Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-07-17
BATTLE FOUGHT
IN THE STREETS
Whites and Blacks Come Together
at New York.
RESULT OFAN ARREST
For More Than Half an Hour Cars
We're Stopped and Conductors
and MOtOrmen Took Ref.
uge Under Seats.

New York, July 17.-"San Juan
HILL" the district bounded by Amster-
dam and West End avenue and Sixty
first and Sixty-third streets, so-calleo
because of its notoriety as battle
ground. was the scene Friday Of furi-
Gus race riot, which required $50 police.
men to quell after many shots had beer
fired and several persons had beer
seriously injured.
The trouble began shortly after
O'Clock, when n policeman arrested Ed
ward Connolly for attacking Gentry
Williams, a negro. and was pursued &c
the stationhouse with his prisoner by
a mob of Connelly's friends. hurting
showers of stones ands other missiles
When the stationhouse reserves turned
out the whole neighborhood was in ar
uproar and blacks and whites engaged
In desperate struggles in the streets
Torrents of missiles were hurled from
'coio anu w itiiii Ntii
utes not less than a thousand men
boys and women, black and white, wert
party of police were owerless and re-
Inducements were summoned. or
their arrival a Gordon was drawn
around the whole district and strong
patrols made repeated charges dowr
the streets in a vain effort to restore
order They succeeded in making a few
prisoners and were forced to retreat
fighting every inch of the way anc
pursued to the stationhouse by 6
bowling mob.
The worst fighting was in Sixty.
second street, where from every rooi
rained missiles. while hundreds of shot.
were fired.
Inspector Mclaughlin arrived short.
ly before o'clock and realizing how
widespread the danger was. sent hurry
calls for reserves from as far Nortf
as 125th street and as far south az
Leonard street from the east side anc
from the west side. In all there wer,
more than $50 men under command o.
the inspector within twenty minutes.
Squads of men We're out along roof.
of the houses in Sixty-second street
where the fighting seemed heaviest
They walked from West End avenu,
to Amsterdam. clearing the roofs ano
found that many chimneys had beer
torn to pieces to furnish ammunition
he rioters and in-th> c~-.>~-----
G496lVlh Hsa.iaA-.a9ntters
and bottles. More arrests were made
and several whites and negroes wer,
rescued from gangs of assailants, but
desultory combats continued.
Inspector Mclaughlin and Captain
Gallagher. while passing through, res
cued Michael Jacoby. white man who
was being beaten by two negroes arm.
ed with rocks. The negroes escaped.
The rioting spread down to Fifty
seventh street and up to Sixty-eightt
street, although the hardest battle.
were fought between Sixty-first anc
Sixty-third streets. For more thar
half an hour cars on the Amsterdam
avenue line were blocked Colored mer
pursued by whites took refuge on cars
as they passed and were followed by
showers of bricks and sticks. Window.
I'm many cars were broken and passen.
gers took shelter in neighborins
houses. Conductors and motormer
hid under seats, leaving their cars to
the mercy of the mob. Several pas
sengers were slightly hurt by stone.
and broken glasses.
Commissioner McAdoo arrived at II
o'clock and made a tour of the battle.
field, the fighting by that time having
ceased. He said the riot could mo-
have taken place had not the roughei
element been permitted to carry arms
They appeared to have regular ar.
senal Of weapons as the police founc
when they searched the prisoners.
In all seven whites and two negroe.
had their injuries attended 10 by the
ambulance surgeons. but scores o.
others who were seriously hurt were
taken 10 their homes by friends. Sew.
eral whites and six negroes amons
whom almost all bore the brunt of con.
fiict with the police. were arrested.
A picked body of thirty policemen
was detailed to remain In the disturb.
ed region during the night and assis-
officers OF the precinct.