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Show Bluejackets and Police In a Riot at Pensacoia PENSACOLA, Fla.. April 16, In a riot here tonight between police and bluejackets from the warehlpa and a few artillerymen from Fort Barrancas,' one enlisted man named Banks of the Seventh artillery was killed, and four bluejackets from the' Iowa and Alabama were wounded, although al-though not seriously. The riot started over the arrest of a bluejacket. Three police officers were at the patrol call box when a petty officer from one of the ships blew a whistle signal In use on the ships lor the men to assemble. Fully 200 men gathered, and, rushed tho policemen, separating them. Two of the policemen, backed away' from the crowd,x firing as fast as possible at the advanc-' Ing bluejackete, who were hurling stones, bottles and other missiles at them." It. was' during this shooting that the artilleryman 'was-killed. Itelnforcernents from thp police station sta-tion arrived at this juncture-and partly dispersed tho bluejackets.- . Owing to many threats of the men from wainhlpa to kill tho police, Admiral Ad-miral Barker ordered marine guards from two of the shipB nshore, and they quelled the riot and1 prevented further tioubte,. |