The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

|OZEN WHITE MEN KILLED BY NEGROES
IN RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO BLACK BELT

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thInned. and was. confined. to the
street.
Policemen wore taken from al
beats except those In the black bel
7 and held In reserve. They wore
armed with revoIvers, clubs and
rifles, tipped With bayonets. Pur-
suit cars, motorcycle and horses
were used in chasing down the
battIers, black and white.
Police stations were filled with
refugees. Many negroes fIocked to
them for protection. Hundreds more
were picked up for participating In
fights.
LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.
Until midnight officers had diff
Guilty In gaining any sort of control
over affairs. Like prairie fire tho
riots died In one spot to break forts
quarter. It was one o'clock before
the police finally announced they
were In control and 1t was decl ied to
hold the militia In their armoriess
Governor Lowden and Mayor
Thompson issued appeals to hoth
races. Lowden was called back from
a trip to the west by news Of the
riots and the street car strike.
Two More Negroes Killed.
CHICAGO, July 29.-Chicago's race
war today had claimed nineteen
lives. Seven negroes and twelve
white men were killed in rioting
bursting forth in the negro section
and extending to Chicago's business
district. Two negroes were killed in
the loop today. Police and other
observers said the deaths would ex-
ceed that number The injured num-
bered over 150 stabbed, shot and
beaten. Whites and blacks were
about evenly divided among the IN
jured.
Police stations in the negro dis
trict were filed with injured and
frightened residents of the black
belt, seeking protection. An over
flow was cared for in city hospitals
and police stations further removed
from the storm center.
State militiamen were held fully
equipped with riot ammunition in
their armcries. Governor Lowden,
here to confer with city Officials over
the riot and street car strike, in
structed the adjutant general to
rush troops to the riot district when
ever police called for help. City off,
cials said the situation was under
control and troops probably will not
be needed
All available police reserves were
posted in the black belt. Furloughs
were stopped and patrolmen were
drawn In from their regular beats
for reserve service.
There was no large riot in the dis
trict inhabited by negroes. 1t was a
series of small affairs, starting often
with a gibe from a black or white
and followed with shot and sudden
death.
The shacks, tumble down flats and
garishly painted business houses of
the ditricts were closed today. Negro |
residents sought safety in police |
stations or covered at home behind |
drawn curtains. No children were
in the streets.
White men and negroes alike en-
countered at the edge OF the dis
trict were stripped of wea3onS.
negro district itself, there was vio- I
Negroes avoided the stress of the /
loop. Some negro workers were pro.
ta"lei by their employers only after |
great trouble.
One negro, seeking to escape from /
the loop in taxi, was sighted by |
crowd of white men. The cab was |
rushed, overturned and its glass
shattered. The occupant was beaten. i
of his outer clothing and !
Early today an unidentified negro |
was dragged from a down town res
taurant and beaten to death. At !
eight a. M, Robert Williams, negro, /
drove his car into the loop. He was
dragged forth, stabbed and left dead
on the street. In both instances the |
murderers escaped.
The nineteenth death was that of |
an unidentified negro who fired into
4 crowd surrounding Lieut.. James
Dey, of the police. Dey reported he |
had killed the negro in self defense. /
Officials found difficulty in having
bodies Of the negro victims prepared
or burial. White undertakers refused
% handle them and negro undertakers
we're afraid to do SO.
The sailor-led mob which howled
through the loop most of the night
AN into stone wall at the federal
where hundred colored pos
al workers were employed. Watch
men and policemen were assigned to
every entrance and for further protec.
ion the negro workers were confined
IN the fourteenth floor
The backfire Of an automobile IL
he postal subway under the building
.aused rush of police and scramble
Lmong white workers.
At dawn the colored men were
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