Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-17
THE ITALIANS PROTEST.
THE EXCITEMENT AMONG
THEM INCREAsING.

Almost Another Murder Growing
Out of the New Orleams Trage.
dy-Blaine's Telegram not An
swered yet-EnRlish Comment.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE committee
of seven appointed by the meeting of
Italians held here Sunday evening, hav-
ing sent dispatch to New Orleans testi-
Tying their sympathy with the colony,
Devalini, chairman of the meeting, has
received the following telegram, Mslr-@s
1T was utterly impossible for me to
quel or check the furious massacre. 1t
is pretended that justice will be accorded
us. "Corte, q
Italian Consul, New Orleans
1t is claimed by the Italians here that
Consul Carte called upon Governor
Nichols for protection for the endangered
prisoners before the lync,ing took place,
but the governor told him it was mat.
ter for municipal action and referred him
to Mayor Shakespeare, who could not
be found.
Frank Hagadoun was attacked in the
street with knives this morning by three
Italians who heard him say that every
member of the Malta should be hanged
He was severely cut about the body and
would have been killed outright had not
his cries brought several men to his as
sistance. The Italians escaped.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March ia meet
ing was held here last night by about
two hundred Italian residents. Resolu
tions were adopted expressing sympathy
with the Italians in New Orleans, de
manding protection and that the Italian
government insist on full reparation ant
punishment of the leaders of "the mos
cowardly and unparalleled massacre o
a defenceless people"
WASHINGTON, March 17.-No furthe
action will be taken by the federal au
thorities at Washington in regard to tn
shooting of the Italians at New Orlean
until after receipt of Governor Nichols
reply to Secretary Blaine's telegram stat
ing the position Of the government in tn
matter.
NEW ORLEANS, March 17.-New Or
leans has quieted down to-day and tn
sober second thought of the people ha
returned The telegram of Secretar
Blaine to the governor caused some CON
motion, but it was not unexpected. Th
telegram was sent direct to Governo
Nichols, and referred by him to Attorney
General Rogers. Whether reply has a
yet been sent to the government is nc
known.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE exctemer
and Indignation aroused by the slayin
of the New Orleans suspects seems to il
crease rather than diminish among tt
Italians of this city.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Star tn
evening is of the opinion that the in
pressive feature of the New Orleans affa
was the perfect orderliness maintaine
throughout the proceedings. Here Il
champions of law and order star
aghast at such proceedings. The Amel
can democracy has sounder notion as
what law and order really mean.
Moreton Frewen, son-in-law of the la
MIR. Leonard Jerome, has written ettt
defending the heIaction of the citizens otNe
Orleans as "the Strengthening out of t
Italian question once for ALL" and
adds that he "leaves the old women
both sections to moralize over the s
called excesses OF the blood stained pop
lace"
The St. James Gazette referring to t
same subject says:
THE men who organized this de6ar
of formal justice are not ashamed
what they have done. They have {
feated a society Of foreign ruthans W
were trying to terrorize the whole eli
1t is doubtful if John Bull has enou
grit left in him to protest in as empha
a manner as the citizens of New Orlea
have protested