The sun., 1895-03-14
QUIET In NEW ORLEANS.
COZ. FosTER FINALLY DECLARES
HE WILL PRESERVE ORDER.

ne viii Have ths Leves PatrOlled by
Troops To-day-An water Commerce 1T
= Btnndstiii-AH Address to the People
By Representative Commercial Bodies.
NEW ORLEANS, March ia state OF calm
existed on the levee to-day. and not stroke Of
work was done by the colored laborers in load
ing the vessels at the wharvss. The ship agents
and stevedores have announced that they would
put their men back 10 work II they had sufficient
protection, but they were not satisfied with the
action OF Gov. Foster in having the militia at
the armories. This rioters strike swift and sud
den blows, and IL would be an easy matter for
them to shoot down the laborsrs before the
militia could get even the order to march.
Some Of the white laborers were willing to go TO
work to-day, but there was no cotton ready Tor
them to put on shipboard.
The negro teamsters took fright to-day. One
Of them was accidentally killed yesterday and
another seriously wounded, and they refused to
take their floats near the levee, so that there
was no work to do there. The rioters keep out
OF sight and the levee was given up almost en-
tirev to the police. The official list still gives
the number of killed at fve and severely
wounded at twelve. A strong belief prevails,
however. that several negroes lost their lives
by jumping into the river to escape the murder
Gus mob. Several jumped in, but in the fog and
the excitement which prevailed no ono knows
what became OF them.
The dead man identified at first as Jules Car
rabee proved to be Frederick Lopez, q wel-to-
do mulstto who had retired on his earnings, and
whose son, DR.. A. Lopez, Is well-known ply
scian among the negroes Of New Orleans. Tho
dead man identified rs James Campbell proved
10 be James Paine, cotton laborer. Ono of the
unidentified negroes was found to be Henry
James, laborer. and the other Morrill, Brown.
stranger in the city, which accounts for the fail
ure to identify him at first.
Besides the twelve wounded men taken to the
Charity Hospital ten others we're shot, but not
seriously. Two of the wounded men. Mike Fitz-
patrick. shot through the right arm, and Robert
Brooks, severely shot through the leg. were
rioters and were hit by flying bullets during
the melee.
Some few acts of police courage were dis
played and some of the officers dispersed small
mobs, but the police generally were completely
covered by tho mob, and as frightened as the
negross themselves. Not only did they make no
resistance. but broke for shelter. They explain
this by declaring that the size of the mob. which
some of them estimate at 1000, completely
overpowered them, and made any resistance sui
eide. Tho mob seemed to rise from the ground,
they said, and two minutes before the firing be-
gan not n rioter was visible.
The meeting between the Governor and the Cit
liens Committee, composed of representatives of
al! the commercial exchanges which was held
in secret, continued until midnight and was very
stormy. Mayor Fitzpatrick was almost unani-
mously denounced for his failure to act whom
warned of the danger, and when IL was evident
to every one that there would be a riot on tho
leves. Gov. Foster ana Gen. Glynn. COM
mandero Of the militia, were severely criticised
for their tardness in acting. The trouble
on tho levee, 1t was pointed out. had been
going on for four months. steadily grow
ing moro severe, and it was possible
for the Governor to have suppressed it
at any time by q little show Of vigor. 1t was
charged at the meeting that political combine
existed between Gov. Foster and Mayor Fitz-
patrick to control the vote of New Orleans in
next years election. This made them unwill-
ing TO use any force to suppress the disturbance
for fear of offending the labor element. One of
the men offered o resolution to the effect that
the President Of the United States be requested
TO intervene to protect life and property. This
was adopted but was reconsidered to allow Gov.
Foster an opportunity to show whether he would
act with energy or not.
Gov. Foster received telegram last night
from Acting Secretary of State Uhl announcing
that complaint had been made to the Depart
ment by the British Ambassador of disturb
anoes ON the levee of Now Orleans, in which an
Englishman had been shot and the lives Of the
crews on English vessels put In danger. Tho
Ambassador wanted to know II the Governor had
taken steps to protect lives and property. and
the Department of State made the same inquiry.
Gov. Foster replied that everything was now
quiet. and that the State was able to preserve
tho peace.
Tho shooting of Mr.. Baine. the Englishman,
was an accident, and his identity was not known
at the time. United States District Attorney
Earhart. who telegraphed to Attorney General
Olney, declaring that the city was in the possess
sion of mob, received the reply that no troops
would bo sent until the State applied for assist
snce and confessed that its forces were not suf-
ncient to suppress the disorder and restore
peace. The explanation was given him that the
criticism of the President for his action in send
ing troops to Chicago in the Pullman strike
made him cautious.
The foreign Consuls of the city met to-day in
oluding Mr.. st. John. British Consult Baron
Won Meysenburg, German Consul: the acting
Belgian Consul. and others. A telegram was
sent to the several foreign Ambassadors in
Washington explaining the situation. The pop
ular sentiment here, except among tho rioters
and their friends, was strong this morning
against Mayor Fitzpatrick and less SO against
0ov. Foster, whose political aspirations are
thought to have prevented that prompt and
decisive action that was looked for. The feeling
was very decidedly in favor of an appeal to the
81 the organization OF q law and order league
Or vigilance committees. A demand was made
on tho Governor tn call out the militia or take
such action as would preserve order, and he was
Warned OF the serious consequences II he failed.
The address OF the Citizens Committee to the
people was very determined, and declared that
the time had como VI hen forbearance had ceased
TO be virtue, and that, cost what it might, tho
la~lessness, rioting, and murder must bo sup
pressed
Gov. Foster declared himself as opposed TO
calling on the Federal Government for assist
AnGe. He said that the State CT louisiana was
well able to take OF itself, but declined to
call out the militia on the ground that there
was insufficient ammunition. AT 8 O'Clock this
afternoon, however. he determined to act. A
proclamation was issued ordering all rioters to
disperse, calling upon tho authorities TO enforce
inc laws, promising full protection to all those
Mho desired to work on the leyee, and announc-
ing the intention OF the State 10 investigate the
I,ots ot yeaterday. and punish those engaged In
Ihem, Tho militia were also ordered TO be ON
anty, and hold themselves ready for service on
the loyee tomorrow morning.
Yesterdays riOting seemed to stir up an ugly
spirit. Dan Hanway, a white 'lonHshoreman,
ohS OF the men engaged in the riot, returned
10 MIS- nome from tho slIDOIinp al nd