Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-03


Soldiers Gain Control
Adjutant- General Frank $. Dixon
arrived from Washington and took
charge of the race riot situation
shortly after midnight this morning.
lie said that troops would lie dis
tributed in small groups thruout the
city today and that they would b.
instructed to disperse every gatherin /;
of persons for any purpose whatever.
There are several thousand soldiers
here now
1--WE intend to see to 1t that crowds
do not have opportunity to gather to-
day." said Adlutant-General Dickson.
I'm this way it will be possible TO nip
in the bud any disturbance today or
tonight. Persons who refuse 10 move
on when told to do so will be ar
rested without ceremony and locked
up.
give hundred rioters, the rlnglead =
ers of the biggest mob, | am in
formed, are now under arrest" con-
tinued General Dickson. This was
accomplished by surrounding the
rioters and forcing them to submit
without shooting or employing the
bayonet"
General Dickson said after the five
hundred were taken into custody the
disturbance at once took on a less Sc
rious aspect.
Eads Bridge Closed.
Street car traffic in East st. Louis
and across the Eads bridge was
stopped at o'clock. This automat-
ically closed trolley traffic between st.
Louis and many suburban towns on
the east side, including Belleville. and
forced hundreds of residents of those
towns to stay in st. Louis for the
night.
The fires started about O'Clock
this evening and spread rapidly. by
$3.50 vast clouds OF smoke were visible
from the st. Louis side of the river and
soon flames visible for miles were
shooting into the sky.
AS the crowds crossed Fads bridge
they saw the fires spread and glow
in several parts of East st. Louis
Hundreds of negro women, most of
them carrying bundles and leading
small children. walked across the
bridge to shelter and safety with
friends on the Missouri side.
Crowds Become Awcd.
As the crowds from st. Louis
reached the east side they noticed that
an awe-struck silence had settled on
the towsnpeople who stood In the
streets watching the glow of the
flames.
Telephone wires had been cut early
in the evening by the fire department.
AS telegraph and telephone pores
caught fire other wires went down.
After military rule had been pro-
claimed the soldiers put more vigor
into their attempts to quell the mob
s. O. Tipp, assistant adjutant-general
OF Illinois, announced that any person
arrested by the troops would not b.
turned over to the police.
Seventy-five white men attacked a
negro in front of a drug store OIL
Broadway and attempted to drag hin,
to a pole, beating him as they pulled
him along. The troops charged tn,
ers scattered Before the troops ar.
rived the negro Was shot twice.
With this show OF force the rioters
In part Quilted down. Troops stood
guard at all corners and kept tnS
crowd moving. Many persons were
advised to go home.
At $3.50 o'clock fire broke out in the
| district known as the valley a
Third street and st. Louis avenue
This fire came pcrllously near to the
vast railroad yards OF East st. LOUIS
At o'clock four negroes were shot
| by snipers at Ninth and Missouri.
Attempt to Hang Fail.
An attempt was made to lynch ar
aged negro at the intersection oil
Fourth and Bond. He was strung ui
to pole, but was rescued just In
time to save his life.
Militiamen rescued another aged