The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-29
BLACK BELT
IS CENTER: Of
BITTER FIGHT
Reports Of More Killings
Reach Police Headquarters.
AUTHORITIES ARE BUSY
State County and City Forces
Battle Against MobS, ,

'by The Associated PresD
CHICAGO, July B.-Cty. county
and state officials united today in an
attempt to soothc Chioagos social
tormen, of race rioiing complicated
by complete street car strike. De-
spite their Joint efforts. trouble flared
intermlttently throughout the morn.
ing and the death list grew until il
reached twenty-four. Even tina, fig.
ufe was approximate as unconirmed
reports OF additional killings were
sun seeping into police stations.
he fighting today centered mainly &.
III the heart OF the black belt" and ia
cope with the situation the police re.
opened the old Stanton Avenue police
station, abandoned about a year ago.
and made II their headquarters. mass.
my reserves OF men. rifles. patrol
wagons, amhulanceS and motorcycle,
IN the vicinity Some four thousand
state troops were under arms IN the
CITY and as many more were under
orders TO be ready for emergency
There were two dangerous flare-ups,
however, outside the black belt" and
three other vicious fights took placs
IN the downtown district in broad day.
light.
Governor Lowden. Adjutant Genera
Dickson and Mayor Thompson strovs
steadily TO restore law and order III
the negro dlstric, and prevent spread
oi the general riotIng to other sec.
iions OF the city. Both Mayor Thomp.
son and Governor Lowdcn issued ap-
peals to citizens OF all degrees and
shades to aid the authorities in re.
storing peacc.
Conditions Improving.
Conditions in the riot district were
reported improved at conference
held by Governor Lowden, Mayor
Thompson and Adjutant General Dick
son a, u 30 p m. General Dickson
reported that rio,ing was slowly sub
siding and that the immediate USE Of
state troops would not he necessary.
Fifty patrolmen we're Withdrawn from
,he black belt and assigned to their
regular duty N the loop district.
The police list Of rio, fatalities rose
to twcn,y-lour at 1880 A. m. when
Thomas Joshua. negro wa killed BY
a detective who fired into a crowd OF
rioters on the South Side, and when
B. +. Gardy, negro, died at hospital.
A vicious race fight broke on, ~
the county jail shortly after / o'clock.
The whites outnumbered the black,
by 70 to and the guards were swept
aside when they tried 70 s,iile the
| trouble at its start.
Street Car Conductor Killed.
Joseph Powers. white, a street car
conductor, was shot and killed soon
after daylight in the stockyards Sec
ton. William Henderson. negro,
was arrested on suspicion in conuec-
,ion with the killing One identi.
fed negro was killed and two negroes
were wounded at Wabash and Adams
streets the hear, OF the downtown
district IN r'otlns which was renewed
shortly after o o'clock this morning.
-Four more victims in the race riots
IN the negro quarter OF Chicago werc
found early today
Riots Spread.
Race rioting spread outside thu
South Side colored district today.
There was serious fighting and
shooting in the loop early I'm the
forenoon The exclusive North Side
residential district received a touch
OF disorder.
| Killings continued after daybfeak.
| bringing the number OF dead, in po-
lice reports, up to n BY mid after.
noon and hundreds were injured. The
police had under investigation three
other reported killings. The lis, oi
y included II whites and 10 ne.
sroes.
The street car strike seemed 10 aid
the spread OF race rioting, which
surged up from the Sor,h Side into
the loop on the heel. Of thousands
walking to work who ordinarily ride.
Streets ordinarily almost deserted
early in the day were busy with -
destrisns, mostly men AMI boys
whose numbers afforded rich oppor'
tunities for racial suarrejs,
Troops Held ReaS}.
| Several bai,slions OF state troops
were under arms in afmories %
parks awaiting possible call by The
city Meanwhile the entire police
force was dealing nth the riots.
Two hundred negro employees OF the
Chicago postoifiee. who worstd last
night, we're taken to their homes
this morning in United States mad
trucks heavily guarded. ~
Practically none u the 5000 -, /,
sroes employed by the big pa-ila1
companies At the Chieag, uN1n6
! Stock Yards reported fos wssk Ae1oS
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