The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-27

Nov Orleans. July c&--in the Fiotins ol
last night and to-day one negro was beaten
80 death. six were 90 badly wounded that
their lives are d5spgirri Of and about 4
score Of persons. white and black. male ard
female have been seriously wounded.
List of Cn-uaIfies-
partial list o: casualties, complied to-
night. follows:
THE DEAD.
Unidentified negro. dubbed ard sho; - Death
FATALLY LNJT RED
LOUIS HUGHES. resro; shot touE dine,
3ApTISTE IVI-EAU. negro. eyed - years;
JOSEPH NELSON. negro. skull fractured.
tbs INJURED
T sAl-NUEE-. negro. aged IS yeas:
EsTIJF '.:' FIis,.Ds. negro ages IS years;
@SryAI.n MCMAHON. ~hrA. aged &c years:
rEAxK sHErEEn ws''a, eyed "a years.
N.rxAxrrR HUFFMAN. Pullman palace
joseph DEEDS white. stabbed.
>. Co. DAVIS. n-.ar-1aI. SHIT.
= yL-->N. .-uluct'r. Ciaht'i. $3.50
JOSEPH l.INjs. rcgro. axe! II years. c!uefet
GEORGE. MORRIS. negro r''t and shot
TASfEi. WHITE. a-Ern. SHIT
HENRY nAr-T,TT white. shot
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG negro. shot
Unidentified baker. white: srrt
T.!s-r,io.Iv acts following the disturbances
- lasr night we're committed throughout
The city to-day, ard resulted In tn. SW ai'hs
"a hv the Mayor of 80 special policemen
ana the ordering out Of l.5sy Of the state
militia upon orders q Governor Heard. who
responded promptly TO the appeal Of Mayor
CsrEevilic
Throughout III" day attacks have heerl
r7ad, BIZ irresponsible raobs CT whites upon
'ha black element, ana the negroes before
ulchtfsu had been completely chased from
tho streets Tho effect Of the disorders has
PIT a practical stop to business in the whole
sale districts and on the river front. and
This means a serious gripping Of the trade
OF the port Tire business element rallied in
force and hundreds Of the most prominent
men az tho city =, spouGcd 10 the appeal Of
the Mayor :"r assistance in preserving
order
colonel Wood. who commando the First
Louisiana Regiment In the Spanish War.
was placed III command Of the special po-
Ice.
Police Were Helpless
The police have been practically helpless
throughout the disturbance The force con-
sists Of 80 men, including clerks and opsr-
at0rS. and this is magifestiy q force made
Quate to the preservation Of the peace in 4
CITY or 3lo.Hr persons. But aside from
tins u.s. fierce Indignation among TIE mem
he's Of the department over the killing Of
captain Day and patrolman Lamb by the
negro Robert Charles
Further. there is strong resentment on
the part Of the working class against
steamship agents and contractors. because
Of the employment % negro labor TO the
exclusion Of the whites on public works.
and on the leyee fronts.
Mayor CapdeviIle was al Ocean Springs
.nst night when the rnobs swept over tbs
city. but when he arrived at his office TO-
day he came with full determination to-
take hold Of the situation with firm hand.
He found awaiting him delegation Of the
leading merchants Of the city. who said The
interests of the community and It's com
nnercial welfare demanded prompt ana Wig
urous action
About the same time Lieutenant Gov
errur Estopel. who had Witnessed the
scene Of the outrage upon negroes on Canal
street, Joined the conference at the hotel.
He a; once advised a conference with
Governor Heard at Baton Rouge
Troop. Ordered Out.
The long-iistance telephone WAS used and
IN. Governor said ne would order out ali
available troops without delay he sent
messages to Colonel Hogdon, commanding
this First Brigade, and had him immediate
ly order out the Washington Artillery. the
Louisiana Field Artillery and the FRS;
Regiment At twilight there We're 1.5S9 men
IN the armories- At the same time the
Mayor. iD Il proclamation, appealed for St9
special police. Before O'Clock p IN. 80
representative citizens had been sworn in.
The Mayor made requtsition on the leading
hardware and ammunition establishments
Of the city. and the specials were heavily
armed ana then distributed over the city.
Hoodums prowled the streets throughout
the day. and whenever they saw negro
assaulted him In some cases citizens raj
lied the police. ana, with their assistance,
beat of the attackers One OF this most
fragrant instances of cowar5ice shown was
that OF who slipped into the morgue
and. pointing his pistol through a window,
made an attempt to shoot ons OF the female
negro prisoners In the parish prison.
Just after daylight the remnants OF ons
Of the no5s gathered at the Spanish Fort
Railway Station. whence a large number of
negro laborers daily leave for their work
at Chalmette. They saw Il crowd Of dar-
hies approaching and started TO chase
them Louis Lspuyard got in their way and
received a bullet in the leg. Later In the
forenoon g negro ernptted his pistol into a
downtown house ana wounded child.
At II o'clock mob marched through La
~fayette Square. which IS opposite the City
Hall, and, discovering some negroes in the
park. heat them.
An hour afterwards a white man saw e.
negro named Ross at the corner Of Latay-
cite and DryRdss streets and fred his gun
at him Those on the street fled IN every d. |
rectiUa and the negro escaped
Shortly after l O'Clock Josephine WId a |
child. while seated In front Of her home
caught stray bullet IN the knee Two
hours later NoTdo Fra -alio and Tony Mich
al. Italians, got into dispute as to whet h |
ar the MOB was right or wrong In running
down and whipping out the negroes One
rad a knife and the other a gun. Fratalio
was badly wounded. |
Wounded Found in Cars.
ono OF the most sensational incidents Of /
the day was the discovery OF two negroes |
wounded almost TO death In a box car on the 4
Ievea front near the corncr OF Josephine 1
street. Only one was conscious. he was /
so frightened that he declined to give any
account OF the shooting. Eoth were re- |
moved to the Charity Hospital. where il /
was found that both had been stabbed close I
60 the heart. One was Nathan Brown and 4
Che other Charles Washington.
At = O'Clock q white man came along Julia
street Near the corner Of Barcune street |
he saw a nes.o, and without any provoca-
ton began TO fire al him The negro es-
capped. It IL believed. without being hit.
Sheriff Elock, in charge of tie Parish
Prison, saw both the Mayor and the Chief /
Of Police to-day. There IL confined In the
prison leonard PieIson, who was the man
with Charles when the latter shot and dan
Serously wounded Patr0;maD Mora before
b. killed Captain Day and Patromsn Lamb.
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