Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-07-20
and THIS IN NEW YORK!
A RACE RIOT IN THE EN-
PIRE STREETS OF THE
CITY.
Now Let the Southern Press Get
UP and Howl! But Nht's
The Use!


uill," the district bounded by ANS
terdam and West End avenues and
6I9t street and 6}rd stress, so-ealied
because of its notoIlety as q battle
grOurd, was the scene tonight Of a
furious rs,ce riot which required 25O
policemen to qaell after nauy Shots
had ueen nfeo au.i seVe. al parsons
had yeeu serlo-sly injured.
The trou9Ie began shortly after
nine O'clock When a loticeman ar
rested Edward Connolly for attack
ing Henry Williams, a negro, ana
was pursued 20 ths station house
with his prisoner by a mob of Con
he ys friends huriing show ers Of
stones aau other mIssies. When
the station house reserves turaed Out
the whole nGI ,hborho0d Was in an
uproar and Uiacks engaged III deSper-
ate struggles ia the streets. Torrents
Of missiles We're nurled from roofs
and window. Within ten minutes
not less thau tn It's nd men, boys
and women, black aud white, were
engaged III furious combat. The
small party of police were poWerl IS
and relnt yIcemeuts Wet6oum nOBed.
GA tft ir arrival Il coIuon was drawn
around the Wholo dist. Ict aud strong
patrols made repeat ii Guar 5eS down
the streets III IL vain effort to restore
ord /. They succeeded III making Il
few PRISONERS aud We're to reed to re-
treat, IT, hting every incn of The way
aud pursued to The station h use by
a hoWling mob.
The worst of the fighting was in
62ud street where from every VIM
dow aud roof they rained down
missiles while hundIeds OF Tho We're
fred. Roundsman Patrick Wal-h
wash knocked 90 yn by joseph b.
Smith, a uegto, who l alsed upon
hlIq rom a s1oop ami attempting to
sac It nm struck him repeatedly
with the but of hts revolver. Walsh
was finally rescued by his comrades.
Inspector Mclaughlin arrived
snoriiy before nine O'Clock and rea-
hzIng now Widespread was the dan
ger, sent hurry calls for reserves. In
all there Were more thau 250 man
II ms .tP
within twenty minutes.
So lad3 of meu were then sent
LonE the roofs OF the h )use5 in 62ud
street where the, fighting seemed
heaviest. They walked from West
End evenue to ANS .erdam, clearing
their way, and found many CHM
news had been torn to pieces to fur
nish ammunition TO the rioters and
in the corners of 10 is Werd mounds
of bricks, pottery and bottles. More
arrests were made and several whites
and negroes wee rescued from
gangs of assallants, but desultory
combats continued.
Inspector Mclaughlin and Cap
tain Gallagher while passing through
re cued MlcT@! Jacoby, white man,
who was being ieAten by two Ne
grOes armed with rocks. Toe ne
- gr0es escaped.
The rIoting spread down to 57tt
street and up to 68th street although
l,aTt hGF 90
61st and 63rd streets. For more thai
half an hour cars on the Amsterdam
avenue line We're blocked. Coioret
men pursued by whites, to k refuge
on cars as they passed, and wer,
followed by showers OF bricks anc
ftones as they fed. Every windov
in many cars was broken and pas
sengers took shel-er in neigborins
hous ses. Conductors and motormel
hid under seats, leaving their cars t
themercy of the mob. Several pas
sengers were slightly hurt by stone
and broken glass.
Commissioner McAdoo arrive
at ii clock and made tour of tn
battlefield, the fighting by that tim
having ceased. He said the riot coul
not have taken place had not tn
rougher element been permitted t
carry arms They appeared to hav
q regular arsenal of weapons as th
police found when they searched
the prisoners.
In all seven whites and two negro;
had their injuries atteued toby IL
ambulance surgeons but SCORES
athers less seriously hurt were take
Ia tiir homes by friends.
live whites aud six iegroes, anon
them women OF ID pth races almo
all 6f whom bore traces of conf1i
WIZ the police, were arrested
A.picked body of thirty po.ieeme
as detailed to occupy thedisurbe
legion during the night and ASST
the police of The precinct.
a Gual autasssi Cure For Piles.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pr
ruding Plies. Druggists refur
money if PAZO OINTMENT fai
b cure any case, no matter of no
f1ng standing, in to IA days. Fir
oDlication gives ease and rest. SO
YOU druggist hasn'tit send soc
mnlps and il will be forWards
5ost-paid by Paris Medicine Co.,
Es~.-Sr Mn