Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-27
TWO ARE slain;
Three HURT IN
CHESTER RIOTS


and fred point blank at Mccain.
The latter swung a hand conyulslvely
to his heart and then staggered into
an open doorway at 1917 West Third
street.
The mob witnessed the shooting
and the ringleaders went TO Nc
Cams assistance A iitney was com
Wandered and the wounded man
taken to the Office OF DR.. Joseph
Dunn. nearby
Mccain gasped out his life In the
Doctors arms about three minutes
AFTER he was carried into the office.
The news Of the murder spread like
wildfre and West Third street was
choked with 10000 persons. who de-
clared they would capture the Negro
and lynch him.
Outbreak at Shipyard.
Reports OF street fights between
whites and blacks were received early
in the day. The most serious Of these
early outbreaks, however. was at the
plant of the Chester Shipbuilding Com.
pany, where at least 300 Negroes are
employed When the Negroes arrived
about o'clock the whites are said "a
have attacked them. one of the whit;
worlmen throwing red hot rivets int,
the group Of Negroes. This was the
signal for a general onslaught which
became 80 violent that the Negroes wer,
chased away from the plant.
While the white citizens of the lower
wards are n unit in their hatred of tn,
Negroes and warm advocates of mob rul,
toward them, they are even more bittei
In their expressions of indignation
against the political leaders and tn,
municipal authorities They declare
that these powers have united 70 shiel,
Negro criminals. In this connection the,
point to several crimes Witch have
been committed and in which the crimi
nails have only been. as they say,
nominally punished These citizens sa,
IL was the fear that Mckinney's muir
dorer would not be dealt with properly
that drove the whites to the attack OF
the Negro sections and 20 mete out thei
/ own punishment to the blacks.
In support of this attitude they cit
the action in the case OF n girl whit
was attacked by five Negroes in one O
/ the city parks. Some said today tina
the real origin Of last nights riots wa
/ the public Indignation over tho name
/ in which justice was defeated in tina
case. intensified to violence by the kill
ing of young Mckinney. The yount
woman who was the Negroes victim
was walking with her fance in Croze
Park. when she was forcibly taken iron
him and attacked Tho Negroes wer
arrested and arIaigned before Magis
| trste Leary. He held them for simpl
assault and battery. DESPITE the stor
told by the girl and corroborated by he
iiance. When the whites learned Of In
magistrates action a wave of indif
nation swept the entire city SO IT
censed were some Of the citizens IN,
II is said they appealed to the Mayor {
remove Leary as magistrate. McDowe
It is said, refused 10 entertain th
proposition
So earnestly did certain white cit
Izens protest. however. that they II
iterested District Attorney John
Hannum. Jr., in the case. After hea
ing the girls story and the tale tol
by her fance, he presented the cas-
10 the grand jury and indictments o
serious charges were found.
When the Negroes were admitted
bail their bondsman was Represents
tive William II. Ramsay. a leader {
the Republican Organization in IN
. county. BY his action Ramsay aligne
the white citizens against him. an
the anger manifested toward him Ia
been intense.
Trouble Caused by Labor Shortage.
The situation in Chester Is akl
with that In other sections where n
shortage OF labor has forced the In
portation OF Negroes from the Sout
Chester is believed 10 have a popul.
Mayor Mcdowell SAYS fully 1906
are Negroes. The present influx HI
augmented the normal Negro populi
ton from 1000 10 5000. according
/. various estimates.
These men we're brought first I
. the Pennsylvania Railroad to take II
place OF the Italian reservists callI
home by the war. After their arriv
here. however they shifted TO the ste
plants the shlpyards and other /
dustrial establishments. In the
! places, together with the mLniti,
plants. Mayor Mcdowell says the
are at least 5000 Southern white
4 When the Negro criminals began o
/ erations these southefners. the May
charges. innamed the Chester wor
4 men by recitals OF the manner in viii
y the Negroes are treated in the Soutl
T. Reports from the Chester Hospit
! where the four victims who were sh
/, have been patients. stated that the
! men would probably be discharged
y night.
T. FOR THE THRIFTY HOUSE PEoPl
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