The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-19
NEGROES AND WHITES HAVE
A FURIOUS RACE RIOT IN
STREETS OF THE
CITY.
Mob Rules for' Two Hours-Arrest
of White Man for Assaultipg
.4 Negro Is Signal for Fight
ing-Army of Police
Have Hard Strug-


Hill," the district bounded by Am-
slerdam and West End avenues and
Sixty.frst and Sixty-Third streets,
so-called because of Its notoriety as
a battle ground, was the scene to-
night of asfnrious race riot which
required $50 policemen to quelJ,
after many shots had been fired
and several persons had been 9seyr6
ously injured. r.
The trouble began shortly after 9
O'Clock, when policeman arrested
Edward Connolly for attacking
Henry Williams, q negro, and was
pursued to the station n-house by a
mob of ConneHy's friends, hurling
showers of stones and other missiles.
When the station-house reserves
turned out, the whole neighhorhood
was in an uproar, and whites and
blacks engaged in desperat strug-
gle. Torrents of missiles were
hurled from roofs and windows.
within ten minutes not less than a
thousand men, boys and women,
black and white, were engaged in q
furious combat.
! The small party OF police were
Ipcwerlts., and reinforcemenss we're
summoned. On their arrival, a
Gordon was drawn around the
whole district, and strong I patrols
made repeated charges down the
streets ID vain effort to restore or
der. They succeeded In making 9
Ifew prisoners and were forced to re-
treat, fighting every inch OF the
way, and pursued to the station
house by bowling mob.
The worst of the fighting was in
Sixty-second street, where from ev.
cry window and roof rained missiles
while hundreds of shots were fired :.
Roundsman Patrick Walsh was
knocked down by a negro, who
leaped upon him and, after attempt
ing to- shoot him, struck him re-
! peatedly with the butt, of his re-
volver. Walsh was finally rescued
by his comrades.
Inspector Mclaughlin arrived
shortly befof7 10 o'clock and, real
izing how widespread was the dang
Ter, sent hurry calls for reserves
from as far north as One Hundred
and Twenty-6fth street and as far
south as Leonard street, from the
East S de and from the West Side.
In all there were more than 450
emn un ler command of the inspec.
tor within 20 minutes.
Squads of men were sent along
the roofs of the houses In Sixty-se c.
ord street, where the fighting seem.
ed heavies t. They walked from W. st
End avenue 70 Amsterdam, clearing
the roofs, and found that many
chimneys had been torn 10 pieces to
furnish ammunition. More arrests
were made, ard several whites and
negroes were rescued from gangs OF
lassailants, but desultory combats
continued. Captain Gallagher and
Inspector Mclaughlin, while pass
ing through the mob, rescued Mich.
ael Jaceby, a white man, who was
being beaten by two negroes.
I The rioting spread to Ffty-sev.
enth street and to Sixty-eighth
street, although the hardest battles
were fought between Sixty. first and
Sixty-third street. For more than
half an hour cars on the Amster.
dam.avenue line were blocked. Col.
ored men, pursued by whites, took
refuge on cars as they passed and
were followed by showers of bricks
and stones as they fed. Every
window in many cars were broker
and passengers. took shelter ir
neighboring houses. Conductor
and motormen hid under seats, leav
ing the cars to the mercy of the
mob.
Commissioner McAdoo arrived a
II o'clock and made tour of tn,
battle field, the fighting by tha
time having ceased. He said th,
riot could not have taken place hat
not the rougher element been per
mltted to carry arms. They ap
peared to have regular arsenal @
weapons.
In all, seven whites and two re
groes had their injuries attended to
scores Of others, less seriously hurt
were taken to their homes by friends
Five whites and six negroes, anon,