The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-29

protection TO the blacks.
One band entered q restaurant across
the street from the city hall, wrecked
part OF the furnishings, dragged a por-
ter from the kitchen and beat him UNI
with a five-gallon bottle. |
Afterward several blue coats arrived
and dispersed the crowd.
GOV. Lowden, before turning back to
help stop the riots, telegraphed the fol- J
appeal: I
II appeal TO all citizens, white and
colored, to obey the law There are no
wrongs committed by either race that
processes OF law than by mob
violence.
THE entire power OF the state will
be used to restore order and to punish |
those guilty Of lawlessness. II is time
for all good citizens, white o. colored, |
sible to uphold the law"
The riots were renewed late yester-
day when negro laboPers began leaving
the big indpstrial plants and by dusk
more than Q score of separate out
breaks had occurred. Whites began
dragging negroes from street cars, the
negroes retaliating with stones and
knives.
A flying squadron Of blacks mount
ed a touring car and riding at fun
speed through the section known as
mo Mans Land" sent a volley OF
shots at a group of whites. One white
woman was injured. The negroes were
overtaken after a long chase and placed
under arrest.
Shortly afterward a mob of several
hundred blacks formed at 35th street
and began stoning a policeman. In a
twinkling gun fire was opened and four
Of the negroes fell, all mortally wound
ed. A white man in the same neigh
borhood was dragged from a truck and
stabbed to dhath. A negrp chauffeur
nrnr lflInJ h., wVAtNaa n HN.w, s.tutRtno L.
ter in the same block.
Cops Fell Blacks.
Negroes began footing stores Of whites
in district shortly after the firing
or revolvers by a squad OF policemen
in an effort to break up a fight over
a small purchase of groceries. The
footing continued until q special squad
Of police, armed with rifles, arrived.
They fired low, Telling a dozen blacks.
A white woman was pulled from a
street car by a negro. He vas soon
lying unconscious against the curb. The
angry whites left him for dead.
Groups OF blacks formed In football
fashion and charged against whites with
razors and clubs, on ane corner the
scene was Ike a miniature battle
whites dotted the street. As they re-
gained consciousness they were ar
rested or permitted to leave the neigh
borhood.
While the main battles we're in prog
ress, women. blacks and whites. bat
and missiles. In one OF these fights a
white woman was knocked unconscious
and taken to a hospital.
On one battle on 34th street, negroes
knocked two policemen unconscious and
we're drawing guns. when - group Of
dta,h aruad nnorn enIdinro ,anaa ~ thA
rescue of the whites. In another battle
soon after, three policemen were shot.
One may die,
= Wherevar negroes congregated after
l p, m. they were dubbed by police and
scattered.
At a late hour desultory firing be-
tween a white and a black family on one
side street continued, 1t had been in
progress Internationally for several
hours. 1t was the result Of a long
standing feud-the issue being en-
oroachment on what the whites charac-
terized as white territory. Police final
ly effected a truce and the principals
were arrested.
Hundreds OF s~tenograFhers, clerks
and other loop employees who must pass
through the black belt to reach their
homes remained in the business district,
hotels and At North Side lodging places.
A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark plades. When
they were oun they we're hurried to a
negro hospital, which for several hours
received a virtual procession Of injured
men and terror stricken women. The
seriously injured negroes partici-
pated In a bar4le with whites near 35th
and State streets,
Several thousands OF the blacks con
gregated at this point within q period
of ten minutes. 1t was ar orderly gath
ering for a time. Suddenly four mad
dened negroes raced up the street and
surrounded the home OF a white man.
In a twinkling shots began 20 fly. Per-
haps more than a score Of negroes fell.
Some were carried off by companions.
For more than two blocks along one
street, negro snipers fired from house
tops and windows. Not a single death
occurred from this, however.
After threats had been made by
district, a small army Of negroes formed
ready to meet the challenge. 40 auto
mobile of negroes started over the dis
trict to estimate the number OF whites
present. They were stoned. Then they
drew revolvers and, racing at top speed,
fired at whites along the road,
The negroes were overtaken and res
cued from the mob by policemen.
Lights along some streets were
smashed and the streets d~arkened. Then
the bright flashes from pistols would
signify a new battle and In almost no
time the immediate vicinity would be In
a surging mass Of whites and blacks,
When they came together In large
crowds fists, knives and clubs were
used. while the black belt was reek.
ing with strife. negro educators and
ohurchmen sent out appeal after p
peal that the negroes go to their homes
and keep peace.
The disorders did not extend north to
the loop district last night except for
minor outbreaks. Whites heoted ne
grocs and tripped and ouffed them. a
negro woman struck a white man with