The evening world. Newspaper, August 15, 1908, Page 1

Flock In from Other Places Follow- ing a Lynching, the Killing of 2) =" Men and Wounding of 75. py NEGRO RESCUED FROM MOB a. IN THE FIGHTING TO-DAY, 4 Sheriff Warned of Another Outbreak and Citizens!«! Notified in Proclamation to Stay Indoors =v" way. } f To-Night—County Official Shot and ect {Potter were not known t Robbed by Negroes. Rat Gra cio Lincoin’s Proclamation as It Applies to Springfield Riots Hxtract trom the Proclamation of Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln, Sept \ . nd I hereby enjoin upon the people mo declared to be free to abstain from all ylolence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they kabor] |)“ SPRINGFIELD, Il., Aug. 15.—Unless 2,500 members of the State °'y militia, now speeding toward this city or already encamped here, can ab- solutely control the situation, Springfield will be to-night the scene of | the worst race riot in the history of the country since the days of the, : : Civil War, This city, the home of Abraham Lincoln, after passing | ~ were injured, | The bitter feeling obtains all over this section of Illinois. Hundreds as of farmers aml rough, reckless men are pouring into the city from the Ost mining towns around Springfield, looking for trouble. Hundreds of have by trolley and on foot, but many de- termined negro men are coming in trom Decatur, flake iTS ea negroes are fleeing the city by trai FIGHTING RENEWED TO-DAY. Two calls for troops reached the militia headquarters in the County| Vail during the day. One came from Fourteenth and Reynolds streets, where a negro was attacked by several white men, following a discus- sion of last night’s affray. Members of the Clinton company of militia rescued the negro by forming a hollow square and conducting him to the jail, The other call for troops came from the same vicinity. There was! on outbreak, but the atttitude of the cromé became so threatemikg that four companies were ordered to disperse B ‘This afternoon Gov, Deneen issued a strtement in wich he detailed| the riotous doings of last night, the events leading up to them, his sub-| sequent action in calling out the troops and concluded as follows: “We are prepared to meet any further trouble that may arise. | ‘Few assaults have been made during the day, but were not serious. The community, however, is in a state of unrest.’” | At daylight this morning it appeared that the local militia, rein-|, forced by companies from half a dozen cities in the central pari of the }oy dispersed, the smoking ruins of five square blocks of property were un- tending to the injuries of persons who had taken part in the rioting. ov. Deneen, upon reviewing the) was a double object In sendine so whom the mob had tried to remove ‘he First Regiment. being entirely with from the jail and lynch were safe in| Ut ties of rv sympath HE confinement {na city far removed trom | ‘'l! fire directly Into the ranks of the Springfield rloters should the occasion arise, tr New Splrit of Riot, State militiamen did last night wit Then the report swept through the !n population is clustered, {s city that Assistant County Treasurer |armed defense. Negroes from all ove and robbed of a sum of money, his |are armet and desnerate, Mossenes watch and diamonds, The slumbering| have been sent out to surroundin Sinti-nexro feeling was fanned into flame |‘own# and cities to arouse 1 Qgain, the mob was aroused from the |"#eToes and persuade yoluntesrs 4leep of fa the streets soon |come to Springfield, ver warme; with armed met Be ordered the First Reetment of Chi feaRo to be mobilized and despatched to ’ is editor of “Recreation