The sun., 1919-08-01
Outbreaks Not So Numer-
Gus Among Races--Ma-
rooned Negroes Fed.
DEATH LIST REACHES 32
Police Rescue Black Men, as
Do Militiamen With
Lowered Bayonets.

bat violence continued to occur spo-
radically notwithstanding a force OF
$500 State troops and thousands Of
policemen were on active duty in the
South side negro quarters.
Three negroes died to-day OF bullet
wounds, making the official corrected
death list 80, OF whom Is were ne
groes. Only one Of the three was shot
to-day, though a dozen or more mem
bers Of both races were wounded in
the scattered disturbances, most OF
them Of a minor character.
In the downtown district tonight a
crowd Of white men attacked and Sc
verely beat a negro who was on his
way home from work. The police res
cued the negro and he was sent home
in a patrol wagon. There was no
shooting by troops, who were ordered
on the streets last night by Gov.
Frank o. Lowden ON the request Of
Mayor William Hale Thompson.
The negro area was comparatively
quiet tonight The presence Of the
troops apparently had Gained the me-
groes' fears and had had a salutary
effect on disturbing elements among
both whites and blacks. The troops
were well distributed and the military
machinery was running smoothly.
Food IL Rushed to Negroes.
Food supplies were rushed into the
negro sections by cooperation of the
Wholesale Grocers' Association. the
police and the troops. The black belt
remained a barred zone where whites
might not enter, and even the guarded
trucks of groceries were driven only
to the dead line" by white chauffeurs,
who then were relieved by negro driv-
ers under police escort!
Many of the poorer negroes were re-
ported In dire need of food and without
funds. To-day was payday at the stock
yards. but negroes feared to go there to
draw their wages. Thousands of negroes
have not attempted to go to work all
week.
Among to-day's disorders only two in
volved any considerable number of per-
sons. Several hundred whites in search
of four negroes who had hidden in the
stockyards were driven on by militia
men with lowered bayonets after the
whites Mad demanded that the blacks be
delivered t. them. No casualties re-
suited.
About 400 white men beat one of three
negroes severely at Forty-seventh street
and Vlncennes avenue this afternoon
The two others, both armed, escaped
after firing a few shots. No whites
were wounded
A negro was beaten by five white men
at State and Twentieth streets
Two of the negroes who died to-day
were found unconscious on the West
Side, far from the South Side negro sec
lions.
Mayor Thompson, in spite of a de-
crease in violence, asked the City Coun-
Gil to-day for 1000 additional perman-
ent policemen. The council took nc
definite action, however. because the
chairman of the finance committee said
he was unable to say where funds to
pay the men could be found Chief Gar
rity announced that 1900 special police
men would go on duty tomorrow.
Plans Made to Fix Blame.
with the lessening of violence, public
officials became more active in investi
cation OF the riots and their causes
Acknowledgement Brundage and States
Attorney Hoyne are cooperating in OBJ
taining evidence for a grand Jury inves
tigation. Both officials say man,
persons of both races will be punished
and the death penalty is virtually GER
tain to be sought.
Mr.. Hoyne announced that much evi
dence had been offered to-day from negr,
sources. One negro blamed members o
his own race, while another blame,
whites. Others went back months agt
to shootings and bomb explosions Il
seeking to give the county prosecute
an idea of the causes leading UP to tn
riots.
The aldermen in the council meetin
to-day introduced numerous resolutions
calling on Gov. Lowden, Mayor Thomp
son and the chiefs OF the police and tn
fire departments for information as L
casualties. cost OF suppressing disorders
extent OF carrying weapons and othe
matters. One resolution called for tn
licensing of persons to carry sweaponi
No action was taken and the counci
adjourned until fall over the protest O
a minority.
After a tour of the riot areas to
night Gov. Lowden said he was great,
impressed with the mastery of the stu
alton maintained by the police and tn
military.
81 do not mean that the trouble /
entirely over" the Governor added
but 1t appears that the situation
controlled at the present
mo outbreaks occurred during tn
tour, and while negroes were on tn
streets In large numbers, the neighbor
hoods we're quiet and In some place
the policemen were snatchipg a littl
sleep in the parkways."
Doubts Further Serious Riots.
Major Bauder. police drill master
temporarily In charge of police riot head
quarters. ventured tonight the opinio
that nomore serious riots would occur.
Mayor Thompson gave thanks for tn
rain that fell this morning. He CAV
considerable credit to the rain for tn
cooling of the riot fever.
The high temperature that preyaile
when the roits began last Sunday at IN
Twenty-ninth street bathing beach an
during the early part of the week. whe
daily maximum of 95 or 96 degree
was recorded began declining last nigh
Then followed the rain. To-day the max
mum temperature was 49,
GOV. Lowden found the situation suc
that he spoke OF adjustment" and sal
''the problem Of Illinois is along IN
lines of education and adjustment,
which he said must be met with the III
cooperation OF all peoples.
Prof. Francis W. Shepardson, Directo
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