The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-15
Furious Battle Between Whites and Blacks.
POLICE FORCE POWERLESS
R0undSman Badly Beaten by
 a Negro.
New York City Gets Decidedly Un. pleasant Taste of Great Problem Women are Among the
 Injured Victims.

New York, July 14.-"San Juan Hill," the district bounded by .Amoeer- dam and West End avenues and e1st and 62rd streets. so-called because of its notoriety as a battle ground. was the scene tonight of a furious race riot which required 250 policemen to queil after many shots had been hred and several persons had been seriously injured.
 The trouble began shortly after o'clock when a policeman arrested Ed- ward Connolly for attacking Henry Williams. a negro. and was pursued to the station house with his prisoner by a mob of Connellys friends. hurl- ing showers of stones and other mis- siles. When the station house reserves turned out the whole neighborhood was in an uproar and blacks and whites engaged in desperate struggles in the streets. Torrents of missiles were hurled from roofs and windows. With in ten minutes not less than thous- and men, boys and women. black and white, were engaged in furious com bat
 The small party of police were pow- erless and endorsements were sum- moned. On their arrival a cordon was drawn around the whole district and strong patrols made repeated charges down the streets in vain effort to ! ,. ing a few prisoners, but were forced to retreat, fighting every inch of the. way and pursued to the station house by d bowling mob.
 Shots and Missiles.
 The worst fighting was in 62nd street, where from every window ana roof rained missiles, while hundreds | of shots were fired.
 Roundsman Patrick Walsh was knocked down by Joseph B. Smith. negro who leaped upon him from q stoop and after attempting to shoot him struck him repeatedly with the butt end of his revolver. Walsh was 1 finally rescued by his comrades. Inspector Mclaughlin arrived short ly before 3 o'clock and reaizins how
 widespread was the danger sent hur- ry calls for reserves from as far north as 125th Strete and as far south as Leonard Street. from the east side and from the west side. In all there were more than 250 men under com mand of the Inspector within twenty minutes
 Squads of men were sent along roofs of the houses in 62nd Street, where the fighting seemed heaviest. They walked from West End Avenue to Amsterdam, clearing the roofs, and found that many chimneys had been torn to pieces to furnish ammunition to the rioters aIpl in the corners of roofs mounds of bricks. pottery and bottles More arrests were made and several whites and negroes were res cused.
 Inspector Mclaughlin and Captain Gallagher, while passing through. res- cued Michael Jacooy, white man, who was being beaten by two negroes. armed with rocks The negroes es- caped.
 Panic on Street Cars.
 The rioting spread down to 57th Street and up to 6sth Street although the hardest battles were fought be- tween 61st and 63rd Streets. For more than half an hour cars on the Am sterdam line were blocked. Negroes pursued by whites took refuge on cars as they passed and were followed by showers of bricks and stones. Every window in many cars was broken ana passengers took shelter in houses Conductors and motormen hid under seats, leaving their cars to the mercy of the mob. Several passengers were slightly hurt by stones and broken glass.
 Commissioner McAdoo arrived at II o'clock and made a tour of the bat. tlefield, the fighting by that time nav ing ceased. He said the riot could not have taken place had not the rougher element been permitted to carry arms They appeared to have regular arse nal of weapons as the police founo when they searched the prisoners
 In all seven whites and two negroes had their injuries attended to by the ambulance surgeons but scores of oth- CTS less seriously hurt were taken to their homes by friends.
 Five whites and six negroes. among them women of both races. almost all of whom bore traces of the conflict with police, were arrested.
 A picked body of thirty policemen was detailed to occupy the disturbed region during the night and assist the police of the precinct.