Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-30
City Officials Believe That
Police Have Trouble Well in
Hand and That Troops Will
Not Be Needed.
HOSPITAL FOR NEGROES
ATTACKED BY WHITES
Attempt to Enter Institution
Beaten Off by Policemen;
Blacks Shot Indiscriminate-
Iy by Occupants of Auto.

Chicago, July 29.-Despite fresh
outbreaks in the Chicago race war,
city officials at midnight professef
themselves satisfied with what the
police were doing, and several thou
sand state troops remained in armo-
ries. At that hour the death list to-
tailed y. two negroes and two
whites having been killed during the
evening and another negro having
died of wounds received Monday.
The injured list had been swelled by
uncounted scores and several of the
wounded may not survive. Disturb /
ances were reported from the south
side BLACK belt" an Italian district
on the west side and from the near
north side.
The first pitched battle of the
night occurred at Thirty-fifth and
South State streets, one of the GEN.
ters of trouble since the first riot
ing Sunday. A small automobile
filled with whites, each armed with
a pistol and all firing indiscriminate-
ly at blacks, crashed into patrol
wagon at the street intersection.
Two of the whites were killed in the
collision. Two others and police
men in the patrol wagon were hurt.
Immediately there was rush OF
blacks and policemen to the wreck
The police could not push the en-
ragged negroes away and opened fire,
killing one negro and wounding
thirty others.
Hospital Attacked.
A mob of whites attacked the
Provident hospital, an institution for
Tuesday night and in the
shooting that followed, one negro
was probably fatally wounded, two
policemen, one white and about six
other persons, were wounded. When
the mob surrounded the hospital an
attempt TO enter the building was
beaten off hy policemen.
Hundreds of whites followed the
leadership of man who is said to
have rushed through the nearby
streets firing revolver.
The hospital was caring for about
20 patients. about score of them
negro victims of riots. The pres
ence of policemen prevented a more
serious rot. The patients were
thrown into serious condition, the
hospital authorities said.
Despite authenticated reports OF
stabbings, clubbings and stonings
that poured into police stations as
the night wore on, Acting Chief Of
Police Alcock insisted that he was
very we'll pleased with conditions
He said that he had approximately
1850 men in the black belt, IS patrol
wagons, one ambulance, 80 motor
cycle men and mounted squad.
Overseas Men Confer.
1t was regarded as significant that
five colonies who saw services over
seas conferred with Governor Low.
den during the late afternoon. These
were Milton ]. Foreman, Abel DAVIS,
Henry J. Reilly, John w. Clinnin
and Henry A. Allen. The executive
later said he could not divulge what
had been discussed. 1t was learned
also that Col. Joseph B. Sanborn
was on his way to Chicago from
Springfield to meet the governor.
The police were especially alert
when blacks gathered in automobiles
1t had been reported that the at
tempt of flying squadron" Mon
day night to clean up" on one sec
ton of whites would be renewed on
a large scale and that a score of
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