Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-30
RI0T|NG RENEWED AS MAYOR FAILS TO ACT

measures for the protection OF life and
property"
A machine gun, manned by two men,
today trained upon the negro quar-
ters Of the county jail, due to the out
break yesterday by the negro prison.
ers against the whites confined In the
prison.
Grand Jury TO Investigate.
States Attorney Hoyne announced
that the August grand jury will inves-
tigate the race riots and attempt to fix
responsibility for the outbreaks.
Coroner Hoffman today resumed the
taking of testimony in the Inquest over
the bodies Of the victims.
In searching negro refugees who ap-
piled at south side police stations for
protection, the police have accumulat-
ed hundreds Of revolvers, blackJacks
and a large number of razors. Dunn
dunn bullets were found in the pockets
Of two negroes.
Police Complimented.
Adjutant General Dickson. after
making a tour of the danger zone early
today, reported the situation much
improved, compared with yesterday.
He said the most serious situation
confronting the police is the stock
yards district. He complimented the
police on the results accomplished dur
ing the last twenty-four hours.
City authorities today began an in
vestigation Of six incendiary fires
started in houses occupied by negroes
last night and early today. Firemen
reported they detected the odor of
kerosene while lighting the flames.
Que more victim was added to the
toll of death caused by injuries recei-
we'd in the race riots. He was Berger
Odman. white, 21 years old, an en-
ploye of the Chicago Telephone Com
pany, shot in the abdomen in a fight
with negroes last night.
Interurban Workers Strike.
Six hundred workers of the Aurora,
Elgin & Chicago railroad went on
strike this morning. completely tying
up traffic on the line. which connects
cities on the Fox river and intermedi-
ate points with Chicago. The men
demand a fiat increase of Al cents an
hour in wages, shorter hours and bet
ter working conditions. which the COM
pany officials declare they are unable
to grant unless they are permitted to
increase their rates Of fare.
Loop Emptisd in Rseord Time.
Empting Chicagos loop Of the 250.-
900 workers and shoppers that make
1t the worlds greatest business bee
hive was task that was accomplished
last night in remarkable time, con-
sidering the absence Of elevated and
surface lines transportation.
How was 1t done? Well, nobody
knows exactly. There was no sys-
temati4ed attempt to handle the traf-
fic. The hundreds, doubtless thou
sands, Of motor xehiclSs Of every dt-
scxt1tion that substituted for elevated
trains and street cars just backed up
along the curbs and the passengers
seemed to find their way to them by
instinct.
Veterans Of the police department
traffic division will tell you there was
never a rush hour like that Of the first
day Of the strike Aided by soldier
and civilian volunteers they attempted
and civilian volunteers hey attempted
to keep things moving. both afoot and
on wheels at the main loop intersec-
tions, but traffic persisted in tying it
self in Gordian knots, and how these
unentangled themselves gurpasses the
reportorial understanding.
Like Beehive Overturned.
Indeed. It seemed for a time at the
beginning of the rush hour that home.
sweet home, was far, far away for
many thousands. That was about $50
o'clock, when the vanguard Of the loop
workers began debouching from the
oity's skyscrapers.
The loop had been comparatively
tranquil until then. Traffic had been
moving fairly well. and the makeshift
transportation facilities had rot bean
taxed beyond capacity.
Then
Did you ever see a beehive over.
turned and the buzzing myriads sour
ry forth? From Lake to Van Buren,,
and Wabash to Wells, the sidewalks
and street crossings suddenly became
jostling, jamming, gesticulating walls
Of people, scurryins this way and that
- questioning policemen. strangers,
and one another as to:
How do we get homer"
They were confused, perplexed. and
perspiring shop girl, tired business
men, ribbon clerks, manicures, ste
nographers, shoe salesmen-in q word,
The Public.
The Public. customarily considered
as verbal abstraction Of editorial
writer's. was here visible In the flesh,
very much alive, and decidedly con-
cerned as to where do we go from
here" The Public was coming into
its own lions share OF the rail strike.
One wondered, observing the hurry
ing thousands, what were the individ-
ual attitudes regarding 8, Z. or cent
fares, and other angles Of the silva
tion affecting pocketbooks and home
economics. :
"IsWiIl" Spirit on Job.
Anyway, they didn't wait long. The
Chicago. not to say American, Il Will"
spirit was right on the job, at two-'
bits a throw. In other words, the gaso-'
lene constituency had rallied thousandi
strong to honk Chicago out Of the
loop.
AS has been said there was no at
tempt at system. The motor vehicles
had parked along the curbs--bacl.ed
in, to be exact-in every street In this
loon. Their destinations-south. south
west, west, and north, al the case
might be-were proclaimed on home
made pasteboard signs, tackled on
windsi1ields and tonneaus. You could
ride anywhere in Chicago for Is cents.
but there we're no straps to hang by
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