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Show JOHNSON IN NEWYORf Entire Colored Population Popula-tion Is at )1 i r to Meet Him New York, July 11. Jack Johnon came to town today. The negro frtonds of the world's champion heavyweight fighter had scattered thousands of dodgers through the "black belt'' which read: "To every colored man, womaa and child In New York: "Be at the Grand Central station at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning and lot ua all shako the glad hand of the stalwart athlete, the greatest of the twentieth century. "Come any wny you can. Come In vehicles or on foot. All be there." "And I reckon they're all here," said Johnson ae ho alighted from the Twentieth Century limited and radiated rad-iated his "golden smllo" on a density of negroes that not only filled tho station, but nearly blocked the street. The fact that the train wbh nearly near-ly five hours late, because of a wreck near Albany, did not dull the edge of Johnson's greeting. The police, fearing fear-ing trouble, refused to permit a parade pa-rade but there were ft score or more of automobiles on hand to escort Johnson to the hotel of n friend where a reception wan held. ' Shortly before 2 o'clock, the time announced for the arrival of Johnson's John-son's train at tho Grand Central station, sta-tion, thousands of persons, mostly negroes, ne-groes, were massed In the waiting rooms and on the streets. Nearby half an hour previous, the waiting room on the Lexington avenue side was Jammed with a mass of struggling colored col-ored humanity and as each incoming train arrived there waa ft rush for it In the expectation that Johnson would be among tho passengers. Several Sev-eral persons were thrown down and trampled on. |