Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-29
RACE RIOTS TERRORlE
SOUTH PH|LAD' A.
Two Dead and 90 Injured in Up
rising of Negroes; Blacks
Houses Filled With Arms.

Philadelphia, July ~ wo men arc
dead and sixty injured, tour OF them
seriously IN race riots which tcrroriHeu
South Philadelphia Tor hours Yesterday.
This outbreak i,ctwccn the whites
.pd the Negroes turned into an armed
camn the zone bounded hy twenty
9Th and Thirticth streets and Washing
ton avenue and Dickinson street ne
polire were powcTcss to subduc the m
f,,riatcd whites and blacks, who battled
with guns, clubs. razors and bricks ana
any other handy or available weapon
The trouble began when Mrs. flSlc
Bond, a colorcd probation officer IN the
Municipal Court, took UP her nome AT
,036 Ellsworth street Mrs. Bond pur-
chased Inc property but the Winte people
m the ncighborhood resented her lvlng
there.
Oncc Mrs Bond was Installed crowds
gathered IN front pi her home and pro
tested against her residence IN the block
They followed thcU taunts. It IS charged
W.T. a nlsllladc OF stones through the
windows Mrs Bond Is SAID To have trcd
two shots from the sccond-storv window
which seemed 10 lnCltc the crowd to TUT
thcr demonstrations. and her windows
were rIddlcd with buchs and st ones.
Ios,,ph Kelly was injured IN the htSt
melee and the shooting 81 the man seemed
over. the riots broke ont afrcsh later IN
the night aud early Yesterday Hugh
I.,vcry. was attracted hy the nolsc ~" had
bccn sleeping and WAS awakened bN III"
shouts and crits. and. dressing, went out
To investigate IN n origin
The hull IN the noting WAS broken ~
II o'clock when Magistrate iiakcr heard
the eases of numerous men arrested on lh'
,harcc of rotluC on the previous night
Included in thus collection were the two
lrot hers o( kcll> and scores ui both races
throngcd the courtroom
As the crowd was leaving tho place =
shot was heard in an alley ncar wontN-
seventh and Titan streets There vas m
instant rush to he place and IN the
general mlx-up the white persons and
Negroes started thelr lighting anew
mother hull came until ! clock, when
II Huff came out 81 hls home lrandishmg
a revolver and patroihng tho std"waIks
inviting white mon 10 come and hC Wh1p
ned He continued thus pilgrimage t"r
some time without interference. unitl
Thomas Men av. patrol driver Who "a@
in civilian clothes left ~ dinner - learn
thc reason tor he uol@c Wa~ klilCd lN thc
Negro
Tho news of the shooting spread rardly
and j general outbrcak followed t)c-
toctlvc Rclsh.v 81 Captain So'dcr +
force. and Detective turran. - tho pohc'
district hurried a. tho score They
hurst INTO the bou~r whore Iluti was
hiding and found the Negro rC"adnG
bIs revolver Tor t1tctu minutes thc
detectives and the Negro fought F'l-
shaw and Curran hCat the Negro WITH
thclr hlackJatk~ until he submitted and
then dragged hm out
rIui Mas pot into patrol wagon "nd
started for the police station = lN'ntlCiN
and Federal streets ~ twenty nit 4
and Federal crowd ot \ccf"o% had
gathered on the corner, and a- the patrol
Wagon PASSED pcltcd II with stones. uur
al the missiles striking Sergeant iardnc
knocking him from tho scat Ia'r"lman,
MeIaughhn and Stingcr, too. were hl'
Lieutenant l.chtcrmcNcr Scnt All the
available men. together vlth the reserves.
into the zone whore the rlotng Was II it7
height
MS fresh force of police found crowds
numbering thousands dartIuc here and
there. from corner 20 coTncr hldT'n
some If them not more than tive az Sl>
wears old. were ia tho muittaticS with
their mothers and other Women
Policemen were stationed 100 yards
anart and The entire section WIS p3ChCtCG
Soon calls seemed - come from every
section that the whites and blacks were
fighting :sgalu Bricks were flying CNrrN-
wherc,and mon were Cropping as they "cr
struck The whites went clubbing
gangs of Negroes. while the blacks re-
tahated with every missile They could
find The entire section was ~ state y
terror. with stray shot here ana there
coming from windows IN many houses
In the vicinity of Wharton square
the riofinC was terrific Every Negro
In sight was driven AWAY, many q thcn
with blows from clubs and tUchS
fresh riot call brought police on the jump
here and They sent back many oi the
Negroes IN order TO save their hNe~
At Twenty-fourth and Ellsworth
streets a shot was hred 10y some one and
hundreds rushed there, many Of them
being children 4 Negro was standing
on the corner. when They arrived and was
shouting wildly that he had been shot ~
the leg. Four Of the home defense.
seeing the crowds converge Al that point
thought the Youngsters were about tc
attack the Negro The quartet backed
the Negro against wall and drawing
their own rcvoiycrS ordered the CROWD
back The Negro was stricken with terror
and showed brnse on ms sim, Whl'h
he said had been caused ty bullet
The trouble had reached such pro-
portions at : @ clock that y plaln clothes
men from every section 81 the city were
sent to South Philadelphia, while rumor,
that the Negroes were masSng uptown
for an attack at night spurred 10 kecI
the whites on guard Houses IN Whlct
Negroes were living were searched and al
sorts Of weapons were found, the poIic'
stated In one, the home ot nuInbe'
OF Negroes. knives, revolvers blackIacAs
and razors were discovered hidden bc
meath carpets, under beds and IN eNeTl
conce ivable hiding place the police saId