The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-07-31
RACE RIOTINC
IN CHICAGO
OF PERSONS HAVE
BEEN INJURED, MANY OF
THEM SERIOUSLY

Chicago, July 30.-With q known
dead and hundreds injured, scores of
them seriously, sporadic rioting be-
tween whites and negroes was re-
newed tonight in various sections OF
the city, including the small North
Side area populated by negroes. City
and State officials, including Cover
nor FRANC o. Lowden, remained on
the scene throughout the night and
expressed the opinion that the worst
of the rioting was ended.
The most serious situation was re-
ported in the South Side negro belt
where thousands of negroes and
whites had gathered.
Virtually all North Side and loop
police were ordered to this district,
thus leaving almost without police
protection sections from which came
reports of intermittent outbreaks.
A sinister silence that prevailed
in the negro belt on the South Side
at dusk gave way to confusion and
sharp clashes, principally with clubs
and knives as weapons, as the night
wore on. Where these outbreaks oc-
Cured, the negroes predominated in
numbers. Several meetings at negro
halls were broken up by the police,
after which crowds formed on the
streets.
In the early night clashes, various
weapons were used, including table
knives and sling shots. The coroners
inquest showed that 16 negroes and
II whites had been killed.
Troops had not been ordered to pa
troll the negro belt, the police main
tanning that they were still able to
handle the situation.
Four regiments Of State troops
were in barracks ready for duty to-
night as a result of the race riots
which since Sunday have kept the
city in turmoil. The soldiers, plen-
tifully supplied about the South Side
negro district as a support line to
powerful police forces concentrated
within the trouble zone.
In addition to the four regiments
on the ground two other National
| Guard regiments and three reserve
militia units were modified at va
rious towns throughout the State
awaiting word to entrain for Chica-
20. This gave a potential military
force of approximately $500 men.
The city authorities expressed
confidence that the police would be
able to master the trouble. Every
block in the district bounded north
and south by Twenty-second and
Thirty-ninth streets and east and
west by Cottage Grove and Wenth-
worth Avenues was patrrolled close
ly. The main disturbance points were
guarded by a dozen policemen to
the block, with reinforcements OF
mounted men and additional patrol
men at each intersection while every
police station was filled with reserves
armed with rifles. The police con-
centration was the most complete in
the city's history exceeding even that
which coped with the Haymarket
anarchists more than three decades
ago. ,.,
lists issued by the coroner's office
had reached %, an increase of IL
over last night and 244 persons had
been reported to the police as having
been injured.
The latter figure was admittedly
incomplete and police officers
thought it did not comprise half OF
those actually hurt in the fighting.
Scores known to have been hurt
left stations or hospitals without
giving their names and it was stat
ed that several hundred probably
had been treated without placing
themselves within purview Of the
authorities.
The rapidity with which the list
grew was illustrated by the fivee
hours following noon, 18 white and
IA negroes, being reported as nJur-
ed in that interval.
States Attorney Hoyne took oftl-
cial cognizance of the riots today
and ordered a grand jury investlga-
ton. The August grand jury. Will De
sworn in next Monday and that body
probably will begin the inquiry I'M
mediately. Four assistant States at
torneys were held on duty tonight
at the criminal courts building.
Chief Garrity today suspended a
policeman who was charged with
failure to arrest white youth who
is alleged to have thrown a stone
which struck an unidentified negro
vouth, knocking him from a raft at
the Twenty-ninth street beach Sun
day afternoon.