The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-31
CHICAGO RACE RIOT
BREAKS OUT AFRESH
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED; MORE
THAN FORTY WOUNDED.
Four Regiments of National Guards
men Being Modified to
Ouell Disturbance.

Chicago, July 2S-Seven persons
are known to have been killed and
more than two score wounded, many
of them seriously, in renewal OF
race riots in the Chicago "black belt
tonight.
For more than five hours the five
mile area on the south side was
battle ground of scattered fights De-
tween whites and blacks and between
policemen and negroes, VINO flred
from house tops, fro mdark alleys and
other points of vantage.
Troops MobiliZing.
The call for troops to quell the out
breaks resulted in four regiments OF
National Guardsmen being mobilized,
hut at a late hour tonight they had
not been sent to the disturbed dis
trict and Chief of Police Garrity eX-
pressed the belief that the worst OF
the disorder had passed.
Five of the dead are negroes and
two are whites.
The wounded, in most cases were
hurried to hospitals, after which they
were removed to their homes When
conditions permitted.
There was no concerted battle,
Chief of Police Garrity, at late hour,
said that it was impossible to make
an exact estimate of the casualties
because of the contradictory reports.
Stones and Knives.
The riots which started yesterday
on the south side beaches were re-
newed when negro laborers began
leaving the big industrial plants and
by dusk more than score OF out
breaks had occurred. Whites began
dragging negroes from street cars;
the negroes retaliated with stones and
knives. Street cars in the heart OF
the "black belt" were tied up and
the windows smashed.
A Flying squadron" of blacks
mounted a touring car and, riding at
full speed through the section, sent
a volley of shots at a group of whites.
One white woman was injured, but
not fatally. The negroes were over
taken and placed under arrest.
Shortly afterwards mob of several
hundred blacks formed at Thirty-fifth
street and began stoning policeman.
Gun fire was opened and four of the
negroes fell, all mortally wounded.
A white man in the same neighbor-
hood was dragged from a truck and
stabbed to death.
A negro chauffeur was killed by
whites Few minutes later in the
same block.
Several arrests were made but
where the rioters were found to be
unarmed they were released.
Stores Looted.
Negroes began looting stores of
whites in one district shortly after
the firing of revolvers by a squad of
policemen in an effort to break up the
fight.
The police soon emptied their guns,
but the looting continued until a
special squad Of police, armed with
rifles arrived. They fired low Telling
half a dozen blacks.
A white woman was pulled from q
street car by negro. He was soon
lying against the curb where angly
white men left him for dead.
Charged With Razors.
Groups of blacks formed in football
fashion and charged against white
with razors and clubs. On one corner
the scene was like miniature battle
ground. Unconscious negroes and
whites dotted the street.
While the main battles were in pro-
l.,
battled away in front yards with
brooms and missiles. In one of these
fights a white woman was knocked
unconscious and taken to a hospital.
Negroes Aid Police.
In the fracas on 34th street negroes
knocked two policemen unconscious
and were drawing pistols when a
group of discharged negro soldiers
came to the rescue of the police. 1t
another battle three policemen were
shot. One may die.
In an effort to prevent trucks bear
ing policemen from one section to
another the negroes began cutting
tires.
The blacks began firing on street
Col SNhuoNSOlo hhOhOtA'N "+~SA
they refused to allow negro passen-
gers to board their cars because of
threats made by white passengers.
One conductor was reported to have
been shot in the leg.
Procession of Injured.
A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark places.
When they were found they were hur-
ried to a negro hospital, which for
several hours received a vitual pro-
cession of injured.
The more seriously wounded ne
groes received at the hospital had
participated in battle with whites
On Thirty-fift.. and State streets. Sew
eral thousand Of the blacks crowded
at this point 1t was an orderly gath
ering for time, but suddenly four
negroes raced up the street and
stopped suddenly in the home OF a
white man. In a twinkling shots be-
gan to fly in all directions. Perhaps
more than a score of negroes fell.
Some were carried off by companions.