Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-05
Many Blackened Eyes and
Broken Heads After Victory
of Jack johnson.
SERIOUS CLASH OVER
BATTLE IN PLAINFIELD
Disturbances Worst in New
York-Other Cities Report
Trouble With Blacks.

Rioting broke out like prickly heae
all over the country last night between
whites, sore and angry because Jeffries
had lost the big fight at Reno. and
negroes. Jubilant because johnson had
won.
A white man was shot in Arkansas
| and a negro was fatally wounded at
Roanoke, Va: in New York disgruntled
whites fired q negro tenement: at
Mounds, ILL.,, negro constable was
killed and another man was mortally
wounded. Street rioting broke out in
Kansas City and Norfolk. and two
negroes were shot at New Orleans.
Street scuffies were most frequent, how
ever There were more broken heads
| and black eyes than serious wounds.
There was more rioting In New York
city than almost all Of the rest of the
country combined. In all there were
disturbances in eleven cities. from New
York, Pittsburg and Philadelphia in
the Northeast, to New Orleans. Atlanta,
ST. Louis. Little Rock and Houston in
the South and Southwest.
PLAINFIELD, July 5.--The minute
the bulletin announcing that Johnson
had knocked Jeffries out was posted a
fight between the negroes and the
whites of this place. which had been
brewing from the moment the fight
started, began. AS result the entire
police force OF the city. backed by a
number Of white men, charged a mob
Of about 1000 negroes and scores of
heads were broken.
About 5000 persons gathered in front
of the office OF the Plainfleld Daily
Press. North avenue. near Park avenue.
OF this number about 1000 were whites
and 1000 were negroes. The negroes
had made great preparations for a ceie-
bration in case johnson should win. A
brass banda negro brass band--had
been hired and Immediately after sthe
fight was over parade Was to be held.
The line OF march was through the best
residential sections Of the place, and
the whites were to be shown just what
the ''niggers of this place looked like
and what they could do"
Not content with this the blacks had
planned a torchlight procession, and
at night the same line OF march was
to be gone over again, and again the
"niggers" would show the "Plainf1eld
white trash" few things. But this
celebration was called off because the
leaders were looking through the bars
before It could get under way
Remarks were interchanged by the
belligerents Of both sides until the bull
| letin was put up announcing that JEFF
| fries had been knocked out.
''Who says niger amt better'n a
white MANI" shouted hundreds of the
blacks
Look here, you niggers, we don't
want any trouble. Now go home."
| shouted white man.
well show these white people
around here If a niger amt better'n
white man." the blacks responded,
and the negroes began to shove and
push the white men.
| In q moment a general fight was m
| progress. The negroes outnumbered
the whites two to one and it looked as
| IL some lives would be lost Soon the
negroes had had enough and the crowd
was dispersed.
After three-soore of negroes had been
hiocked up Chief Kely served notice
that there should be no parade and
| torchlight procession and ordered the
band to leave Plainfield as quickly as
possible.
! NEW YORK, July b.-Police were
still keeping active patrol today, In the
sblack belts" of New York, to check
any further sporadic race trouble. en-
gendered by the outcome of the Jef-
fries-Johnson fight. The resentment
caused by the defeat of Jeffrtes at the
hands OF a negro caused scores OF
street fights, negro hunts through the
streets and petty outbreaks all through
| the night. One negro was killed early
today, his assailant escaping. while
several badly bruised negroes are in
hospitals recovering from injuries and
fright.
The "Black and Tan zone was the
scene Of the only race killing reported.
George Crawford. negro waiter, had
an alteration with an unknown white
man over the question of what Jeffries
| in his prime could have done to john
son. The white man ended the argu-
ment by striking Crawford over the
head with a blunt instrument. The
negro died later in the hospital.
/ Nelson Turner. a negro. was nearly
lynched for yelling to crowd of white
| men in the San Juan" section: I'VE
blacks put one over on you whites. and
we're going to do more to you'
Then Turner drew a revolver, which
| missed fire, and in trice the crowd
was upon him. He was being hauled
| to lamppost when the police rescued
| him.
There were race troubles in all the
boroughs Of the city. but the police say
no further trouble Is expected.
| COLUMBUS, o., July 5.--Rioting. in
which noses were made bloody and
heads were cracked, marked parade
through the streets organized by
hilarious negroes last night after the
result of the johnson and Jeffries mill
had been announced. The trouble was
/ caused chiefly by drunken whites, who
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