Show RIOTING TING 11 IN 1 FLORIDA C governor governor of the stats stab calls calls for federal troops NEGROES AND WHITES AT WAR T trouble ro uble began by attempt on the aart part of whites to lynch ft a negro prisoner and the negroes retail retaliated by killing et a white man ilan colorado man kills ills his brother then makes A De desperate sperato effort to commit suicide clue to the aur deter of scanlon at pocatello key west fla june 25 this i city was virtually in the hands of a negro mob last night bad and a white bite citizen mas aa killed by the mob at 4 L p in deiter day SIl silvanus ianus johnson John tion charged with ill aiR assault sault on a white bite oman sirs ira margaret At atwall ivell wits was conducted to tile the courthouse for a hearing the cobit room was crowded and C B pandle ton a well known citizen rose and asked are there enough white men agent present rg ent to hang the negro nef fro there NN was as a chorus of yes ond and tile the crowd closed in on the prisoner the sheriff and ills his deputies drew their revolvers and held the acrond at bay while johnson wasat once hurried back to jail A MX hig mob gathered in front of the building and one of the cried out to lynch pendleton I 1 and a rush was made tor for him through tile the efforts of 0 himself and friends pendleton made ills his escape in a cartilage the negro mob then about the jail building to prevent pi event the brich ing of johnson and open threats were avre made by them to kill any white man that might come to the jall JAIL about 11 OO locK list last night william gardiner Gardi ncr a white man nas as bitting in front of the courthouse ahen hen fedial Fee ial of tile the nugio mob approached him find and ordered him to move ile he arose to obey and na as soon nuon as aa lils ills back was mas fill tinned tied there rang out the crack of a number of rifles and gardiner Gardi ncr received a mortal wound bound from Nl which itell lie tiled died two hours houra later the whites are inclined to avenge death and another attempt to lynch johnson Is expected to be made tonight A serious conflict between the whites end and the blacks la Is feared the rill itla is in read mesa for tiny any disturbance having been ordered out by the governor and the united states troops are at the orders 0 of the sher iff washington june Z 23 5 the request of the governor for the assistance of the federal troops nas wa discussed at a conference at tile the V alte house to I 1 there were present besides tile the president secretary algar attorney general mckenna and gen brooke of the army secretary alser alger stater slated there had been nothing further received from key west hearing bearing on the situ situation atio I 1 I 1 and that in the ali absence gence tit of further information no action had yet be boon ell taen on the governors request there ther e are now two companies of artillery and on one I 1 or more or of infantry stationed at ill that at point |