El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-31

captured a negro sniper on the roof
OF a building IN South STATE street
near West 45th street Three negro
employees OF st0ckyards firms were
on their way TO work. Funerals were
held today for 20 victims of the riots.
COCO Troops Patrol Streets
The main negro quarters Of Chi
cag0 today~were patroled BY 5000 SOL
diers, ACQUIRED as for war. after four
nights OF race rioting that caused 80
deaths, II negroes and 10 whites and
injury Of nearly 1000 persons. 200 OF
whom are severely hurt and dozen
Of whom may die OF wounds. No
deaths were reported during the
night. but many injuries and fires
were recorded
Gov Frank o. Lowden ordered the
troops out last night on request Of
mayor Thompson after darkness had
brought renewed rioting and the
city's 5000 policemen found them
selves exhausted
Fighting kept up after the troops
reached their stations shortly before
midnight and one squad OF soldiers
had TO fight 4 crowd OF negroes 10
reach their @tation at fist street and
Wabash avenue, while other soldiers
were fired on from ambush on the
way to duty No soldier was killed
or wounded and after the troopers
had taken their places. disorders died
down within the region patroled.
Mayor ThOmpson'E decision to
request the aid of state troops
was reached after his secretary
and Gen. Dickson had gone
through the zone where the
whites and blacks had eIashed
and he had received reports from
private investigators who told
him that small athletic clubs were
arranging to make a concerted
attack on negroes.
Dickson, rannrfnr7 that the
uation was "ominous" and chief Of
police Clarity presented a tabulation
of two policemen slain and 81 in
jured. The fire chief told the mayor
alarms TO quench blazes in nesro
homes.
Orders were flashed to the various
armories. where the soldiers had been
for two days. ready for
duty Army trucks began to pun up
to the more distant barracks almost
Immediately and the soldiers sprang
aboard Soldiers housed nearer the
scene Of action formed in companies
and marched TO their stations
As the pnalanxes swung into the
riot area, rifles on their shoulders /
and cartridges on their hips. the
'roughs." who had been treadin- the I
pavement looking for fights. diSap- !
Deared- Some Of the gangs sped TO I
territory hitherto unfreouented BY !
terrorism and resumed their unlawful !
occupation. but most OF the maraud- ]
srs. as rain began TO fall. retired for |
the night.
Quiet in Troop Guarded Area.
As each reGime nt reached its head /
quarters the men were split into pa
-rols Of eight. who were sent out I'M /
Ter noncommissiOned officers to see i
that order was preserved BY 2 o'clock |
IN the morning all was quiet in the /
-roop guarded territory.
Before the troops had all been as
signed there were some minor clashes.
however. The first was at 51st and 4
wabash. the base for the motor trans
bort CORDS Nine negroes. armed with
-evolvers. were driven back and men
rom the base were fired on.
A SQUAD OF soldiers eave chase and
charged the negroes after firing sew /
.ral shots after them. Ten revolvers
we're taken from the negroes. who
we're turned over to the police.
Mai Macev. in command Of six com
1anies Of the First reserves. and a
platoon Of his men were fired on by
'nipers at 5Sth street and Racine ave
Tue None Of the soldiers was in
ured-
Not Due 70 BoIsheviSm.
Washington. D. c. July a1.-Re-
.ent race troubles in Washing
on. Chicago and other cities were
iue solely to local conditions and
we're not inspired By Rolshevik or
'ther radical propaganda. in the
,pinion OF attorney general Palmer
VI Palmer said today REPORTS to the
department. Of Justice had not shown
my reason why the denartment
houid take hand In the disorders.