Troops Sent to Duluth by the Governor.

Troops Sent to Duluth by The Governor

Acts in Response to Telegraphic Request by Sheriff Magie

Two Companies Arrive at 8A.M. From Fort Snelling Camp

Accompanied by Adjt.-Gen. Rhinow and Other Officers

Answering a telegraphed call for assistance, made on the governor by county, two companies of state troops arrived at 8 o’clock this morning from Fort Snelling, where the National Guard is in camp. Since quiet reigns, now that the fury of the mob is spent, it is likely that the troops will be sent back to Snelling some time today. They are accompanied by Adjt. Gen. W. F. Rhinow, who is consulting with city and county authorities as to what is advisable to do. They left St. Paul at 1:30 this morning, the regular train from there being held to take the soldiers. The two companies are H. of Faribault, commanded by Senior Capt. W. P. Townsend, and comprising fifty-five men, and Company I of Long Prairie, in command of Capt. W. A. Miller, and consisting of seventy-five men. Both companies are of the Sixth Minnesota infantry.

Hurry Call Sent.

When it became apparent last night that the police and what deputy sheriffs who could be summoned in time, were unable to cope with the situation and control the mob that stormed the city jail to get the Negroes said to be implicated in the assault of a young West Duluth girl on the circus grounds the night before, Sheriff Magie sent a hurry call to the governor asking that troops be dispatched at once, as the situation here was very grave. The sheriff urged upon the governor that the need was so apparent and pressing that no delay should be countenanced in getting the troops here.
It looked then as though the mob, infuriated to a degree never before seen in this part of the country had

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lost all control of itself and that the limit of damage and loss of life might be far greater than the immediate object of the rabble embraced. The sheriff realized that with the rage of rioters at the point reached anything might happen and lawlessness of all kinds might break forth similar to the condition that existed in Boston when the police strike took place.

Response Immediate.

The response of the governor was immediate. He ordered Adjt.-Gen Rhinow, who was with the state troops at Fort Snelling, to take two companies and entrain at once for Duluth. The regular Northern Pacific train, which leaves St. Paul shortly before midnight, was ordered held and the two companies selected from the encampment were equipped and put on the train at the earliest possible hour.
That the lust of the mob was satisfied when the Negro victims were dead and the rioters then disappeared, the mob dispersing as if by magic, is regarded as one of the amazing things of the night’s happening. Instead of a continuation of rioting and further lawlessness of various sorts, when the lynching – the object of the rioters – was accomplished the members of the mob dropped their bloodthirsty attitude and melted away so quickly as to make it a appear to people who arrived late upon the scene as almost impossible that such tragedy had happened.
This relapse into the everyday humdrum of life apparently has made the continued presence of the state troops unnecessary, and unless there are further indication of trouble, they will probably return to Snelling some time today.