Negroes Seek Safety Haven at Milwaukee
Hundreds Flee from Chicago to Escape Rioters.
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Source: Chicago Daily Tribune, 31 July 1919, pg. 2.
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Milwaukee, Wis., July 30—Hundreds of Negroes are flocking here from Chicago to escape the riots. They are arriving on every train. It is estimated 500 have come here in the last three days.
The colored jubilee, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Negro slaves at Jamestown, has been postponed indefinitely.
Police, while not anticipating trouble, are taking all precautions since they learned that scores of Negroes had purchased pistols. There is no law prohibiting the sale of firearms in the state. Captain of Detectives John Sullivan scouts the suggestion that something may develop.
Turn Back at Mattoon.
Mattoon, Ill., July 30—Hearing of the race riots in Chicago, a number of southern Negroes en route to that city, ended their northern trip here today. They boarded the next train south.
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Page compiled: 5 November 2001
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