Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-06-04

Section a& Fircmcn Arc Prevented
From Combating CONFEDERATION.
Tulsa. Okla. Juno l.--NCw fighting
has broken ont on North Greenwood
Avenue. the principal colorcd bust.
ness district, according to Il fireman
jus returned from the scene, who
says the fire trucks wcrc fired upon
by four colorcd men. State troops
have also been fired upon. he said.
Race riots today resulted in tho
death of cighty-five or mere persons,
including twenty-five whites and the
! wounding of more than 500, accord
ing to estimates by the police. and III
the destruction of ten blocks Of homes
in the co!orcd quarter Despite tho
placing Of the city under martial
law today, desultory firing continued
during the afternoon, but the city
this evening was comparatively quiet.
-Four companies of the National Guari
under Adjutant General Barrett, arc
on duty.
Tho reported death list grew NIL
day. AT noon the Chief OF Police mott
Tied Governor Robertson at Oklahoma
City that the total was scventy-rIve.
In one statement Major Charles W.
DAILY, OF ;hc Police Department., put
the figure at 175 saying he believed
many co!ored people had been burned
to death in their homes. Or the white
men known TO have been killed, five
have been identified, us Follows
Homer Cline, II, Tulsa; cleo Shu-
mate, 2i, Tulsa; Emmett Buckley, SO.
Leroy n. Y; Carl ID. Lotscisch, Ran
dali, Kan, Man previously identified
as +. NJ. Baker lIaviland, Kan, bclirv
cd % be Normal Gillard Tulsa.
The trouble is declared to have
started last night from the arrest Of
Il colored man charged with attacking
an orphan white girl, and subsequent
attempts Of colorcd men to rescue the
arrested man. Comparative quiet pre-
vailed in the later hours of the night.
but at daybreak II group OF color1d
peoples houses were set ATTIRE and the
city fircmen prevent: ed from fighting
the flames. AS result of the fires ),
600 colored people are. homeless Arm
ell white men formed Il cir0c about
the colorcd section.
Fire department officials expressed
the belief early this afternoon che
Whl'e residence districts would sc
saved from the flames that are still
raging in the co,ored section. With
martial law in effect in the city and
county, three or more companies OF
national guardsmcn placed al stra-
tcGlc points in the colorcd Quarter.
orders issued to disarm Al citizens
and approximately 5000 colorcd PEG
pie under guard in detention camps o!
flcia!s expressed the belief that the
situation is under control.
For several hours during the morn
ing parties OF cOlorcd and white peo-
pic faced each other across railroad
tracks, on which could be seen a mum
Der OF slain colored people.
COLORED PEOPLE PLACED
UNDER GUARD
With the early arrival of Adjutan;
General Barrett and a machinc-gun
company form Oklahoma City, sem
D!ancc OF order was restored. Several
thousand coorcd people were assem-
bled at Convention Hail. the baseball
park and the police station, and there
guarded. Orders were issued for the
ulSarmng OF all persons not belong
ing to the guard, or especially depu-
tiled.
Detachments Of national guard were
scattered about the city at strategic
points, especially about the co.ored
quarter, where 10000 to 1900 coloreL
people it is estimated make their
homes. Nearly half that number are
now under guard.
Dick Rowland, colored, whose arres,
led to the disturbance was removed
from the city to an unnamed place.
Officers declared he would be given a
speedy trial.
Prompt medical attention was CIV
en- to the wounded, colored as we'll as
whites, at loca' hospitals and dress.
ing stations. Civic organizations and
citizens who volunteered their ser.
vices cared for tho colored refugees,
to whom Ice water and sandwiches
were served throughout the dav
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