Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-13
RIOT AND MURDER
Rule the 4-evee at louisiana's
Crescent City.
SLAUGHTER DONE IN COLD BLOOD

Men Armed with winchesters Pick Their
Time and Shoot Down Negro Laborers-
Some tSShite People Also Suffer Death
and wounds-Uncle Sam Applied to by
the Authorities, who Are Told to Do
Something Themselves - International
Complications.
NEW ORLEANS, March 13-The thick
fog in the early morning in this city was
the veil behind which desperate white
le zee laborcrs gathered, and which they
penetrated with Winchester rifle balls
aimed at the colored non-union men at
w .Tk on the ships. The attack was made
a points several miles apart, just before
{ .e arrival of the police, and as a result
there are n half dozen corpses and dozen
or so wounded men The police saw the
attack, but no arrests followed, they
claiming that they were too few to cope
with the unexpected outbreak. The day
before the mayor said all was quiet, and
the governor saw no grounds for inter
ference, but yesterday the business men
w,rc denouncing these officials; the
militia was in readiness to move; an ap-
peal to the federal government had virtu-
ally been made and even the foreign con-
suls had decided to Join in the move for
pclc at any price.
What Led Up To the Trouble.
Tn, causes which led to the trouble
have been of long standing and grew out
CT the attempt OF ship agents and others
interested to reduce rates. The white
scrcwmen claim that the colored men,
VIII, were given n share Of the work un-
der an agreement, made secret cuts and
violated the agreement in order to obtain
III ,re work and gradually crowd the
white men 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 screwmen in
hs. Since then the steamship lines
n VIC been gradually going over to the
n groes. Lately the white screwmen
q ut work on the lines still loyal to them,
stating that they would not work until
the whole affair was Strengthened out
- .-.vifabIe ISiot FOLLOWS.
Several more lines then took on negroes
from necessity. The whites finally de-
termined to r,taliate on the stevedores by
Offering to reduce rates and deal with the
ships direct. Ships in haste accepted the
offer, but the agents stood by the steve
dores. The latter offered to pay more
than the screwmen asked, but the screw
men refused to deal with them The
agents offered to pay the screwmen their
wages and place the stevedores over them
as superintendents, but the screwmen
again declined. Then the stevedores be-
gan importing colored screwnen from
hA vvh in dos
peratc, broke loose in riots. Much out
lawry has been the result. Sunday night
last shops were broken open and thou
sands of dollars worth of tools were
thrown into the river, many riots have
taken place, the white union screwmen
being the aggressors. and in fact the levee
has been an extra hazardous place ever
since the troubles began.
Culinination OF the turbulence.
Yesterday morning was the elimination
of the turbulence, and it looks more like
cold-blooded and deliberate massacre
than a riot. The result was the following
list of casualties: killed-William Camp
bell, colored screwman; Jules Calico Car
robe. shoemaker; unknown man; un-
known negro; Leonard Mallard, colored
s:ilcman.
Injured-James A. Bane, white, purscr
of the steamship Engineer, shot in the
head twice, once in the arm, dangerous;
Henry Brown, coiored screwman, shot
five times both arms and both legs; Tim
Perstcn. colored coal wheeler, shot seven
times. both legs and thigh, serious case;
Lunis Cast, colored employed in sugar re-
finery, shot in hip; Billy Williams, col
orci scrcwman, shot in leg; Frank
Lighthall, colored driver, shot in leg,
dangerous; Robert Brooks. white long
shorcman, shot with Winchester in right
leg below the knee; two negroes, names
unknown. jumped into the river and it is
believed We're drowned.