The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
Mob Renews Violence Against
Negroes Last Night.
Missouri Guardsmen Arrested
for Creating Disturbances.
CLOSE ALL PUBLIC PLACES
Two Whites and Three Blacks
Wounded by Bullets.
Troops Patrol 'BIack Belt" and
Plants Employing Negroes.

East St Louis. Ill. May 30.-East
st. Louis today is virtually under mar
tfal law. Five infantry companies of
the Fourth Illinois National Guard
regiment and one cavalry troop are
patrolling the down town and negro
sections and plants where negroes are
employed.
The second nights rioting. which
resulted in the shooting of three
white men and two negroes, continued
for three hours. More than a score
of blacks were beaten or hit by
thrown rocks and clubs. The races
exchanged hundreds of shots in var
ious parts of the city and the rioting
would have assumed dangerous pro-
portions but for the timely arrival of
the troops. The situation had gone
beyond control of the local police.
situation Under Control.
Lieut.. Col C. E. Clayton. command
er of the troops, and Mayor Mollman
announced today the situation was
under control and that further riot
ing was not feared.
With saloons, picture shows, thea
tiers and other public gathering places
closed at o'clock by order of Moll-
man. the crowd collected on down
town corners. Because there was no
disturbance in this section the police
did not disperse the gatherings Inc
crowd then began moving toward the
negro section in small groups, meet
ing later
Two white men were shot down
when the mob of about 200 formed
in the heart of the black belt" The
negroes fired as soon as they saw the
mob rushing up the streets in this
district After severely beating sew
eral blacks the mob moved on to an
other section. Shortly after the
crowds departure a negro shack
started to burn. Oil-soaked rags found
in the building indicated, according to
fire officials that an attempt to fire
the section had been made. Five
shacks were literally torn apart, the
mob breaking windows and furni-
ture One little frame building was
turned upside down by the rioters:
Ten soldiers, members of the First
regiment, Missouri National Guard.
were among the scores arrested last
night. The Missouri guardsmen were
arrested following complaint they
were creating disturbances
One Negro Carried Guns.
Most o. the whites and negroes ar
rested ara held on charges of carry
ing concealed weapons. st. Louis and
East st. Louis police arrested many
persons on either end of the Eads and
municipal free bridges for having fire
arms. They will be given the maxi
mum penalty when arraigned, it was
announced by the prosecuting officials
today. Ore of the negroes arrested
carried eight revolvers of the --latest
automatic type and a dozen boxes of
steel jacket bullets.
The order forbidding the sale of
firearms and ammunition IN East st.
Louis was continued today and st.
Louis police ordered the sale across
the river stopped. Practically all of
the guns and bullets seized yesterday
and last night had been purchased on
the Missouri side.
Citizens today continued to protest
the importation of negroes from the
south and it is thought Mayor Moli-
man will take some official action.
majority OF the negroes imported have
departed or are awaiting a chance tc
leave town.
Exodus of Negroes Continues.
Col. c. E. Clayton, commandment
telegraphed to the adjutant general
that he could handle the situation
without the calling out of additional
units. The two companies of the Sixth
Illinois infantry permanently sta
toned here and which have been fed
eralized, have not yet been used to
deal with the rioters, tho their use is
authorized if it should be deemed nee
essary.
Automobiles will be used tonight to