Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-12

vessel. Ills won d. nro nfouruuosd
dangerous. The captain Of tho Eu-
ginosr threatens 90 m K the shooting
an International affair.
Later rep0rto are 90 The effect that
nj ielst two negroes shot Jumped into
he river. They are sill reported
missing.
THE rOiiCE N HiDiNg.
Eight negroes wont u tho Charity
hospital after being 1rsI upon by while
aud Coiofud sctewmen at the hcnd OF
81. Ann street, TO have their wounds
attended 10. Several received only
slight wounds which were promptly
dfts,ed, anu left At onco Tor thoir
homes. Ono Of these WIS Robert Ait
kius. He received four wounds, the
bullets beng Of small calibcr He
ainlUd he was talking 81 the purior Of
tho steamship Engineer, J. A, BAN,
when without warning number OF
aho,a were fired Et HIN, the Shooters
teipg about twenty feet away. The
FOX was 70 thick that he could not
identity those who Old tho shooting.
lie Immediately ran on board the vrH'
sul, while the puisrr fell whuso he was
shot
Aitkin stated thnt o. soon ~ tho Or.
lug began there were policemen be-
tween too rioters nnd himself anu
Pursur Balm anu they Immediately fell
| Hat on their siomacnr behind the cot
ton bales. When questioned UvUfy
officer declared tuHt he had not been
detailed on tho luyse until after s
O'Clock,
Leonard Melafd, a scalcman, Is dv-
/ ing with bullet in HE brain. H..
COate, i',wga shot VI Front aud 81. ltu.
/ teis gltUcts. Ito wa net WORKING. lis
] wound 10 not dangerous, There wosu
/ not moro than twenty in the gang who
| shot him, hat II would DO lmplHslu.C
| 10 Identity ihtm, he thyH, OWllK
10 the iJr. jim Preston was On
the HalflEou Line wharf HE
/ entire back was perforated with
/ small bullets, about 2.-'lliurv. Preston
| likewise ltntci that there was great
mob o. armed men. HE wounds are
very painful, and may result fatally.
Henry Brown, 81, was shot i've times.
He has two gaping wounda ia the
right breanl, made BY large balls; two
in HE right hip, anu QUO pa thu rlght
arm. Although 90 badly huit he b.
making a brave hFht Tor life.
Wild EXCITEMENT.
New Orleans IL today 10 condition
af excitement that can only BIO com.
| pared 60 that following the attack upuH
! the Parish prison on March 10, 1892,
| when the citizens shOt anu lyuuhFd
eleven men charged with implication
iu the nssastinAti0u Of Chief VI Police
ID. G. Honncszy,
on all side, tho riot wss discussed,
! while cTowda poured into the news
paper tiilcrs 10 learn tho do.
| tails. About the cotton exchange
tbcru was the wildcat excite
nuul. Prominent membsts were loud
iu their dsnunclatious Of Mayor Fitz.
patrick, while many condemuud GOV.
! F0 ter for HE failure 10 put an end 10
the trouble. There was talk OF asking
Pfcaldeut Cleveland for troops. An
the attorneys representing tue ships'
agents and s,evedor1s began an early
consultation with reference 10 the
terrible occurrences. On the board
Of trade tho riot was condemned
in unmelHurod terms. Among tho
general merchants, while the killing or
negroes was condemned, 10 was C1u-
coded generally that the ship agent.
were LARGELY responsible for the trouble
by bringing negroes sorswmen 10 take
tbs places VI home men.
Captain W0ode, Of tue British steam
~ Engineer, called upon the British
consul and reported 10 him that Puraer
Bain had been shot anu dangerously
wounded by the moi. Tho consul IN.
timated that no thought the matter 10
DO serious, Rs from all accounts the
shooting OF Bnin was deliberate.
Mayor FalzpatriCk, alter whiting the
scene " ritt, euiu he did not think ID
necessary 10 call out tue militia.
The PRECEDENT OF the Maritime oE-
change has telehfAphUi Governor Foe
ter for troops, stating that Rn officer OF
"a British steamer has been shot and
that international complications
may arisr. The PTaud Jury h iu-
yChtigating the Tiuis. Tho police have
made NO aTrusts. Judge Noise has
siructei tue grand Jury TO indict the
city officers who were dcrclci.
The Warrington artillery has been
ordered b report iJg dIty.
DEMAND FOR TROOPS.
WARRINGTON, b. g., March IA
| Application has been made Tor u, 5.
troops 10 auppress tho rlotous ut-
rising I'm L0uisiaua. Tho ATTORNEY.
guacral has the matter "undsr advise.
menW and has conferred with the
war department. Toe British foreign
office has ssked the British embassy ut
Washington 10 invostigat-. Conn
plaiut was made 10 tho foreign Office
by the steamship LlOyds as result OF
the hrlng ON Brltlsh shipg, presuu ably
by incendiafies, na n result Of the
racial troubles. The wounding Of
Pureer Balm in the mrlee today had
not been reported tJ the embassy.