The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-07-30
WINDY CITY IS IN
GRIP OF RIOTS;
HOMES DESERTED
Entire Area of Chicago Becomes
Involved in Seething
Race War ..r...
TWO NEGROES ARE SLAIN
Whites and Blacks Clash With
Knives or Shoot From
Ambush
TWO NEGROES ARE SLAIN

ing between whites and negroes
spread last night to all parts Of Chi
cago, serious casualties being more
numerous than at any similar per
iod in the racial war. The city auth
critics made no call for troops and in
the absence Of such request, Govern
or Frank o. Lowden could not order
the soldiers to take charge, although
with the arrival today of two more
regiments, 5000 men were resting on
their arms.
The death list amounted to 26 this
morning. An incorrect police report
last night had set it higher. The au'
thenticated deaths in last nights fight
ing were two, obth negroes. One was
killed in the Italian section on the
west side and the other was shot dead
when he wounded one Of two police
men who sought to search him for
weapons. In other instances, the
whites and blasks clashed together
with knives, shot from ambush or ran
down isolated members of the other
race and beat them into insensibility
There was some abandoning Of res
licences and stores on the south black
belt by whites and number of small
fires were ascribed to incendiariesm.
New Regiments Arrive
The 9th regiment, from the south
ern part of the state, and the 10th,
from central Illinois, reached Chicago
today to add their rifles and machine
guns to the potential army which lay
at rest here. '""
The police struggled vainly to clear
the rioters from the south side ne
gro quarters and early last night ap-
yarently succeeded, only to find the
mobs spirit had spread to. other re-
gions. On the west side whites at.
tackled negroes, and in one coase part
ly burned the corpse Of victims with
gasoline. On the north side fighting
proceeded for several hours, and in
the residential district known as
Woodlawn and Englewood, on the far
south side, fierce fighting took place.
Flames Burst Forth Anew.
AS the 0verw0rked police force
dashed to these quarters, several
miles from the center of the war, the
smouldering flames Of anarchy burst
forth anew in the black belt. A patrol
wagon crashed into an automobile
filled with men and a fight followed
that caused the probale fatal injury
80 x1yOy,A1ino NJ co
eral others. The wounded were ta-
ken to Provident hospital, a negro in
stitution, and a crowd of whites at
tackled the infirmary causing consid-
erable damage. During the rest Of
the night outbreaks occurred with reg
ularity and although one fatality was
reported from the nights orgy Of ha-
tired the number of severely hurt was
greater than Monday night.
Whites Are Agoressors. ....
The whites again seemed to be the
bore aggressive, the negroes having
been converted to peace by saner
members Of their race or cowed by the
brutal beatings sustained by scores.
\ Comparative Calm Today.
Comparative calm marked this
mornings situation in the Chicago
race war No serious outbreaks had
been reported, the sporadic fights
were few and mostly between individ-
uals and in only one instance were
police compelled to shoot. In that
case a negro was killed when resist
ing search by two policemen.
With the lull in rioting the police
took stock. They checked the coron-
er's official death list OF 26 and said
that it was complete. They also
found that the list Of injured report
ed to them had been increased to 325.
The official death list of 26 in
cluded a dozen whites and IA ne
groes. OF these all had been identl.
fled except one white man and three
negroes. Police today doubled their
protective measures.