The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
TORCH USED IN
NEGRO QUARTER
Mob Of a Thousand in Control
Part of Night, but Troops
Cain Mastery.
Shooting of White Man Might
Have Led to a Mob
Atrocity.

Atrocity.
Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 2S.-The ex-
element following the riot scenes and
race war Of last night, subsidized with
the dawn and the city is enjoying its
ordinary quiet.
The district known as 1.-THE jungle
is in charge of the militia.
No lives were lost in the riot. The
result Of the outbreak was the destruc-
ton of six negro houses, one saloon
and the damaging of several otherA
Sergeant Of Police Creager was hit with &
young man named Beltz is also injured,
tho not seriously. These were the only
casualties. No further trouble is ex-
pected.
AS long as the militia is on the
ground all the saloons in the city will
be kept closed. They all closed prompts
ly at 9 clock last night, at the order
since, there being no disposition to dis
regard the order.
Much interest conferred today in the
condition of Martin Davis, the Big Four
brakeman who was shot night before
last by the two negroes whose action was
the cause of last nights trouble. Davis
lies at the city hospital, his life hanging
by a thread.
Cause Of Riots.
The details of the fight are not gen.
orally known, but the fact that a white
man had been seriously injured by a
negro served to arouse the bitter in0ig-
nation Of the whites, within whom the
racial hatred of the blacks has merely
been dormant since the famous out
break Of March. 1904, when the burn
ing of large part of the negro quarter
followed the murder of policeman by
negro.
A mob of 800 men and boys gathered
at Main and Limestone streets at
pm, discussing the probability of get
ting the negroes. It was apparently
known to them that the negroes had
been hustled out of the city to,Dayton
or-elsewhefe. '-.~a-z-a
At 9 pm. the mob had grown to- 1 900
and soon afterward it moved ON 1.-THE
JUNGLE locality inhabited by colored
i, people with the announced purpose Of
burning that section: Half an hour
| later saloon frequented by negroes
| was in flames, the mob having previous
| ly wrecked the building.
The mob used big posts as battering
| rams and threw great rocks thru the
windows. Moving along the line the
rioters set fire to several other negro
tenements, also battering in the doors
and sides. The negroes, having warn
ing of the danger, had fed, and no one
was injured. The fire department ear
| ly arrived on the scene and extin-
guished the flames before much damage
| had been done.
Hurry Call for Troops.
The mayor had sent hurry call for
two companies Of the state troops
few minutes after 9 pm. and the ma
tional guardsmen finally reached the
scene of trouble to find that the fire.
rioters who e4t the n boseP PPnd regdera as
! them powerless, at the same time set
| ting fire to other buildings.
At a late hour partial order had been
restored, but the streets were filed with
| people.
Major H. G. Keifer, who commanded
the militia last night, was compelled
to go to his home today, as he was ex-
hausted from the long siege. He will
be ready to take command again this
evening.
Plan to Murder Negro.
It was reported this morning that the
. the negro Edward Dean from Jail. pull
him at the end of rope to the railroad
yards where Davis was shot, and tie
him to the rails. Then switch engine
was to be allowed to come down updh
him and crush out his life.
The railroad men are deeply angered
over the shooting and are reported to
will be made to bring Dean back here
\ no
Hardware dealers have been doing an
immense business in the sale of revol-
vers and cartridges. 1t was estimated
that three-fourths of the men on the
streets last night were armed.
1t is the understanding that Common
Pleas Judge Albert II. Kunkle will at
once call a special grand jury for the
investigation of the riot.
Only eighty members of the two loca
companies answered the call to turf
out and quell the mob. Two years age
the condition was the same, and Major
Kirkpatrick was courtmartialed as a re-
suit.
But few arrests were made last night
! William Nunley was charged with riot
: ing and John l.. Coleman, president OF
:. the Clark County Liquor league, wal
, placed in Jail for refusing to keep hi
: saloon closed. Coleman is one of thu
D most prominent liquor men in the city
and head of brewing company.
: "The Jungles'' is the name given t.
y East Columbia street, where a humble
I. of notorious dives, frequented by ne
a groes and low whites, are located. SD
or seven of these joints were wipes
a out last night by the mob with tn
torch. The most Infamous place wa
literally torn to pieces and burned hal
down by the Moters. The owner state
this morning that the shack would b
:, torn down Immediately. Many negroe
d are fleeing from the city, going to Go
t lumbus, Dayton, Mexia and Urbana. ?!
S is estimated that 100 negroes have lief
: since last midnight.
= The Trouble in 1904.
: In the trouble here in March, 1904
VI Richard Dixon, a negro, was lynched TO
y the murder of policeman named Coils
The negro was taken from the jail by
mob, which after it had put the victim
to death set fire to large section o
|, negro houses along the levee. The len
d tire section was destroyed before TIL
: authorities were able to get out tn
?. troops.