The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-09
Nearly Tive Score Are Killed in
War Between Whites and
Blacks N Chicago.
STATE TROOPS CALLED OUT
strsst Car Men Strike At ssne Tins
-Ursency Of Action to Cut Living
cest Impressed on Govern
msnt@Status Of Peace
Treaty Contest


py EDWARD W. PIckARp.
Race riots and strikes made Chicago
the news enter of the country for the
week. and the news from It was SEN
sational and plentiful. Starting In .
trining quarrel over the color line
ar 4 bathing beach, q real race war
sprang ND with startling ~suddenness
and quickly spread throughout the
South side Of the city, where most OF
the negroes live, and thence to the
downtown business district. with spo-
radio outbreaks In other regions. Be
fore the authorities got the situation
under control nearly WI per-
sons had beer killed and several hun
dred wounded. For several days the
mayor insisted the police could re-
store order, but realization Of his mis-
take was forced on him and he called
on the governor for assistance from
the state militia. Several regiments
at once occupied the BLACK belt"
However, the establishment of martial
law was avoided and thus the city
saved its face"
There Is no doubt that the casualty
lists Of the race war were kept down
by the fact that the strike Of the
street car men was coincident with
the riots. Not q surface or elevated
car was running and It was compare
lively easy for the authorities to keep
out Of the riot district the trouble and
curiosity seekers. The strike, which
had been impending for some time,
was precipitated suddenly by the rad
ical element in the a mems unions, q
compromise offer of the companies, APP
proved by the state and city authori-
ties and the heads of the unions. be-
ing rejected. Though seriously ham
pered In getting to its work and In
transacting business, the public took
the situation good naturally and made
its way to the business district and
home again with rather remarkable
facility. All manner Of motor We
hicles were pressed into service and
the steam roads exerted every effort
to carry their many thousands of extra
passengers. The demand of the car
men for q heavy increase in wages
did not have general sympathy, for 1t
meant q corresponding increase in the
fares charged.
There have been many bitter COM
plants lately to the effect that the
government was not doing what II
might to reduce the cost of living by
selling to consumers the immense sur
plus stores Of food held by the war
department. On Thursday the war
department put on sale about 341, 600
900 pounds of those foodstuffs, includ-
ing canned vegetables. corned beef.
bacon, roast beef, frozen meats and
poultry. The marketing was done
through local postmasters and mail
carriers. who took orders from buy
ers, received the cash and delivered
the goods. The prices obtained rep
resented the cos to the government
plus the postage. This sale was -
pecially well patronized by the people
of small towns and rural districts, and
II was predicted that the supplies
would be disposed Of within a week.
OF course such q measure q this
is only q drop In the bucket. and 1t is
being more and more forcibly impress
ed on the government that It must do
something to make the cost Of life's
necessities square with the incomes
of the people. The advisory board Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engt-
neers took up the matter directly with
the president, presenting to him q
memorandum which he characterized
as an impressive document" and
ordered made public. The board ap-
pealed to the president and cabinet
for government action to increase the
purchasing power Of the dollar. fall
ing in which. It said. the engineers
would have to ask . further increase
in wages. The memorandum asserted
that the spirit Of unrest existing
among all classes, especially wage
n was due mainly to the con-
scienceless proitsering by the great
interests who have secured control OF
all the necessaries of life" The en-
gineers are wise enough to see and
ito admit that increasing the wages
lis but temporary relief 70 long ~
prices continue to soar.
Just before the engineers visited the
white House Democratic National
Cummings reported to the
on his political inspection
trip over the country. telling Mr.. VIII
SON Of the growing importance Of &C