New-York tribune., 1919-07-29
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! looting continued until q special squad
They fred low telling half a dozen
blacks. white woman was pulled
from a street car by negro. He was
The angry whites left him for dead,
Groups of blacks formed in football
fashion and charged against whites
with razors and clubs. On one corner
the scene was like miniature battle
ground. Unconscious negroes and whites
dotted the street. AS they regained con-
sclousness they were arrested or per-
mitted to leave the neighborhood.
While the main battles were in
progress women, blacks and whites.
battled away in front yards with
brooms and other missiles. In one of
these fights white woman was
knocked unconscious and taken to a
hospital.
In one .fracas on Thirty Street
negroes knocked two policemen uncon-
sclous and were drawing pistols when
group OF discharged negro soldiers
came to the rescue of the whites. In
another battle soon afterwards, three
policemen were shot One may die.
In an effort to prevent quick dis
patch of riflebearing policemen from
one section to another the negroes
began cutting telephone and tele-
graph wires.
Street Cars Fired On
The blacks fired on street car con-
ductors and motormen when they re-
fused to allow negro passengers to
board their cars because of threats
made by white passengers One con-
ductor was reported shot in leg.
Ambulances and patrol wagons
treaded their way through the "black
belt" throughout the early hours of
the night.
Many wounded negroes crept into
alleys and other dark places. When they
were found they were hurried to the
Provident Hospital for Colored, which,
for several hours, received a virtual
procession of injured
The more seriously wounded negroes
received at the hospital had partic-
pated in battle with whites near
Ihlrty-fifth. and State streets. Several
thousand of the blacks congregatad at
this point within period of ten minu-
tes. 1t was an orderly gathering for a
time. Suddenly four maddened negroes
raced up the street. Shots began to
fly in all directions. Perhaps more than
a score OF negroes fell. Some were
carried off by companions.
Firing From Housetops
For more than two blocks along one
J street negro snipers fired from house.
! tops and windows. However, not a single
death resulted from this method of
warfare
After threats had been made by
whites to clean up" the stockyards
district, small army of negroes
formed ready to meet the challenge
An automobile load of negroes started
over the district to estimate the mum
stoned. Then the drewsrevolvers, anc
racing at top speed, fired at whites
along the. road. A white man was shot
in the shoulder and q bullet grazec
the head of white woman.
me negroes were overtaken and res
the. mean time squads of mounted
police arrived in the district in antici
patton of trouble, and what was ex.
break of the night was curbed.
J Police wires were busy all night
with pleadings from frightened womer
for, protection. Many Of them fearee
to leave the zone of action, and they
, were terrified by the battles and feared
their homes would be wrecked
Knives and Clubs Used
Street lights were smashed ant
streets darkened. Then the brigh
flashes from pistols would signify {
new battle, and the immediate vicinit,
would be surging mass of whites ant
blacks. When they came together il
large crowds fists, knives and club.
were used.
While the "Black Belt" was seethin,
with strife, negro educators and churcl
men sent out appeals that the negroes
, go TO their homes and keep the peace.
, 1t is charged that in most outbreak
the negroes had been heckled by tn
whites. AS evidence negroes pointed t,
} the hrst fights yesterday when ncgr,
bathers along the South Lake Shor
t were stoned by whites and one negro
/ boy drowned
/ The attacks on strectcars became s,
numerous that service was suspended
| late tonight on two lines. On the othe
| lines, policemen were on each car.
r The disorders did not extend nortl
to the loop district, except for mino
outbreaks. Whites hooted negroes an,
tripped and cuffed them. A negr
tie and cut deep cash in his head
City Hall Guarded
When the first disscnsion appcare
a in the loop, the police ordered sixt,
picked men from the Detective Burea,
to arm with rifles and form lin
about the City Hall and county build
ings. In this way serious trouble l,
that section was avertcd.
After motorman had been draggc
from his car and killed by group O
maddcned blacks shortly before mid
i night. and n dozen streetcars wcr
E wrecked. the streetcar company or
dered that no more cars be taken int
the troubled area. The elevated train
also quit running in dangerous terri
4 tory.
Wherever negroes congrcgated aftc
IL p. m. they were clubbed by polio
. and scattered.
At late hour dcsultory. firing be
tween whites and blacks on one sid
(, OF the street continued II had bee
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