| Show MASSACRE OF NEGRO LABORERS NEW ORLEANS march 12 rioting was resumed on the loves at un early hour this morning at the beau bead of josephine street one negro was killed oy ny white screw meu la in the vicinity vf toe the drench market several negroes were wt re wounded at 7 about fifty screw men came to the harrison Har riBon cromwell line and fired upon the be negroes as they iney came along about twelve were killea the levee from L iuis lui alana lana avenue to mandeville street is in the abe hands bandit of an armed mob the police are powerless power leeg abe white men are in contri 1 and have declared albat no negro shall aha 11 appear upon the levee front all work on the he levee Is practically at a standstill rioting and bloodshed began this morning at 7 aud resulted in abe ib killing of two men and the wholesale discharge of firearms in two sections of the city the morning was waa very foggy the police were maed lu iu the sextil precinct police station all night under command of acting chi f ot 01 the police john journe everything waa quiet when wore there came a message that a dozen doxen meo men had bad been killea in trout front of jackson square and that terrible riot was in progress program the police were at once aust bustled let into patrol wagons and hurried away they had barely gone when der derue meant ant richard wash in command A abe precinct heard a volley irom the direction of the levee in front of the station lie ho rushed to the scene among 1116 freight oars between pillip aud and first street streeta be found a crowd of negroes surrounding rounding eur a wounded corn com pai ion the maus head bead was covered with blood lie he was shut abut in the mouth rho degro who was unknown known was taken to the station those about de dc claret ciare abat bathe he was crossing be loves levee and found a mob ol of men armed with winchester and other guns they along the loves levee to eighth street aud and then back on street to jackson and according tc enat seems prearranged artal gel plans at washington street they were accosted by sergeant walsh who recognized most of the men among the leaders we was walter owens post warden mccubben said the rioters were irom from downtown and did out belong to the screw men at everything uptown was comparatively quiet with few weapons in sight all me negroes bad left the levee rho mob deposited the shotguns and rifles in the bar while this was going on four negroes had bad been shot and one carlbean Carn Carri bean killed at the french market the trouble occurred at the landing of the harrison line steamships opposite jackson quare in the fog a hundred armed meu men got through the guards of and evened firn fire upon the negroes at work they tied fled in terror some j into the river those who tan inn across the levee in the direction of able square were subject to a deadly volley the shots teemed seemed to come from doorways windows galleries and the he street streel look where they would the negroes saw aw pistols and heard I 1 be reports report as the revolvers were discharged each haq rao ran in a oil dil ferest direction and the poor creatures creature seemed deemed paulo panic stricken taase whites not armed with revolvers rev olvera picked up u p stones tone clubs anil other otheir weapons and attacked the neg roea for many minu too the firing bring continued on the river froot front and toe the police mado no move against the murderers not until every negro had bad lie alej i did the white men desist joe collins Col lioe thomas thomaa collins and one unknown negro have been killed two unknown a were wounded the latter were taken to the charity chanty hospital the entire police has been called to the levee governor foster has been telegraphed to and it is reported the military has been ordered to keep themselves in readiness at this writing the members of the mob are drinking the police foar nore imore trouble |
