New Britain herald., 1919-07-30
Death ListreacheS27 27- 5000 Soldiers stan
 Ready for Immediat Action if CaIledUpo
KNIVES, RAZORS
 AND GUNS USE In One Section Rioters Bun Body of Corpse-Hospit Housing Negroes is A tackled By Mob.

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 Chicago, July 30.-Bitter fightil between whites and negroes spre| last night to all parts of Chicago Il serious casualties being more numd ous than at any similar period in Il racial war. The city authoritI made no call for troops and in the a sence of such call Governor Lowd| could not order the soldiers to tal charge although with the arrival day of two more regiments, 1000 wi armed men were resting on thI arms.
 Deaths Total 27.
 While the state soldiers compiled two days work Of polishing bayond and filling cartridge clips, the dea| list mounted to 27. An incorrect rl lice report last night had sent higher but investigation showed tfI no one had been killed in a spectad lar automobile crash and race fight 35th and State streets. The authenI cated deaths in last nights fightil were two. both negroes. One wi killed in the Italian district of tI west side and Ira Henry, 40, was stI dead when he wounded one of at \ policemen who sought to search hi for weapons at 50th and State streel
 Knives, RaZors and Guns UsAa.
 Tn other instances, whites @a blacks slashed each other with kna7s| shot from ambush or ran xAewn is| lated members of the otheF~Vace al beat them into insensibility Ind was some footing of abandoned rel dences and stores in the south si (black belt) and a number of sm fires were ascribed to incendiarism.
 The Ninth Regiment from t southern part of the state and t toward Chicago today to add tn rifles and machine guns to the pote tial army already here.
 Rioters Burn Corpse.
 The police strove to clear the ric CTS from the south side negro quart and early last night apparently sr ceeded only to find that the m spirit had spread to other regioi On the west side whites attacked Il groes and in one case partly burn the corpse of a victim with gasoliI On the north side fighting proceed for several hours, and in the reside tial districts known as Woodlawn al Englewood on the far south si fierce fighting took place.
 Whites Attack Hospital.
 As the overworked police for dashed to those quarters several mil from the center of the war the smol ering flames of anarchy burst for
 IoI aI- Eo1N q. wagon crashed into an automobi filled with men and a fight follow that caused the probable fatal inju of three men and the wounding several others. The wounded we taken to Prevalent hospital, neg institution and a crowd of whites a tackled the infirmary causing consi erable damage.
 During the rest of the night ou breaks occurred and although on one fatality was reported from {, negro orgy of hatred the number severely hurt was greater than f Monday night probably dozen su fering fatal hurts.
 Negroes Get Enough"
 The whites again seemed to be tl more aggressive, the negroes havil been converted to peace by san mem bers of their race, or cowed the beatins sustained by scores. Slee ing car porters accepted an offer the company to house them .rath than go home and the jazz band co cert at the municipal pier was call off because the negro musicians kT fused to perform.
 Car Strike Aids Police.
 Owing to the street car strike s4' comparatively few white rioters in total population could not so hand get together last night and n0aYlaa; mobs invaded the black beltx.. It 9ss mostly guerilla warfare, bMf exA@N inglv bitter In some cases men ox lie hidden along 8 boulevard no. \ on passing cars occupied by thkssxss M bers of the opposite race. IS6 gfYYss a few whites would assault aSbufNM occupied by negroes in the midst as white neighborhood dragging~fof4h victim to a beating. z VI
 The car strike sg*6 helped t1% !. groes. as favorite form of atta aok the first night of the disofder wass enter street car andadrag a. neg from the vehicle to thaSetrcet M l1f he was maimed or killesf as '. sss
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