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NBGRO RIOTERS.
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Slack Soldiers at Ckkisimail
ja Slue a Train
jNt) DESTROY PROPERTY
Because Negroes are Ejected
From Ladiea’ Car.
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Cbicamaug*, NoT - * ”“ A
ier y ierious riot, which came
T »rr near terminating in blood
shed, occurred laat night afr Ly
tle 6a., between the hours of 6
and 11 o’clock, the rioters being
about 500 negro soldiers of the
jth Vel. Lift. (immune) .which
ja at'present stationed at the
park. The facts are as follows:
When passenger train No. 23
left Ibis city at • o’clock last
artning uver the Belt line and
Chutiauuoga, Lome and South
am roads for Chicamauga, Ga.,
Conductor J. T. Starling discov
ered three negro soldiers, whose
names could not be learned, in
ths ladies’ car. He informed
thsm that they were in the
wrong ear and iadicaten the way
to the “Jim Crow” or second
clttaa coach.
lbs negroes not only refused
to mars, but guffawed and
laughed in the conductor’s face.
At this juncture Brakeman W.
B. Faircloth camo up and the
two (iisistsd upon tho negroes
leaving the c°.r. The negroes
replied that they would aet as
requested if ordered to do so by
Cot. Huggins, who was in the
car at the time, but who did not
interfere in the scene that fol
lowed.
Starling and Faircloth were
not disposed to put up with
much more impudence, their
patience having been exhausted
already, and the result was a
very lively fight, in which the
three negroes were forcibly
ejected from the ladies’ car and
forced into the “Jim Crow”
coach. All this happened before
the ttain had crossed Rossville
avenue.
No further trouble was expe
rienced, but when the train
reached Lytle the three negro
soldiers left it with the threat
ening remark: “We’ll see y' all
later.”
They kept their word. Train
No. 23 proceeded to Chicamau
ga, Ga., aid upon arrival at
that point Conductor Starling
found a telegram awaiting him
from J. C. Odell, trait dispatch
er at Lytle, stating that the
three negroes had returned to
the station with about 500 of
their comrades, all well armed,
•ho proposed to lynch Mr. gtar
liug on the return of train 23
froftj Chicamauga. The telegram
•Iso advised Conductor Starling
to hide on his return.
1 rain No. 2< goes no farther
than Chieamauga, but returns
to the city from there. Ou leav-
Chicamangs Conductor
Starliag secreted himself, and
w s»n the train stopped el Lytle
it was bombarded by a perfect
•hewer ofatenes (rocks,) thrown
by a howling, pursing mob of
D ’grc soldiers.
he soldiers did not attempt
to search the train for Starling,
but stood on the depot platform
daring him outside. They eaught
•'gbt of Brakeman Faircloth,
*hb returned to the city with
bis face and head badly cut and
bruised.
He was also injured on the
chest and shoulder . Two thirds
•f the glass windows of the
coaches were breken, and when
‘he train reached here al 7 :15
0 clock it looked as though it
OFF CUBA COAST
Rilnior That ‘Ths Traujort
Panama Nut Dawn
320 ABOARD
Moat es Them Were •vidlere
Congressman Dalzell
Naw York, Nov. B.—Advices
from Santiago say a rumor iseur*
rant there that the United States
transport Panama, which left
Santiago for Now York last Tuoe»
day with 329 passengers, has boon
lest off Cape Maysi, Cuba.
The news is said to havo been
brought to Santiago by a fiishlag
•choonor which, cruising along
coast sighted wreckage among
which was a lifo preserver, mask*
ed “Panama.”
Moot of tho Panama’s passen
gers weie soldiers. Among tho
civilians wore Congressman John
Dalzell of PonsylVanuia, and ex-
Congressman Georgs H. Huff, of
Greeusbnrg, Pa.
had been struok by a eyelene.
The mob ot negro soldiers
continued to hang about the
depot at Lytle until 11 o’clock
last night before dispersing.
Train No. 23 does not make any
more tripe after 8 o’clock, but
every train that passed Lytle
station up to 11 o’clock last
night was roundly bombarded
with rocks.
Freight train Ne. 9 on the
Chattanooga, Rome A Southern
road, southbound, was stoned
by this mob, and several brake
men injured.
▲lso passenger train No. 1 on
tho same line, which arrives in
this city at 8 o’clock p. m., was
stoned, and over half of the glass
windows broken. Fortunately,
the passengers escaped with a
few slight injuries.
Dispatcher Odell stated that
the mob was encouraged by a
number of negro lieutenants,
sergeants and corporals and that
the white officers of the regi
ment were unable to control
their men.
Dispatcher Odell reported the
mob dispersed and the trouble
over at 11 o’clock last night.
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she Bear.
EfCLISH WARSHIPS
Sail Under Sealed Orders. Rus
einn Fleet nt Port Arthur.
Wei-Hai-Wei, Nov. 3.—A1l
the British warships here, tbe
1 first-class battleship Centurion,
the first class cruiser Narcissus,
the second class cruiser Her
mione, the torpedo boat destroy
er Writing, the torpedo beat ds
, stroyer Fame, the torpedo boat
, destroyer Handy and the first
I class gunboat Peacock have
. cleared for aeiion, and are ready
for sea at an hour’s notice.
The fir a tel ass battleship Vic-
> torious and the flrstclass cruiser
Undaunted, at Cha Fee, are
coaling to their full capacity.
The greatest secrecy is main-
> iained at the meanieg of these
warlike preparations, but there
) is no doubt important instruc
! tions aro expected at any mo
; ment.
▲ large Russian fleet is as
r •enabled al Port Arthur.
i
( Buglaxd Watcuinc Rus»ia.
I London, Nov. B.—Tbe dis
l patch from Wei-Hai-Wei an
nouncing the war preparations
* es the British naval authorities
i there is regarded here as being
of grave importance coupled
■ with the Anglo French war
preparations.
i It is surmised that Russia,
i profiting by the present strained
i relations by Great Britain and
i France, has decided to push
, forward her aims in the far ess*
i by forcibly seizing the valuable
treaty ports of New Chwang,
l which Great Britain cannot per-
> mil, it is said.
I The Washington Post says
- the late Charles Frederic Crisp,
of Georgia, entertained the
house of representatives on one
» occasion by puncturing the
> wind reserve es Hon . Bourks
Cochran.
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