The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-13
Fivc Mon Killed ind Sovoral In-
jurcd ut Now Orleans.
COLORED SCREWMEN SHOT DOWN
by Elotlnc Lonsshorcmcn.-Th Cause
OF tho Tr0ubio-rho purscr of an
English Steamer Dangerously In.
Jurcd--intcrnutlonnl Complications
May Grow Out OF tho Episodc--I,ist
OF tho Dead aud Injured.

Veil behind which desperate white lcvco
laborors gathered, aud which thoy pOno.
trated with Winchester rillo balls aimed
ut tho colorcd non.uaion mon ut work
a. the ships.
Tho attack was mnlo u. points several
miles apart, Just before tho arrival OF
tho police. and, rs reault, thorc aro u
half dozen corples and q dozen or so
wounded mon. Tho police saw the nj
tack, bu, no arrests followed, they Claim.
ing they woro too few to copo with tho
unexpected outbreak. Tho dny bCioro
tho mayor said all wa, quiet and tho
governor saw no grounds for intcrfer.
cnco, but to-day tho business men GrO
denouncing both tho militia is in rcadi.
mesa TO movo; m appeal to tho federal
govcrnmnnt has virtually been made
md oven tho foreign consuls have de-
cidod to Join in tho move for peace at
any price.
Tho CAUSES which lod TO tho troubles
have been OF long standing, and grow
out oil tho attcmpt OF ship agents and
others Interested to reduce rates. The
white screwmcn claim that tho colored
mon, who were givon u ehar0 Of the
work under an agreement, mado secret
cuts and violated tho agreement In or.
der TO obtain more work, and gradually
crowded tho white mon of. Tho white
associations then sovored all tios with
cha lIocl.u apl raFuuai IN ,yarlr with
them or for tho men who employed
them. Tho whito longshoremen joined
tho scrswmen in this. Since then tho
steamship limos have been gradually
going over to tho negroes. Lately the
whitc screwmen quit work on lines still
loyal to them, stating that they would
not work until the whole affair
was Strengthened out Several moro
lines then took OH negro labor from
necessity. Tho whites finally de.erm.
incd to re:aliatc on tho stevodores by
Offering TO reduce rates aud deal with
tho ships direct Ships in haste ac-
copied tho offer, but the agents stood
by tho s.cvcdorcs and offered to pay
moro than tho screwmcn asked, but the
screwmon refused to deal with them.
The agents offered to pay the screwmen
their wages and place the stoyedores
over them rs superintenden!s, but the
scrowmen declined. Then tho stove
dores began importing colored screw-
men from Galveston and the whitoa,
growing desperate, lbrolSo loose in riots.
Calmly reviewing the happening OF
tho morning everything would seem to
indicate the attack to DO pre-arranged
aifa:r. 1t Is rumorod and there is every
reason to believe the rumor to .ba
correc: that secret meeting was held
last night and tho bloody affair Of this
morning carefully mapped out The
details soom to be that tho crowd OF riot
dents OF the lower district while those
who wore sontdown town were those who
live up town. Tho guns and rifles
which were used by the down town mon
who went up town seem to have been
deposited in tho varioua ealoons along
tho lerce. The mon assembled some
where In the vicinity OF Nun street. and
in dense fcg proceeded UP tho lovcc.
II seems 10 be generally understood
that tho guns were taken to some place
in tho vicinity OF tho sugar refinery In n
wagon and then were placed away until
such time as they wcro required. 1t
also scoms that in the prcconcocted at
tack that thc- shooting should DO done
between GAS and 1850 o'clock, at time
when the men would be going to work.
THE VICTIMS.
Tho dead arc as follows:
William Campbell, colorod screwmau,
shot ut Phillip street.
Jules Calico Carrabc, shoemaker, shot
in front OF Lyons clothing store.
Unknown, sho. in vicinity OF Crom-
well line.
Unknown negro, in same vicinity, not
yet identified.
Leonard Mallard, cOlored, scalcman.
shot over right eye.
Tho injured:
James A. Bnnc, white puraer. British
steamship Engineer, ohot in tho head
twice, arm oucu; dangerous.
Henry Brown, colorcd scrowmnn, shot
five times, both arms aud both legs; will
recover.
Tim IIcrston, coloroa coal wheeler,
ehot seven times, both logs and thighs
aud may recover.
Lunis Cast, colorcd cmployc sugar
refinery, shot in hip; win recover.
Billy Williams. colorod scrowman,
shot In the leg; will recover
Frank Lghthall, colorod driver ior
cemont firm, shot in leg; dangerous.
Robert Brooks. white longshorcman,
shot with winchester In right'lcg below
knrc.
Twoncgroas. names unknown, jumped
into tho river aud 1t Is believed wcro
drowned.
HOW IT OCCURRED.
Tho work Of rioting aud bloodshed be.
gan this morning ut o'clock. Alter Q
o'clock last orontng, though there WAS
intense excitement along tho lovou. aud
many drunken mon wcro present, thcrc
wore no deeds Of voloncn. Tho police
were masscd IN tho Sixth precinct po.
leo station. ana had romnincl thnrn all
night under command Of Acting Chief
OF Policc John Journoo. EyoEythin.
was reported quiot and they were hope.
iul that everything would remain 80,
when thor0 cnino Il message that II dozen
mon had been killed In trout Of tho
Jackson square. aud that terrible riot
wns In progress.
Tho police wcro huAtlcd into tho pa
troll wagons, which woto drawn up ut
tho atatlon, nnd wcrc hurried to tho
aconn OF tho trouble. Ihoy had barely
lOi! when Sergeant Richard Walsh, IN
command Of the precinct, heard vollcy
OF shots from tho direction Of tho leycS,
IN front Of tho ntNtIon, Sergeant Walsh
rushOl 10 tho acnnc, aud among tho
ircisht cars on tho lrvcc. between Phillip
and Fir9t s,rects. no found Il crowd OF
Whn, d,