i West Twe ed from a asail Both are members en and r who wore his unifor appro hand magazine hed five . Haine ” float faithfully for reasonable wages oaL Be Harway. ¢ vou « reamed and star temp through a night of murder, lynching and arson, in which one negro waste Iynched, two white citizens were killed, and more than seventy persons | wri a hot-bed of anti-negro sentiment. Anne J home is ir LOOT rN. ee MARQUAND nOUSE Banker's eau Art cal tion Robbed at Mt. Kisco | % Mansion, WHITE daring eriff of State, had the situation under control. The white and negro mobs had [banker 4 Mus ‘ try place der police guard and every surgeon in the city was busily engaged in ai-[. Mr find into and 8 amounting ¢ md and i and drawing ng a away ground, announced.that no more troops far for a regiment. The Fires ho | the pwould be needed. The local authoritles |seen service in strikes and rlots expressed the opinion that the disturb. |the local men are no! keen to fire oo ance had passed. The two negroes |thelr neighbors. [i |< oxnected th bric-a-brac stead of over their heads, as the mid | pnerance house was off hough ‘ier ‘leep at the. time and | The east end of the citv, where th | nine Was Bowe had been held up in the early |the city and the suburbs have flocke!| ‘Thin i dawn by a mob of negroes, fatally shot | there and intrenched themselves, Aj] | as © tlms we jewelry valued at sevaral thou: vand dollars Sheriff Is Warned. At Mr ye Governor promptly took action. olan ” carried Th A proclamation thas been issued call: | Vee ioving cup fe tng upon ail law abiding cttinens to re |wae given by Mr a and mowher @pringficld by special train, There (Contin: Wed on Second Page.) gokien weddingaatinl\ e =r Yichals's house the NEW YORK, SATURD Ay, _ AUGUST 1 15, ICHTSWOMENS U.S.ARMY OFFICER ICH HANDICAP SHOUT NAN DOW SPRINGHELD ASS" ith Pistol Run and JE CLUB, JACK ATK Wounded, Good Dis is a mutter ves THIRD RACE~Dark Night (4 to 1 and 6 to 5) 1, Queen Marguerite (2 to 5 for place) 2, Cymbal 3 had and 1 to 2) 1, club, Ha ers, Aug jac wing expre first turn ar while nent t | Besom, with E, firs: race easily first trial soe tort as third, with broken | and other articles taken, | as in the first event, wd os Half FI rf Jes stea Park plate carried f j winning by fly vory carvings, ge | Guahy on bcaraenent overs @ place sat ed durtag ring} | get 1p ‘ot their] (Por To-day Fair and cooter to-night) Sumday showers, NK GILL WN MPIRE TRACK Haines Holds Comes From Back Crowd Wi TROOPS FILL Gil. Boe ee mye | Annis, ally : 5 6 Falls Overboard fu Opening Davy oi ces a Whites and Blacks Looking forTroublel Ay ae ilet. Yonkers 3ehind in Stretch Beats Good THIRD, | Brown, [Rates if * ' Beaumont, Turns Out for Bowerman, 1b... s SECOND RACE—Etherial (2 to 5 Wis Sand out) 1, Ragman place) 2, Homecrest 3. (3 to 6 for Lewis Hare 1 and 2 to 1) 4, tte Bayette 4 for place) 2, Jack Atkin 3. Haines and his FIFTH RACE—Harrigan (7 to 5 Garland place) 2, Billy Bodemer 3, {his SIXTH RACE—Comedienne (9 to Harway's arm. He held i 10 and 1 to 3) 1, for place) 2, Coat of Arms 3. Rockstone (even! (Bpecia! to The Bvenin EMPIRE CITY RACE TRACK, Yonk- ~Is Jack MeGinnis lucky? 