Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — RIOT AT NEW ORLEANS. [ARTICLE]

RIOT AT NEW ORLEANS.

Non-Union Negro Levee Laborer! Bhot Down. The levee front at New Orleans, March 12, was the scone of a serious riot. An armed mob of white levee laborers, on a strike against a reduction of wages, attacked the negroes at work In their places. Five negroes were killed and a dozen wounded. The rioting continued from 7 a. in. throughout tho day and up to Bp. m. only two arrestshad been made. The city was in a state of terror and a demand was made for United States troops, but the Government refused to act until it isevldent that the Mayor and Governor have exhausted all of tl’eir resources to restore order. Mayor Fitzpatrick, in an interview, said there was no necessity for calling for cither State or government troops, and expressed the belief that the police were fully able to cope with the situation.