Continued on Page Two. THE FACTS HAVE ALL BEEN PRINTED— We hear that some believe the papers are not telling all. This is not the case—you know newspapers sometimes print more than the facts, and it is your duty not to make things worse by imagining conditions that do not exist. The Georgian gives its word that the truth will be told, nothing more, nothing less.