Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-31
Situation In Chicago Race
 Riots Better
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 faced starvation because drivers of supply wagons feared to enter some portions of the black belt.
 Adjutant- General Frank s. Dick son, after an early evening trip through the threatened district de- clared that the situation was "omln- ous" and this view was shared by the mayors secretary, who accompanied him.
 A riot at 51st street and Wentworth avenue brought police to the rescue of a negro whose home was surround ed by whites. The latter said the negro had been sniping and had wounded a boy. The latter could not be found. A magazine pistol and al rifle were found in the negro's home when he and three negroe neighbors were taken to a police station for sale keeping.
 Reports that a number of negroes had been thrown into Bubbly Creek, a little stream that carries much of the sewage from the stockyards and portion of the negro district, were re- ceived by the police. It is planned to drag the stream when the situa tion Ouiets.
 Policeman Daniel Carton was pro- bably fatally shot late tonight in a saloon by John Ward, during an alter catin over the riots. The policeman shot twice.
 A negro was probably fatally shot 1 during clash of the races near the zone patrolled by soldiers. Two bystanders were shot in Engle wood just before the arrival of troops while watching fight between whites and blacks.
 A second attempt by rioters, whites, ful today when a two-story frame was burned to the ground. None of the several families of negroes who | lived in this building was injured, but all fled so quickly from the premises that the police were unable to question: them concerning the incendiaries. 1 Whites in Auto Fire on Houses. l Among the reports received by the police of trouble on the south side was statement that number of white men, riding in what appeared to be an army truck, were firing shots along Grand Boulevard at Seth street. Several of the bullets broke the windows of negro doctors l house but injured no one. 1 Other firing was reported from 38th street and Ellis avenue, both whites and blacks being implicated
 Jose Blanso, Mexican, was at tackled by several white men who be- lieved him to be negro. Joseph School, 26 years old, was stabbed in the encounter of Blanco, was also ser iously stabbed. Blanco was roughly handled by the crowd before he was arrested by the police.
 In the Sixty third street neigh borhood, mob of whites gathered early in the evening and police from the Englewood station were unable to disperse the crowd. At least five ne- gro families carrying bundles of val ued belongings fled from their homes
 Blacks Fire Into Trains. Officials of the New York Central railroad reported to the police to- night that in the negro district, the blacks were firing on all passenger trains. About the same time the po- lice received word that rioting was in progress at 31st and Dearborn SCIScCs, HeetI Che IISdIC Ol CIlc Dldck belt.
 1 While the troops were preparing to march from the armories, word of a riot at 50th and State street was re- ceived by the police. Many men, both colored and white, were said to have clashed, firing countless shots. Po- lice reserves were hurried to the scene. ea
 A disturbing feature tonight was the number of automobile trucks fill ed with young white men, dashing about south side streets outside the negro district trying to stir up anti negro sentiment.
 Prosecution at Work.
 Special attention to the legal as- pect of the situation was paid by States Attorney Hoyne, who assign ed several assistants to the work of gathering evidence. The prosecutor also called upon the police department to preserve the names of witnesses to the various riotious happenings. MT. Hoyne also indicated that his activi- ties might go outside of investigation of actual disorders.
 While the sidewalk north of the city hall was being piled high with boxes of high power rifles. designed for high school cadets drill, and removed to the municipal building for safe keeping, a young negro, Fletcher l Williams, was chased through the first floor corridors of the city hall by number of white men. Williams ran but drew knife as he retreated He dashed out of side entrance and was taken in custody by police re- serveman.
 Five negro employees of the Booth fisheries, seeking to go unobserved to their homes, were hidden by the po- lice beneath tarpaulin on an open i truck. At the 22nd street viaduct, a crowd of white men seeing the tar paulin fired several shots at the truck | None struck the negroes, who reached home safely
 1 Collect Arsenal. The police have collected verita- ble arsenal of weapons since the riot ! inp bepan.N Every hour a score or