Arizona republican., 1921-06-02

tue city presented a scene ,,haN disorQert Hundreds of auto pses bearing armed white men acsd about the business district. lno neaviest fighting occurred be- "oon midnight and a. m. when several pitched battles with hun treos on each side were waged about ne3negro quarter.
 One of the hottest engagements occurred In a negro church, where ano1t so negroes had barricaded
 Mob Durns Church
 several massed attacks were aunched agninst the church, but aach time the attackers had to fall pack under the fire of the negroes finally q torch was applied to the building forcing out the occupants who fired as they ran. Several ne- groee were killed.
 LaEge white crowds invaded the negro di9trfct. shooting their way through. Sometime after midnight the. negro district was fired and at lawn # lay seething mass of ruins Officials e4timate that more than g5 separate fires were set.
 Exente filed fast on each other. Dawn brought with 1t reports of shoptfng throughout the negro sec ion, followed by a mounting casu- alfy list, burning of the negro quar- ter. arrival of National Guardsmen and finally martial law.
 Prompt medical attention was given wounded at hospitals and arqssing stAtions. Civic organiza- iohs and citizens who volunteered heir services cared for the negro rcfQgees to whom ice water and andwiches were served. Special care as sent to nearby towns for nurses The early fighting gave way to odFadic firing later and by noon the t3 was quiet and officials declared fse situation in hand. Later, how VT. scattered firing again was Nsoross Plead for Livss
 Bring of the negro section drove esfdents out by the hundreds. They aishkd from their homes throughSt the anes shouting don't shoot" Plac- 41nder guard. they were collected hastily improv1sed detention araps. By afternoon. 1t was esti- u4rd, A military commission was ptointed to determine their status 4djutant General c. F. Barrett of he Oklahoma national guard was lafed in command of tho situation abo11t noon by Gov. J. B. A. Robert he had invoked martial law and was holhing him responsible for main tenhnce or order. safety of lives and projection of property.
 He was directed to do all things ecessary to obtain these objects. It aS estimated that the general had aree or more companies of guards neE at his disposal, stationed at stra- egic points.
 The trouble is supposed to have 1iginated tn connection with the arr est of Dick Rowland, negro who Is aileEed to have attacked an orphan eirf After crowds of negroes had matched by the county jail last night Nhfre Rowland was confined. au- thdities spirtted him out of the city 400 Whites in Mob
 Following the firing of the first hot about 10 o'clock last night at sixth and Boulder streets the fight Ing spread. At ono time 2000 armed Thite men were reported to have en- gagged the negroes.
 Kailroed stations were the scenes of several enc0un<prs and . number of red upon Women and children 1uddled together in the stations, seeking safety behind marble slabs of wainscoting.
 With the~ arrival of guardsmen arly today, reinforcing the local na- 8pH6k 8u8rUos cOxQ0u was thrown bout the negro quarter and an effori made to force the surrender of the negroes. Citizens and members oi he police force joined with thu guardsn1en In the work.
 Negroes. captured during the nigh were declared by the authorities ts nave been active combatants. The, were held under close guard at tn, police station. Today decision [, round up all fugitives and non- com oatants was made. When Conven ion hall was filled. McNulty baseball park was turned Into a detentio camp. It was estimated that 200 refugees and prisoners were bein held at Convention hall and $500 6 inc baseball park.
 Fire Department Hampered
 Lanes of armed men and guards men patrolled the negroes.
 Twenty-four negro riot prisone, were in jail Fire Chief R. c. Adils declared 1t was impossible for h men to get their equipment into Il negro quarter to fight the flame asserting fit would mean a fireman fife to turn a stream of water on or Gf those negro buildings,r alleged nave been set on fire by bands
 rmed white men. For time wlii esidence sections were endangered
 Under orders of General Barrett g itizens are being searched for arm Story OF Cern7on