Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-22
DISORDER IN CHICAGO.

nintn anu DedIOOfH SticCtSi Nh'S"SN,
! when James Gray, negro nOn-union
teamster, was shot dead by Harry Bern
stein. bartender, during an argument
over the teamsters' strike. Bernstein
was mortally sounded byPoliceman Tins
lev, colored. and 1000 persons partly
demolished q saloon into which Tins
lev had taken the unconscious barten-
der.
The street fighting last night Is the
latest of several clashes between negroes
and whites since Enoch Carlson, eight
years old, was shot and killed several
DAYS ago by two men, alleged to have
been negro strike-breakers.
In a discussion last night of the strike
and the shooting of Carlson, Gray and
Bernstein fought in the street. Bern
stein drew a revolver and fired four
shots. Two of the bullets took effect in
! Gray's body, and he fell dead.
Two negroes, attracted Dy the noise,
!, seized the bartender, aud fight for the
revolver began. Policeman Tinsley,
/ who has been appointed as a special po-
lict man during the strike, ran up. Bern
stein swung the revolver toward Tins
lev. and, it was said, discharged the
/ weapon twice. Tinsley drew his own
revolver, fired four shots, each OF the
( bu lets taking effect in Bernstein's body.
A crowd hurried toward 1insley and
the wounded man. Tinsley carried Bern
stein into the saloon. The croud, which
was composed largely of negroes, cried
for vengeance for the killing Of Gray.
Tinsley shut and barred the saloon door.
The mob rushed into the building, but
being unable to force the doors open,
laIce cobblestones aud other missiles were
thrown at the building, and every win
dow and fixture in the place was demol-
ished.
Tinsley, in an effort to save Bernstein
| from the mob, had the wounded bartend-
er taken into the basement and telephoned
toa police station. Two patrol wagons
and an ambulances filed with policemen
hurried 20 the scene, but it was only
after desperate fight, in which several
of the rioters were bruised with police
mems clubs, that the mob was forced
back from the saloon, shouting for Bern
stein, the SLAYER Of Gray.
The police told the crowd that Bern
stein had been killed, and, placing the
unsconscious bartender on a stretcher,
covered his face and showed the body to
the crowd. This had a qoieting effect
on the crowd, and rioters soon dispersed.
After he had been revived in hospl-
tai. Bernstein declared hat Gray had
started the trouble and that he had kille
the negro in self.defense
Seeking to avenge the murder OF
Carlson, the boy who was shot and killed
las; Tuesday night by negro, scores OF
men, armed with reyolvers, went forth
| late Sunday night determined to drive
non-union teamslers from the district.
Negroes leaving the branch yards of the
Peabody Coal Company, at Twenty
sixth and Canal streets, were fol-
lowed and assaulted, and as a result two
riots occurred, in which one man was
shot and probably fatally wounded,
many others were hurt, and six were ar
rested.
Sunday brought no change in the at
titude OF either side. Officers of the
seven express companies whose refusa
to reinstate any oftheir former employees
caused the collapse of the settlement o.
the trouble Saturday night, s6ll adhere
| IN their determination not to give EN-.
ployment TO any of their former EN-
ployes and the other firms involved il
the difficulty Sunday night declared tha
they would stand by the express com
panies in the fight. The teamsters' nn
ion has taken just as firm a stand as thu
employers, and it was said by Presiden
Shea that the union will not call OFF tn
strike until the express companies CONF
> to terms.