The Mankato free press., 1917-07-06
RACE RIOTING
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and there was CONSERVATION. One
band of negroes did indeed obtain
arms, and sailed into the fray, but
this band was quickly overpowered.
One of the militiamen is reported to
have been wounded.
Adjutant General Dixon has issued
an order forbidding any kind of an
assemblage in East st. Louis. Even
groups of three or four on the street
will not be allowed.
AmbuIances Scurried About.
e Associated Press Dispatch.
East ST. Louis, Ills, July 3.-While
ambulances scurried about the dis
tricts laid bare or blackened by the
night Of race rioting, incendiarism
and desultory firing continued today
in a few sections. The town, mean
time, began counting the dead. Adju-
tant General Frank S. Dickson OF
the Illinois national guard, fears a
fresh outbreak tonight and he went
into conference with the mayor to
discuss the advisability of calling
for more troops. Six companies were
on the ground last night. They are
declared inadequate.
Fires burst forth anew in the
wrecked buildings today and they
are taxing the facilities of the fire
department. Early today the ac-
curate number of the dead was un-
available. -.s....-..... . ....... ...
Three Hundred Dwellings Afire.
Three hundred and ten dwellings,
mostly negro shacks valued at $780,
600, were destroyed by fire last night,
according to a statement by Fire
Chief Tobin today. A survey OF the
casualties showed twenty-four bodies
recovered, including three whites and
seventy-four wounded negroes. Es-
Inmates of the dead by various Off
cials differ widely from score to two
hundred and fifty. The number of
bodies under the burned buildings is
unknown. ..-
Two rioters stumbled on the body
of a negro lying in the steet. One
flashed a pocket light in the negro's
face and observed that he still was
breathing, whereupon the men drew
pistols, each firing a bullet into the
negro's head.
Depravity Of White Women.
White men and women attacked a
young negress. LET the women
have her." shout went up and the
crazed white women ripped the gar
ment from the negress. -.
please, please, ! amt done
nothin'" pleaded the negress.
She was silenced by a terrific blow
in the mouth with a huge club held
by a white woman. The blows were
repeated and the tormentors tore at
her waist and hair, stripping the
waist from her. ..
"Now let's see how fast she can
run"
The negress limped down the
street, screaming under volley of
missiles.
Demand For Martial Law.
rUnited Press Dispatch.l
East St. Louis, ILL.,, July 3.-At a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
of this city, demand was sent to
Governor Lowden that martial law be
declared through the riot district. In
case the governor refuses, like ap-
peal will be sent to the president of
the United Stats.
more fireS ARE SIdrIeu.
st. Louis, July 3.-Fires started by
the rioters in three negro quarters
this afternoon were famed by the
high wind and spread rapidly, getting
beyond the control of the firemen
A general alarm was sounded, all
fire fighting apparatus in the city re-
spending. Police guardsmen hurried
to the scene crowds of rioters assem-
bled. Half a dozen negro shacks
were soon in flames. Two fire COM
panies came from st. Louis to help
check the flames.
At a conference of national guard
officers and business man Samuel
McGlynn, a lawyer, denounced the
conduct Of the guardsmen, charging
that they made no effort to disburse
the mobs, but fraternized with the
rioters. ia
Government Agents Probing.
!United Press Dtspatch1
Washington, July 3.-Government
agents today started an investigation
to learn if in any way German agents
started the rioting at East st. Louis
1t is suspected that the riots may
have been an incident of the Will
helmstrafe, in accordance with the
general policy of the Berlin govern
ment.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, July 3.-Chiei
of Police Payne, when interviewed
today in regard to the report from
Washington that government agents
were going to investigate and ascer-
tain if possible whether the riots here
were stirred up by German agents
declared that the idea of their being
thus caused was absurd.