The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-15
STONES ANDPISTOLS
USED; D;MANY INJURED.
Chirnneys Pulled Down to Sup.
ply Missiles, Which Were
Hurled From Roofs Officers \
Charged Housetopsst Street
Cars at Mercy Of Howl az
ing Crowd. .I
(By Associated Press.)

s~NA
NEW YORK, July 14-"sah Juan HilLr
the district bounded by Amsterdam and Y
West End Avenues and Six xty-first and \
Sixty-third Streets so called because 4
Of It's notoriety as a battle ground, sWaa
the soene here tonight Of a serious race
riot which required two hundred ana Y
fifty policemen to auell, after many shots
had been fired and several persons had
been seriously injured III. stsg II #% Is \
The trouble began shortly after . !.
clock, when a policeman arrested EIDE \
ward Connolly for attacking Henry Will (
aliains, a negro, and was pursued to the 4
station house with his prisoner BY; mob \
Of Connelly's friends. hurling showers Of 4
stones and other missiles. When this
station house reserves turned out, the !
entire neig hborhood was In an fuproarS 4
and whites and blacks engaged In des-
parate struggles In the streets. Torrents \
Of missiles were hurled from roofs and
windows. Within three minutes not less
than d thousand mon, boys and women.
black and white, wero engaged in fu-
.rlous combat. ,6 *
The small party Of police were powers
less and rein forcements were summoned
{ Cn their arrival, a Gordon was drawn
around the whole district and strong
patrols made repeated charges down the 4
streets In vain effort to restore order.
They succeeded in making a few prisoners
and were forced to retreat, fighting every
Inch of the way and pursued Eto the Fsta-
tlom house byin5 5llowling mob. s.i ]: 3ass sf
Fought From Housetops:
Y Tho worst Of the fighting was In Sixty
second Street. whore from every window
any every roof ralned missiles, while huns
tlreds of shots were fired.
Roundsman Patrick Walsh was knocked
down by Joseph B. Smith. a negro, who 4
5leaped upon him from a stoop and after
attempting to shoot him, struck him re-
peatetily with the butt Of his revolver.
Walsh was finally rescued by his cons
frades. "a
More arrests were made and several
whites and negroes, We're rescued
from gangs Of assailants, but desultory
combats continued.
Inspector Mclaughlin and Captain Gall H
lagher. while passing through rescued
Michael Jacoby, n white man. who was \
being beaten by two negroes armed With
stones. The negroes escaped. 81
Cars at Mercy Of Mob.
Tho rioting spread down to Fifty
seventh street and UP to Sixty-eighth =
street. although the hardest battles were
fought between Sixty-first and Sixty
third Street.
q For. moro than half IN hour cars on the
Amsterdam Avenue were blocked. Col-' a
ored men, pursued by whites, took re- 4
fuge on cars as they passed, and We're
followed by showers ofabr:ks and stones
as they fled. Every widow In many cars
was broken, and passengers took shelter Y
in neIghboring houses, Conductors ana
motormcn hid under seats, lenyiHS< their
cars to the mercy OF tho mob.
Several passengers were slightly hurS
by stones and broken glass N
Many Injured.
Commissioner McAdoo arrived NJ Il
o clock and made q our of tne v,,,se
IIe snid the riot could not have taken 4
place had not the rougher, element paets naea,
permltted to carry arms They appelEeuf
Ia have n regular arsenal OF weapons, ga
the police found when they searched tno w
prisoners. 49,, !, \, ri
their In iurics attended to by the ampu-t
lance surgeons but scores OF Others .lessl
seriously hurt were taken to their homes
nv friends. Fivo white and Blk neRroesEl
among them women Of both races; almos9
all Of whom bore traces or coht''c' W.tnl
the policc were arrested. i3ii
4 pIcked body OF thirty policemen. waa
detntled to occupy tho disturbed reglonj
during the night and assist the pollce
of tho precinct