The Glenwood post., 1921-06-04
NEGROES HOMES
Hisi
GO up IN FLAMES
Armed Whites Attack Quar-
teIs Of Blacks and Death
Estimates Are High
FINANCIAL LOSS HEAVY

TULSA, Okla, June 1.-Possibly 100
persons dead, hundreds wounded and
property damage estimated at $780,
0OO, were outstanding results tonight
of race disorders which broke out here
last night following the arrest of ne
gro accused of attacking a white girl
and which continued sporadically to-
day.
This evening Tulsa was quiet, with
the city under martial law and its
streets patrolled by troops of the Okla
homa national guard sent here at the
direction of Governor Robertson. Off
cials were hopeful that the worst of
the trouble had passed and that the
coming of dawn would find normal con-
ditions restored.
However, they did not relax their
vigilance, and. it was stated that all
were prepared for any situation. Civil
ian officials were cooperating with
Adjutant General Barrett, who came
this morning with additional troops.
No accurate check of the dead had
been made late tonight, and unofficial
estimates ran from the known list Of
ten whites and seventy negroes dead,
to an opinion of Police Inspector Daley,
second in command of the police force,
that the list would reach IT'S.
The exact total, officers said, would
probably never be known, as number
of negroes persisted in the flames which
consumed the entire negro district,
which formerly housed about $4,000 ne
groes.
The RACED area begins near station
Of the ST. Louis and San Francisco
heaviest of the fighting today, continu-
ing east along the railroad and extend
ing to Pearl avenue, north along Pearl
to a point half mile outside the city
limits, west to Cincinnati avenue,
south on Cincinnati to Lowell, short
distance west on Lowell to Boston, and
then south on Boston. The area covers
space in the shspe Of an L.
A few feeble flames lighted sections
of the burned waste tonight, while a
few walls rise against background OF
smouldering debris.
Thousands of the negroes and their
families fed from the city, and 1t Is
reported some have taken refuge in
Bartlesville, Okla.
"we have the situation we'll under
control" Adjutant General Barrett
said tonight. eve don't anticipate
further rioting, although nothing has
been overlooked As = precaution against
its recurrence. With Tulsa under mar
tial law, we expect to see rapid read
justment of conditions.
About 1000 negroes were herded to-
night in the fair grounds east Of the
city, under the protection Of national
guardsmen They were gathered there
from all points in the city where they
sought refuge.
Hundreds of homeless negroes who
fled to the country were drifting back
tonight. They came afoot and In wag-
ons, carrying what few household ef-
focts the; could escape with. Crowds of
several hundred, resembling refugees in
the war zone in France, could be seen
trudging back toward Tulsa.
The negroes at the fair grounds were
being cared for and fed under the di-
rection of committee composed OF
prominent citizens. The body also was
charged with investigating the riots
and fixing responsibility. At meet
ing today several members voiced criti-
cism of the action Of the white mon
who wilfully destroyed property owned
by negroes and rendered thousands
homeless.
From shortly before ten O'Clock last
night, when the first firing began near
the courthouse, until late this morning,
the city presented scene Of wild dis
order. Hundreds Of automobiles con-
tanning armed white men raced about
the business district.
The heaviest fighting occurred be-
tween midnight and six .. M, when
several pitched battles with hundreds
ON each side were waged about the
negro quarter.
One Of the hottest engagements &C.
CURED in negro church, whore about