The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-13

Winchester rifles all aimed at the colored
union xorkmen on the ships loading al
the docks The attack was made al points
several miles apart. just before the ar
f1sal OF the police. and as result there
are saf dozen coFpsex and dozen or
so wounded men. The police saw the az
tack. but no arrests were made, they
Claiming that they were too few 10 cope
with the unexpected outbreak. The day
before the massacre all was quiet and
the governor saw no ground for inter
Terence. bur today the business men are
osnouaeing bcth governor and police; the
militia Is In readiness 10 move: an appeal
TO the Federal government has virtually
oeen made aid even the foreign consuIs
nave decided to joins In the move soE
peace AZ any price.
The causes which led 70 the trouble
have been Of long standing and grew
out OF the attempt OF saip agents and
others interested 10 rs.iuce ates. The
Whise screwmen claim that the eoiored
men who were given a share OF The work
unoef an agreen. ant made see~et cuts
ana violated the agreement, in order 10
obtain more work a,l3 gradually crowd
the white men OF. The white ASSOCIATION
tnsn severed all ties with the blacks snd
refused 10 work with .s.em or for the
meh who employed them. The white
iongshoremen Joined rlie strewmen In
TINS. Since then the staaslsaip i'nes have
been gradually going over 20 the negroes
Lately the white screwmca Quit work
on the lines stiil loyal fc them. stating
that they would no, WORK until the whole
anair was Strengthened tut. Scyerai
more lines then took On negro laicFers
from necessity. The white union finally
determined to retaiiate upon the steve
dores BY Offering TO reduce rates and deal
with the ships dfre-st Ships tn haste
accepted the offer. but the agents stood
hy the steyederes. The latter offered to
pay more than the screwmen asked but
the screwmen refused to deal with them
The agents offered TO pay the screwmen
their wages and place the stevedores ovrr
tnem as surerintendents. but this the
acrewmen declined Then the stevedores
negan importing colored screwmen from
Galveston. and the whites growing des.
perate broke loose. In riots.
The dead are: William Campbell,
coiored screwmaB, shot at Phillip street:
Julius Carrabee. shoemaker. shot IN front
OF Lyons clothing store. unknown man.
shot in the vicinity of the Cromwell line;
negro. in the same vicinity. not yet iden.
tilted. Leonard Maliard. a coicred screw
man.
The injured are: James A. Bane, white.
purser OF the steamship Engineer. shot
In the head twice, arm once. dang gerously
injured; Henry Brown. coiored screw
man. shot five times, I'm both arms and
both legs. will die; Lem Perselen. coll
ored coal wheeler shot seven times. I'm
both legs. thigh and head, may recover:
Lunis Cast. eolored. employe Of a sugar
refinery. shot tn the hip. win recover:
Billy Williams. colorsd screwman. shct
In the leg. will recover. Frank LighthalI.
coiored shot in the leg. dangerously hurt:
Marion Brooks. white, lonzshoreman.
shot In the right leg below the knee Two
negroes. names unknown. jumped into
the river and are supposeu TO he
drowned,
Gen. John Glynn. commanding the state
troops, was seen this afternoon by an As
sociased Press reporter and asked what
action the militia would taken In case OF
further trouble. Gen. Giyun stated that
he was engaged in keeping Gov. Foster
well Informed upon what was taking
place. that orders received by him from
the governor would not be disclosed. hnt
that orders issued by himself he could
make public, and he had not given any,
awaiting the commands of the chief exc
cutive.
A visit was then paid 10 the British
consulate. The consul stated that Capt.
Woods. of the British steamer Engineer,
had called upon him in the morning. after
Purser Bane was sho, and made state
ment of the fact OF the shooting. The
consul declined 10 make any statement
as 20 what action would be taken
Leonard Melieft. the negro who was
shot In front Of the sugar exchange this
morning. died at the Charity hospital at
5.Sa r. n. j. n. Bane, the wounded puv-
ser of the British steamer Engineer. is
comfortably Quartered at the Touro in
nrsnary. His wounds are BY no means so
serious as they were at first supposed TO
he. Another body has been identified as
that of Henry James. coiored laborer
/. Henry Bland colored iaborer who re-
sides in Algeria. crossed the river this
morning In search of work and had just
left the ferry when the fight began He
received load Of shot in the body and
was taken back 70 his home. where he
now lies IN dangerous condition.
The rSiice up 10 o'clock tonight had
made but two arrests In connection with
the riot Rober: Brooks and Mike FTtz-
patrick both white screwmen. were taken
into custody early In the evening. Both
were wounded Brooks in the groin. and
Fitzpatrick In the wrist. and are said 20
have been sfct by their comrades during
the prosnsseuoas firing. The prisoners
were charged with inct,ing 10 riot and
were rernanded 10 await, a hearing.
Calmly reviewing the happenings Of the
morning. everything would seem to in
alcate the attack 10 be a prearraBgesi
affair. X is ruIuore3. and there is. every
reason 10 believe the runor 20 he correct
) that a secret meeting was held last night
ard The bloody affair Of this morning
carefully mapped ont. The details seem
10 De that the crowd OF rioters who were
saat ar town were residents % the lower
districts. while those who were seat down
town were those who live 1p town. Th.
rs,ns and rifles which were used by the
downtown men who went up togu seem
- have been deposited in the various
saloons along the ieves- The men as
serntyae9 somewhere in the vicinity OF
Nun street ard IN dense foe proceeded
pn the fcxpe Il seemed 90 he generally
understood that the guns ase5 by the men
who went TO town we're taken 20 some
rsIaee In the vicinity Of the sugar re-
anerses In a wagon. ard then were Sc
erected until such time as they were re-
s7asrss IL also seems to be agreed thst
at the rveroncerte3 attack the shooting
should he done between ess ard 80 a.
IN q ;isne when the men would De going
10 work.
Washington City. March f.--The United
States wfIs not seaG troops 10 New Or
leans until x has been fully demonstrated
that the city ans state officials are no
longer able 20 maintain the rs@ce and PRO-
sact ;ae interstate traffSe. This desersnt-
rsattoa was reached late this afternoon
xvst teisgraphes 10 limited States Attcr-
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