The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-16
SOLDIERS ON GUARD
NEW ORLEANS LEvEE STILL PRO-
TECTED BY TROOPS.
..BIack and Tam Gsngs of Scrcwmen
at Work Loading stealncrs-Gov-
ez..a.- Fosters Efforts

NEW ORLEANS March 15.-In the last
twenty-four hours there has been no
change in the labor situation in this city
All day long work has progressed on the
wharves, but, as before, it was the negroes
or, at best black and tan gangs (half
white and half black, who loaded the ships
which the fighting took place Tues
day. and they were under the protection
of bodies of State troops fully armed and
prepared to suppress any outbreak of the
riotous element. The troops left the
armories at S o'clock this morning and
took up positions on the river front at the
landings occupied by the steamer Prince
the Harrison and the West India and Pa
cifc lines, these being the points at which
trouble was deemed most likely to occur
Ships of several other foreign lines are
being loaded by their own crews and the
domestic lines are being loaded by their
regular gangs, but against these there has
been no protest. In short, the military
programme was precisely similar to that of
Thursday. At SHUTDOWN the troops were
withdrawn but ordered to resume duty to-
morrow morning.
During the day Governor Foster held con-
ferences with committees representing the
white screwmen and the merchants, put
in neither meeting was any result reached.
He spent several hours i'll endeavoI1ng TO
bring the screwmen to a sense of their
duty and responsibility and to securing
pledge that they would permit Others to
Compete with them without fear of bodily
harm but without avail The merchants
were no more tractable. His ExceHency
sought to secure from them a promise 70
pursue a more conciiiatory policy and to
bring about reconciliation OF the two
interests on a basis OF mutual concession.
The merchants however, adhered hrmly TO
the position set forth in the address adopt
ed by them on Tuesday They SAID tney
had not sought this trouble, but now that
they were in it they were determined 10
see it through, and would not yield an men.
# is said that they have placed in the
Governors hands 5000 towards the eA-
penses Of the troops, and&haV PROMISED ds
much more as may be necessary. me GOV
ernor saws he will remain her until the
trouble is settled, and is Sangu4e OF DeiIs
able to effect settlement very shorty
When the steamships Niagara nnlsnss ut ~
loading she will not sremaiH at this port 10
take on her cargo offSotton, but Will go 10
Galveston for 1T. The Niagara Is lying a.
tha wharf near the head OF Fnlillp street,
and in the vicinity of the place from Wnic1
a party of rioters fired on the negroes anu
one oI them last Tuesday Aestef-
day she was being unloaded by nonunlon
how many other steamships Will be ordefed
away by their owners, or now mucn coiii-
merce has been diverted by the troubles.
Wallace Stevens, aged tWenIy-iouI year .
a member of Battery E. Washington Ar
tillery on guard at the harrison Ilie
badlv shot While Stevens was in the act
of sitting down his thirty EIGHT -caliber re-
voIyer fell from his belt, and, str king. the
wharf, exploded. The bullet entered stew
enss body under. the .armpit innicuns
bad wound.