Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1906 — RACE RIOT ENDS AT ATLANTA, GA. [ARTICLE]

RACE RIOT ENDS AT ATLANTA, GA.

Police and Military Authorities Are in Absolute Control of the Situation. Atlanta, Ga., Sept 25.—Frenzied revenge was taken in this city for attacks made on white women, when over a dozen negroes were slain and many more injured by mobs of white men whom the police could not control. For four hours the mob spirit reveled in a saturnalia. On Peachtree street, the aristocratic thoroughfare of the city, the pavements in many places bore pools of blood where negroes were shot, stabbed or beaten. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27.—The race riot situation is in. absolute control pf the authorities and business has resumed normal conditions. The city schools are open and well attended and all manufacturing plants and factories, which have been suspended since Saturday, blew tlieir whistles at 6 oelock in’ the morning and began operations. All saloons are closed and licenses to negro restaurants and low bars have been rescinded by the city council in special session. A citizens’ committee of ten. aidded by the mayor, police and military authorities, are in absolute control. There was no disorder during tlie night and with fourteen com pa nies of state militia, a battery of artillery, a battalion of cavalry, and an increased police force on duty, it is believed the riots are curbed .and peace permanently restored.