The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-04
NEGROES FIRE UPON
OFFICER OF MILITIA
Chicago Troops Repel Mob Of
Whites by Preparing for
Bayonet Charge.
ORDER NEARLY RESTORED
Grand Jury Will Begin In
quiry To-day Into Burning
Of Workers Homes.

CHICAGO, Aug. s.---Aside from a few
minor disturbances order prevailed to-
day in the Chicago ''black belt" where
race rioting last week caused thirty-five
deaths and injury to several hundred
persons.
Frank 8. Dickson. Acknowledgement
OF Illinois. and Chief of Police Clarity
expressed satisfaction tonight over the
situation, the latter being Of the opinion
that danger Of further general rioting
was ended. The militia and police con-
tinue to patrol the negro district
with the exception Of an attack on
Cant. A. r. Wehrheim. Company q,
Fourth Reserve Militia, who was hred
on and stabbed by three negroes, ana
the forming Of a white mob In the STOCK
yards district early this morning. no out
break Of consequence had occurred since
Thursday. Capt. wehrhcim. though Sc
yerely wounded. will recover.
Six hundred whites were dispersed
only after a machine gun mounted on
an automobile had appeared and militia
man with fixed bayonets had prepared to
charge them.
While police were being Withdrawn
slowly from the negro district and the
bars were let down for whites IN tnat
section to-day, the Sheriff was swearing
In former soldiers asespecial deputies and
expected TO have between 1000 and 2,ooo
on duty In the riot zones Tomorrow.
II has been decided definitely that
negroes will not be reemployed at the
stock yards until III feeling between
whites and blacks has subsided,a
The Are early yesterday which burned
six blocks of homes of whites west OF
the stock yards and which many of the
residents blamed upon the negroes ag-
grayated the feeling Of bitterness The
| scores of homeless were fed to-day by
| tho Red Cross and united charities and
clothing distributed.
The August Grand Jury win be sworn
in tomorrow for investigation OF the
| riots and the fire. At least twenty wit
nesses have asserted that negroes who
appeared In automobiles started the nre.
Assistants to the States Attorney ana
| Attorney General continued to-day to
prepare a mass of evidence for the Grand
Jury. Scores OF witnesses were ih'er
rogated.
| Two fires, one In q garage and one
in house vacated by negroes, both In the
"Black Belt" and possibly Of incendiary
origin, broke out tonight. but the dam
age was not great.
| Several members Of the Third Re.
serve Militia will face court-martial to.
morrow for failure to obey orders while
on active duty. but Col. William Beck.
man did not make public the details OF
the charges Lieut.-Col w. H. Wade
will hear the cases.
Sergeant z. w. Groop, Eleventh Regi'
ment, Reserve Militia. was killed TO-
night by the accidental explosion OF
machine gun mounted on an automobile
onicers Of the Chicago Federation o.
Labor Mt meeting to-day charged thai
opposition to efforts TO unionize the ne
gro workers at the stock yards helped
To- cause tho race riots. The meat pack
ers were accused in an address by Presi
dent John Fitzpatrick of sending ou
omissaries to oppose unionizing the ne
groes.
"If that district had been 100 pei
cent. unionized there would have beer
no trouble" he said. It was charged
that an attempt was being made to place
blame on the unions. and 1t was decided
TO place the matter before Mayor
Thompson.