Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-30

the West Side Italian district where
a negro was knocked from a bicycle.
beaten, stabbed, wounded with six
teen revolver bullets, and, after
death had relieved him, gasoline
was poured on his body and set
afire. The corpse probably will
| never be identified.
A sinister silence that prevailed
yesterday in the black belt on the
South Side at dusk last night gave
way to confusion and sharp clashes,
principally with clubs and knives as
weapons, as the night wore on.
Where these outbreaks occurred
the negroes predominated in num-
bers. Several meetings at negro
halls were broken up by the police,
after which crowds formed on the
streets.
| In the early night clashes various
weapons were used including table
knives and slingshots. Few guns
appeared.
Troops had not been ordered to
| patrol the black belt, the police
able to handle the situation.
The first clash on the North Side
| took place when building, occu-
! pied by two negro families, was
| attacked by Italians living in the
neighborhood. A dozen shots were
! fired and bricks were hurled through
the windows. Two detectives at
tracted by the shots held the mob
| at bay until seventy-tive policemen
arrived, armed with rifles. No one
was seriously hurt in this fight.
Italians Arrested
| A short time later negro leaped
from an alley and knocked q white
man down. In a moment crowd
of Italians started for the assailant,
who ran and escaped. The police
arrested four Italians, two of them
armed with sawed off shot guns and
| two with revolverS.
Another negro was fired at re-
| peatedly while near his home on
Larrabee street. also ON the North
Side.
Italians also were participants in
rioting on the West Side, according
to the police. William Donnelson
! a negro, was attacked by a crowd
at South Racine avenue and Taylor
street, beaten and shot in the head
and neck. He was taken to hos
pital where it was said he might
die.
On the South Side, John johnson
1S years old, negro, was stabbed
beaten and thrown into the river
at Archer avenue and South Hal.
stead street. He was rescued by the
police and taken to a hospital.
An unusual incident occurred al
the manufacturing plant of George
c. Cook and Son. Shortly before
six o'clock in the evening, the head
of the firm went into the alley al
the rear of his plant and, according
to witnesses, fired a score of shots
at random. Two of the bullets
wounded Jessie Vinaci, IL years old,
and u. Bartello, 29 years old. Each
was hit in the leg.
A crowd of excited whites gathered
about the factory, which employs
seventy-five negroes. When the
police arrived q rapid exchange OF
bullets was taking place. Cook and
his son were taken to police sta
ton pending an investigation. Two
or three negroes who fled from
the building were caught and beaten
| Despite authenticated reports OF
stabbings, clubbings and stonings
that poured into police station as
the night wore on, Acting Chief OF
Police Alcock insisted that he was
very well pleased with conditions. -
He said he had approximately
1900 men in the black belt,- 35
patrol wagons, one ambulance, thirty
motorcycle men and mounted
squad. The belt was divided into
| zones Tonight and captain, fifty