The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-05-25
CHICAGO IN TnR0ES
OF A RACE WAR.
Serious Trouble Likely to Grow
Out Of the Transfers
Strike.
FEELING IS VERY BITTER
Following Murder Of Eight-Year-old
Telling is VERY BITTER
Following Murder OF Eight-Year-OId
Boy by Negroes Residents Have
Armed Themselves and Hunt
for the Strikebreakers.

Chicago, May 23.-The strike of the
tea1nsters, instead Of being declared
off, will be spread to greater proper
-uons.|Ilais-W was decided SatnrdaY
night by the members of the {teamsters'
joint council, which was in session un-
til midnight.
The council Seet at s o'clock to hear
the propositions that had been in
progress with the employers through
out h day. They agreed to all the
exception of that which declared that
the drivers of the express companies
should not be taken back. This was
che rock upon which the peace pro-
gram was wrecked, and after several
hours of debate 1t was decided that the
teamsters' union could not leave the
express drivers to make a lone fight,
but nus stand by them. 1t vas de-
cided to call off all the negotiations
and prepare for a further fight.
The sense of the meeting was ex-
pressed in the following resolution,
whech was passed and given u as
defining the position of the Transfers:
w believe that the railroad express
companies are not Justified in their
refusal to reinstate any of their former
employees, and believe that the best in
forests of all would have been served
had they agreed to the same PROPOSE
ton or a somewhat similar to that
which the Employers association sug-
gested.
Under these conditions it is incum-
bent on he members of the Transfers
organization to continue the strike un-
til such time as the express companies
will agree to the same conditions as
those offered by the Employers asso-
ciation."
The methods of the unions will not
differ from those which they have pur-
sued thus far in the strike. They will
continue the boycott against The
houses where the strikes have been
held during the last month, and If any
of their members are discharged for
refusing to make deliveries ali of the
drivers employed by the house will be
called on strike at once.
Chicago, May 23.-Chicago is threat.
ened with a race war of serious proper
tions. Embittered by the shooting of
Enoch Carlson, an S-eight-year old boy
last week by two negroes, the residents !
in the vicinity of Twenty-ninth and
Dearpon streets have armed themselves
and clashes between white n black
men have become so frequent since the
Carlson murder that it has been found
necessary TO detail scores of policemen
in the district to preserve peace. Even
this precautiOn has been unsuccessful
in keeping the opposing factions apart.
In a riot which broke out in this dis
trict between the whites and the blacks
James Gray, colored, was killed, Harry
Bernstein was mortally wounded, and
Il building in which Bernstein was be-
ing held captive, suffering from our
bullet wounds, was stoned II par
TALLY wrecked by a mob of 900 per
sons.
Trouble with Negroes.
The trouble started when James K.
Gray accused Bernstein and a white
companion of being troublemakers.
Since the Transfers strike Gray has
been employed by u coal company as
a driver. The merits OF the strike and
the shooting of Young C~arlson9Were up
for discussion. Angry words soon led
to blows, and in the fight that followed
Gray drew a knife and attacked both
men. Bernstein, who is a bartender
in the vicinity, drew d revolver II
fired four shots. Two of the bullets
took effect III Gray's body, and he fell
unconscious to the sidewalk. He died
while being removed to a hospital.
AS Bernstein and his companion We're
leaving the scene of the shooting two
colored men who had been attracted by
the noise seized the bartender and a
scuttle for possession Of the revolver
followed. While the struggle vas in
progress Special Policeman Tinsley, col
Ored, came running UP. Seeing the col
ored policeman approaching Bernstein
swung the revolver toward him, and
according to Tinsley, discharged the
weapon twice. Tinsley drew his own
revolver and fired fou shots, each of
the bullets taking effect in Bernstein's
body.
Desperate Fight Ensucd.
AS Bernstein fell unconscious a crowd
which had been attracted by the first
shot hurried to Tinsley and the
wounded man. With the assistance of
another negro Tinsley picked Bernstein
up and ran into u nearby saloon. Tins
ley stood in the doorway of the saloon
with drawn revolver, but the crowd,
which was composed of negroes, was
crying for vengeance for the killing of
Gray, n Wnsley, seeing tina he, UNI
assisted, would not be able to keep
them back, shut and barred the door.
The crowd, which had now grown to a
mob, rushed at the building and It's
entrances. Finding all the doors locked
and being unsuccessful in their efforts
to force them open, large stones and
other missiles were thrown at the
building and every window and fix
ture in the place was shattered and de-
Inolished.
While the disturbance was going on
three negroes. who had followed Tinsley
into the saloon, dragged Bernstein into
the basement and with clubs in their
hands stood ready to defend him.
In the meantime the police at the
central station a been notified Of
the trouble, and w patrol wagons and
an ambulance filled with policemen
were hurried to III scene, but it was
only after a desperate fight in which
several of the rioters were badly
bruised by the patrolmen's clubs that
the moi was forced back from the sa-
loon, shouting for Bernstein, the slay-
er of Gray. The police told them that
Bernstein had been killed and to make
good the remark the bartender, who
WAS unconscious. was placed on a
stretcher, a cover thrown over his face
and brought to the door of the sa-
loon. This had a quieting effect on the
crowd and they soon disappeared.
After he had been revived in the
hospital Bernstein declared that Gray
had started the trouble and he had
killed the negro in self defense.
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