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Show ATTEMPT TO BUS TRAINS BRINGS ON RACE TROUBLE Negro Fireman Was the Cause of the Trouble, and He Was Spirited Away From Scene to Prevent Pre-vent Lynching. Atlanta, Ga. The first violence to railroad property In the Georgia railroad rail-road firemen's strike occurred Friday night. A moving freight train at Lith onl'a, Ga.. was attacked. In consequence conse-quence the race issue loomed up more sharply than before. A negro fireman was apparently the cause ol the trouble, and he was rushed to At lanta on an engine to save him from a mob. The train was stoned and then boarded by men who set the brakes and broke It into three sections. sec-tions. The engine left for Lilhonia to brins a trainload of perishable provisions Into Atlanta. Assurances had been given that In the interest of local shippers whose valuable cargoes were tied up, no demonstration would be made against hauling these cars to Atlanta. When, however, the engine reached Lithonia its negro fireman was seen. About 200 people gathered at the station and just as the train was getting under way the mob which had gathered began a bombardment with stones, and soon secured control of the train. The race issue has developed in what constitutes its two strongest holds on the southern people. The first was the unanimity shown by an entire community in resenting the using of negroes in a capacity to which they objected. The other sentiment sen-timent was the determination of employers em-ployers to stand loyally by negroes who have rendered them a long and faithful service. |