Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-14
FATAL RACE RIOTS IN NEW ORLEANS.


Negroes Shot Down in the Streets by tho
Striking white workmen--rhe Latter
Ia Complete Control.
New ORLEANS, Ia. March f2,--Tlic levee
front from LOUISIANA avFnG1 10 Mahue.
willie street Is In tho bands Of an armed
mob, Tho police with their scaitcred num-
bers are powCrirss TO cope N'th tue afEleu
workmcn.
Tho white men are completely Ia control
OF things aud have declared tna: ho negro
shall appear upon the lorce 'front.'. asa
result If this dill work Oh the ieTee 10 pfsi-
tically NJ standslill, while not nof'o
can be seen anywhere amnng tha shipllnf.
Al unkno.n negro @as KILLED AZ lhs
hoad OF First street. Re %us wR.t!n.
along the leycc, w!ieio nc was &c: ~ Ga
crowd pf aco wlio :ncn, arrtri WIZ. sbu'
guns, Winchrs,rrs and reyolYe:s. Cps VI
the men put pistol to his huM. ant S.sT
ont Ills brains.
The tevee is crowded with er:usd men
pa.rQ!lng il and they threaten 70 gaNDt
every negro they can find. Tho poliCcmea
are ttylns their Gcs. 10 actp the men in
check.
AT the riGtinE down town, III the vicinity
of the French Market. Jules =. Clrribbeli,
n shpeDal:er, Was instantly E.llod shot
through the head. ]. A, Ham. pr-sur on
the B:i'ish Steamship sn5.ncei, "&s shot
three times through tAe head hhd viii
WAS shot through ;aG haai and will due.
Two unknown negroes Nefc shot
through the head. They .unrei in tho
river and were drowned. Al henviile
street, Two unknown negroes are reported
killed. At the Charity HOspitDl. fOar men
are reported to have died troih thGir
wounds.
At o'clock the excitement had subsidized
and quiet prevailed.
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Noon-Thc entire police force has been
called to the leyec Governor Fowler has
been tclrgraphGd TO and it is reported the
militia has heGn ordered % Keep thcln-
selves in readiness
At this writing most of the mob are
drinking and the police fear more trouble.
The entire river front is in a tumnlt.
Another .iat mag be expected at any
moment.
The bodies of the four killed at the
Jackson Square urc at the Thi:d precinut
station, while the bodies Of tho others nra
at the sixth rraCinct station. The report
that white 'pnsshorelnan had been killed
is now denied.
The time 10. the shooting seems TO have
been fixed for the hour Just preceding the
beginning us the working day. As usual
the steycl Jsrs and longshoremen begin
working at O'Clock. and it was Just be-
fore this hoGr that the firing began. IL
seems 30 have been totally unexpected, for
the negroes were on the lOvcr IN large
numbers. The poor blacks evidently be-
| lievGd that there was sufficient force On
the river front to protect them and that
they would be safe.
FOUR DEAD AND Two Dying.
| 1t is now positively known that -four
negroes are dead. OF these three are un
| known. The fourth is the Carrbben.a
At the hospital are eight wounded, OF
this number Two are dying They are
| Henry iirown. shot five times III the
| breast. and Joseph Mal!ard, shot through
the forehead with Winchester rifle.
Mr.. Balm, the purscr Of the British
steamer Engineer, VINO was shot, is being
cared for on board Of his ship. His wounds
are pronounced dangerous. The captain
of the Engineer threatens to make the
shooting OF the purser al international
| affair.
| Later reports are to tine effect that at
least two negroes were shot and jumped
into the river. They are still reported
missing.