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Show ATTEMPT TO RUN TRIS IE ON RACE TROUBLE Negro Fireman Was the Cause of the Trouble, and He Was Spirited Away From Scene to Prevent Pre-vent Lynching. Atlanta, Gn. The first violence to railroad property In the Georgia railroad rail-road firemen's strike occurred Friday night. A moving freight train nt Llth-onto, Llth-onto, Ga., was attacked. In consequence conse-quence ' tho race issue loomed tip moro sharply than berore. A negro fireman wns apparently tho cause ol the trouble, and he was rushed to Atlanta At-lanta on an engine to save him from a mob. Tho train was stoned nnd then boarded by men who set the brakes and broke it into three sections. sec-tions. The engine left for Lithonla to bring a tralnload of perishable provisions Into Atlanta. Assurances had been given that in the interest of local shippers whoso valuable cargoes wero tied up, no demonstration would bo made against hauling these enrs to Atlanta. When, however, the englno reached Lithonla Its negro fireman was Been. About 200 people gathered at tho station and Just as tho train was getting under wny tho mob whk'i had gathered began a bomhardmo -t I with stones, and soon secured control of tho train. The race Issue has developed In what constitutes Its two strongest holds on the southern people. The first wan the unanimity shown by nn entire community In resenting the using of negroes In n capacity to which thoy objected. Tho other sentiment sen-timent was the determination of employers em-ployers to stand loyally by negroes who hnvo rendered them ta long and faithful service. |