The sun., 1919-07-29
EIGHT SLAIN, SCORES
HURT IN RACE RIOTS
Continued from First Page.

negroes knocked two policemen uncon-
scious and were drawing pistols when a
group Of discharged negro soldiers came
to the rescue of the whites. In another
battle soon after three policemen were
shot. One may die.
In an effort to prevent quick despatch
Of rife bearing policemen from one sec
ton to another the negroes began cut
ting telephone and telegraph wires.
The blacks began firing on street car
conductors and motormen when they re-
fused to allow negro passengers to board
their cars because Of threats made by
white passengers. One conductor was
reported shot in the leg.
After threats had been made by
whites to clean up" the Stockyards
district a small army OF negroes formed
ready to meet the challenge. An auto
mobile load of negroes started over the
district to estimate the number of whites
present. They were stoned. Then they
drew revolvers and racing at top speed
, fred at whites along the road A white
man was shot in the shoulder and a
bullet grazed the head Of a white
woman.
The negroes were overtaken and res
cued from the mob by policemen. In
| the mean time squads Of mounted police
| arrived In the district in anticipation
Of trouble and what was expected to
be the most serious outbreak OF the
night was curbed.
Police wires were busy ali night With
pleadings from frightened women for
protection. Many OF them feared to
leave the zone of action and they were
terrified by the dramatic battles and
feared their homes would be wrecked
| before morning.
Street lights along some streets were
smashed and the streets darkened. Then
pthe bright flashes from pistols would
signify O new battle and in almost no
| time the immediate vicinity would be q
surging mass OF whites and blacks. When
they came togther in large crowds fists.
knives and clubs were used.
While the "black belt" was seething
| with strife, negro educators and church
men sent out appeals that the negroes
go to their homes and keep their peace.
1t Is charged that in most outbreaks
the negroes had been heckled by the
| whites, and pointed to the first fights
yesterday, when negro bathers along
the South Lake Shore were stoned by
whites and one negro boy drowned.
The attacks on street cars became 80
numerous that service was suspended
late tonight on two lines. On. the other
| lines policemen formed a part of the
crews.
The disorders did not extend north
to the Loop District, except for minor
outbreaks. Whites hooted negroes and
! tripped and cuffed them. A negro woman
| struck a white man with a bottle and
| cut deep cash in his head. He was
hurried away by friends and the woman
was not detained.
When the first dissension appeared
in the Loop the police ordered sixty
picked men from the detective bureau
to arm with rifles and form a line about
the City Hall and court buildings.
Ambulances and patrol wagons thread
| ed their way through the black belt
| throughout the early hours OF the night
A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark places. When
they were found they were hurried to
the Provident Hospital for Colored
which for several hours received a
virtual procession Of injured.
Gather in Thousands.
The more seriously wounded negroes
received at the hospital had participated
In battle with whites near Thirty
| NTH and State streets Several thou
sand OF the blacks congregated at this
point within period Of ten minutes
It was an orderly gathering for a time.
| ooNuOHiy lOuT ilduuon6u negroes TdCoO
up the street and surrounded the home
or white man. In a twinkling shots
began to ny in all directions. Perhaps
more than score OF negroes fell Some
were carried on by companions
The police are making a special effort
20 break up secret meetings of tho ne
groes In halls and nat buildings
Riot Calls start EARLY.
Numerous riot calls were turnAd IN
early tonight, but In majority OF cases
the clashes involved only a score or more
| of blacks and whites
When the negroes began leaving the
big Industrial plants at the stockyards
and elsewhere crowds of white men
gathered. and It was only with difficulty
that the police prevented further blood
shed. Negroes were dragged from street
cars and thrown TO the ground. Then
they retaliated by treating white men
likewise.
Patrol wagons trsaded their way