New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-05
WHITES AND BLACKS IN
MANY R|OTOUS BATTLES
Clashes All Over City Follow
Returns of Fistic Combat
in Nevada City.
POLICE HAVE HANDS FULL
Their. Well Laid Plans Prevent
Many Serious Consequences
in Streets-Riots in
Many Cities.
POLICE HAVE HANDS FULL

Rotnu broke out like prickIy heat all
over the country last night between
whites sore and angry that Jeffries had
lost the big fight at Reno and negroes
jubiant that johnson had won.
Two negroes are reported killed and
a white man was shot in Arkansas and
q negro was fatally wounded at Roanoke,
Va. The tension that existed every
where vented itself in most cases in
st'zet scuHIes. Here and there knife
fl ned and shots were fired, but with a
heads and black eyes than serious
wounds Seven negroes were reported
killed in various parts Of the country
and scores wounded.
In all there were disturbances in eleven
large cities, from New York, Pittsburg
and Phlade pha. in the Northeast, to
New Orleans. Atlanta, st. Louis, Little
Southwest
There was more rioting in New York
City than in almost all Of the rest Of the
country combined.
Within half an hour after the news of
the outcome of the Jeffries- Johnson bat
tie was received in this city the out
breaks between the races, which had
been expected by the police, began. and
as the night wore on the fury of the
clashes increased Every negro quarter
in the city was a storm centre. The
police of the West 37th street station,
h. Ill 70
solve, for in the district west of Seventh
avenue. between saith and 41st streets.
the strife reached its bloodiest point
Captain Lahey, In charge of that pre-
cinct. made elaborate preparations to
uuell the outbreaks. which he knew were
bound to occur. That he succeeded in
bringing any order out of the chaos that
existed was a feat which he and the
sixty men under him considered worthy
OF congratulation.
Long before the end of the fight in
Reno the captain had called his men to-
gether and told them the plan of action
upon which he had decided. Two men
were to patrol each street from avenue
to avenue and one man in each avenue
from street 70 street. The patrolmen
were warned that they must keep their
heads. and refrain from all violence I'M
less unable to quell disorder by the use
of milder methods.
During the afternoon he sent men to
every negro saloon and black and tan
Joint in his precinct with orders that
under no circumstances were they to
serve liquor to white persons in their
places Early in the evening he and his
men went through the precinct advising
white persons to get off the streets in
the event of Johnson's winning the fight.
AS the result circulated through the pre-
cinct and the police reiterated the advice
many whites remarked that it was a
shame for the police to give over the
streets to the negroes after the defeat
of the white champion in Nevada.
, The wisdom of Captain Lahey's order
was shown later, but not In the way
that he expected. Instead of the whites
being at the mercy of the negroes the
former were the aggressors. and through
out the night it was no uncommon sight
to see a negro running as fast as his
legs would carry him. pursued by
crowd of white persons. bent only on
showing their opinion of the outcome of
the Reno affair by wreaking vengeance
on any of the victor's race who might
cross their path
IJp to midnight Police Headquarters
had had riot calls from these points:
Tenth avenue and 10th street. 26th street
and Ninth avenue. 134th street and Sew
enth avenue, SD street and Tenth ave-
nue., In front of No. 512 West 125th
street, Tenth avenue. from 44th to 10th
streets; 13Sth street and Seventh avenue,
Goth street and Amsterdam avenue. odd
street and Eighth avenue, West End
a venue. from 5Sth to 59th streets: S5th
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