The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-03
LOUISIANA'S DANDER is UP.
WANTS Surrender or BOATS
SEIZED BY REVENUE CUTTER.
Gov. Blanchard Tells Vardaman OF Missis.
sipDl TO Keep His Quarantine Patrol
At Home, and Vartaman Seems Meek
Bitterness in the Gulf states.

sippi to Keep His Quarantine Patrol
at Home, and vartiaman Seems Meek
Bitterness in the Gulf states.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1.-The bitterness
between Gov. Blanchard Of Louisiana and
Gov. vardaman Of Mississippi growing out
OF the guarantees has nearly produced a
clash between the authorities Of the two
States, and the danger is not yet passed
Both OF the Governors continue to exchange
bellicose letters. The strain almost came
to interstate war yesterday and again
to-day on the Gulf coast. where since the
beginning Of the fever there has been much
bitterness.
Most Of the coast towns were opposed to
quarantining against New Orleans. as they
are more hurt by it than the city, and they
petitioned Gov. Vardaman to be excluded
from his State quarantine against New
Orleans. The Governor refused their re-
quest, and not trusting the local au-
thorities to put an effective quarantine into
operation, turned the matter over to the
militia and placed Gen. Fridge, Adjutant-
General of the State. in charge.
The quarantine army under Gen. Fridge
was reinforced by a quarantine navy OF
six vessels employed to patrol the coast
and run down and capture all Louisiana
vessels in Mississippi waters and to send
the crews and passengers to the United
States quarantine station at Ship Island.
This was done in several cases and In others
the Louisiana vessels were fred on and
driven of.
The situation was complicated by the
fact that there Ia already a dispute over
this water boundary Of the two States.
which question has been submitted to the
United States Supreme Court for deter
mination. The Mississippi quarantine feet
has considered this disputed territory as
belonging to that State and has patrolled
it. The Mississippi militia closed the State
line into louisiana waters where 1t block
AIDED the Lake Borgne canal, which is
wholly within Louisiana territory, and
prevented vessels going through it to
Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound.
To-day Gov. Blanchard resented the
affront to Louisiana by ordering out the
Louisiana oyster fleet, which ia armed
with heavy ordnance to keep the oyster
pirates under control. as we'll as the Louis
lana naval reserve, 300 strong, under COM
mand Of Commander Bostick.
Bostick received authority to seize and
impress as many vessels as might be needed
to resist the aggressivenees of the Mis-
sissippi quarantine army and navy Com
plants were also telegraphed to the United
States Treasury officials at Washington
complaining Of the action Of the revenue
cutter Winona. Eighteen Louisiana vessels
are said to have been seized by the Mis-
sissippi quarantine patrol, and all were
turned over to the Winona and conveyed
by her to the United States quarantine sta
tion at Ship Island.
The Louisiana fishermen were also driven
of at Chef Menteur and prevented from
fishing in Lake Borgne. Gov, vardaman
antine patrol was not acting under instruc-
lions from him and that it would be ordered
not to encroaoh on Louisiana territory.
kilograms were sent by Gov. Blanchard
to the Treasury Department at Washing
ton demanding the surrender Of the eighteen
Louisiana vessels taken by the revenue
cutter Winona, He sent similar messag &c
at Biloxi. Miss, under whose direction the
Winona Is cooperating with the Mississippi
quarantine authorities.
The war has somewhat OF an opera bouffe
but there is enough bitterness
on both sides to render an actual conflict
possible.
At Pearl River the Mississippi quarantine
army has seized the handsome clubhouse
of Albert Ba ldwin OF New Orlea ms, presi-
dent of the New Orleans National Bank,
and is using it as a camp. A suit was
brought in the United States court here
to-day to compel the army to surrender
the clubhouse. but 1t ia difficult to zee how
any order OF court can be enforced in
defiance OF the quarantine.
Gov. Jelke OF Alabama has issued q quar-
anti g procla nation against the entire
State of Louisiana, thus making the exist
ing qua rantine official and legal.
Gov Davis of Arka nsas has Amounted