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Show wdTSfhicted i ; Military and Police Have I Firm Grip on Situation; j Grand Jury Probe. I CJil'.'A'lO, .V.i:r. 3. Adjutant General ' Frank S. Ihckson of Illinois and Chief jot' I'olh1.; 'Jarrity were entirely satis-i satis-i fied with i-onditions in the race riot ; zones today, they said. The militia and police, continued to maintain order, with only a tew minor (I :s Curl -a nets, and Chief j ; t ri'ity said hi- believed the danger 01 J t'urincr riuiin- was ended. W'nh the wA'-eption of an attack on M'aplain A. I:. Whrlieiin. i'j company, j Fourth n-.s'-rve militia, who was fired on I sui I. bed l.iy t hree negroes, and the jlVirminu' of a white mob in the stock -yards t i i 1 1 i . t early this morning, no outbreak out-break "f coisi'ijueiu-e had occurred since Thursday. The. captain will recover, it la said. Six huii'lrcd whites; were dispersed, only after a machi ne gun mounted on an automobile had appeared and militia men with fixed bayonets had prepared to charge th-iu. While pulice are slowly being with-, dra wn from the negro district, today the sheriff was swearing ni former soldiers sol-diers as specta I deputies, and expected to have between I Ooo and 2000 on duty in the riot ;:ones tomorrow. It has been decided that negroes will not be re-employed at the stockyards until un-til ill-fading bet ween whites and blacks hits fully subsided. The fire eariy yesterday, which burned six blocks of white homes west of the I stockyards, and which many ot the residents resi-dents blamed upon the negroes, aggra-va aggra-va t ed the feeling of bitt erness. The. August grand jury will be sworn in tomorrow for investigation of the riots and the fire. At least twenty witnesses declared negroes; who appeared in auto- mobiles started the fire. |