Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-29

SpeClut Leased WireJ
where the rioters were found to be
unarmed, they Were released.
Begin Looting Stores.
Negroes began looting stores of
whites in one district shortly after
the firing of revolvers by a squad of
policemen in an effort to break up
a fight over a small purchase of gro-
ceries. The police soon emptied their
guns. The looting continued until
special squad of police. armed with
rifles, arrived, They fired low, Telling
half dozen blacks.
white woman was pulled from n
street car by a negro. He was soon
lying unconscious against the curb.
The angry whites had left him for
dead
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. AS they re-
gained consciousness they were arrest
ed or permitted to leave the neighbor-
hood.
Fight in Front Yards.
While the main battles were in prog
ress, women, blacks and whites bat
tied away in front yards with brooms
and missiles. In one of these fights
white woman was knocked uncon-
scious and taken to a hospital.
In one battle on Thirty-fourth
street, negroes knocked two policemen
unconscious and were drawing guns
when a group of discharged negro SOL
diers came to the rescue of the whites.
In another battle soon after. three po-
licemen were shot. one may die,
In an effort to prevent quick-trans-
portation of riflebearing policemen
from one section to another, the ne
groes began cutting telephone and
telephone wires
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. One
conductor was reported shot in the
leg
Ambulances and patrol wagons
threaded their way through the black
belt throughout the early hours of the
night.
A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark places.
When they were found they were hur-
ried to the Provident hospital for COL
virtual procession of injured and ter
ror-stricken women.
Several Thousand Blacks Gather.
The more seriously wounded ne
groes had participated in battle with
whites near Thirty-ritth and state
streets. Several thousand of the
blacks congregated at this point with
in period of ten minutes. 1t was an
orderly gathering for a time. Sudden
ly four maddened negroes raced up
the street and surrounded the home
of white man. In a twinkling shots
began to fly in all directions. More
than score of negroes fell. Some
were carried off by companions.
For more than two blocks along
one street, negro snipers fired from
house tops and windows. Not a sim
gle death resulted from this method
of warfare. however.
After threats had been made by
whites to "clean up" the stock yards
district, a small army of negroes
formed ready to meet the challenge.
An automobile full of negroes start
ed over the district to estimate the
of whites present A white
man was shot in the shoulder and
bullet grazed the head of white
woman.
Police Get Control
The negroes were overtaken and
rescued from the mob by policemen.
In the meantime squads of mounted
policemen arrived in the district In an
ticipation of trouble, and what was ex-
pected to be the most serious outbreak
of the night was curbed.
Police wires were busy all night
with pleadings from frightened women
for protection. Many of them feared
to leave the zone of action and they
were terrified by the dramatic battles
and feared their homes would be
wrecked before morning.
Street lights along some streets
were smashed and the streets da.k-
aned. Then the bright flashes from
pistols would signify new battle and
IN almost no time the immediate vicin-
ty would he surging mass Of whites
md black-~ When they came together
IN large crowds. fists, knives and clubs
xc~H used.
Patrol wagons threaded their way
hroSgh crcwds and leaders IN many
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