St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-14
QUIET AT NEW ORLEANS.
Governor Issues a PrOcIamatiOn-
Eoreinners Take Action.

Governor Issues a HfOciamattoh-
Foreigners Take Action.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 3D.
Late this afternoon Gov. Foster Is
sued the following proclamation: 1t
has had good effect among business
men, inspiring confidence that peace
will be maintained and laborers of
every class protected:
New Orleans, March Is, 1870 the
Citizens of New Orleans: Armed and
organized bodies of men have in the
past few days congregated on the levee
front and the approaches thereto, ana
have there engaged in rioting, result
ing in the wounding and killing of
number of persons and have thereby
been guilty of offenSes against the
peace and good order of the state, and
threatening the commerce of the port;
and whereas, these offenseS may be
repeated,
Now, therefore, I, Murphy. J. Fo5-
ter, governor of the state of Louis
lana, by virtue of power vested in me
by law, do hereby issue this, my proc
lamation, commanding all such assem-
blages to Immediately dispense and
warning any and all persons against
continuance of such acts, whether
by secret meetings or overt action, and
l do further counsel and advise all
law-abiding citizens to refrain from
frequenting places where viola tions of
the public peace are likely to occur,
and to abstain from all acts which
may serve to excite the public mind;
and l do hereby declare that, as the
chief executive, charged with the con-
stftutional duty of seeing that the laws
of the state are faithfully executed,
will, through the proper law officers.
see to it that the participants in the
late riots are brought to justice and
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
And I do further declare that I will
use the whole power of the common
wealth, civil and military, to suppress
and dispense all riotous assemblages
and to maintain and uphold the law
and to sustain all persons in the full
enjoyment of constitutional and le-
gal rights, and to protect them in life.
liberty and property; and to that end
L invoke the aid and assistance of all
good citizens, and invite the co-opera-
ton of all who have at heart the true
interests of the state
MURPHY ]. FOSTER.
AGENTS TAKE ACTION.
The agents of the foreign steam
ship companies held a meeting at
the office of Albert Leblanc, agent of
the Harrison line, whose wharf was
| the scene of Tuesdays riot. The pro-
ceedings of the meeting were care
| fully guarded, and all the agents who
! took part refused to state what had
! taken place or to discuss the situa-
| ton.
Numbers of negro screwmen were
| gathered around the cotton exchange
| during the day, and it was understood
| that the steamship agents were ar
ranging with their stevedores to put
them to work as soon as the requisite
| police or military protection is as
| sured them. This evening it is posi-
! lively announced that a number OF
the men will commence work in the
morning. A company of state troops
is stationed at each ship to be loaded
| The agent of the White ScreWmen s
association says work is going on or
! all ships which are being loaded by
that association except one or two
which are out of cotton and are wait
ing for fresh supply.
1t has been apprenended that the
| local labor situation would be Still
! further complicated by the strike OF
| the street railroad employees, whose
demands have not yet been acceded
to by the president of the street rail
way companies, and whose case Still
| hangs fire before the board of arbitra-
ton because of the injunction recent
ly issued. Officials of the union met
here today and decided to allow the
| question of a strike to remain in
allegiance for the present. A general
| meeting of the union will be held Fri
day, when the centre matter will
again be taken up for discussion
The committee of the commercial ex-
change, of which S. A. Truffant is
chairman, called on the governor to-
day and were in consultation with
| him several hours. Soon after the
conference adjourned the governors
proclamation was issued.