The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-01

Tulsa OkiNJhne 1.-Fire broke
out shortly after daylight in the ne.
gro quarter of Tulsa, the scene of all
night race disturbances in which hun
drcds Of armed white men and ne
srocs took pJrt ANA which resulted in
the death ard injury Of an unknown
number of persons and the calling
out Ui the oklahoma National Guard
units to put down the disorder.
AS the dawn broke sixty or seventy
motor cars filed with armed white
men completely surrounded the ne
gro section. Half Il dozen airplanes
circled overhead. There was much
shouting and shooting. y row OF
houses along the railroad tracks was
fired. but a lack Of wind prevented
the flames from spreading. \ party
! Of white ritemdp We're reported to be
shooting 'at n9Seees they saw and
firing into housesTA
$50 500 Whites; 1000 Negroes
The negroes were said to be re-
turning the fire dispiri;edly. Lat
est report; placed the dead in the
neighburhoud OF Ii.
The Grin" came from Il spot where
throughout the mornin% hours 500
white men and Il thousand negroes
faced each other across railroad
tracks. First reports to police head.
quarter said that the bodies of from
six to ten NEGROES could b. seen ~
ing within Il space of no mans
land"
Th" police also had a report that
three railway sWitclmcn and a brake
I,,a,, IlJ bfnt1 C1,,f t,, JaYt1
The traiUmcu wore killed, it was
said because they refused to par"lit
members of opposing crowds to ride
on q switch engine running between
the section The engineer escaped
Officials hoped that with the com
ing OF the dawn the trouble, which
began over the arrest OF negro late
yesterday for AN alleged attack upon
Il white girl would die out. On the
contrary, however, carly morning gun
fire was taken a an indication that
the riots had been renewed.
Send Gall for Troops
The negro was taken to the court
house and lodged in the Jail on the
upper floor of the building Early
in the night motorcars containing
di 4ii'sN Nv ~ w. tiBpVtiIth hlOii AiC
streets headed for the courthouse. A
crowd of 20o negroes surrounded the
building. \ mob of white men soon
began gathering
The crowds soon reached such pro
portions that the authorities realized
the situation was beyond their con
troll and q call was sent to Gov. Rob
ertson for troops. The governor Dr.
rected Adiutant General Barrett to
take any steps necessary to handle
the trouble The adiutant general
ordered out three companies of
guardSmen here and sent instructions
to commanding officers in a number
of nearby towns to be prepared to
rush men here on immediate notice.
The local guardsmen were thrown
about the courthouse and prevented
the crowds from breaking through.
National guardsmen were patrolling
the downtown streets and every ef-
fort was being made to induce the
crowds to dsband
None Of the persons killed had
been identified today.
Negroes Still Armed
Officials We're uncertain as to the
exact number of persons injured last
night. They declared it probably
would be large. Many of the injured,
it was said, were hurt while engaging
in hand to hand street fighting. Oc-
cupants of the last car to go through
the negro district this morning re-
ported that fully 1000 armed negroes
were still to be seen
A fire broke out in the negro sec
tion early this morning The flames
were confined to a barn.
Immediately after the appearance
of negroes last night the streets were
filed with shouting, gesticulating
men. Suddenly there was a rush for
sporting goods houses and hardware
stores, where the crowds broke in
and armed themselves with whatever
weapons they could find. Guardsmen