The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-03

closely guarded were negro prisoner
! captured with guns during the fray
Negro domestics were taken from
' their quarters and moved to the bal
park.
Tulsa Under Martial Law.
All persons not deputized as spec
ial officers are ordered to disarm In
proclamation issued shortly before
noon by Mayor r. ID. Evans. Persons
carrying guns will be arrested under
the mayors orders. Fires continued
to rage all morning in the negro
section but at 1870 it was believed
that the white residence districts
which were imperilled would escape.
Martial law in Tulsa was ordered
| by Governor Robertson at 1l:15 a. m.
today. and Adjutant General Barrett
placed in command of the city. The
order was given over the long dis
lance telephone. A proclamation to
this effect was being prepared for
| immediate issuance. The order OF
Governor Robertson invoking martial
law over Tulsa was extended to in
clude all of Tulsa county. The order
places the adjutant general in SUI
preme command of the city and
! county.
Shoot At The Firemen.
I'VE can't use the equipment we
have and for that reason We have
not asked for more apparatus from
other Cities" r. G. Alder, fire chief,
said in discussing the fire in the negro
section. 1T would mean firemen's
life to turn a stream of water on one
of those negro buildings. They shot
at us all morning when we were
trying to do something, but none Of
my men were hit. There is not a
Oh he m oh
that MOI into the negro district. We
have five lines protecting the ware
house on the Katy railroad and /
think we have them saved. If the
wind should change the white resi-
dence section east of the negro dis
trict would be menaced. The fire has
swept Greenwood street, where the
negro business section was located
and is sweeping around the hill to
the north. So far the white residence
section on the north has not been
touched" Chief Alder indicated he
was prepared to call for outside as
Stray Bullet Wounds Visitor.
A. B. Stick, twenty nine, city clerk
of Sapulpa, Okla, probably was fat
ally wounded while standing on steps
of lea ling hotel when struck by
stray bullet. One man was serious
injured when run over by an auto
mobile loaded with armed negroes.
The white dead include twenty
year old boy named Olson who died
following fight at railroad station;
Walter Baggs, twenty seven, Tulsa;
Carl D. Lotpeisch, twenty eight, Rex
all, Kans; F. M. Baker, Havelin, Kan,
twenty seven. .
orders To Disarm Citizens
All available national guardsmen
gathered here from Oklahoma City
and othert towns, were placed on
duty. at once in the negro section
and orders were issued to disarm all
citizens. Later it was announced.
credentials would be given to men
chosen special officers. !
TWO Companies Guards Ordered Out
Muskogee, Okla, June IA local
company of national guardsmen anu
a company from Wagner near here,
were ordered today to proceed to
Tulsa to help restore order in COLI
nection with the race riot there.
The situation here which was
threatening last night was quiet to-
day. At the offices of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad here, II
was said no passenger trains were
being moved out Of Tulsa.
Sounding of the fire siren here at
10:4O o'clock this morning threw the
city into great excitement. 1t was
some minutes before quiet could be
restored through the announcement
that the call was for the purpose
of calling out national guards Tor
duty at Tulsa. The siren was mis-
taken for riot call.
Military Commission For Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla, June IA military
commission composed of seven city
officials and business men to pass
upon the status of 5000 negroes held
under guard in an improvised prison
camp, was formed by the mayor,
and chief of police, with the approx
al of General Barrett.
Nine Whites Killed.
Nine white men are known to nave
been killed in the race clash that
broke out here last night and ragged
until noon today. Chief of police
Gustafson estimated the negro dead
at IS. In addition, scores of whites
and negroes have been wounded anu
practically the entire negro quarter
is a mass of ruins, the result OF fire.
The loss is expected to total thous-
ands of dollars.
! Death List Climbing Up.
Major Charles w. Daley of the
police force this afternoon estimated
the number of dead from the race
clash here at IT'S. He gave it as his
opinion that number of negroes
had burned to death. when their
homes were swept by fire.
Believe Situation Under Control.
Fire department officials expressed
the belief this afternoon the white
residence district would be saved
from the flames that are still raging
in the negro section. With martial
law in effect in the city and county
national guardsmen placed at stra-
tegic points in the negro quarter.
orders. issued to disarm all citizens
,and approximately 5000 negroes un-
der guard in detention camps, Off
Gals expressed the belief that the
situation is under control.
5000 Negroes On March.
Bartlesville, Okla, June Mem
bers of a train crew from Tulsa who
passed through Bartlesville today,
told Earl Thompson, operator at the
Union station here, that they had
passed 5000 negroes near Owasho,
about thirty miles south of here, this
morning and that they were headed
in the direction Of Bartlesville.
Thompson said the train men told him
most of the negroes were walking.
Chief of Police CASTOR held a con-
ference shortly before noon with a
number of local business men and an
n onocod oftarward n had haop dpcid-