The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-03-13

They Fired on Oolored Dock La
borers Who Supplanted Them,
SEVEN MEN DEAD, NINE INJURED,

The Disorder the elimination Of a Series
of Difficulties Between Stevedores and
Their Employes--The Shooting ofa Briton
May Cause International Complications.
New ORLEANS, March 19.-The thick fog
In the early morning was the vail behind
which desperate white levee laborers gath
cred, and which they penetrated with Win
chester rifle balls aimed at the colored non
union men at work on the ships The at
tack was made at points several miles
apart just before the arrival of the police,
and as a result there are half dozen
corpses and dozen or so wounded men.
The police saw the attack, but no arrests
followed, they claiming they were too few
to cope with the unexpected outbreak. The
day before the mayor said all was quiet
and the governor saw no grounds for in
terference, but today the business men are
denounoing both. The militia is in readi-
ness to move, an appeal to the federal gov
ernment has virtually been made, and
even the foreign consuls have decided to
join in the movement for peace at any
price.
The causes which led to the troubles
have been of long standing, and grew out
Of the attempts of ship agents and others
interested to reduce rates. The white
screwmen claim that the colored men,
who were given share of the work under
an agreement, made secret cuts and vio-
lated the agreement in order to obtain
more work and gradually crowd the white
men off. The white associations then sew
cred all ties with the blacks and refused to
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ployed them The white 'longshoremen
Joined the screwmen in this Since then
the steamship lines have been gradually
going over to the negroes
Lately the white screwmen quit work
on the lines still loyal to them, and stated
that they would not work until the whole
affair was Strengthened out. Several more
lines then took on negro labor from neces-
sity. The whites finally determined to re-
taliate on the stevedores by Offering to re-
duce rates and deal with the ships direct.
Ships in haste accepted the offer, but the
agents stood by the stevedores.
The latter offered to pay more than the
screwmen asked, but the screwmen re-
fused to deal with them. The agents of
fered to pay the screwmen their wages
and pay the stevedores over them as SUI
perintendents, but the screwmen again
declined. Then the stevedores began i'm
porting colored screwmen from Galveston,
and the whites, growing desperate, broke
loose in riot
The dead are: William Campbell (col-
ored) screwman, shot at Philip street;
Jules Calico Carrabe, shoemaker, shot in
front of the Lyons clothing store; un-
known, shot in the vicinity of Cromwell
line; unknown negro, shot in same vicin-
ity; Leonard Mallard (colored), salesman,
shot over right eye.
The injured: James A Bane (white)
purser, of the British steamer Engineer,
| shot in the head twice, dangerous; Henry
| Brown (colored), screwman, shot five
| times; Tim Persten (colored), coal wheeler,
| shot seven times; Lunis Cast (colored), en-
ploye sugar refinery, shot in hip; Billy
Williams (colo1d), screwman, shot in leg;
Frank LighthaS (colored) driver for ce-
ment firm; Robert Brooks (white), long
shoreman, shot in right leg; two un-
known negroes jumped into the river and
it is believed were drowned.
1t is feared that the shooting of Bane
will lead to a demand for indemnity from
Great Britain,
General John Glynn, commanding the
state troops, was seen by an Associated
| Press representative and asked what action
| the militia would take in case of further
trouble. He stated that he was engaged
in keeping Governor Foster we'll informed
upon what was taking place here. Orders
received by him from Governor Foster
would not be disclosed but orders issued
by himself he could make public, and he
had not given any, awaiting the commands
of the chief executive.
| A visit was paid to the British consulate
on Carondolet street between Canal and
| Common streets. The consul stated that
Captain Woods, of the British steamship
Engineer had called on him shortly after
Purser Bane was shot and made state
ment of the fact of the shooting. The con
sui declined to make any statement as to
what action would be taken.
The police thus far made but two ar
rests in connection with the riot. Robert
Brooks and Mike Fitzpatrick, both white
screwmen, were taken into custody early
last night. Both men were wounded
Brooks in the groin and Fitzpatrick in the
wrist-and are said to have been shot by
their comrades during the promiscuous
firing. The prisoners were charged with
melting riot and remanded to await @
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