The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
CHICAGO STREETS
ROAR WITH RIOT
A Wild Scene in the Business Section, Where
TumuItuous Fighting Breaks Out and
Women Fly For Safety.

trampled upon. Miles was removed to
the hospital, where his injuries were
pronounced severe.
One Man is Killed.
AS far as known but one man was
killed during the day, Charles Beard,
struck on the forehead in fight near
the Auditorium Hotel. He died of
fractured skull at a hospital where he
had been taken. A partial list of the
injured foots up thirty-two.
A. S. Utley, floor manager for Mont
gomery Ward & Company, who has
been active in the interests of Ward &
Company since the commencement of
the strike, was attacked by three men
who he thinks had been following him
for several days while passing vacant
lot in Oakwald Avenue. The men
knocked him down and kicked him in
a terrible manner about the head and
face. He knocked one of them down
with q billy and the others ram
Although it was announced last
night that the teams of the express
companies and of the Employers Assoc
citation would be handled by men
armed with rifles today, nothing of the
kind was attempted, save in the case
of fifteen drivers employed by the
Scott Transfer Company. Mayor
Dunno and Chief of Police O'Neill
made every effort to prevent the car
rying of rifles and superintendent
Reid of the leaning Association in
formed them that he had not con-
templated arming his men as stated
The Scott men carried rifles through
out the day and none of them were
moleSted.
Rioting Again Begins.
Rioting near the Auditorium broke.
out this afternoon when coal wagons
for the Edwin f. Daniels Coal Com
pany, driven by two colored men ana
guarded by forty others, were attack
ed by a crowd of 5000 persons. All
along State street the negroes eXper
fenced trouble but they We're able to-
protect themselves with their hickory
clubs Whenever the crowd would at
tempt to rush at the wagons the col
ored men would use their clubs maui
ing the strike sympathizers unmerci-
fully.
The mob finally made an assault
on the negroes and oVerpoWered
them beating them savagely. One
colored man was seen to raise his
stick in the air and break it across
small boys shoulder. The negro
was Immediately jumped on and given
terrific humping. He managed to
draw a revolver and fire five shots,
while his assailants fled. All of the
shots went wild. In response to
scene and rescued the negro as he
was, being kicked, jumped IN and
stoned by another section of the mob.
Another Riot i'm Progress.
simultaneously with the shooting
near the Auditorium another riot
was in progress at Michigan Avenue
and Lake street, mile north on the
same boulevard.
A crowd of 800 negroes imported
from st. Louis were being escorted
from the railway depot to a lodging
house. At Lake street and Michi-
gan Avenue a crowd of 5000 persons
attacked the negroes, many of whom
were armed with stones. pieces of
coal, black-jacks, revolvers and stout
hickory canes. When persons In the
crowd began to throw stones, sticks
and bottles, the negroes charged re-
peatedly making fierce use of the
hickory. A dozen or more shots
were fired and it was reported that
several men had been shot. A run
ming fight between the negroes and
the mob on Michigan Avenue ensued,
the negroes attempting to make their
way to their lodging quarters on the
north side of the Chicago River. The
negroes massed together, kept their
formation and pushed onward until
Rush Street bridge was reached.
Onto the bridge poured the negroes
followed by the mob. Carriages and
pedestrians were caught in the swirl
and menaced by the crowds. Among
the vehicles was an open carriage,
occupied by H. H. Kohlsaat.
Mr.. Kohlsaat was compelled to sit
in his carriage and witness the ne
groes fighting against their aSsailants.
The strike breakers fought on until
the north side was reached. They
were met by the police and taken to
the Northwestern Storage Company's
warehouse, where the weary strike
breakers were finally safely housed.
During the riot on the bridge, Frank
Curry, a white men who was leading
the negroes, was struck on the head
with a brick. Curry was made part
ly unconscious and was carried into
a building nearby, where his wound
was dressed.
Rain of Missiles.
In the heart of the fashionable
shopping district, two trucks driven
by non-union colored teamsters, and
guarded by forty negroes, armed with
stout canes, had stormy time. Tin
cans, pieces of coal, iron, bolts,
Jumps of lime, old shoes and fruit
were thrown at the colored men who
meantime used their clubs freely.
A number of women, who had been
shopping in Marshall Field & Com
pany's store, became mixed in the
crowd. The negroes drove the mob
back and the women fled into Mar
shall Fields and other big retail es-
adjustments in the vicinity. The
fighting at this corner was kept up
for ten minutes when the police dis
persed the crowd.
The TumuIts Continue.
Four men were shot late this after
noon in a riot at Polk street and CAL
ifornia avenue. This trouble was the
result of an attempt by the United
States Express Company to deliver
goods on the far west side without
police protection. The shooting was
done by one of the drivers who had
been attacked by mob. Both drivers
were arrested During the riot tonight
at Halstead and Erie streets, which
lasted for an hour, and in which fully
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