The Saint Paul globe., 1903-08-09
Minneapolis
POLICE GET ORDERS
TO STOP RACE WAR
Prompt Arrests VIII Follow
Further Negro Beating In
Minneapolis.

The police of Minneapolis are under
Instructions to Immediately and forci-
bly, suppress demonstrations against
colored men, of which there have been
several more or less aggravated in
stances during the last few days.
Last night Charles Collins st. Paul
colored man employed as porter in a
saloon at Washington and Hennepin
was assaulted by two unknown white
men and badly bruised. There would
have been a cutting affray but for
the white wife of the assaulted man.
who clung about his neck and was
largely instrumental In preventing his
use of the knife he carried.
On Thursday night a similar case of
assault occurred, when two colored
men were observed eating ice cream
in candy store at Third street and
First avenue. Several white men as
saulted the blacks, and the fight was
stopped by police officer.
The colored men who have married
white women are much excited over
these apparent indications of public
feeling against them, and there have
been several meetings of the class re-
ferred to with the object of deciding
how they shall behave if attacked.
1t develops that more than half of
the colored walters at the West hotel
greater percentage exists among black
walters in nearly all the cafes and
hotels of Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The women who have married black
men declare in the majority of cases
that they are satisfied with their Sc
lections and have no complaints to
make. Most of them appear anxious
lest there should be further exhibitions
of animosity against colored husbands
~ tUiU
matter of their husbands color is one
that concerns the wives rather than the
public
'I have been married to my husband
for eight years." said one white wo-
man last night. 81 am of Swedish pa
rentage. l married my husband be-
cause loved him. He has been always
thoughtful of me, an excellent provider
for his family, kind, good hearted to
an excess, and in every way a good
husband He has never been intoxi-
Gated, he brings me every dollar he
earns, we are building a little home of
our own and if people mind their own
business we shall always be happy to-
gether We have children and I love
them none the less because they are
brown instead of white"
"The colored men in Minnesota are
well behaved and hard working as a
acters among them, but certainly not a
greater proportion than would be found
among the same number of whites. 1t
seems to me an outrage that a few
drunken rowdies who are down town
at night when they ought to be in their
homes, should be allowed to interfere
with other men in every way respecta-
bic and hard working citizens, simply
because they are black"
iatJ of .Sy,tO Ioko4
roy of the Minneapolis police depart
ment is that every person of whatever
color who creates a disturbance on the
street is to be promptly arrested and
locked up. It has come to the atten-
ton of the police that sort of feud
has arisen within the last week or two
between q certain class of whites and
that class of colored people whose en-
ployment keeps them down town all
night. The department is determined
to suppress any tendency toward ne
gro batting in Minneapolis and persons
suspected of such tendencies are being
closely watched.