Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-05
Race Riots Fol
low the Fight.

Washington, July 4-SeveraI small
race riots broke out at various points
on Pennsylvania avenue tonight on
announcement of the result of the JEFF
fries johnson fight There were
number of arrests. No one was serious
ly hurt
st. Louis. July 4-Rioting in a Ne
gro quarter of St. Louis followed the
announcement that Jack johnson was
the victor in the Reno prize fight The
police finally dubbed back the Ne
groes who were blocking TRAFFIC and
making threats. go.
Atlanta. Ga. July 4.-Rioting started
here Negroes being pursued through
streets.
Atlanta. Ga. July 4-Trouble be-
tween the blacks and whites was mar
rowly averted tonight when the po-
lice arrested half a dozen whites and
one Negro The streets are thronged
with men of both races in nasty hu-
NOR.
Philadelphia July 4.-The announce
ment of Johnsons victory over JEFF
fries was followed by numerous clashes
in this CITY between colored men and
crowds of white men and boys. In
some cases the blacks. eXulting in the
victory. were the aggressors. but in
other cases inoffensive Negroes were
attacked by whites.
Blucfield, w. Va. July 4.-Negroes at
Keystone. w. Va. are said tonight to
, be in possession of the town the po-
lice being powerless. A Negro man mas
heen stabbed to death by Negro Wo-
man. Telegraph and telephone offices
at keystone are closed for the night.
New York. July 4.-Within two
hours from the moment the decisive
words johnson wins" went up ON the
/ bulletin boards. there were II calls for
the police and ambulanceS in almost
as many parts of the city tonight.
| Four Negroes We're arrested and eight
whites Nine Negroes and no whites
were taken to hospitals Police patrols
were doubled in the troublous district
Negroes were picked UP unconscious
on the sidewalk by the police after
having been beaten into insensibility
bv hoodlums Three other Negroes
were badly battered up in street fights
There was a fresh outburst in the
BLACK and tan belt and on San Juan
hill late tonight after seeming quiet
had settled over the seething streets.
A gang of ruffians set fire to
| Negro tenement house. hurled stones
at the windows whenever a frightened
face appeared and tried to keep the
inc h,-
An alarm was turned in so quickly.
however. and the response of the po-
lice and fire department was SO prompt
that the gang was scattered and the
fire put out before much damage had
been done.
In the territory of the Hounds OF
He'll mob chased a Negro for three
blocks and beat him over the head
with lead pipe until it is feared ne
will die.
Norfolk Va. July 4.-RaCe riots
| broke out all over Norfolk tonight and
many Negroes We're injured. The
trouble was caused mostly by enlisted
men from the various battleships now
mere who attacked Negroes wherever
they met them. A detachment OF ma
v
the police to quell the riots.
Baltimore. Md, July 4-Sevcnty Ne
groes. half the number women, were
arrested tonight in the BLACK belt
of this city for disorderly celebration
of Johnson's victory. One Negro was
badly cut by another and two other
Negroes We're assaulted and severely
injured oy whites in arguments over
the big fight.
Little Rock. Ark, July 1.-Two Ne
groes are reported killed by white men.
one by Rock Island conductor. COM
ing into this city tonight and the
other by a man at Second and Scott
streets
Springfield, O.. July 4.-Many fights
between Negroes and whites as the
result of the feeling following the
Jeffries- johnson fight have occurred
in local pool rooms tonight. The police
fear an outbreak between the races
similar to the riots here two years
ago
Mounds. Ill. July 4-One dead ana
one mortally wounded is the result OF
an attempt by four Negroes to shoot
up the town in honor Of Jack John-
sons victory tonight Negro con-
stable was killed when he attempted
to arrest them.
Roanoke. Va, July 4-Six Negroes
with broken heads. six white men
locked UP and one white man, jos
Chokley. with a bullet through his
skull and probably fatally wounded IS
the net result of race clashes here to-
night.