The Washington times., 1895-03-13
Desperate SteVGdorGs Fire Upon
COiored NOn-uHiOn Men.
FIVE OR SIX OF THEM KILLED
New Orleans Police Unable to Cope With
the Rioters Militia Called Under Arms
An Appeal fOr Troops Made to the Federal
Government-Foreign Consuls Nay Take
Hand-Wago Reduction Was the Cause.


fog in the early morning was the ven be-
hind which desperate white leyee laborers
gathered and which they penetrated with
winchester rifle balls aimed at the colored
non-union men at work on the ships.
The attack was made at points several
miles apart, just before the arrival of the
police. and as a result there are half
dozen corpses and a dozen or SO wounded
men. The police saw the attack, but no
arrests followed, they claiming they were
too few to cope with the unexpected out
break
The day before the mayor said all was
quiet and the Governor saw no grounds
for interference. but to-day the business
men are denouncing both. The militia
is in readiness to move. An appeal TO the
Federal government has virtually been
made, and even the foreign consuss have
decided 10 join in the movement for peace at
any price.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
The causes which led TO the troubles have
been OF long standing and grew out of the
attempt of ship agents and others inter
ested 10 reduce rates. The white sorewmen
claim that tho oolored men who were given
a share OF the work under an agreement
made secret cuts and violated the agree
ment in orderto obtain more work and grad
uaily crowd the white man Off
The white associations then severed all
ties with the blacks and refused TO work with
them or for the men who employed them.
The white lOngshoremen Joined the screw
men in this. Since then the steamship llnes
have been gradually going over To the ne
Er0es. Lately the white screwmen quit
work on the lines still loyal TO them, stating
that Trey would not work until the whole
affair was Strengthened ont.
Several more lines then took on negro
labor from necessity.
The whites finally determined TO retail
tate Oh the steycdores by offering 10 reduce
rates and deal with the ships direct. Ships
in haste accepted TIE offer, but the agents
stood by the stevedoues. The latter Offered
10 pay more that the screwnen asked, but
the screwmen refused to deal with them.
The agents offered to pay the screwmen
their wages and place the stevedones over
them as superimenGents, hut the screw
men again declined.
RACE RIOT PRECIPTATED.
Then the stevedores began importing col
ored sorewmen from Galveston. and the
whites. growing desperate, broke loose in
riot. The dead are:
William Campbell. colored, screwman,
shot at Phillip street,
jules Calice Carrabe, shoemaker, shot
in front OF the Lyons clothing store.
Unknown, shot in vicinity OF Cromwell
Line.
Unknown negro. in same vicinity, not
yet identified.
Leonard Manard,. colored. salesman,
shot over right eye.
The injured:
James A Bane, white, purser, steam
ship Engineer, shot in the head twice; arm
once; dangerous.
Henry Brown. colored.. scrcwman, shot
five times, both arms and both legs; VIII
recover.
Tim Persten, colored, coal wheeler,
shot seven times, both legs and thigh, and
may Recover.
Lunis Cast, colored, employe sugar
refinery, shot in hip; VIII recover
Billy Williams, colored, sore wman &,
shot in leg; VIII recover.
Frank Ligh1hau, colored, driver for
cement firm. shot in leg; dangerous
Robert Brooks, white, Iongshoreman,
shot with Winchester in right leg below
knee.
Two negroes, names unknown, jumped
into the river, and it is believed were
drowned.
ANOTHER DEATH.
Leonard Mellard, the negro who was shot
I'm front OF the sugar exchange this morn
ing, died at the Charity Hospital at $50 p.
m. He resided at the corner or IRENE and
st. Peter streets. andleaves family.
j. II. Balm. the wounded Durser OF the
British steamer Engineer. is comfortably
Quartered at TOuro Infirmary. HIS wounds
fortunately are by no means SO serious as
they were at first supposed to be.
Another body has been identified as that
OF Henry James. a colOTed laborer, residing
at the corner of Cypress and Clara streets.
Henry Bland. q colored laborer, who
resides in Algiers, crossed the river this
morning in search of work and had just
left the ferry when the firing began. He
received a load OF small shot in the body
and was taken back to his home, where he
now lies in a dangerous condition.
The police up to s O'Clock tonight had
made but two arrests in connection witt
the riot. Robert Brooks and Mike Fitz
patrick, both white screwmen, were takeI
into custody early i nthe evening. Botl
men were wounded, Brooks in the groin and
Fitzpatrick in the wrist, and are said tC
have baen shot by their comrades during the
promiscuous firing.
The prisoners were charged with incit
ing riot and remanded to await hearing
ALL WAS PRE-ARR ANGED.
Calmly reviewing the happening of tht
morning everything would seem to indicat'
the attack TO be a pre-arranged affair. /
is mmored, and there is every reason t
believe the rumor to be correct, that a Sc
cret meeting was held last night and TIN
bloody affair Of this morning carefully
mapped out.
The details seem to be that the crowd o
rioters who were sent up town were resi-
dents of the lower district, while thos
who were sent down town were those wht
live up town.
The guns and rifles which were useC
by the down town men who went up towl
seem to have been deposited in the variou
saloons along the levee. The men as
sembled somewhere in the vicinity OF
Nun street, and in the dense fog proceeded
up the levee.
II seemed to be generally understood
that the guns made up OF down town con
tributions were TO be taken to some plac'
in the vicinity Of the sugar refineries il
a wagon and then were placed away unit
such time as they were required.
II also seems TO be agreed that in thu
preconcerted attack the shooting should
be done between Gas and 7:30 O'Clock
at a time when the men would be going L
work.
NO TROOPS TO BE SENT NOW.
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