Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-14
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Governor Foster Calls on Good Citizens to
Be Prudent
Participants in the Recent Riots to
Feeling at New Orleans.

Late yesterday afternoon Gov. Foster Of
Louisiana issued the following proclama-
ton, which has had a good effect among
busir ess men at New Orleans inspiring
confidence that peace will be maintained
and laborers of every class protected:
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 10. 1895.
To 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, and have
there engaged in rieting, resulting in the
wounding and killing of number OF per-
sons, and have thereby been guilty of Of
lenses 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. Foster, gov
ernor Of the state Of louisiana, by virtue
of power vested in me by law. do hereby
issue this. my proclamation, condemning all
such assemblages to Immediately disperse
and warning any and all persons against
continuance Of such acts. whether by Sc
cret meetings or overt action. and I do
further counsel and advise all Iaw-abiding
citizens to refrain from freQuenting places
where violations of the public peace are
likely to occur, and to abstain from all
acts which may serve to excite the public
mind, and do hereby declare that, as the
chief executive, charged with the con-
stituent duty Of seeing that laws Of the
state are faithfully executed. 1 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 1 do further declare that will use
the whole power of the commonwealth,
civil and military. to suppress and dispense
uphold the law, and to sustain all persons
In the full enjoyment Of their constituent
and legal rights. and to protect them in
life, liberty and prosperity; and to that
he OF oiSton nf oil
good citizens, and invite the cooperation
Of all who have at heart the true interests
of the state.
(Signed) MURPHY ]. FOSTER
Steamship Agents Confer.
The agents of the foreign steamship
companies met yesterday afternoon at the
offices of Albert LIE Blanc, agent of
the Harrison line, whose wharf was the
scene Of Tuesdays riot. The proceedings
of the meeting were carefully guarded. and
all Of the agents who took part refused to
state what had taken place or to discuss
the situation.
Numbers of negro screwmen were gath
cred around the Cotton Exchange during
the day. and 1t was understood that the
steamship agents were arranging with
their stevedores to put them to work as
soon as the requisite police or military
protection Is assured them.
Last evening 1t was positively announced
| that a number Of the men would COM
mence work in the morning. A company
of state troops Is stationed at each steam
err to be loaded.
The agent of the White Screwmen's As
ISOLATION said that work was going on
| on all ships which were being loaded by
| that association. except one or two. which
were out of cotton, and were waiting for a
| fresh supply.
! 1t had been aprrehended that the local
| labor situation would be still further COM
| plicated by the strike of the street rail-
| way employees. whose demands had not
been acceded to by the presidents Of the
| street railway companies, and whose case
still hung fire before the board of arbitra-
| ton because of the injunction recently is
| sued. Officials of the union, however de-
cided to allow the question of strike TO
| remain in allegiance for the present. A
general meeting of the union will be held
| tomorrow, when the entire matter will
again be taken up for discussion. The
committee on commercial legislation, Of
| which Mr.. S. A. Trufant is chairman, call
ed upon the governor about noon. and
were in consultation with him several
| hours. Soon after the conference adjourn
ed the proclamation Of the governor was
| issued.