The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-22
Chicago Street is Scene Of
BIOOdShGd and Death
STRIKE THREATENS TO SPREAD
Employers Think Expressmen Have
Taken the Only Left for
Them-Will Not oy
Old Men.

Chicago. May 2l.-Chicago is threatened
with race war of serious proportions.
Embittered by the shooting of Enoch
Carlson. an s-year-old boy. last week
by two negroes, the residents in the VII
cinity of Twenty-nnth and Dearborn
streets have armed themselves and clashes
between white and colored men have be-
come so frequent since the Carlson MUIR
der that 1t has been found necessary to
detail scores of policemen in the district
to preserve peace. Even this precaution
has been unsuccessful in keeping the OPP
posing factions apart.
In riot which broke out in this dis
trict tonight between the whites and
blacks, James Gray. colored, was killed;
Harry Bernstein was mortally wounded,
and building in which Bernstein was be-
ing held captive. suffering from four
bullet wounds, WAS stoned and partly
wrecked by a mob of 1000 persons The
trouble started when James Gray ac-
cused Bernstein and a white companion
of being trouble-makers. Since the team
sters' strike Gray has been employed by
a coal company as a driver. The merits Of
the strike and the shooting OF young Carl
son were 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 bartender
in the vicinity, drew revolver and fred
four shots Two of the bullets took effect
in Grays body and he fell unconscious
to the sidewalk. He died while being taken
TO the hospital
Colored Policeman Shoots.
As bernstein and his companion were
leaving the scene of the shooting two
| colored men who had been attracted by
| the noise seized the bartender and a
| scuffle for possession of the revolver be-
gan. While the struggle was in progress
| Special Policeman Tinsley, colored came
running mp. Seing the colored policeman
approaching. Bernstein swung the revol-
yer toward him, and according to Tins
| ley, discharge the weapon twice. Tins
ley drew his own revolver and fired four
shots, each of the bullets taking effect in
Bernsteins body.
| As Bernstein fell unconscious a crowd
| which had beeh attracted by the first
| four shots, hurried toward Tinsley and
| the wounded man. With the assistance
| of another colored man, Tinsley picked
| Bernstein up and ran into nearby
| saloon. Tinsley stood n the doorway Of
| the saloon with drawn revolver but the
! crowd which was composed of regroes,
was crying for vengeance for ,Ae killing
| OF Gray, and Tinsey seeing that he un-
assisted would not be able to keep them
back, shut and barred the door.
Rushed at the Building.
| The crowd which now had grown to
! mob rushed at the building and its en-
trance Finding all doors locked and be-
ing unsuccessful In their efforts to force
| them, large stones and other missiles
| were thrown at the building. and every
window and fixture in the place was shat
| tered and demolished While the disturb
| arce 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 Central
/ station had been notified of the trou-
| BILE, and two patrol wagons and an am
bulance filled with policemen were hur-
| ried to the scene, but 1t was only after
/ a desperate fight in which several Of the
| rioters were badly bruised by the police
| mems clubs that the mob was forced
! back from the saloon, shouting for Bern
| stein, the slayer If Gray. The police
| men 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 saloon, This had a quleting effect
| on the crowd, and they soon dispersed.
| After he had been revived in the hos
| pital Bernstein declared that Gray had
/ started the trouble. and that he had kill
! ed the negro In self-defense.
| Another exhit ti9n Of the feeling ex-
isting between the whites and blacks was
| given late tonight when Charles Poske
was shot in TIE shoulder by a coiored
man .at whom he had been shooting dur
| ing a disturbance at Twenty-third street
| and Stewart avenue. Z, ske is watchman
| in a coal yard and 1t Is asserted by him
| that several negroes started quarrel