New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-04
Citizens Charge Guard :.
Cowardice and F.
Further Race Riot
Grand Jury to Deal
With Mob Lead.
Influx of Black Lsbo, |
Break Strikes Call.I
Cause Of Troubl.

companies of National Guards-,
night patrolled the streets Of "a, ,
Louis in an effort to proven, a. |
currence OF the race riots herr !
death list is now % person, .
more are injured, and $40 nssrs,,,
covering l6ls acres Of ground y
been destroyed by fire.
This community Of $4,000 p.,v.
terrorized by the events Of III. h, l
days. That the citizens fear q,
ability of the Gusrdsmen to coz, !
the situation was intimated al
when the Chamber OF Conner,
manded that Adjutant Gener,l I.
son inform il why the troopers .r +,
displayed more energy last !,
Members. cf the chamber were ns \
20 charge the soldiers with in,ss,
bordering on cowardice. but Mjl
General Dickson explained ,Ar
force was handicapped by II, =
number Of troops available At I.
time.
The police force. which ns.J
sixty. also was charged with A
gence in attempting to quell Ii, 4
lence. OF all the incidents Of 4, \
related to-day not one was Of I
gle act of bravery on the par, q |
police or Guardsmen. Anxious \
zens who inquired Of individual !
tiamen why they did not stop h,
ing and murder which were goi,
in many instances under then !
eyes, received grins FOR their p.
Some Of the soldiers were dissrrs
the rioters.
Negroes Leave City
To-day some OF The negroo.ni
out Of town on the railroad tn.
more crossed 70 the Missouri q
where all was quiet. and still ~
assured Of protection by the aus-sl
force Of soldiers. returned 70 !
homes. Some, whose homes y
burned, were cared for in .
hastily arranged by the Chsnss
Commerce.
A newspaper reporter, who :"
the thick Of the trouble last MIR
lated a particularly brutal '''T
white man, observing a cowsri''
gro. approached and said:
Come with me into this all'I;
will be safe there; there's a 81
there" The negro followed. Z
alley the white man calmly 81"
victim through tho head and ssSi's
back into the street. presently ,'
a mob intent on a rope-and-lsr''
lynching.
No systematic search Of he 2
was made to-day, but fear thai y
Of dead might lie beneath gT';S
disappeared. Last night brouss
mors that many bodies hst
thrown in the river. but the VI
gave up no dead to-day, and By :
Il was doubted whether the nunsl
deaths would much exceed the ~
the mortusries.
One negro, badly injured. was g
cred in a sewer msnhole, where ~
thrown after being badly bes'e,
Labor Troubles Describes
Michael Whalen, president "
Central Trades and Labor CoGr'- =
and likewise city clerk, gave o.
PLANTATION Of conditions S,.@
thought led TO the rioting.
Last summer" said Mr. Whsl.'' =
white men went on strike in ns%
ing plants OF Armour e. Co., N'Hl
Co. and Swift & Co. Eight ~
negroes from the South cane u"
plants as strikebreskers. WEE I
strike ended the negroes reni'l''
work and an equivalent huna
white men failed to get their Ioa !.
Since then there has been sHs ~
negroes arriving. At least ~
groes have come from the Soe1 :
last year. Many OF them ia.'es
tain work, or 10 hold JOBS az ~,
tanned. Burglaries. highway io. ~,
and petty crimes began. The pest
came exasperated and detern,ss,., ~
dripe them out OF town NL ~,
said that the chief objection 70
groes was that they would no' .
and would not strike. M
Managers of plants mentiohss !. ]
Whalen asserted that not a ~.
had been deprived OF work Gee 60,
the negroes. Even with me ~. :,
was difficult to get enough lao't -
said. They explained mat Toy =.
written back home by the ht'.. e., 4
accounted for the continued m 4
the South. The negro lsoois. !
particularly pleased 10 &c, ~ -
wages and hours as the waiN a.. 4
News that Governor Loss ., 4,
coming, as well As ten add'l'.s, ~
panies OF Gusrdsmen, tended V 70,
confidence tonight, despite q ~
incendiary fires. ,rl
One hundred OF 1913 persons 90
last night were released tns s,.s1
Some others were hned w
concealed weapons. ~ re
Instead of the ninety-'nly. .,,t.
which melting 10 riot was g. g. Is
but three we're dismissed ~. y 4
evidence. Three others. seeuss. ,crf
nesses Of dragging a negro lis =
streets with a rope aroun1
were held 10 the grand lur.,S J. :,
The grand jury meets 's ia 81
leaders OF the mobs are al
known, and the grand luH'
clared. will deal with tne" u, a
Governor Lowden ana =, } 81
from Springfield arrived . .;,h ~
The Governor conferred w.sor u
tant General Dickson ana ",,,i,i