New-York tribune., 1901-12-26

A race riot broke out in Harlem yesterday
afternoon, which in a few minutes became
battle between negroes intrenChed in tenement
houses and white men in the street The negroes
were armed with revolvers razors and other
weapons and the whites with stones and clubs.
There hundred fighters on each side. The
negroes first victors. but the police
drove them back into their tenements after
they had charged the whites with pistols and
razors. Fourteen negroes were arrested. Four
whites. including a policeman. were badly shot
or cut Many others are believed to have been
hurt. Those reported as injured were:
CONNOLLY. policeman of West One-h hundred and
eye.
GERATY Thomas la0orer. No. $50 Broadway. slashed
the right side Of the head with razor
MHALE John. No 1.424 Amsterdam-ave two razor
the
OMEAFA. Michael. laborer thirty-two-years old. No.
1882 Broadway, shot in the hip
The policeman was taken home and the others
were removed to the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
WHITE BOYS CAUSED THE TROUBLE.
The rioting was started when some white boys
stoned colored girls. Margaret Glenn, thir
teen years old, of No. 613 West One-hundred-
and-thirtieth-st.. and Hattie Martin, fifteen. Of
No. 81 West ne-hundred-and-t -thirtieth-st.
They were going 10 their homes. and when pass
ing Broadway a number OF boys spoke to them.
The girls retorted with remarks that nettIed the
boys. and they followed the girls throwing
stones at them. The girls ran. and the boys
kept throwing stones at them till they reached
their homes The girls told their friends and
dozen negroes ran out of the houses, ard. seiz-
ing the white boys, boxed their ears ard struck
several of them in the faces. The lads ran to
Observation-Disclosures and Broadway.
and told some white there.
About forty white men ran toward the ne
groes. picking I'D stones as they went They
stoned the colored men, driving them back tow
ard the tenement houses and cursng them.
Many of the black hit and bruised but
was seriously injured in this first attack.
There four tenement houses at the scene
of the trouble filled with negroes They are
Nos 900 81. 613 and 615 West One hundred
and-thirtieth-st. The white men drove the ne
groes into these houses. The boys kept on tell
ing white men hanging round corners of the ne
groes beating them, and about forty or fifty more
white men Joined the first band, and were in
time to help drive the last of the coIored man
into the houses.
There was great confusion by this time. All
the male negroes in the houses seized weapons.
They appeared the windows armed with re-
voIvers, sticks, bricks. stones and any other
weapons they could find. The white men bonn
barded them with stones and other missiles.
They smashed windows by the Dozen broke
doors and woodwork. and in many instances
threw stones accurately enough to land them in
rooms, where furniture damaged
The negroes fired voIey at their antagonists.
Four men dropped to the pavement. bleeding
Two got up again once. and the whites re-
sponded with rocks and pieces of wood. Several
black were noticed to retire from the win
dows. but they Immediately replaced.
THE DIN OF THE CONFLICT
There was terrific yelling. cursing and shrek
ing The negro women were hiding in their
homes. screaming. and the noises of the Shots
the rocks and other missiles landing against
windows and doors and in rooms helped to make
a fearful din. The negroes kept on firing at
random. More whites fell wounded than were
taken to the hospital, but friends got them out
of the way.
The whites were astounded by the shooting.
They saw men in their company fall. and in
dismay started to run The apparent routing
of the whites made the negroes bold They
seemed to determine to make the rout complete.
To fight at close quarters. they drew razors
and dashed downstairs Out in the street they
slashed right and left. They cursed and acted
like maniacs- Those who had no razors used
clubs and brOOmhdndles. and beat their n
tagOnists with all their strength.
The whites were game and, turning, met the
charge They yelled Down with the CoonsI'
and stood their ground for a few minutes. The
razors were much for them. however. and
they gave in in In other instances,
however. the white men got the better of il.
They rained blows with clubs the negroes
and distributed hundreds of bruises among the
colored men.
The battle was watched from both ends of the
block by hundreds of people Several women
tainted as they saw white men go down from
razor slaShes.
POLICE RESERVES CHARGE.
Patrick Donnelly, watchman In the worsted
works opposite the negro tenement houses. saw
the fight and at its beginning telephoned to Po- |
lice Headquarters which communicated with |
the West One-hundred- and tyventy-ffth- sta
ton. The reserves went the to the scene |
of the rioting.
The policemen. with drawn clubs. started for |
the negroes. The whites dispersed quickly |
as possible. The blacks sought shelter in their |
homes. The policemen followed and beat them /
on the heads and bodies with their clubs. The /
negroes afterward said that the police followed |
them into their Railways and dubbed them
The street cleared in two minutes from
the time of the arrival of the reserves Then
four were found lying in the street Con-
Frank Jones Portsmouth On. HI Ale and Noursh-
ing Stout at all stores. Acker. Merrall & Condit-
q, Harri AReuts-Adyr