Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-28

y bteStt VII
No One Hurt-Disorders of Sunday
Result in Two Deaths,
Injuries to Many.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 2s-Trouble between
whites and negroes was renewed in Chi
| Cages black belt today, when Moses
Thomas, a negro, fired several shots at a
wagon load of white workmen being
taken to a South Side factory. When
an attempt was made by whites to
disarm Thomas dozen negroes
| rushed to his assistance. The police
quelled the disturbance and reported
that nobody had been injured.
Big Crowds Gather.
The disturbances occurred on Went
worth avenue between 35th and 37th
| streets, where many negro workmen
reside. A riot call was sent to the
Deering street police station. but
| when a wagonload of patrolmen ar
| rived on the scene the fighting was
over. Hundreds Of white men and
negroes were gathered in groups on
| the sidewalk, and Patrolman Philip
Groak had Thomas in custody. The
police dispersed the crowds and with
| drew.
Police today said they had been
unable to find any trace of the I'M
| Identified white boy reported drowned
Yesterday in Lake Michigan at the
| foot of 2sth street during the race
| disturbances.
| trolmen have been assigned to guard
! the negro district, while 500 police
men were held in reserve at South
| Side stations ready for immediate
service in the event of further dis
| turbances.
win Search for Weapons.
| The patrolmen were instructed to
search all negroes for firearms and
to prevent whites and blacks from
congregating in groups of more than
three persons.
Coroner Peter NJ. Hoffman in open
ing the inquest over the unidentified
negro boy who was aFowned N yes.
\ would make r. thorough investigates
/ of the entire affafr.
These things have happaned in
Chicago before. and think 1t is time
that drastic measures were adopted
! by the authorities to prevent repeti-
| ton of yesterdays disgraceful
scenes" said Coroner Hoffman.
Two Killed Sunday.
Race rioting late yesterday resulted
| in the death of two negroes and the
and blacks. including four patrolmen.
Accounts of the origin, of the trou-
BILE differ. but the version accepted
| by the police today is that the fight
ing started at the 29th street bathing
beach. where the whites and colored
| people are accustomed to swim In
Lake Michigan, although the two
| races are separated by an imaginary
line. This version OF the affair says
| the boundary line and that white
| boys threw stones, knocking the col.
| ored lad into the water: He was said
fsht developed between the races.
| and riot calls brought hundreds OF
police into the colored district, the
| center Of which Is around 31st and
State streets, more than a mile from
Negroes asked the police to arrest
| a white boy. and when he refused the
negroes began to beat the white lac.
at 25th street attracted by the night.
| ing came in force to the rescue, and
soon stones and clubs were hurled In
all directions, many people, botn
white and black, being injured by
the missiles.
More Trouble Occurs.
After the fighting near the beach
had been ,quelled, trouble broke out
4 ~ q
| colored district. John O'Brien. a po-
| liceman, was attacked by mob At
goth and State streets after he had
tried to rescue fellowpoliceman
shots were fired in his direction and
his revolver and hfed into the crowd:
three colored men being hit, one of
whom died later in hospital
/ After the police reserves had dis
| persed the crowds along State street
and other parts of the thickly popu-
lated colored district whites from
groes from street cars and beat them
Severely in several instances during
the night, but according to the police
records today only two fatalities re-
suited from the rioting.
The policemen who were injured.
with the exception of o'Brien. who
was hit in the arm by bullet. SUI
fered only bruises from stones and
clubs.
The two colored men who were shot
at 29th street, where one was killed,
are said to be seriously though not
fatally wounded.
Many stray shots were heard during
the night and the police answered two
riot calls early today. but their serv-
ices were not required in either in
stance.
Trouble Previously.
It is estimated that there are close
| to 1906 negroes in Chicago. nearly
so 900 of whom were drawn here
during the last three or four years by
the attractive wages in shops and
factories engaged in manufacturing
war materials. Virtually all of the
negroes live on the southside of the
CITY and many have acquired prop
erty in desirable neighborhoods oc-
cupied by the whites. This has led
to many minor. clashes between the
races and in a number of instances
in recent months bombs have been
exploded in buildings occupied by
negroes.
SENATE GETS Statement
OF POLICE NEEDS HERE