Show I WHITES AND BLACKS ARE KILLED IN FIERCE RAGE RACE RIOT AT ATLANTA Georgia Capital Swept by Bitter Strife Following Attempted I Assaults by Negro Brutes Saturday Night Sub Night Suburb Sub Sub- i urb Fighting Is Worst I ONE THOUSAND MILITIAMEN CAMPED IN GITY rl Police and State Troops Assert That They Have Situation in Hand Despite Many Riot Calls May Calls May Pro Proclaim laim M Martial ar t la I L Law aWl I. I r 3 Atlanta Cia Ga Sept 2 Fully Fully a score ore oi of people both white nn and black are arc reported killed and more than fifty wounded Bounded In Jn the bitter race riot which broke broke- out here Saturday nl night ht and h Is still raging fierce fiercely 1 at midnight to to- to night Most of oC the mob violence Is done In tho the outskirts o of the city and It I Is therefore difficult to segregate segregate segre segre- gate ate news from facts acts In the san sanguinary conflict With Intermittent stages ol or quiet and ad disorder r the riot hel held sway during tho ho da day but with the advent advento o of darkness the negro fien fiends In iii the districts Increased their firIng fir- fir log Ing and frequent clo clashes hes between the blacks and antI the state militia re- re resulted with 10 losses horses ses on both sides The rhe he negroes were vere seemingly seeming preparIng preparing preparing ing themselves for or tho the outbreak a as' as the they had armed armell themselves for the Cra fray and hundreds ha have prepared themselves for a 0 fight to th the last with will the whites Troops Troop Prall to Stop SlOp Riot Klot Despite tact fact that 1000 state stat troops are arc the streets riots riot are In progress s In various outlying dis dis- nets and It is Is' reported that a battle I Is in pro progress ress at a big negro settlement near Atlanta the tho scene o othe or of orthe the the- therace race riot seven soven years ago when five ne negroes rocs were killed It 1 Id is 1 stated state that over shots have been fired re The police pollee tonight are arc carrying maga sine ine rUles rifles Instead of or the regulation sticks 1 Jt I anti and a a. i score cd On OiW Onti negro shot hot at three tin times while standing 1 Iii h front of ot the Marion 11 hotel He ran Int Into the hotel jump Jumped tI through a a. dining room window Indo to an aile alley and escaped escapee A young oung white girl while riding o oa on ona ona a street car In the suburbs was shot All of or the state tro troops ps are arc bivouacked In Iii the plaza In the heart of or the cit city and are arc being constantly sent out ti tithe to the different sections to quell reported riots Negroes Shoot Into Cars Corso Tho The negroes have begun shooting Into the cats cars again and this has called callec off of tho time street cars since 11 o'clock Mayor Woodward will In the mornIng mornIng morning morn morn- Ing Issue a proclamation closing albars all al bars for fOI the da day and antI probably longer This is taken as a precautionary measure meas meas- ure ore Although the militia claims that 1 It has tho situation under control a clash clasy Is Js momentarily expected between the state troops and rioting negroes Impromptu Impromptu Im Tm- provost guards arc patrolling outside e districts There Is a a. strange quietness over o tho the town tonight which seems to bode evil II il I er Hold HoM hack Buck Extras I A meeting of oC representative citizens of or Atlanta Including the governor mayor maor police commission head of ot city departments newspaper owners ant and andelt elt city council was held at the Piedmont hotel this afternoon at which r resolutions resolutions were passed requesting the newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers not to get out extras telling of conditions and giving further details of oC the killings Re Resolutions were irene also adopted ted callIng call call- Ing log upon the citizens ens of Atlanta to keep off arc the streets after aCter 7 1 o'clock to tonight tonight to- to night and ver very few pedestrians are out Governor Terrell read a martial law proclamation and stated that he would declare martial martini law Monday Ion a morning If It the tho scenes scones of or Satur Saturday a night were repeated The rhe police backed up by the state militia claim to have the situation wollIn well wellIn In hand Every man In town Is carryIng carrying carry carry- Ing a n gun All II of the hardware I stores and pawnshops have been depleted A thousand pistols anti and thousands of rounds of or cartridges were sold on the quiet toda today Citizens Guard Routes Homes Out In the suburbs where the patrol does not extend the citizens are arc formIng forming form form- Ing provost guards and patrolling their sections of or the city Immediately after the meeting this afternoon word was received b by the sheriff that trouble was brewing browing In the northern section o of the count county He pot got ot Into a bl big touting touring car with his deputies and hurried to the scene Up to a n late hour tonight no mm trouble had been beon loca located td There was a noticeable absence of or negroes f n time the streets today Companies Com Corn of militia with a field battery in reserve patrolled the business section section sec see tion ion of the city Besides the tho local militia under command of or Colonel I Anderson on tho the governor called out two I companies from Macon Incon under com com- nand mand of oC Colonel Harris and auth companies from Crom Griffin Rome Marletta Marl Marl- etta Cedartown and Lindale The street car company put Into special service a number of or cars and these loaded with soldiers are arc skirting the suburbs looking for tor any pos possible troll rouble hi e. e Threaten to Burn Hum Town Tonn The negroes In near near Pittsburg the scene of ot the last race var ivar have threatened to burn that sec eec Ion tion of ot the city tonight an and an ami extra guard Is being placed In that section The riot which began last night at atI 9 I o'clock and continued with varying degrees of oC vigor and nn which resulted r In Inthe Inthe the he known death of or ten tell negroes and I I the he Injury o of a more was begun by reason of ot the twelve assaults In tIlls Hils count county during durin the tho past six Ix months four our occurring Saturday evening with with- t i In n six hours Saturday night the negro population I Iwas was downtown In masses maMes A white whiteman whiteman whiteman man was badly cut on Decatur street a white pushed ore off the sidewalk b by a n. negro on Whitehall street a white while whiteman whiteman man was cursed cured by a negro woman on Peters street Each of oC these was a 11 spark which lit lithe the he flame fiame and swept the elt city for Cor six hours until this nt 2 o'clock when tho the militia called out at 1130 j o'clock got the situation under control con con- I Xe Negro ro Brute Unite Escapes E. A negro charged with attempting to as assault Mrs Irs Frank Arnold last night one of or the four atter attempts which precipitated pre- pre tho ho race riot was carried before be- be before 1 fore tore her ier for Identification this after after- noon the brute bruto she said as soon as she saw him A Ap Am soon 0 as his captors started to the jail with him In a carriage the vehicle was struck by a a. street car turned over nn and the negro escaped Into the tho nearby woods A mob coming coining up shot at him but missed only to strike an Innocent negro nearby He was carried car car- J ned ried to Grady hospital where It Is r stated his wounds are fatal s- s I |