The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-05
OF FIGHT
ARE BARRED
Fort Worth Mayor Fears
Their Reproduction Will
Arouse Race Prejudice.
ALMOST A LYNCHING
IN NEW YORK CITY
Many Clashes Between the
Races Throughout Coun-
try Following Fight.

Chicago, July 5.-The injection Of the
race issue into the championship fight
at Reno resulted in riots, fights, and
outrages all over the United States.
Race prejudice manifested itself on al.
most every street corner, several kill.
ings resulted, while assaults and insults
with resulting mob violence were com.
mon occurrences. The cells % city jails
and police s%tations through" the un'
ion were filed last night with disturb.
ers of the peace and persons of both
races against whom more serious charges
were lodged as a result of the clashes
between blacks and whites following
the receips Of reports from the ring
side.
Almost Lynching in New York
In New York city one negro was kill.
ed and another was nearly lynched for
yelling to a crowd of white men, 1--WE
blacks put one over on you whites and
we are going to do more to you" AS
soon as he had yelled this to the crowd
he drew a revolver and pulled the trig.
ger, but the gun missed fire and ia an
instant the crowd had pounced upon
him and almost tore him to pieces. lie
was being hauled with IA rope around his
neck to u nearby lamp post to be
strung up when the police rescued him.
The irritation caused by the defeat
Of Jeffries caused scores Of street lights,
negro hunts through the streets. and
outbreaks all through the night. The
police are still keeping patrol in the
black belt of New York city to checK
any further race trouble. The hospitals
report many badly bruised negroes
brought in for treatment.
To Stop Moving Picture Shows
Al Fort Worth, Texas, following II
recommendation by Mayor W. d. Harris
at II meeting of the city Commission this
morning, the commission by unanimous
vote adopted a resolution directing the
corporation counsel to prepare an or.
dinancc which will prohibit the display
of moving picture films Of the .JeHfries
Johnson prize.6ght, which ooh place at
Reno. New, Yesterday afternoon.
Mayor Harris IN addressing the com.
mission referred to the press dispatches
telling of various race riots and general
widespread trouble between blacks and
whites as n result of controversies over
the merits of the respective pugilists.
lie said he favors moving picture shows
as an institution and believes they do
good, but thinks il better Ia have the
matter censored which Is displayed. lie
declared If the right sort of pictures
are shown, he IL in favor of permitting
them To he open Sundays, ms in some
other cities over the state. but the may,
or asserts that showing scenes of the
fight would have n bad influence and
engender race feeling which would be
likely to cause n repetition of the dis.
graceful scenes reported from various
places in the United Statets as n result
Of the night.
IN washington Clty
In Washington, ID. c., many clashes
resulted between negroes and white
men over the news from Reno. Thomas
Mundcll Of the United States Marine
corps had his throat cut nv a negro and
lies seriously injured in the hospital. An
other white man was found on Pennsyl
wanna avenue late last night uncon
s%cious and suffering from conclusion ot
the brain. He will probably die. Thi'
is the result Of a free for all fight in
dulged in by negroes and white men al
most under the shadow Of the Unitet
States capital following insults by ne
groes to white men as a result Of lief
fries defeat. Many other participant
in the street fights were seriously in
jured.
Quaker City Riots
In Philadelphia more than 100 white
, and blacks with ~bandagcd heads, close,
5 eyes ana bloody noses, giving evidence
of their participation in last night
| fights, stood mp before the police mag
D i%strate this morning to receive punish
ment. The news Of Johnson = victor,
a caused a general uprising among tn
rougher element Of the two races, bu
'no one was seriously hurt.