The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-26
CHICAGO IN THR0ES
Of A RACE WAR
Serious Trouble likely 10 Grow
Out ot the feansteis
Strike.
FEELING is VERY BlTTee
Following Murder of Eight Year on
Soy by Negroes R%es,dents Have
Armed Themselves and Hunt
for the Str,hebreakers.

tealnstsrs, instead Of being declared
on, viii be spread 10 greater proper
lions. This MAS decided Saturday
night by the members of the tehnsters'
joint council, which WAS in session nm
I'll midnight.
The council ret at S O'clock to heat
the propositions that had been in
progress with the employers through
out the day, They agreed 10 all the
stipulations of the employers with the
exception of hat which declared that
the drivers of the cypress companies
should not be taken back. This Mas
me rock upon which the peace pro-
gram was wrecked, and after several
hours of debate it was decided that the
tealmsters' union could not leave the
express drivers to make Il lone fight.
but must stand by them. 1t was de-
cided TO ca!l off all the negotiations
n prepare for a further light.
The sense of the meeting was eX-
pressed in the following resolution.
WHICH was passed and given out as
defining the position of the teamSters:
w believe that the railroad pre-
companies are not justified in their
refusal to reiastate m of their former
employees. and believe that The best in
terests of ali would nave been served
had they agreed to the same PROPOSE
ton OF a somewhat similar n to that
which the Employers association sug-
gested.
Under these conditions it is incun-
bent on the members of the teapsters'
organization to continue the strike UNI
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 lave been
held during the last month, and if any
of their members are discharged for
refusing TO make deliveries all of the
drivers employed by the house viii be
called On. strike at once.
Chicago, May 23.-Chicago is threat
ened with a race wan of serious proper
tions. Embiltered 10y the shooting of
Enoch Carlson. an S-eight-year old boy
last week by two negroes, the residents
III the Vicinity of Twenty-ninth and
Dearpon streets have armed themselves
and clashes white and black
men lave become so %requent since the
Carlson murder that ii has been found
necessary TO detail scores of policemen
III the district TO preserve peace. Even
this ~precaution has been unsuccessful
in keeping the opposing factions apart.
In q riot which broke out i'll this dis
trict between the whites and the blacks
James Gray, roIcreG, was killed, Harry
Bernstein was mortaIly wounded, and
q building in which Bernstein was be
ing held captive, suffering from four
bullet wounds, was stoned and par
TALLY wrecked by q mon of loco per-
soIs.
Trouble witt, Negroes.
The trouble started when James X.
Gray accused Bernstein and a white
companion OF being troublelmakels.
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been employed by q coal company as
Il driver. The merits of the strike and
the shooting ot Young Carlson We're up
for discussion. AngrN words soon led
TO blows. ana IN the night that ollowed
Gray drew . knife and attacked 10Th
men. bernstein, Who is a bartender
in the vicinity, drew ii revolver and
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 d 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 Il
scutle for possession of the revolver
followed. While the struggle vas in
rogrcSs Special Policeman TinsleN, 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 four shots, each of
the bullets taking effect in Bernstein's
body.
Desperate Fight Ensued.
AS Bernstein fell ulconscious Il crowd
which had been attracted by the frs,
shots hurried TO Tinsley II the
wounded man. With the assistance OF
another negro Tinsley picked Bernstein
I'm and pa iJ11n a raDrhy saloon Tins.
ley stood in the doorway of the saloor
with drawn revolver. but the crowd
which was composed of negroes. was
crying for vengeance for the killing OF
Gray, and Tinsley, seeing that he, un.
assisted, would not be able to keel
them back, shut and barred the door
The crowd, which had now grow to 6
mob, rushed at the building II it!
entrances. Finding all the doors locked
and being unsuccessful in their effort!
to force them open, large stones ant
other missiles were thrown at tn,
building and every window and fix
ture in the place was shattered and. de
molished.
While the disturbance was going OF
three negroes, who had followed Tinsle,
n the saloon, dragged Bernstein int,
the basement and with clubs in thei
hands stood ready to defend him
In the meantime the police at tn
SCiIl1dl stdtloLl Huu Deer nOlIleQ U
the trouble, and Two patrol wagons ant
an ambulance filled with policemen
were hurried to the scene. but it wa
only after a desperate fght in whic!
several of the rioters We're badl,
bruised by the palrolmen's clubs tina
the mob was forced back from the sa
loon, shouting for Bernstein, the slay
er of Gray. The police told them tha
Bernstein had been killed and TO max
good the" remark the bartender, VIII
was unconscious, was placed on
stretcher, a cover thrown over his fac
and brought TO the door of the sa
loon. This had a quieting effect on tn
crowd and they soon disappeared.
After he had been revived in tn
hospital Bernstein declared that Ora
had started the trouble and he ha
killed the negro in self defense.
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