Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-12
TWO NEGROES SHOT As a Result of the Importation of
 Labor
TO THE CRESCENT CITY
Despite Rigid Discipline the Authorities Are OutWitted.
 How It Happened.


 pearance of the river front this morning it seemed trouble was expected at any mo- ment to occur between the whites and blacks, as whole regiment of blue coats were to be seen scattered here and there. Near the Jackson street ferry and on the street corners were many white men, all discussing the labor situation, and these were requested to move on by the police, and hardly had they disappeared before an other crowd would congregate upon the same spot. It was the opinion of every one that trouble would follow.
 About 9:30 o'clock a thick7set man, dressed in a brown suit, came over to a crowd sitting near the ferry house and said:
 ''Come on. boys, we are going up town and clear tho levee of every d-n negro O be found. Come on; we mean business. -
 Perhaps twenty-five men followed this man up Water street, and as they passed each corner their number was added to by men who were standing on the street. Up Water street they continued until reaching near Sixth street, when squad of police numbering about fifteen halted them. The men went into Widow Rents saloon ol Sixth and Water streets and finally sepa-s rated, some going this way and others that way. T
 While in this vicinity the Southern Asso- ciated Press reporter met Stevedore Linn coin and asked him if the negroes from Galveston, Tex, who were brought to this city to work on the levee, were working today. He said there was not one of them at work. To the inquiry whether they had returned to Galveston, he answered that he did not know. The reporter returned to the corner of Water and Jackson streets, and standing in the crowd at this corner was an officer wearing badge No. 115.
 Suddenly there was report of revolver fnlt tnrv vod hxrt nfh hi xua t,af twenty minutes after 10 o'clock. The shots seemed to have been fired among the cotton on the wharf, between Jackson and Jose- phine streets. Every one became excited, several police whistles were heard and the crowd q .ashed 3. ina bod ' toward the scene of the firing. On reaching the place only one man was found, and he was Phillip l.. Fisher, colored, who was lying on the ground moaning. It was soon learned that he had been shot. FIRST BLooDsHED.
 The most serious conflict between whites and negroes which has occurred thus far took place this forenoon on the levee at the head of Josephine street. Two negro men were shot and It is feared that their wounds will prove fatal. The attacking party was composed of about 150 men, as far as can be learned, and it is estimated that fully twenty five shots were fired.
 At the time of the shooting the police under the command of Sergeants Roux and Conrad, were at the head of Nuns street rendering protection, and it was for this reason that no arrests were effected. The only officer who was near at hand was Officer Adam Miller, who was detailed at the head of Jackson street, but he was powerless in the hands of the mob.
 The men who were wounded are John Parker and Jake Fisher. It is believed that Parker will die. Fisher received a shot in the right side of the back, aud his condition is also reported to be dangerous.
 Shortly after this trouble squad of de- tectives and many policemen reached the scene and quieted the crowd. The police are unable to state whether or not the att tackers were screwmen.