New Britain herald., 1919-07-29

1000 soldiers on Guard.
 Four thousand soldiers with full war equipment stood ready today to quell the race rioting between negroes and whites that during two nights of terror in the south side black belt cost the lives of at least 22 men, including one negro policeman and the injury of hundreds of C'hers, many seriously. : and probably 8 dozen fatally.
 .e 19 Killed Last Night.
 Four of thc~ifq jured arc soldiers. The police and the coronc" have been unable to make complete cheek Of the casualties but reports showed 19 Killed last night, 12 whites and seven negroes.
 200 ,0O0 People Fight.
 A hundred thousand negroes and an equal number of whites either fought in the streets and alleys or covered in their homes while shots were fired, mounted policemen galloped along the boulevards patrol wagons dashed through the streets with prisoners and wounded women and children scream ed as men fought with cudgels, knives Troops Called In.
 When the riOting which started Sunday night with the stoning and drowning of negro who had drifted on a raft into the water of a beach used by whites, broke out afresh last night, Mayor Thompson asked Gov ernOr LoWden for troops The gov ernOr, who was on his way to Lincoln, Neb., turned back at Burlington, Iowa, and Acting Governor Oglesby gave Arjutant Gen. Dickson orders to mobilize necessary soldiers. By mid night four regiments were in armories on the south side but by that time the police had cleared the streets for the night and began collecting the dead and injured and rounding up looters.
 Fighting Begins at Dusk.
 The rioting Sunday night aroused hundreds of persons who had long grieVed at the rapid influx of negroes, who have spread over large territory formerly constituting fine residential quarter of the south side. Property had decreased in value and whites had migrated to other parts of the city by thousands, but many others had chung to their homes while the streets and one of the large parks became throng- ed with negroes Last night many whites and negroes armed themselves and went out seeking enemies AS soon as darkness fell the fighting in various forms became fierce.
 Bloody Street Brawls.
 In some cases, negroes in automo- piles dashed through the streets firing at any whites encountered Tn other cases whites attacked the building oc- cupied by negroes, shooting through windows and doors while the inmates fired back from barricades. Bands of both races marched through the street and, meeting, fought until the pave nrent was covered with dead and wounded.
 Hand-t to- Hand Fights.
 Many individual fights, hand-to- hand struggles with knives and razors added to the casualties. Men and women were dragged from street cars until the trolley company stopped : running them through he affected area. In one instance a band of whites passing a mansion on Grand Boule- ? yard and resenting the occupancy of the place by blacks, was fired on from the house.
 As the night wore 0n and the bands Of terroristS were broken up by the policemen. looters and incendiaries appeared. Several houses were fired and one was burned A number of stores were broken open and sacked an CoIorcd Men Beaten.
 Toward daylight, the less aggressive %Jxe
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