VOL. VIII
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895
NO 61
IN HANDS OF A MOB
New Orleans Police Power
less Against It.
NEGROES DRIVEN FROM LEVEES
When Attacked the Negroes fled Only
to Meet More Xtloters--TroubIe Not
Yet Ended.
New Obleans, March 12. New Or
leans is today in a condition of excite
ment that can only be compared to that
following the attack upon the Parish
prison of March 16, 1892, when the citi
zens shot and lynched 11 men charged
with implication in the assassination of
Chief of Police D. C. Hennessey.
On all sides the riot was discussed,
while crowds poured into the newspaper
offices to learn the details. About the
cotton exchange there was the wildest
excitement. Prominent members were
loud in their denunciation of Mayor
Fitzpatrick, while many condemned
Governor FoBter for his failure to put an
end to the trouble.
There was talk of asking President
Cleveland for troops. 411 attorneys
representing the ships' agents and steve
dores began an early consultation with
reference to the terrible occurrences.
On the board of trade the riot was con
demned in no measured terms. Among
the general merchants, while the killing
of negroes was condemned, it was con
ceded generally that the ship agents
were largely responsible for the trouble
by bringing negro ecrewman to take the
places of home men.
Captain Woods, of the British steamer
Engineer, called upon the British consul
and reported to him that Purser Bain
had been shot and dangerously wounded
by the mob. The consul said ue thought
the matter would be serious, as from all
accounts the shooting of Bain was de
liberate. Mayor Fitzpatrick, after visit
ing the scene of the riot, said he did not
think it necessary to call the militia.
Story of the Blot.
New Obleans, March 12. The levee
from Louisiana avenue to Mandeville
street is in the hands of an armed mob,
and the police are powerless. White
men are completely in control and have
declared that no negro shall appear upon
the levee front. ' All work on the levee
is practically at a standstill.
Rioting and bloodshed began this
morning at 7 and resulted in the killing
of two men and a wholesale discharge of
firearms in two sections of the' citv.
The morning is very foggy.' ' '
The police were massed in the sixth
precinct police station all night, under
command of Acting Chief of Police John
Journe. Everything was ' quiet when
there came a message that a dozen men
had been killed ' in front of Jackson
square and a terrible riot was in progress
The police were at once hustled into
patrol wagons and hurried away. They
bad barely gone when Sergeant Richard
Walsh, in command of ' the ' precinct
heard a volley from the direction of the
levee in front of the station. He rushed
to the scene among the freight cars. Be
tween Phillip and First streets, he found
a crowd ol negroes surrounding
-wounded companion. The man's bead
was covered with blood. He had been
shot in the month. ' The negro, who was
unknown, was taken to the station.
Those about declare be was crossing
the ' levee abcf found a mob of 250 men
armed with Winchesters and other guns,
They marched along the levee to Eighth
street and then back on Chopiloulas
street to Jackson, and dispersed, ac
cording to what seemed a. pre-arranged
plan.
At Washington street they were ac
costed by Sergeant Walsh, who recog
sized one of the men.
Port Warden McCubben said the riot'
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Laiest U . S. Gov't Report
III
era were from downtown, and did not
belong to the screwmen. At 8 :30 every
thing uptown was comparatively quiet,
with few weapons in sight. All the
negroes had left the levee, and the mob
deposited guns and rifles in barrooms.
While this was going four negroes had
been shot and one Caribbian killed at
the French mnrket. The trouble oc
curred at the landing of the Harrison
line of steamships, opposite Jackson's
square.
In the fog 100 armed men got through
guards of the police and opened fire on
the negroes at work. They fled in terror,
some jumping into the river. Those
who ran across the levee in the direction
of the square' were subjected to deadly
volley. The shots seemed to come from
the doorways, windows, galleries and the
street. Look where they would the
negroes saw pistols and heard reports as
revolvers were discharged. Each man
ran in a different direction, and the poor
crews seemed panic stricken. Those
whites who were not armed with revol
vers picked up stones, clubs and other
improvised weapons and attacked the
neiroeB.
For many minutes the firing continued
on the river front, and the police made
no move against the murderers. Not
until every negro had fled did the white
men desist. Joe Collins, Thomas Col
lins and one unknown negro had been
killed, and two unknown " negroes
wounded. The latter were taken to the
Charity hospital.
The entire police force has been called
to the levee. Governor Fowler has been
telegraphed to, and it is reported that
military . have Deen ordered to keep
themselves in readiness. With this
writing members of the mob are drinking
and the police fear more trouble. An
other riot is expected at any moment.
The report that a white longshoreman
had been killed is denied. The time of
the shooting seemed to 'have been" fixed
for the hour just preceding the beginning
of the working day. As a usual thing
stevedores and longshoremen begin
work at 7 o'clock, and it was just before
this hour that the firing began. It
seems to have been totally unexpected,
for the negroes were upon the levee in
large numbers. They evidently believed
there was sufficient force on the river to
protect them. .
It is positively known that four
negroes are dead. Of these, three are
unknown. The fourth is a Caribbean
At the hospital are eight wounded, and
of this number two are dying. They
are: Henry Brown, shot five times in
the breast, and ' Joseph Mallard, shot
through the forehead with a Winchester
rifle.
Mr. Bain, purser of the steamship
Engineer, who was shot, is being cared
for on board his vessel. 'His woands
are pronounced dangerous. The cap
tain of the Engineer threatens to make
the shooting an international affair.
Later reports are to the effect that at
least two negroes shot, jumped into the
river. They are still reoorted missing.
Of the eight negroes who went to the
charity hospital, after being fired upon
by the white and colored screw men, at
the head of St. Ann street, to have their
wounds attended to, several received
only slight wounds, which were prompt
ly dressed, and left at once for their
homes! One of these was Robert Ait
kins, who received four wounds, the
bullets being of smaller caliber. He
stated that he was talking to the purser
of the steamship Engineer, J. A. Bain
when without : warning a number of
Bhots were fired at him, the shooters be
ing about ' seventy feet away. The fog
was so thick be could not identify those
who did the shooting.'' He immediately
ran aboard the vessel, whild the parser
fell where he was shot. Aitktns stated
that as soon as the firing began there
were policemen between the rioters and
himself and Purser Bain, and they im
mediately fell fiat on their stomachs be
hind cotton bales.'' When questioned
every officer declared he had not be.
detailed on the levee after 8 o'clock.
Leonard Melard is dying with a bulli t
"pere'stietfiin
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in his ; brain. . L. ,Coste, 42,. was shot at
Front and St. Peter's street. He was
not working. -The wound is not danger
ous. There were hot more than twenty
in the gang that shot himy but it would
be impossible to identify them, he says,
owing to fog.
Jim Preston was on the Harrison line
wharf. His entire back was perforated
with small bullets of about 22 caliber.
Preston likewise stated there was a great
mob of armed men. ' His wounds, which
are very painful, may result fatally.
Henry Brown, 31, was shot five times.
He has two gaping wounds in the right
breast, made by a large ball, two in the
right hip and one in the right arm. Al
though so badly hurt, h'e is making a
brave fight for life.
The president of the maritime ex
change has telegraphed the governor for
troops, stating that the officer of a
British steamer has been shot, and in
ternational complications may arise.
The grand jury is investigating the riots.
The police have made no arrests. Judge
Moiee has -instructed the grand jury to
indict city Officers who have been dere
lict. .
Taken Op.
Came to my place on Long Hollow
about Jan. 1, 1895, a gray pony, branded
with two quarter circles on left shoul
der, weight about 700 pounds.
A. J. Holt, Duf nr.
Notice. .
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