The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-10
NEW ORLEANS
 ON QUI WYE Strike Situation Grows More Grave. CARS STILL TIED UP Governor Heard Declares He
 Will Uphold Law. State Troops are Mobilizing. But Some of Men sympathize with Car Men-Feeling of Im-
 pending Trouble.

New Orleans, Oct. 9-The strike situa- ton in this city has become more grave every hour. There was no violence of any note today, but there was a feeling | of impending trouble which kept the whole city on the qui vive all day.
 Governor Heard arrived tonight and immediately consulted a number of gen. tlemen on the situation. He met the Mayor, Adjutant General Jumel, General Glynn, Attorney General Guion. Speaker of the House Sanders. Secretary Hester of the Cotton Exchange and several members of his staff. After reviewing the situation he went at o'clock to a meeting of the Public Safety Committee in the Cotton Exchange. where he was closeted for several hours.
 The Governor is being urged by the business men to endeavor to settle the trouble without resort to the armed force of the State. He will decide on his course after the conference with the Safe ty Committee
 Out of 1,600 troops in the city, at 6 o'clock tonight TOO had reported at the armories or been brought in by corpo- rars guard. It was hard work gathering the militiamen. Some of the commands hired wagons in which the squads went in search of deiinquents while others marched on foot. The squads had to ex- ercise great deal of patience to refrain frcm resenting the attacks and jeers of the crowds on the streets. At every point they were greeted with derisive epithets by the crowds of men ani boys. One mi litis man rode around the city on horse and was attacked several times by boys with stones.
 Military Men Hiding. AuiJ bo ne the men together, many of them do not want to go on this service and are hiling. They claim that they have friends and relatives among the strikers and they do | not want to be called upon to shoot them down. No action has yet been taken on | the Ewing Rifles of the 1st Regiment, which asked last night to be mustered out in a body. In the meantime about | fifteen members of the company have been gathered at the armory and are | on duty.
 The New Orleans Railways Company made no attempt to run any cars today. | The strikers and their sympathizers massed on Canal and Galvez Streets to the number of 250O and waited patiently all day for the first car to come out. To- wards evening they grew weary of the wait and set upon two strangers who were sightseeing. William Corners and his friend Lynch from Lake Charles, walked out Canal Street to see the ex- citement. They asked some one to direct them to the barn. It was fatal question, because the strikers took them for non- union men and beat them badly. A patrol wagon came along and the men were rescued after the police used their clubs for the first time since the strike began twelve days ago.
 The labor mass meeting of last night has proven a source of much encour- agement to the strikers, but the calling out or the militia has convinced them that the Mayor means to stop lawlessness If 1t is possible and has made them surly.
 Waiting on Governor.
 Everything now hinges on the course adopted by the Governor. There Is de- mand from some quarters that he pro- ceed immediately to put the troops on the street and queIl the strikers, while on the other hand the business element, as rule, want to see an effort made to settle the trouble without bloodshed.
 There are now fifty non-union men, most of them from Chicago, at the Ca nal Street barn and more are coming by every train. They have succeeded in reaching their destination without trou- ble There has been fear that the strikers would attempt to rush the Canal barn during the night and it has been guarded by an extra force of police. Many threats have been made to rush it, but so far they have not been put into execution.
 The Canal Street merchants have been making another effort to bring about a settlement a. committee having secured an individual expression from few Of the car mems Executive Committee that 21 cents and nine hours with no less than seven hours work a day would he accept able to them. They are trying to get the car men and the railways people to agree on that. It Is not probable that either will do so.
 Herman Korbush. the Chicago man who was shot by strikers on Canal and Basin Streets last night. is reported from the hospital as doing well. All the men wounded in yesterdays riot are also do- ing well.
 Mail Cars Unmolested.
 The mall cars were run as usual with out molestation. The trial of the strik- CTS for interfering with the mails before the United States Commissioner. was postponed today owing to the illness of the car mems attorney
 After the conference with the safety committee, Governor Heard gave out a brief interview in which he said that ne hau come he'e !" 'SiS' N .SCi 'it preserving the peace, but had reached no cosclusions as to what steps would be taken.
 Tomorrow the Governor will see a com mittee from the union and get their sade of the case.
 The merchants committee threw up the sponge tonight. The car men officially refused to consider anythig but a 23- cents an hour proposition. No cars will be run tomorrow and everything is in abeyance pending action by the Gov ernor.