Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-29
Weapons OF Every Destrip-
ton Brought Into Play;
Negroes Race Through
Street In Automobiles;
White. Numerically Beat
Restaurant Porters

NOs>>~SoOs
soldiers with full war equipment stood
ready today to quel the race rtoting
between negroes and whites that
during two nights Of terror In the
south side Black Belt cost the lives
of at least twenty-five men. Men,
including one negro policeman and
the injury Of hundreds, a, Of others.
many seriously and possibly . dozen
fatally. -Four of the injured are SOL
diers. The police and the coroner
have been unable to make com.
plete check Of the casualty but r.
ports showed over twenty killed last
night
Many Woapou Used.
"A hundred thousand negroes and
fought in the streets and alleys or
covered. in their homes while shots
were fired, mounted policemen gal
loped along the boulevards, patrol
wagons dashed through the streets
with prisoners and wounded women
and children screamed as men fought
with cudgels, knives and fists
Sunday night with the stoning and
drowning of q negro, who had drifted
on raft into the water Of beach
used by whites, broke out afreah 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 and
tant General Dickson orders to mobil-
ize necessary soldiers BY midnight
four regiments were Ia armofies 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 loiterers.
An Old Grievance.
The taste of blood Sunday night
whetfed the 'appetites Of hundreds Of
adventurous persons who had long
srieved at the rapid infiucation Of No
serritou formerly 1constituting i sfinS
residential quarter Of. the Boath side.
( Property had decreased IN value and
whites had emigrated 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 thronGed with negroes.
Both parties to the contest, enraEed
by stories OF the crnelties of the other
during Sunday nights melee. delib-
erately armed themselves last night
and went out to stalk their prey. Al
soon as darkness fell the fighting In
various forms became fierce. n
LII SO1Q0 C8x$6S negroes IN 0uIO3A0s
bles dashed through the streets, fir.
ing at any whites encountered. J, In
other cases Caucasians attacked the
buildings occupied BY Ethopia1aa,
shooting through windows and doora,
while the inmates fired back from
barricades. Bands Of both races
marched through the streets and
meeting, fought battles that ceased
only when the pavement was covered
witr dead and wounded, or the mount
ed police had spurred their horses
through the maaa
Hand to Hand F7ghEs.
Many individual fights, hand to
hand struggles with knives and raSors
added to the casualties. Men and
women were dragged from street cars
until the company stopped running
the vehicles through the Affected area.
In one instance band Of whites paas-
ing mansion on Grand Boulevard
and resenting the occupancy of the
house.
AS the night wore on and the bands
Of terrorists were broken up by Tia
policemen, hooters and incendiarie9
appeared. Several houses were fired
and one was burned. A number OF
stores were broken open and sacked.
Toward daylight the leas aggressive.
having been driven to cover. worn out
with fighting or jailed, q numbar OF
white rioters invaded the downtown
quarter, beat negroes found on the
street and dragged covering porters
from all night restaurants and hotels
to the streets, f1oggtng them unmarcl.
fully.