New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-14
UOH law ~ NEU-ORLE4NS

Tho New Orleans riot is a labor conspiracy
rather than a face outbreak. The negroes were
shot down on the wharves. not heca's" th'y
were blacks. bu; bccaus" they w"r" substitutes
f,r strikers There is "A very dangerous foreign
horn element in the working population ot mat
dtv and the longshorcmcn's unions are con
,ron.d hy H. II has placed an embargo upon IN"
commerce II thu port. increased IN" cost "r
l,,diug and unloading vessels. AMI j. exercising
, t..r,uu.cll control over the business Of ship
agent, and merchants The supremacy Of the
white. labor..r~ would l." "vcrthrown II negroes
were allowed To- work In their places Colise-
uucuily for many weeks negro competitors nave
bccn inundated and ovcrawed by white mobs
Tho riot was caused by the importation from
Tcxos 81 A working force FOR loading steamers
and vessels with cotton. The white deSperadoes
shot down the iniruicrs II they had been
dogs. and the police We're pow"r"Ss To suppress
the riots
Tn. militia has been ordered ont 10 reinforce
IN. policc and 10 prevent the recurrence OF
similar scenes on the lcvrcs Momcn'arily there
VIII he 4 cessation ~ hostillticS. but the shect
~ ,ho numerous outbreak will BE- 10 iniImidate
negroes and 10 suspend IN Ncw'Orleans III" en-
nlovrncnt ~ mon who are ont ~ work In other
states That +, the result which the ringleaderS
~ the unions desired 10 accomplish. and neither
,h, nollcc nor the militia will undo the work.
Their. is not a merchant in tina, city who does
NOT cry ont for dcvcrance from the white
lopyshoremcn's mobs So long ~ III" negroes
or.. in,imjdatcd the white workers can dictate
terms T., the shippers associations and incrcas"
tho cost If handling freight. Ncw-Orleans IL
suffering scriou, injury from this cause. l's
oir liz hasp
,.rrod 10 Mobile on account Of these cxactions'
and the shipment ~ cotton Is not Only reuhrden'
Ian, ,lso loaded down with unnecessary cX-
ncnsn The merchants and shippers OF New
orleans would be- overwhelmed with gratitude
II this Interchangeable body or whlte laporers
could be- Transported 10 Chicago or some othor
Norlbcrn city and permanently got out Of the
WAY II that were done there would he no
difficulty In managing the negro worknen.
The white mobs II longshorcmcn are profit
ing by the education in lawlessncss which they
have received In the politics of Louisiana
There were white leagues riding rouShshod over
polltical rights guaranteed by the CONSTITUTION
and There. were negroes cocrccd inundated ana
shot down In order secure the establishment or
Democratic asccndancy In the state. Mana
conspiracies. antMaha lynchinGs and labor re-
volts and relationships have fourshed In
State where white league outragcs had pyevi-
ously dcmoralized the conditions OF public opin-
ion There is nothing which the longshoremen
have done in the way OF intimidation, murder
and massacre which was not anticipated during
the political period Immediately following re-
construction times With n population trained
In the use Of bowieknifc and revolver. and with
police and militia in sympathy with "nigger-
hunting" New orleans is to-day the most turbu-
lent and lawless city in the South. force OF
five thousand regulars OF the United States
Army might restore order and protect against
assault helpless negroes employed on the
wharves; but the resources OF the demorallzei
city are hardly equal TO the urgent requirements
Of the hour