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Show TWO KILLED I BY MILITIA I Guardsmen in Strike H City Fire Upon Pass- H ersby Quiet Reigns. Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 28. Martial law H ruled In Augusta today as a result of H last night's disorders, In which two IH men were willed and one wounded hy IH stato militiamen guarding property H of the local street railway companv, H whoso carmen are on strike Four H companies or guardsmen are on dutv. IH The fifth company arrived todav and H wns placed on guard around the" rail- H way power plant. It was in this ter- H rltory that a "dead line" was eBtab- H IlBbed by militia last night and In H which the shooting of three persons H occurred. fM Tho dispatch of additional guards- H men was ordered last night by Gov- IH ornor Brown afler ho wa4? notified H that the situation here was critical. H He issued a proclamation declaring H the city to be In a state of insurrec- H tion and ordering martial law. H Alfred Dorn and Robert Christie, IH who were kflled, and Ben F. Baker, H who wan woundod, were Augusta bus.' H Isnoss men Christie was driving an H automobile and tho other two wer H in a. carriage when they crossed the dead line near tho power house. Not until the early hours today was H quiet restored. H The Immediate cause of the strike H was- objection to certain rule of the H company. Strike leaders say the com- IH pany geeks to destroy the "union. IH |