Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
SIX ARE WOUNDED
IN ST. LOUIS RIOT
Recurrence of Race Struggle
Sees Three White Men and
Three Negroes Shot.
SALOONS AND SHOWS CLOSE
Difference Of Opinion Over
President Precipitates in
Toledo Riot.

EAST ST. LOUIS, H.. Nav %
Three white men and three negroes
were wounded tonight in a recurrence
OF rlots that started Monday night,
after meeting to protest against
the wholesale importation Of negro
laborers
Six troops of Illinois national
guardsmen patrolled the streets. but
groups of from twenty to two hun
dred men formed at frequent inter
walls all thru the night The an
pearance of negro on the street was
signal for trouble.
Lights Shot Out.
Saloons closed at o'clock and the
picture shows did not open but the
streets were crowded. The widely
scattered points of trouble made il
difficult to check up on all disturb
ances. The negro sections where the
arc lights had been shot out virtually
were in complete darkness
Thomas Ritchie. private watch
man for the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. was patrolhng the tracks
when he saw a negro approaching
with a shotgun. lie challenged the
black, who fired, wounding Richie
in the shoulder
AT St Marys hospital two white la
borers were in serious condition as
result of gunshot wounds
Shot in Cold Blood.
Trouble began early in the evening
Hardy Harts, a negro, was returning
home from work in the packing plant
when accosted by a white man, who
asked him where he was going. Harts
did not reply. but started to run. The
white man fired and Harts fell with
bullet thru his lung lie probably
will die.
Charles Erwin, a negro was chased
by forty men for several blocks and
when il appeared he would escape,
several shots were fired. one OF them
entering the blacks right side.
The Intermittent formation of small
mobs continued during the entire eve
ming. bat with soldiers patrolling the
streets in pairs, none of them gained
any appreciable size. At no time was
there more than two hundred men
in group, II is estimated.
Challenge All Passing.
At II o'clock Col. G. +. clayton,
who is in command of SIX companies
of militia on guard here, declared he
expected little more trouble tonight.
Colonel Clayton stationed his men,
each armed with rifle and ninety
rounds of ammunition, one hundre"
feet apart in the sections where trou
bic was feared. orders We're issued
10 let no ono pass into the restricted
zones" without being challenged.
Three engine companies of the fire
department responded to an alarm uf
North Third street heavily settled by
necrocs and were met with Volley
hen thay arrived there, but none
were hit. Several other false alarms
were .urned ir.
Hundreds Arrested.
Hundreds of arrests were made, es-
pecially at the approaches of the
Eads and Free bridges. one negro
was taken who carried a sack con
taining eight revclvers and three hun
dred rounds OF ammunition.
Six members of the First regiment
national guard of Missouri We're ar
rested charged with melting to riot.
They denied ;he charge and after he
ing held in jail about three hours
were released.
Deputy sheriffs arrested three ne
groes at the Spruce Stroct ferry. one
of them carried two rifles and the
other had what is believed by the po-
lice to be a bomb.
Many Flee City.
Police estimated that at least 150O
neSrces had left .he city for suburps
or crossed the river to st. Louis.
About II o'clock q fire started in
one of the negro sections and three
houses were destroyed before the
flames were extiuguished. The fire
is believed to have been started by
,iotars