Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-29
SEVEN DIE IN RACE
F|GHTSAT CHICAGO
Whites and Blacks Stage Many
Bloody Battles on South
Side.
MOBILIZE FOUR REGIMENTS
Two-Score Injured and Many
Arrested, While Hundreds of
Police Combat Rioters.
MOBILIZE FOUR REGIMENTS
rRy Associated prcsE.1

CHICAGO, July 2S.-Scvcn persons
were Killed and more than two score
wounded. many Of them seriously. in
a renewal of race riots in the Chica go
black belt" tonight.
For more than five hours the five
mile area the South Side was "A
battle ground OF scattered fights be-
policemen and negroes. who fred from
housetops. from dark alleys and other
points of vantage
The call for troops to que!l the out
National Guardsmen being mobilized
but at a late hour tonight they had
not been dispatched 10 the disturbed
expressed the belief that the worst OF
the disorder had passed.
Five of :he dead are negroes and
The wounded, in most cases. were
hurried Msre 10 Rospitais after which ,hey
conditions permitted.
No Concerted Battle.
There was no concerted battle by
the blacks. the outbreaks dottins IA
Every police station in the South
Chief Of Police Garrity. at late
hour said that il was Impossible 10
make an exact estimate of the casual
Ties because of the contradictory re-
The riots. which started yesterday
on the south Side beaches. were re-
leaving the big Industrial plants. and
by dusk more than Il score Of separate
outbreaks had occurred Whites be-
gan dragging negroes from street cars
the negroes retaliatcd with stones and
knives IL street cars in the heart of
lhe biack beit were tied up and the
a flying squadron" OF blacks mount
ed on touring car and riding at full
a tvl, ~ T..
ley OF shots a, group OF whites. one
white woman was injured. but not
fata!ly. The negroes were overtaken
after long chase and placed under
Four Negroes Shot Down.
shortly afterward 2 mob of several
hundred blacks formed at Thirty-fifth
street and began s;oning 4 policeman.
Gunfire was opened and four Of the
negroes fell. all rnortally wounded
white man in the same neighbor-
hood was dragged from a truck and
stabbed. to death. -1
A sgegro chauffeur was killed by
whites Few minutes later in the same
block.
Scores of arrests were made. but
where the rioters were found to be
unarmed they were released
Negroes began looting stores of
whites in one district shortly after the
firing of revoivcrs by a squad Of po-
liccmen in an effort to break up "A
hsht over "a "a small purchase of
their guns. The lootins continued nm
iii special guard OF police. armed
with rifles. arrived. They fired low
telling half dozen blacks. y white
by negro. He was soon lying un-
conscious against the curb. The angry
whites left him for dead.
Use Rnzors and Clubs
,, Groups Of blacks formed in football
the scene was like a miniature battle
ground. Unconscious negroes and
whites dotted the streets. AS they
resa ined consciousness they were ar
rested or permitted to leave the neigh
borhood. While the main battles were
brooms and missiles. In one Of these @
fights a white woman was knocked
In one fracas on Thirty-fourth
Street negroes knocked two policemen
unconscious, and were drawing pistols
when group of discharged negro
whites. In another battle soon after
three policemen were shot. One may
In an effort to prevent quick dispatch
OF rifle bearing. policemen from one
seceion to another. the negroes began
The blacks began firing on street
car conductors and motormen when
tney refused to allow negro passengers
made by white passengers. One CON
dueior was reported shot in the leg.
5Ser wn9 sn9 hPsnrh pa'rG
night. '"e
Attack Home of White.
,rio a number lumber Of wounded negroes crent
When they. were found they we're
hurried to the Provident Hospital for
coiored. which, for several hours. re-
CeiNau
The more seriously wounded negroes
received at the hospital had partici-
Thirty NTH. and State Streets. SeveraI
hhousand of the blacks congregated at
ms mis- point Within period OF ten
Tor time. Suddenly four maddencd
negroes raced up the street and sur
rounded the. home OF white man
In twinkling shots began TO AZ H.;
all directions. Perhaps more than -
score Of negroes fell Some we're ear.
red OH by companions.
For more than two blocks along one
street negro snipers fired from house
tops and windows.
=. a, htter ter threats had heen made by
whites TO clean up" the stoclsyards
district, 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 we're s,onc1
Then they drew revovers and racing
at top speed. fred at whites along the
road white man was shot in tho
shoulder and bullet grazed the head
Of white woman
Rescued by Policemen.
The negroes were overtake, and
rescued from the mob by policemen
In the meantime squads Of mounted
police arrived I'm the district in antici-
patton of trouble. aud what was eS
pected to he the most serious outbreak
of the night was curbed
Police wires were busy all night with
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 darkcned Then
the bright flashes from pistols would
signify new battle and soon the i'm
mediate vicinity would be surcinc
mass OF whites and blacks. When they
came together in large crowds, fists.
knives and clubs we're used.
Mhile the ,"black belt" was seethins
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