The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
UNDER MILITARY RULE
Soldiers Are Now in Control in the
City Of New Orleans.
STRIKERS ARE NOW VERY QUIET
The Company Win Bun Cars on Monday,
Backed Up by Governor Heard and
the State Military.

New orleann October 1f.--whiie mar.
tlal law has NOT been declared and will
not be until conditions demand such OK
tremo measures. the city Is 70 all intcnts
and purposes under military rule and II
has wholesome erect
1he expression OF armncss aud determine
tion IN the governors proclamation has re-
stored confidence IN the authorities and
made the strikers moro sullcm than ever.
Under orders Issued about midday, two
companies OK militia arrived here tonight,
one from St Francis forty strong, AMI
one from opelousRs sixty strong They
marched through the strccts en- route to
their ormories aud wero eheered by many
rcopa and given rcaslss greetings by the
commands whose armoriss wese on the
ilne Of march. Each company was met at
lhc depot Icy detachment from the First
uoon .of cavalry. The Ouachlts Guards,
tfom Monroe, sixty strong, and tho Mans
held Guards from the northwestern part
Of the State hfty strong. Will arrive to-
morrow morning, The Jefferson Guards
are under arms IN Gretna across the river
from this clp.. With all the local com.
nanles under arms, ccnters hero tho entire
military force " the State. Counting only
total Of about loo men. All are well
armed and under splendid discipline. At
o'clock this morning a report reached
would be made To- rush the armory OF the
First regiment on Gired street. because Of
SUPPOSED sympathy OF members Of that
3rgSnizauon With strikers Lipes we're
thrown ont on ST. Charles aud Carondclet
hy the Fret regiment the washington
artillery and the naval battalion. whose
armortea arc Ia the Immediate vicinity and
no one was allowed 20 pass untll he could
give a good account OF himself Every
wagon passing was searched. The picket
lines were resumed tonight
There has heen less iecring az the mill
tarr squads as they went about tho streets
crowd OF strike syIunathizcra a lesson this
nitenoon They iuered them and said
they could not ughr Ono 81 the soldiers
stepped hack and knocked the leader Of
went on about hts business. chcerod by q
few people who saw the Incident
mis- afternoon at 3 o'clock ,suhcommlt
tee ~ eleven pf the caVncns executive
committee called on Governor Hoard az the
81 Charles hotel and remained with him
TWO hours they came 10 discuss tho Sltun.
ton 10 detail. claiming that tho governors
pereinptnry manner with them yesterday
when he presented his ultimntum had pre.
cludcd going into details The main diner
ence at present seems 10 have been the
absence from the ultimRtum OF provision
Tor the nitmen and the operatorI who are
in The uaion. Tho governor told them that
was something that they could arrange
with the company, United States senator
national strike IN 1898 in three days when
he was governor, ana w S. Parker who
gained National prominence IN 1860. when
ne led the crowd which lynched eleven
Italians IN the parish prison, arrived hero
today and have been endeavoving TO bring
about an amicahle understanding They
hive made but little progress so far In
the meantime plans are being made 10
says when they are started they win con
tinuO 10 run.