The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-29
CHICAGO RACE RIOT DEATHS TOTAL "a
FOUR THOUSAND TROOPSNOW|NCHARGE
Hundred Thousand Negroes and Equal Number of
Whites Were Engaged in Fighting Over Large
Area of the City Last Night.
WHITES LOSE MORE LIVES THAN THE NEGROES
Lootng and Incendiarism Became Features of Trouble
Lootng and Incendiarsm Became Features Of Trouble
During the Early Hours of this Morning
Many Inoffensive Negroes Beaten.
lRy AssoeIated Pressl

CHICAGO. Jly 29.-Race riottng be-
tween negroes and whites broke out
anew this morning when an unidenti-
fled negro was killed at Wabash and
Adams street in the heart of the
business district and John Powers.
white, a street car conductor was
shot to death near the stock yards.
bringing the number of dead after
two nights of terror IN the black belt
up to 90 men and many hundred in
tured, some seriously and probably d
dozen fatally.
Four thousand soldiers with full
war equipment stood ready this fore
noon to quell further disorders, Up
to noon the police and coroner have
been unable to make complete list
of casualties but reports show %
killed. OF these 13 were white and
negroes.
Last night hundred thousand ne
groes resulting IN number being in
either fought in the streets or allies
OF covered in their homes while
shots were fired. Mounted policemen
gauoped along boulevards, patrol
wagons dashed through the street with
prisoners and wounded women and
children screamed as men fought
with cudgels and fists.
The disorder today spread to the
north side where mobs chased ne
groes resting in number being in
jured. The taste of blood Sunday
night whetted appetltes OF hundreds
of adventurous persons who had long
grieved at the rapid influx Of negroes
who have spread over a large terri
tory formerly constituting fine
residential quarter Of the south side
Both parties to the contest, enrageh
by stories of cruelties of the othei
ately armed themselves last night and
went out to stop their prey. AS soon
as darkness fell the fighting in var
ious forms became fierce. In some
cases negroes in automobiles dash
ed through the streets firing At any
white encountered. In other cases
whites attacked the buildings occu-
pied by negroes, shooting through
windows and doors, while the inmates
fired back from barricades.
Bands of both races marched
through the streets and meeting
fought battles that ceased only when
the pavements were covered with
dead and wounded or the mounted
police had spurred their horses
through the mass.
/ AS the night wore on and the bands
of terrorists were broken up by po-
licemen looters and incendiaries ap-
peared Several houses were fired
and one burned. A number OF stores
were broken open and sacked.
Toward day light the less agrees
sive had been driven to. cover, worn
out with fighting or Jailed. A num-
Der of white rioters invaded the down
town quarter beat negroes found on
the street and dragged covering
porters from AL night restaurants
and hotels to the street flogging
them numerically.
Among those injured during the
night were three members of the
Seventh regiment who were beset by
ngrees while on their way to the ar
mory Corporal w. P. Riggs was
shot In the back. Chas. T. Williams
was shot in the side and Grey NJ.
Rinkus was slaShed with a razor.
Major Fred Keynes was burned
probably fatally presumably by ne
groes. An auto containing Adj. Gen.
Dickson was fired on but without
damage to the occupants.