Arizona republican., 1919-07-29
STREETS DOTTED 
 WITH KILLED AND INJURED AS RACE R|OT|NG REVIEWS
Seven Known Dead and Scores Wounded, as the Whites and Blacks Clash Police Unable to Quell Outbreaks a
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renewal of race riots in the Cnlcago 'black belt tonight.
 For more than five hours the five mile area on the South Side was d battle ground of scattered fights be- tween whites and blacks and between policemen and negroes, who fired from housetops. from dark alleys and other points of vantage.
 The call for troops to quen the out breaks resulted in four regiments of national guardsmen being mobillZed. but at a late hour tonight they had not been dispatched to the disturbed dis trict and Chief of Police Garritoy ex- pressed the belief that the worst of the disorder had passed.
 Five of Dead Are Negroes
 Five of the dead are negroes and two are whites.
 There was no concentrated battle by the blacks, the outbreaks dotting a large area
 Every police station on the South Side was flooded with reports of deaths and injuries.
 Chief of Police Garrity at a late hour said that it was impossible to make an
 exact estimate of the casualties be- cause of the contradictory reports. 1 The riots, which started yesterday ]
 newed when negro laborers began leav-
 ing the big industrial plants and by dusk more than a score Of separate
 outbreaks had occurred.
 Whites began dragging negroes from
 street cars. the negroes retaliating
 with stones and knives. Street cars
 in the heart of the "black belt" were
 tied up and the windows smashed.
 Blacks Form Flying Squadron"
 flying squadron of blacks mounted
 a touring car and riding at full speed
 through the section known Jas No
 Mans Land" sent a volley of shots at
 a group of whites. One white woman
 was injured, but not fatally. The ne-
 groes were overtaken after a long chase
 and placed under arrest.
 Shortly afterward a mob of several
 hundred blacks formed at Thirty fifth
 street and began stoning policeman.
 In a twinkling gun fire was opened
 and four 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 samo
 block.
 Scores of arrests were made. but
 NHClt iuc IlONtIS we're 1Ouiu lO t3 unarmed they were released. .. Negroes began footing stores of whites in one district shortly after the firing of revolvers by a squad of policemen in an effort to break up , a fight over a small purchase of groceries. The police soon emptied
 their guns. The footing continued until
 a special squad of police armed with rifles arrived. They fired low, felling a dozen blacks.
 Assaults White Woman A white woman was pulled from street car by a negro. He was soon lying unconscious against the curb. , The angry whites had 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 a miniature battle : ground
 Unconscious negroes and whites dot ted the street. As they regained con-
 sciousness they were arrested or per- mitted to leave the neighborhood Women Fight With Brooms While the main battles were in pro-
 gres, women, blacks and whites. bat . tied away in front yards with brooms and missiles In one of these fights. a white woman was knocked unconscious !, and taken to a hospital Il In one battle on Thirty-Fourtb street, negroes knocked two policemen unconscious and were drawing guns ; when group of discharged negro sol . dlers came to the rescue of the whites. . in another battle soon after, three policemen were shot. One may die. In an effort to prevent quick trans $ portation of rifle bearing policemen e from one section to another. the negroes began cutting telephone and s' telegraph wires
 Attack Car Men Il The blacks began firing on stree,
 car conductors and motormen wber
 they refused to allow negro passengers - to board their cars because of threats o made by white passengers. One con y ductor was reported shot in the leg. !, AInbulances and patrol wagon u threaded their way through the blacl !e belt throughout the early hours of tn IS night.
 !, number of wounded negroes crep II into alleys and other dark places. Whe .e trey were found they were hurried f 7 the Prevalent hospital for coIoref ie which for several hours, received
 virtual procession of injured men an r terrorstricken women.
 The more seriously wounded negroe .ss participated in battle with white "a rear Thfrty-ffth and State street. ~ Several thousand of the blacks con V gregated at this point within perio ,s ,. of 10 minutes. It was an orderly gath ;r ering for time. Suddenly four mad l as denee negroes raced up the street an ~ surrounded the home of a white mar In twinkling shots began to fly i "a all directions. More than a score ( na negroes fell. Some were carried oi .a by companions.
 se Snipers Fire lndiscriminateIy rt For more than two blocks along on ,b street. negro snipers fired from hous sa tops and windows. Not single deat
 resulted from this method of warfar
 however.
 After threats had been made n- whites to clean up" the stock yard IA district, small army of negroe Id. formed ready to meet the challeng h. An automobile of negroes started ovt an the district to estimate the number ( ,m whites present They were stonet D. Then they drew revolvers and raicin ofi atxtap speed, fired&at whf1D alon t6e 1Rd A whit Nan shet