The Washington times., 1917-07-03
RACE RIOTS
BREAK OUT
AGAIN AFTER
LUR|D NIGHT
Troops Ordered to Shoot to Kill.
Total Number of Dead Esti-
mated by Police to Reach
Into Hundreds.
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were recovered from the ruins Of
homes and the nearby creek
When the IRE companies attempted
to check the flames last night and in
the early morning hours. their work
was hampered by vandais, who cut
the hose and turned of the water at
the IRE plugs.
GrewsOme Sights.
Undertaken wagons. waiting for
bodies of the dead. stood backed
against the curbs today. Through the
night they were also there-except
for trips to undertaking establish
ments to deposit mutflated bodies
In the renewed rioting today band
OF negroes fired upon a company OF
National Guardsmen which was rush
ing to their rescue. The attacking
blacks were arrested and taken 10
jail.
The jail and city prisons are full
and detention camps, with guards
about them, are being used to care
for the overflow arrests.
NeErO's Explanation.
c. W. wallace, editor OF a negro
publication, said the race feeling was
revived when q party OF joy-riders
fred into the homes OF negroes.
When the rioting began a bell in
q negro church tower was rung. This
was regarded as a prearranged signal,
and 400 negroes formed ready for
maren. They quickly became disor-
gained, however, and ran before the
whites.
Last night the troops had no orders
80 - III
today they will carry out orders to
shoot with deadly aim
Driven Over Burned Area
Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general
Of Illinois, reached East st. Louis to-
day. and was driven over the burn
ed area
at Is the most terrible thing
have ever SEEN" he said. while the
recovery OF bodies went on and the
mob spirit still was rampant
II believe the worst IL over" said
Colonel Trip, In command OF the
thousand national guardsmen- This
statement was made before word
came of the formation of an aveng-
ing mob of blacks from surrounding
settlements.
All Saloons Closed.
All saloons here are closed. Motion
pictures theaters are indefinitely
closed also.
A search Is on today for DR.. Bundy.
alleged leader Of the black mob. He
is accused OF leading the negro mob
that shot Officer Coppedge yesterday
morning This shooting brought
back the racial hate that caused a
small riot here several weeks ago.
Il Is estimated that 500 persons,
white and black are under arrest to-
day. A grand jury investigation will
be started at once.
Battering rams were used by the
mobs in breaking into negro homes.
Few whites Hurt.
II is claimed that two white men
were killed by negro snipers. In the
believed that more than half a dozen
white persons were killed or danger
ously injured
The mob worked with the rapid ex-
ecution Of the famed avenging ex-
ploits OF the old Ku KluX Khan. It
applied the torch with the merciless-
ness Of the Might Riders" of the
tobacco fields.
There is belief here today that not
q few negroes were incinerated IN
their cabins, preferring to remain
thre rather than dash upon the
street and run the gauntlet in the
streets filled with enraged and armed
whites.
Worst In History.
Because the destructiveness and the
spectacle Of FIRE were added. the race
riots Of East st. Louis unenviably be-
come today the worst racial conflict
this country has known.
Several years ago the country was
horrifed by the riots at Springfield
and Atlanta, but these were mere
skirmishes OF hatred compared to the
riots in East st. Louis.
The night was a revel OF torch and
gun. White men, even white women
and girls, in temporary madness, surg
ed through the streets and drove be-
fore them terrorized negroes who left
burning homes.
Two white Men Slain.
Outside of the scores of colored
men and women who were shot and
beaten. two white men were killed
by negro snipers and at least three
negroes were lynched. This was the
revised estimate today.
Many OF the victims were negroes
from the cotton fields Of the South
who went North" last year after
listening 10 the promise OF labor
agents regarding big wages and
equality" These colOred men had
been accustomed now and then to
the news OF another session OF Judge
Lynch's court. They had never seen
q city gone mad and lynchinE by
wholesale. Their terror was all the
more tragic because OF this and some
--7of them died az they fell on their
knees. praying as though It were
"Jedgment Day"
Retaiiatisn Of Desperation.
II the negroes retaliated. II was
the retaliation OF desperation. and not
of united purpose. Caught on guard.
the residents OF the colored section
OF the city stampeded like frightened
animals. The size and noise Of the
ourushing white mobs oYerpowered
them and benumbed their sense of
resistance.
The Ere. too. unnerved the denIzens
OF the black valley" Of East St