The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-08-01
OUpSCALLtDUUI
As CHICAGO RIOTS
SPREAD; IS KILLED
hiteS and Blacks Meet in a
Pitched Battle.
AYOR APPEALS TO GOVERNOR
dit. Gen. Dickson Is Put in Charge
of Military Situation and Immedi-
ateIy Starts Mobilization OF
1000 Trained Men,

Chicago. July 29.-Chicago's black
cit was battlefield Monday night.
Jegroes and whites fought over an
rea approximately six miles square
within two miles of the heart OF the
ity. Pistols and rifles flashed and
,uIlets crashed through street cars
nd buildings and on the streets, nnd-
ng hundreds of victims. Police pa
rolls and hospital ambulances charged
through the mObs amid a hall of bull
cts, rescuing the wounded and recov-
,ring bodies of the dead.
$50 Wounded.
The police placed the number or
lead at 10 with more than $50 wound
I'd, many seriously. Four regiments
IF National Guard infantry were
nobilized when Mayor William Hale
Thompson informed Governor Lowuen
and Adjutant General Dickson he was
unable to control the situation.
The battle started when negroes In
groups of so and 100 began firing on
Isolated policemen. One OF these was
Policeman William Kross one of the
FIRST to be wounded. Another was OF
ficer Walter Brooks OF the mounted
squad.
Brooks, when hit. forced his horse
to lie down and fired from behind him.
Meantime riot calls went to the STOCK
yards station, Deering station, the FIT
tieth street station and the cottage
Grove avenue station, and patrol loads
of bluecoats began to pour into the
battle.
Climax of Bad Day.
The battle came as the climax OF
bitter day. Sporadic Outbursts tiared
up all over the black belt during the
day. Then Mayor Thompson decided
the situation was out of control OF the
police and asked Governor LOwden to
turn out miiitiamen. The governor In
turn notified Adjutant General Dick
son to mobilize all available state
troops and form them at the armorfes
Before the soldiers could be notified
and gather In numbers sufficient to be
of use in quelling the disturbances the
battle at Thirty-fifth and State streets
was under way.
Fix Mobilization Points.
The Eleventh regiment, under Col.
James E. Burke, with it's machine
gun company, was ordered to assemble
at the old Second infantry armory,
1858 West Madison street; the First
reserve, under Col. A. f. LOrenzen, in
the OLD Eighth infantry armory at
Thirty-f1fth and Forest avenue; the
Third reserve, under Col. Arson Bolte,
In the old Seventh infantry armory at
Thirty-fifth street and Wentworth ave
nue.. The Second reserve, under Col.
Joseph Wilson, was ordered to hold IT.
self In readiness for assembly at a
point to be designated later.
General Dickson said he would re-
main in Chicago in charge of the mill
tary situation. He pointed out that
the Eleventh infantry and the First
reserve regiments have machine gun
companies with experienced machine
gunners and that the line companies
of these two regiments and the Second
and Third reserve regiments are armed
with new Springfield rifles and Krag'
iJOrgenson carbines.
Plenty of Ammunition.
"They all have plenty of riot am
Imunition," said General Dickson, "and
If all the race rioters on the South
side were to combine the militiamen
would be able to handle the situation
One report was that South side col
Iored men have more than 1900 Spring.
field rifles of the type formerly used
by the government and placed on sale
throughout the city department stores
after their condemnation for govern
,ment use.
This was denied by cOlored alder
men. but it was admitted that many
of the negroes were possessed of arms
of one kind or another and were pre-
pared to defend themselves against
aggression The chief fear expressed
was that the young hotheads might
organize and start general trouble.