The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-19
BLACK BULLD0ZHRS.
1siotous Proceedings and Armed
Assaults In st. Charles Parish.
The Governor Orders the Militia to
Meet ana Qusll the Negro Mob.
10 Prevent Bloodshed
and to Preserve
the Peace. @

Afe Ia d. CHARLES parish was last evening
brought To the city BY number Oh planters
whose places afe lii that parish.
The information WINS 10 the effect that large
number OF negroes engaged on plantations had
e6ruck for an Increase Of wases from seventy.
Ave- cents ID u day. ana had banded them.
uelyee toeether. and not only prevented labor
~ who were willing TO work from dona 30.
eut also threatened the lives and property of
both Whlte and colored citizens.
From one Of the gentleman DsMooaAr re-
purter obtained statement of the
" eoHDiTor Or AFFAtas IN TaE Parish
"a about o'clock yesterday evening when he
ELI. The statement includes narrative OF
events from Monday last. when the trouble
started, 10 70 the time above specified. and WAS
~ fellows.
q elwae Of the trouble began on Monday. on the
whitehead and Duaaan plantations. about
seven miles above the courthouse and some
thirty Ave miles above the city. The next day
Tuesday,, while the Messrs. Bovee. Of the late
Davenport plantation, were at dinner. the
AtfIkers sent In etnissarlea. who released the
working stock and one or two 81 the hands
Uf the place who interferred with them were
Whipped with bullbsde.
The raiders next visited Hymelia plantation
date Ktllmore,, on the line Of d.. John parish,
and sfyeetaaly bulldosed the workers there.
This process waa continued down the coast OF
The fiHhs bank from plantation to plantation
until the crowd reached the late Gen. Dick
TAylof's place. Fashion.
Yesterday operations we're began again, and
no LabrAhcha, Kelly. Ashton and LulinG places
were added to the strike when our informant
lott. On the Luling place the track runs be-
tween the quarters and sug ar-houae. aud the
aat thr Suff nm 1
steamed bY.
The active strikers were varioueY estimated
III the cutset from $50 To aeo. but they must have
awel,ea " nearly double that number BY last
evening.
j Homa lady passengers. who left In q hurry.
rplAtad 10 our informant that some shooting
took place on the Ashton plantation. and some
s3f tho raiders were wounded. The vengeance
~ the negroes ID feared. The authorities are
upWerleee. tho white population sparse and
Aoatterpd and the mob II In possession Of the
nArlsh, Fully eighteen plantations have been
compelled 10 atop work. and the mob haH even
atorped work Oh the levees where laborers
were engaged repairing threatened points.
One OF the plantati ,ns. the Home place. next
10 tho court. house. is worked BY receivers
under the supervision Of the United Htates
courts. aud some OF the raiders. II IL said.
.tAreatenedto whip the manager, wbose crime
Al 10 regularly impoupd the cattle Of negroes
found rowing In his aeld.
xnssAs KELLY AND HARRIS INTERVIEWED
x pxMouRAr reporter. learning that Mr.. viii
n. Kelly, owner of the Ransom plantation, and
N, Thomas Harris. the overseer Of the How
ard 4 Morrie plantation, the Ashton place. had
arrived Ia the city and had stopped at Cassidy
nroceeded ID that hotel and found the two sen.
tlusnnn named seated As q table aud heartily
sSnaoyiaG their evening meal.
Alter tho usual salutatioae, and the reporter
having stated hie business. Mr.. Kelly, ~ the
apokeemAn 81 the party, related his experience
IN substance A follows:
ror several days l had heard that number
ar uolorea people III the parish were on \
atrlke, and threatened trouble: that they were
going around notifying those who were At
work that they had 10 stop until they got higher
sWaxes. gave little attention to the reports.
SRhich were 60 vague that thought them exaG-
9exAtcd. On Wednesday evening, however.
received Information that tho reports were too
true, and Tint mob Of cclored people had got
unon Tho store Of DR.. Nubeecheman. at Hahn.
xi,le. and plllaxed 1t.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Tom Harris, who -
here, came 10 my plantation. which is below the
xehtcn place. and warmed me- OF tho coming Of
From NV tWo hundred and 'nity to three hundred
nNnrors about thirty Of whom were on horse
e esice. s Ana budreoas some bearing banners
approached the gate Of my reeidence. Mean
while my own eolored employees had asked me-
Ttnia them that they should continue 70 work
until the mob ordered them to stop. for II would
% asses e rse1 1Sa nsn Savssa
- me M IN mob having reached the front Of my
s nyl's thai tho hands should be killed:
s oMa Wv sssss fS ss ,h'as
leaders. asked them not 10 20 Into the yard.
bur that II they wanted to SEQ the hands that
esy should S. thaa n. e ns Mh M
Harris The excite lent Of the mob now grew
Ia intensity. and those On horseback began
msnts caused mo e realize tho fact that
they meant to 40 u me bodily shy,tl harm rnd
threats OF numbering us were now raised
and " n prepared 70 cut our way through
the crowd :iust then We were assailed by pum-
pso p 81 oe our horses and ourselves and ~ We
epurred our horses they ared volley &C Us.
sssns ~. us ~ M msi s6 eenE I'm
the sticks. or course We had At the same time
drawn our geyolvers and returned the nrs With
81 n she e neSroes fall But rs sot up again. We
aeon got beyond heir reach. but on our way No
the river We we're informed that there was a
ess,ss n mn With the party. probably dozen in
nnnher and drawing cur weapons and putting
anmrN To our horses We dashed towards them
hss inetea6 OF showing d.yht they scattered ana
sava IA free passage. and we rode to the near
"a car station and came to the city. :, =,
Reporter- We're the negroes s ,,n afm es
nnlv saw one with 4 gun; but It is true did
not have time 70 notice very closely whether
fhere were more thus armed.
Rannrfer-Do you know the men who Rp.
neerrd ia be the leaders OF the mob?
m. kelly-Well. / know several q them very
weli hy sight can call only one by name
that's Jake Bradley. But Mr.. Kesrney OF "a
Whitehead place. where. ! am informed, tn
troubles began. has ltat OF NUMBER o. tnem
Raportor-What kind Of . fellow is this JAKE
M. Kelly-He is one Of the men who os was az
der az Vslcour 81. Martin who was taken
foTcibly out Of the jail and horribly muulated
his body being riddled with bullets and buck