San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-12
BLOODY NEW ORLEANS.
NEGROES KILLED BY WHITE SCREW
MEN TODAY.
Police Powerless to Control the
Mobs Raging in Different
Parts Of the City.

NEW ORLEANS, March I2.-At :
o'clock this morning a gang Of
about fifty screw-men came to the
landing Of the Harrison and Crom-
well line, and fired upon the Ne
groes as they came along.
The levee from Louisiana avenue
to Vaudeville street is in the
hands OF an armed mob. The po-
lice with their scattered numbers
are powerless to cope with the
armed workingmen. Whites are
completely in control OF things,
and have declared that no Negro
shall appear upon the levee front.
AS result all work on the levee is
at a standstill, while not Negro
can be seen among the shipping.
| The work Of rioting and blood
shed began this morning at seven
o'clock and resulted in the killing
Of two men and the wholesale dis
charge Of firearms by the two diff
ferent factions in the city.
A message came to police sta
ton that dozen men had been
killed in front Of Jackson square,
and that terrible riot was in
| progress. Several officers at once
hustled into the patrol wagon and
hurried away to the scene of
trouble.
They had barely started when
Sergeant Richard Walsh. in COM
mand of the precinct, heard a volley
Of shots from the direction of the
levee in front Of the station. He
Immediately rushed to the scene
and among the freight cars on the
levee between Phillip and First
streets, found a crowd OF Negroes
surrounding an unknown negro
who had been shot in the mouth.
Those present declared that while
they were crossing the levee
mob came along and fired a vol
ley into them. When the Negroes
body was removed, the sergeant
and a squad of officers went up the
leVee and found mob Of two hun
dred and fifty men, armed with
Winchester rifles and other guns.
They marched along the levee to
Eighth street, and then back on
Tchoupitoulas street to Jackson
street and then dispersed,
according to what seemed pre-
arranged plan. They were sober
and acted with deliberation. Port
Warden McCubbcn declared he
had been up all night. He report
ed the occurrence. He said all the
men were from down town and did
not belong to the screwmen. At
1880 a. m. everything up town was
comparatively quiet, and all me-
groes had left the levee. The mob
deposited their shot guns and
rifles in the barrOOms in the
vicinity.
| While this was going on the
vicinity of the French market was
in excitement and a bloody riot Oc.
Cured there. Four negroes had
been shot and one Caribbean
killed. The trouble occurred on
the levee at the landing OF the lIar
rison line Of steamships, opposite
Jackson square. A mob one hundred
men got through the guards Of
police and opened fire on the
| Negroes, who were at work. The
latter fled in terror, some jumping
into the river. Shots seemed to
have come from dOOrwayS, WIN
dows, galleries and the street, and
look where they would the negroes
saw pistols. Each man ran in
different directions and the poor
creatures were panic stricken.
| Those in the crowd OF whites
who were not armed with re-
volvers, picked upon stones, clubs
and other improvised weapons and
attacked the Negroes.
For many minutes the firing con-
tinued and the police seemed pow
erless to make any move against
| the murderous rioters, who were
given full sway, and they exercised
| it without stint.
Not until every negro had fled
from the river front did the white
men desist. Then it was found
that Joe Collins, Thomas Collins
and one unknown negro had been
killed and two negroes wounded.
They were taken to the charity
hospital. The entire police force
has been called to the levee. Gov
eruor Fowler has been telegraphed
| for militia orders.