The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-05
TROOPS CHECK
RACE RIOTING
Only Isolated Clashes Occur at
East St. L0uis-Curious Are
Turned Back.
SECOND REGIMENT ON GUARD
Chicago Soldiers Bring Order in Town
Where More Than 100 Negroes
Were kilied-Blacks Blamed
for Trouble.

Were kilied-Blacks Blamed
for Trouble.
East st. Louis, H., July 5.-Work Of
clearing the wreck of the burned
Broadway opera house, the building
on the main street where many ne
groes ran for refuge at the height OF
the riots, revealed that bodies of both
sexes were lying in the debris, heaped
to the number of not less than thirty.
Fire, Suffocation and burial by the
cOllapsing walls were the causes OF
DEATH The total of bodies accounted
for now is rs, with the certain con-
cluSion that the death list extends be-
yOnd 125.
East St. Louis, H., July Six
companies of "Garr1tys Go-getterS,"
members of Chicagos famous Second
regiment, are sitting on the East st.
Louis riot lid. Apparently they have
brought order out OF chaos.
Save for few isolated clashes be-
tween whites and blacks, the day has
brought no renewal of Mondays riot
Ing.
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 cOndi-
tionS.
Colonel Hunter iEtima..d 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 streets yester-
day. No lettering was permitted by
the 2,OOO troopers who patrOlled every
section of the city, and curiosity seek
ers 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 haven Of refuge with friends
In st. Louis Or in the municipal lodg-
Ing houses there.
Garrity'S troopers created pro-
found impression as they detrained and
marched through the business section
of the city for their camp.
More Than 100 Killed.
According to unofficial figures more
than 100 negroes were killed and 500
injured.
The latest recapitulatiOn follows:
Twenty-eight bodies In morgue, "a
burned in Broadway opera house base
ment, burned in Broadway dwell
ings, 8 thrown into CahOkia creek, 10
buried In one house where so were
rescued, 80 CONSERVATIVE lost in Sc
gregated Black valley district, 2 po-
Hcemen. white civilians; total, 10S.
Trouble Ended for Present
General Dickson expressed the opin-
ion that the trouble was over for the
present at least.
1.-The arrival of the detachment from
the Second has given US the support
we needed, and sufficient men, l think,
to handle the situation successfully and
thoroughly. There has been little trou-
BILE during the day and few riot calls.'
Mayor Mollman and officials Of the
chamber of commerce are more o.
timistic than at any time since the
trouble broke.
In many quarters apprehension is
felt that the negro refugees in st.
Louis soon will start returning here
to resume their old positions, aud that
the trouble will again break out. Con-
sideratiOn of this will be given az a
meeting of representative citizens.
One faction of seriOus-minded men = !
mands that steps be taken to induce
officials of manufacturing plants to
clean their payrolls of all negroes and
-efuse to employ any more.
Blame Blacks for Riots.
Coroner Renner opened the inquest.
States Attorney Schaumleffel was not
present.
The coroner decided to go into the
deaths of Policemen Coppedge and
Wodley, who We're shot down by a ne
gro mob, which furnished the excuse
for Monday nights riots.
Fifteen Negroes Arrested.
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.
The4generalIy understood object of
the coroner's investigation was to show
that the blacks started the frightful-
ness, and that the whites were justified
In their reprisals that cost 100 lives.
After the ID negroes had testified
the coroner continued the inQues until
pext Monday to give the police o