The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-30
RACE RIOT IN CHICAGO
BREAKS OUT ANEW
Seven Persons Killed; More Than
Forty Wounded.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Four Regiments IF National Guards
men Being Mobilized to Quell
Disturbance.

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 a
battle ground Of scattered fights be-
tween whites and blacks and between
policemen and negroes, who fired
from house tops, from dark alleys and
other points of vantage.
Troops Mobilrzing.
The call for troops to quell the out
breaks resulted in four regiments of
National Guardsmcn being mobilized,
but at late hour tonight they had
not been sent to the disturbed dis
trict and Chief of Police Garrity eX-
pressed the belief t..aJ 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 a .ate hour, said
that it was impossible to make an
exact estimate of the casualties be-
cause 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
the "hlack belt" were tied up and
the windows smashed.
A flying squadron Of blacks mount
ed touring car and, riding at full
speed through the section, sent vol
ley 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 a mob of several
hundred blacks formed at Thirty-fifth
H..
Gun fire was opened and four Of the
negroes fell, all mortaly wounded.
white man in the same neighbor-
hood was dragged from 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
rTarmed they were released.
StOrs Lootsd.
Negroes began lotoing stores of
whites in one district shortly after
the firing of revolvers by a squad of
policemen in an effort 20 break up the
fight.
The police soon emptied their guns,
but the looting continued until
special squad Of police, armed with
rifles arrived. They fred low feeling
half a dozen blacks.
white woma nwas pulled from
street car by negro. He was soon
lyin gagainst the curb where angry
"hlte men left him for dead.
Charged With Razors.
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.
While the main battles were in pro-
gress women, blacks and whites,
battled away in front yards with
brooms and missiles. In one of these
fights a white woman was knocked un-
conscious and taken to a hospital.
Negroes Aid Police.
In the Traces 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. In
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.
y The blacks began firing on street
car conductors and motormen when
they refused to allow negro passen-
gers to board their cars because of
threats made by white passengers.