Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-22

cussion Angry words soon led to blows
and in the fight that followed Gray
drew a knife and attacked the men.
Bernstein, who is a bartender, drew
revolver and fired four shots. Two of
the bullets took effect in Gray's body.
He fell unconscious and died while be-
ing removed to hospital.
Policeman Uses Revolver
AS Bernstein and his companion were
leaving the scene two negroes seized
the bartender and a scuff1e for posses
sion of the revolver began. Special
Policeman Tinsley, colored, came rum
ming up Seeing the colored policeman
approaching Bernstein swung the re-
volver toward him, and according to
Tinsey discharged the weapon twice.
Tinsley returned the fire, shooting four
bullets into Bernstein's body. Bern
stein fell unconscious and a crowd that
had gathered made toward Tinsley and
the wounded man. With the assistance
of another negro man, Tinsley picked
Bernstein up and ran into a nearby
saloon. Tinsley stood in the doorway
with drawn revolver. The crowd, which
was composed of negroes, was crying
for vengeance for the killing of Gray,
and Tinsley, seeing that he unassisted
would not be able to keep them back,
shut and barred the door.
The crowd, which had now grown to
the proportions of a mob, moved on the
building. Finding all the doors locked
and being unable to force them open,
sticks and other missiles were thrown
at the building and every window and
fixture in the place was shattered and
demolished. While the disturbance was
at its height three negroes, who had
followed Tinsley into the saloon,
dragged Bernstein into the basement
and, armed with clubs, stood ready to
defend him. In the meantime two pa
troll wagons and an ambulance filled
with policemen were hurried to the
| scene. 1t was only after a desperate
fight in which several of the rioters
were badly bruised by the policemen's
clubs that the mob was forced back
from the saloon. shouting for Bern
stein. The police told them that Bern
stein had been killed and to make good
the remark, the bartender, who was
unconscious, was placed on stretcher,
a cover thrown over his face and
had a quieting effect on the crowd and
they soon dispersed.
At the hospital Bernstein was re-
vived.
Another exhibition of the feeling eX-
isting between the whites and the
blacks was given late tonight when
Charles Poske was shot in the shoul-
der by a colored man during a dis
turbance at Twenty-third street and
Stewart avenue. Boske is watchman
in a coal yard, and he asserts that
several negroes started a quarrel with
him.
Employers and Men Firm
Sunday brought no change in the at
titude of both sides of the labor con-
troversy now in progress in Chicago,
and everything tonight points toward
an extension Of the teamsters' strike
To many other houses during the week.
The express companies. whose refusal
to reinstate any of the striking en-
ployes caused the collapse of the set
tlement of the trouble last night, still
adhere to their determination not to
give employment to any of their former
employees and the firms involved in the
difficulty declared tonight that they
would stand by the express companies
in the fight.
The Transfers union has taken just
as firm a stand as the employers and
It was stated by President Shea to-
night that the union would never call
off the strike until the express COM
panes come to terms.
The first spread of the strike is ex-
pected to come tomorrow morning when
the Lumbermen's association, an or
ganization employing 24OO teamsters.
issued an order to their men to make
deliveries to all business houses. re-
gafdless of whether they are involved
In the strike or not. In anticipation Of
such an order the teamsters met this