1 Mrank Gill come way to win the Yonkers Handicap, the ne opening ek s <a pecullarly run race with ten starters, gli. carrier, te and well played by rowd of 10,(c0 turf patrons, me to the track h Sanitoga Shreve to get the 0 1 down to or got some play did Charles Ed ahead of the MeCart crimes, exude w old vid te rs Cap race than any ¢ vegan wh move nder the whip 1 of 6 to, we high Dugan Wins Opener. At was used in easily Besom car dy in Fine Form | Mars Cassidy was in fine form to-day, 3 went ail away to al ght on the post by Smit an indicate bea Night a surprises , leader. was under the whip ai Page 4) \ Ritchey, 2b.. Dahlen, ss.. | Hannafin, ss ——- | Sweeney, 3 ror he EMPIRE CITY RESULTS, [(iraham. : F Geni Pe c FIRST RACE—Besom (6 to 5 and L Me Ee Han 2 to 5) 1, James B Brady (7 to 8 for indaman, wounded Wille place) 2, Frizette 3. in the Ba le Totals’). ,.. Thomas, cf Storke, Tb. Mibatichio 2b. FOURTH RACE—Frank Gill (6 to Wilson, rf. Tony Bonero (6 to Gibson, ¢ Maddox, p ‘Totals Base Hits-Off Ferguson, nings, oft } daman, 3; Threo Base Two Base Hit Stolen Bases—Leach assed Ball—Graliam Wild Pite! Umplre—M Pa,, Aug. 18.- game from Boston in,an uphill fight to day, Boston started by of rns, with singles by a double by son's wild throw catch Browne scoring. After ter of tie situation Pittsburg Leach’s for hit to right first: base. and Abby walked, passed ball Browna single: doubled to left field. third hase uddox base, hrew wild, was out nfield singled son at first base Third Inning ner made son's Texas leaguer In left fed. Stokke was unde Bates fied out to Wilson od 0 ch. On Beanimont ing Abby, : Thomas w of the gi ww pitching Thoma filed out to Rr RUNS, Reaumon* SCORES BY INN ain 223 oO” oo oo oo i St. Louis ° Philadelphia fo} oO ® Cleveland Highlanders 88. Base on (Balla—Off Ferguson, 5 addox, 2. Left on Bases—Pitteburg, 9; Struck Out—By Fer ley, Dd. if mpires=Rudderham ‘ach Ris ler, The Evening World) CINCINNATT] Mc. yesterday. to show Lie bush d panne. aarre lena some league ba Giants are to play four (Spocia EXPOSITION Pittsburg took Wikselm went the second Coakley teams play a double | » stays out of the and Herzog {x doing duty « fine afternoon Pattee flied to Mitchell. Browne and to K wa hoisted to Mit coupled with Gib- past third Crying to, Lobert rolled to Jordin Second Inning Tenney was a goner on Charl Bresnahan fled to Murra that Maddox was mas- Seymour out, fouled to Lobert. | hy yunded, Sheehan ( on Wiltse’s [iat va ‘ned to Lumley Leach scoring In the fourth Inning Storke h moving up on a Second Inning y's fumble Third Inning sending Wrowne t but Browne aid not Browne napping at third [ie ang bee A. ugiin to fra beat Jheim fouled to Schle ae fm bed Huggens Sona wiht piteh. Fifth Inning Second Inning Dahlen hit a ttle tly Graham out same way, out fied out to Bowerman. Sweeney threw out Gib- Jordan rolled, Ganzel to Coakley ngled to third | Huggins popped to Sheehan | Seventh Inning Wilhelm singled Ng to sacrifice Hummel forced Wil ked Dahlen to Rite ‘base, Clarke beat out a dunt, se: ’ Ferguson's wild throw to second base. Fifth taaing Eighth Inning walked Wilson fanned Held, scoring base. Maddox Fergiwon wns —————_.. * F0UR DROWNED WHILE BATHING. | Brooklyn Police Headquarters repart tour drownings at seashor borough and Queens t The victims are Fifth Inning Dahlen wa 2 h and Kelley put out ¢ ORENS x Drowned at Coner skier NS 2 and Fourth avenue. rank Sheppard, seventy years Oak street, Brooklyn “Thomas Digach. Teventieth atract Twemy-firet surest, Brook: Ga) out (Continued on Second Page.) threw out Hig gin oot nae ‘l= o- (oe Oo— o— o— 1 de os BATTING seh Ludwig, ¢, nd Jolinstone, (Special to The Evening World.) 5. Wil tse niten games in t second a crowd of ining that the 8 A good one, lneals are | © Charles out grounded Wiltse w Koney and Hos ane aii Devi No RU NS ———= I ‘HIGHLANDERS, | Me Iiveen, rf.. Hemphill, of . Batted ior Hogg r Blair i eleventh, = | Hinchman, 88 ... lbeocoocees Hite—Off_ loge and Sl- Bases—Cleveland, game 3 god gs walked. Donlin got Charles fhahts of thei r days of distress Rarry Second Inning. y smashed a sing Continued on Second Page) ;