The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-03

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praying. Mollman ordered the troops
to arrest every one In sight. A cor
don was thrown around the crowd.
most Of whom were bystanders and
200 Of them were marched to the City
Hall under arrest.
All afternoon crowds Of whites de-
fed the soldiers patrolling the streets
Negroes were ragged from street
cars and interurban trains and beaten.
One negro was kicked into helpless
ness In the street, near national
suardsn1en who were powerless TO
help him A man rushed up and
fred six shots at the fallen negro.
Two struck him and he died.
Urge Martial Law.
Al a meeting this afternoon the
chamber of commerce hesought Col
onel S. 0. Trip, representing Cover
nor Lowden, to declare martial law.
The plea was denied on the ground
that the city authorities would be
stunning the burden Colonel Ir'pp'
however. agreed TO bring enough
troops to the city to restore order.
Eight companies are now here, includ-
inc the two companies OF the Sixth
infantry. stationed here on guard
duty. six more companies are on the
way.
There are many signs however. that
no matter what is done by the troops
the trouble will not be ended pern1a-
nently. 1t is deep-rooted.
Flight and deportation OF negroes,
OF whom there are ten thousand in
St. Louis, already is on.
Fleeing to Missouri.
Motor trucks. crarnmed with blacks
and guarded by soldiers have been
crossing the Mississippi side all day
Some went OF their own accord, others
were removed by Colonel Tripp.
Armour & Co. lent a feet of motor
trucks for the exodus
An example what the guardsmen
are encounterinR Is the beating of ne
crosses nv young factory girls. That
sort of thing has become common
Late this afternoon 1. resulted IN the
death OF a negro Six girls had been
pursuing a negress around the main
railway station. termed locally the
Relay depot" mob formed behind
the girls. who were screaming fran
TIC epithets at the terrified black girl
Send them back to Africa; Kill
them alr'; Lynch them" shouted the
young women. Suddenly the crowd
swept from the trail Of the negress-
A yell rose-"There's one"
A negro man was walking on the
his peril he was killed. Half dozen
pistols cooked and the man dropped
without a chance 70 run.
Two white girls neither more than
seventeen years old. were cheered
when they dragged a negro girl from
street car. removed her slippers and
/ beat her senseless with the sharp
wooden heels
| saloons Ordered Closed.
Following the conferences between
Colonel Trip and the chamber OF
commerce Mayor MoiIran ordered
ali saloons closed at O'Clock
! The mayor also ordered all places
! Of business, including thesters and
candy stores, to close their stores at
| s O'Clock, BY executive direction tho
street cars ceased n operate At I
O'clock.
ITlae Are department. was tYnsy Fight.
ling flames in the negro quarter and
every few minutes reports were ar
| irving that dead negroes were lying N
alleys or in black belt dwellings.
-While the fireman fought she first
I big blaze at Main and Railroad streets
with 200 soldiers holding the mob
back, second Are broke out two
blocks away. Additional fire appar-
atus arrived but It had no sooner un-
limhered than the mob made a dash
and began slashing the hose.
The mohs are bold and show no
fear Of the police or the soldiers. Hal.
of today's killings took place down
town.
Continuation of Old Trouble.
The present condition is a cont,nu-
alton Of the situation that developed
May % and %. when several negroes
and whites were wounded In riots
consequent upon the efforts OF white
workmen TO drive out negroes who
they said had been imported from
the South, The excuse for today's
savagery is the murder last night OF
Detective Coppedee. Three other po-
I licemen and two citizens were also
shot at the same time. Coppedge
! and his squad, seeing themselves
hopelessly cutnunhered were trying
to back away peacefully from 200
armed negroes who had assembled
for some mysterious purpose by the
midnight tolling Of q church bell
when the negroes shot them down.
Roy Albertcn. newspaper report.
er. was the only one OF the group
to escape a bullet. He crouched on
the running board Of the police auto
mobile and was out Of range OF the
| fusillade. ----r
The second white man TO be kill
ed was William Kaiser fifty, a hard
ware merchant. He was standing In
front of his store in Coliinsville ave-
nue. the main business thoroughfare
Of East 81. Louis, when the mob was
shooting ar n negro. A stray hulle.
penetrated his breast
Ignoring the presence Of nationa,
guard patrols and squads on fixed
posts, several 10 block. mohs form.
cd in CoilinSy-ille avenue sevArat I'm,
during the day Colonel Trip found
himself IN the midst Of riot at Col
insville End Illinois avenues at 1880
o'clock. He ordered two motor trucks
to gather I'D members Of the Sixth
re 81 mani and SIXTY men hraLa I'M The