Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-11
SOLDIERS QUELL
E. ST. LOUIS RIOT;
GOVERNOR ARRIVES
1000 MiIitiamen Patrol Streets
of City.
so BODIES IN THE MoRGUE.
Lowden WthhoIds Order of MartIaF
Law-U. S. Ready to Aid it Neces-
sary-97 Men Given Hearings
New Fires Started.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, July 5.-Sl&
companies of Chicago's famous Second
regiment, are sitting on the East st.
Louis riot lid Apparently they nave
brought order out of chaos.
Save for a few isolated clashes be-
tween whites and blacks, the day has
brought no renewal of Mondays riot
ing.
The police estimate the number OF
negroes slain during the rioting at 100
and the injured at 500. Four white
men are dead.
Coincident with the arrival of Major
Gerard's detachment of the Second,
Colonel Hunter of the quartermasters
department. United States army,
reached East ST Louis as the personal
representative of Major General Barry
He had instructions to make thor
ough investigation of existing condl-
tons.
Colonel Hunter intimated that fed
eral military control was probable
should the rioting be renewed, but
said state troops seemed to have the
situation well in hand.
Turn Back Curious.
The ordinary Fourth of July throngs
were missing from the street on
Wednesday. No lettering was permit
fed by the 1000 troopers who patrOlled
every section of the city, and curiosity
seekers by the thousands were turned
back at the st. Louis bridge approaches
to the Illinois shore.
Negro refugees by the hundreds, on
the other hand, continued a steady
stream over the municipal free bridge
seeking a haven of refuge with friends
In ST. Louis or in the municipal lodg-'
Ing houses there.
Trouble Ended for Present.
General Dickson expressed the opin-
ion that the trouble was over for the
present at least.
Mayor Mollman and officials of the
chamber of commerce are more OPP
timistic than at any time since the
trouble broke.
About fifteen negroes are held for
the death of Coppedge and Wodley and
they gave the names of score of 9th
ers for whom the police are searching.
Governor loWden on Scene.
East st. Louis, H., July 6.-GOvernOr
Lowden personally took charge of the
East st. Louis situation on Tuesday
night. He arrived on a special train
from Springfield over the Chicago &
Alton. Adjutant General Dickson met
him at the station and quickly APP
prised the commander in chief of the
conditions following the rioting.
The governor was accompanied by
Troop D of Springfield and the Morris
and Galesburg companies of the Sixth
regiment. Later six companies of the
Second infantry arrived from Chicago
and one of the Fourth came in later.
The additional companies ordered
out we're: Second regiment of Chi.
cago, Companies B, G, 1, X, L and M,
Sixth regiment, leaving Camp Lowden
at Springfield; G of Galesburg and L
of Morrison; Second artillery, D of
Springfield; Fourth infantry, Company
NJ, Champaign.
TWenty-fOur companies of the Ma
tional Guard aggregating more than
1000 men, are patrolling the streets
Governor Lowden expressed deep,
concern over the outlook, which still
was menacing, but he withheld a dec
laration of martial law.
Ninety-seven men were given pre-
| urinary hearings in police court on
charges of rioting
/ Four of eighteen prisoners accused
of arson were held to the st. Clair
fJ i11ry7 5y1h aiI Of CS00
| New trouble started shortly after
noon on Tuesday in the East ST. Louis
race war when mobs started four fires
| In the south end negro district, a sec
ton in which there had previously
been no rioting.
| The fire destroyed ten flimsily con-
structed negro frame houses.
East side morgues are congested
with the dead and the total of 80 dead
given out officially is believed to be
only an estimate. Hospitals are crowd
ed to capacity and more than 700 have
been given treatment for injuries sus-
tanned in rioting.
| Hundreds of houses in the negro sec
| ton of the city were burned The
| property loss is estimated at several
| million dollars.
! Negro Is Lynched.
| The mob obtained CHASTITY amuse-
ments in the lynching of one negro.
| Two white men tied rope around the
| neck of the black and started to pull
| him into the air. The rope broke and
| the two white men fell fat on their
| backs. The crowd laughed. The ne
| gro dropped to the ground dead
AS three negroes were trying to es-
| cape from a burning building a mob
| spied them. One negro was hanged to