The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-27

New Orleans, July 26.-Disorderly
scenes following the rioting OF last night
prevailed throughout the city today and
resulted in the swearing in by the Mayor
of zoo special policemen and the ordering
out of 1900 of the state militia, Gov.
Heard responding promptly to the appeal
of Mayor CapdevieIle Tor assistance in
suppressing the existing lawlessness and
in preventing tonight a recurrence Of the
violence of last night Throughout the
dav attacks were made by irresponsible
mobs of whites upon the blacks. Before
nightfalI the negroes had been enectual-
" chased from the streets. The effect of
the disorders was to put a practical stop
to business in the wholesale districts and
on the Ievee front AS this meant ssri-
Gus Gripping of the trade of the port, the
business element IN force and hundreds
OF the most prominent men OF the city
responded to the appeal OF the mayor for
assistance IN preserving order. A SUM
mary Of the casualties growing out of the
disturbances last night and today shows
that one negro was beaten to DEATH SIX
were so badly wounded that their lives
are despaired of, and about a score OF
people, white and black, male and female
have been more or less seriously wounded.
In order to prevent the miscellaneous
distribution of arms, the mayor this
evening ordered the closing Of guns
shops.
Orders were also issued to close up
every saloon in the city. The police have
been practically helpless during the dis
turbance. The force consists of some
three hundred men, including clerks and
telegraph operators, and this is manifest
~ a force inadequate to the preservation
of the peace of a city Of $40 900 inhabi-
tants. But aside from this the 1lercesindig
nation among the members OF the depart
ment on acconnt Of the ruthless murders
Of Capt. Day and PatTolman Lamb by the
negro Robert Charles, to some extent
made the police sympathetic with the
mobs in their pretended efforts to
avenge the murders Mayor Capdsyeille
was at Ocean Springs last night and
when he arrived today he found await
ing him a delegation of the leading msr-
chants of the city who said the interests
of the community and It's commercial
welfare demanded prompt and vigorous
action.
About the same time Lieutenant Gov
ernor Fstopinel, who had witnessed a
scene OF outrages upon negroes on Canal
sUreet, joined in the conference at the
hotel He at once advised a conference
with Gov Heard at Baton Rouge. With
out delay the governor ordered out the
Washington artillery, the Louisiana field
battery and the first regiment and at
twilight there were /. 800 men congre-
gated in the armorias AT the same time
the mayor in proclamation appealed for
500 special police. Before p. M, 400 Of
the representative citizens of the commu-
nifty had been sworn in.
Hoodlums prowled the streets through
out the day and whenever they spied
negro assaulted him. In some cases citi-
zens rallied the police and with their as
sistant beat off the attackers. just after
daylight the remnants OF one of the mobs
gathered at the Spanish Fort railway
station, whence large number of negro
laborers daily leave for their work at
Chalmette. They saw a crowd of dar-
kies approaching and started to chase
them, Louis sLayard got in their way
and received bullet in the leg
At IL o'clock a mob marched through |
Lafayette square, which Is opposite the
City hall, and discovering some negroes
in the park, jumped on them and beat
thor, until fhoVy 7,,odo thoirs oooav,o
One Of the most sensational incidents
Of the day was the discovery of two ne
goes badly wounded. One was uncon-
scious The sother declined to give any
account OF how the shooting occurred
There is confined in the parish prison,
leonard Pierson, who was the man with