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The Atlanta Georgian.
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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
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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.
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