The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-29


state officials united today In an at
tempt 10 sooihe chicago's social tor
ment Of race r'oting. complicated BY
n complete street car strike. Despite
their Joint efforts trouble fiared in
termlttontiy throughout the morning.
and the death list grew until A.
reached rs. Even that figure was
approximate as unconflrmod reports
OF additional killings were still seep-
Ing into police stations.
The fighting today centered mainly
In the heart OF the black belt" along
35th street. and to cope with the sltu-
alton tho police massed reserves Of
men, rifles. patrol wagons, ambulan-
ccs, and motorcycles 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. as far south as FIFTY
First and State streets and three
vicious fights took place In the down
town district on Wabash avenue. In
broad daylight
Governor I.owden and AdIutant
General Dickson and various militia
officers of the state. CHER OF Police
Garrity and Mayor Thompson for the
city and Coroner Peter Hoffman for
the county. strove stcadfnstly to re-
store law and order Ia the negro dis
trict and prevent spread of the gen
oral rioting to other sections of tho
I "A nj nd
bcIu OF HIS ssaff conferred with the
| city officials and then toured the riot
] district with the chief d police and
I tho mayors secretar Both Mayor
Thompson and Governor Lowdcn Is
sued appeals to all citizens To aid tho
authorities in restoring peace, the
/ governor saying in a noon statement:
Il cannot see who rs responal-
BILE for this situation. II Is here.
II we viii ali keep our heads and
cooperate we will handle this
situation as large majority of
the people stand for law and or
derf'
A special meeting OF the city couu-
eli was hurriodly summoned for this
afternoon. Leaders Of the body had
no dcfinise plans to announce IN nd-
vance OF the meeting.
There was possibility that the
council might pass some sort OF order
against all public gatherings. An
ticiputing such action mass meeting
at which Albert J. Beveridge. former
senator from Indiana. was TO have
discussed the league OF nations to-
night. was called off.
Harold Rignadell white. was rid.
died hy bullets fired from a house al
1921 south tate street. and killed
when the police rushed the place the,
found and arrested four women ant
nine men. an negroes Two reNof
vers. two razors, an axe, scNeta
knives and a quantity OF cartridges
were discovered piled near window
from which the negroes had peef
Joseph powers. white, a street cai
conductor, was shot and killed sooi
after daylight IN the stockyards sec
tion. william Henderson, negro
was arrested In connection with IN
killing.
one unidentified negro was kilie'
and two negroes were wounded a
Wabash and Adams streets. the heas
OF the downtown district, In race riot
ing which renewed shortly before
/, o'clock this morning. During IN
two nights OF rioting ~ persons wer
killod-i3 whites ana nesroei
Hundreds were wounded.
e -Four thousand soldiers with ful
war equipment stood ready today I
3 queu the riOtng between negroes an
!, whites that during two nights OF ter
u ror In the gouth side black belt COS
| the lives OF at least ~ men, includin
one negro policeman, and the MUIR
. OF hundreds OF others. many acriousl
. and probably a dozen fatally. Fou
! OF the injured are soldiers. The polc
aud the coroner have been unable
make complete check Of these cai
unltlcs. but reports showed twent
s Killed last night. OF these ~ wer
y white a hundred thousand negroe
4 and an equal number Of whites ciths
q fought in the streets and alleys q
= / covered In their homes while sho
g rang out Mounted policemen ga
4 lopcd along the boulevarda. patr'
n with prisoners and wounded, and w
- men and children screamed as me
e fought with cudEela, knives ana tsi
The disorders spread 10 the mort
: side today, where number OF ~
l. groes were chased ana threatene
4 Very few negroes live on the mort
N Side.
I, Some OF the most serious rloting
~ the day occurred in the Cook coun
iaii. when one hundred negro prisol
ers. exercising outside their eel
= ovorpoWered a negro guard and rae,
I" into the exercise room of tho Will
prisoners There were between 81
AZ and zoe white prisoners Ia the ROOF
when the negroes rushed into q
!" rom. there was an instant clash.
g. Tho regular force OF guards vi
M unable to control the prisoners az
ld rather than attempt TO quiet thei
H. locked the doors ana appealed Z
IA aid. Tho prisoners fought FOR an hol
before they were beaten into submi
J. sion with clubs Several OF the neg
80 prisoners, u was reported, carril
knives, and numoer of the VIII