New Britain herald., 1921-06-01
TULSA IN FLAMES
 AFTER RACE RIOT
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to do something but none of my men | was hit. There is not q chance in ! the world To get through that mob ] into the negro district.
 ! We have fire lines protecting the l warehouses on the Katy railroad and | l think we have them saved. If 1 the wind should change the white | residence section east of the negro l district would be menaced." l The negroes assembled as refugees l and prisoners were being cared for by | civic organizations and private citi- ] Zens who volunteered for the work. Ice water and sandwiches were being | served and the wounded or sick were receiving medical attention
 Refugees Terrified. 1 Throughout the morning long lines Of negroes streamed westward along |, the streets leading to convention hall Many wore their nightclothes and I were barefOoted. Their sunken eyes l told Of q sleepIess night and their ! ashen faces bespoke gripping fear. , Men, women and children carried 1 bundles Of clothing on their heads
 and backs. The articles they saved 1 were varied. Here an old woman ! clung to q Bible; there a girl with 1 dishcvelled hair carried a woolly l white dog under her arm and behind 1 trotted a little girl with a big wax 1 doll. 1 Aged Man Cared for. In one case an aged negro woman 1 supported an old man, wrapped about i with quilts and blankets and appar- ] antIy very ill. He was immediately 1 placed in an automobile and hurried 1 to hospital. But all who came to convention hall were not non-com batants. Re 1 peatedly grim-faced men, heavily l armed Whirled up to the big hall di- 1 rectly from the scene of fighting under big hill on North Greenwood. i With them closely guarded were negro ] prisoners captured with guns during the fray. Negro domestics were taken from l their quarters and moved to the ball l park.
 Tulsa, Okla, June 1.-Continuous ] eunfire broke out shortly after day l light near the negro quarter of Tulsa, l the scene of all night race distur- ! bances in which hundreds of armed i white men and negroes took part and 1 which resulted in the death and in jury of an unknown number of per 1 sons and the calling out of Okla homa l National Guard units to put down the disorder.
 1.5O0 Men in Battle.
 The firing came from q spot where throughout the early morning hours i 500 white men and 1000 negroes | faced each other across railroad tracks. First reports to police head quarters said that the bodies of from six to ten negroes could be seen lying in space described mo mans land" The police also had d report that three railway switchmen and a brakeman had been shot to death.
 Trainmen Are Killed.
 The trainmen were killed, it was reported because they refused to per init members of the opposing crowds to ride upon a switch engine passing between the lines. The engineer was reported to have escaped.
 Officials had hoped that with the coming of dawn the trouble, which began over the arrest of a negro late yesterday for an alleged attack upon a white girl. would die out On the contrary, however. the early morning gunfire was taken as an indication that the ricts had been renewed.
 -tirplancs Arc Used.
 As the dawn broke 60 or 70 motor cars filled with armed white men formed a circle completely around
 
 airplanes circled overhead. There was much shouting and shooting. \ row of houses along the railroad tracks was fired but lack of wind prevented the flames from spreading. A party of white rifle men was reported to be shooting at all negroes they saw and firing into houses The negroes were said to be returning the fire dis piritedly. Later reports placed the number of dead in the neiShborhood at 15.
 Negro Rrskrte Party.
 The negro arrested yesterday was lodged in the jail on the upper floor of the courthouse. Early in the night motor cars containing armed negroes appeared on the streets headed for the courthouse. A crowd of 200 negroes surrounded the building. Armed white mon soon began gathering.
 The crowds soon reached such pro- portions that d call was sent to Governor Robertson for troops and Adiutant General Charles E. Barrett ! 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.
 Crowds Steal Weapons.