Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-20
CHICAGO.

Ata meeting Of the various committees from
ing OF last week, the following appeal was unan-
imously adopted;
"Ths Relief Committees appointed By the diff
ferent cities Of the country N bring supplies and
Investigate the immediate necessity Of the de-
yastated city Of Chicago, beg leave TO present
this appeal To the commercial men and capital
lists Of the United States After careful sur
yey OF a calamity unparalleled in the history of
this world, with tho evidence before them of
overwhelming loss aud mental trial, individual
suffering and pressing necessities never be efore
experienced by any community, the committee
| pray their fellow citizens, and especially those
having relations with the city Of Chicago, a city
| whose enterprise, industry and exhaustiess en-
energy, have conferred honor on the American
people, tn sustain the business men in this their
| hour Of trial. Their calamity is great let your
confidence abide with them. The Lake with its
naves, the spacious harb1r, the vast empire OF
4 production extending westward tO the Pacific,
the great outlet frDm the lakes to tho ocean, the
| thirty-siX lines OF railroads connecting the city
with every part Of the cOntineut-these, the great
| arteries Of trade and commerce, alt rem Tin un-
impaired and undmnished, and are ready for
immediate resumption. Extend to them a gem
ernus liberalitv by compromises and extensions
which are needed, and by the largest possible
i advances in money, so that the business proper
ty Of the city may be Restored the desolated Ills.
lricts rebuilt, and its greatness re established.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-GOvernor Hayes who has
been here for three days, assisting in the work
with that energy and practical good sense fol
which he is nUted, iss ,es the following suggcs
tiOns:
TO TUE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
! at believed by the best informed citizens
here, that many thousands " the sufferers mus
be provided with the naccssaries OF life during
al, ,k.,Ia :.
buttons be energeticaly pushed. Money, fuel
four pork, clothing, and other articles not per
J ishable, shoud be collected AS rapidly as posi-
ble-cspecially money, fuel and Huur. Mr.. Me
dill. Of the Tribune, estimates the number O
those who will need assistance, at about sevent!
thousand. r. Is. HAYES.
Mayor Mason to-day issued the following ap
, peal:
"Clnthing and all protection from the cold vii
be needed through tho winter, as well as now
, Send forward in as large quantities as pOssibl 4
4 Collect mLney aud hold 1t subject to our order
4 Send 10 provisions that will keep. nike,
y meats may spoil before we can distribute them
n Aid arrives liberally now. We want 10 Inns
4 band our resources rs much as possible, for
a long winter is before us, and the suffering vii
a continue until our laboring classes are again en-
q ablod to sustain their families.
X. Il. MASON, Mayor"
An adjourned m eting Of the bankers Of Chi
cdgo was held this morning ut 5i3 Wabash Rv
D enue. The meeting was called to order BY Nj
v COolbaugh, President Of the Union Nationi
y Bank, as Chairman. The Committee on ResC
. lutions reported the following, which wer
unanimously adopted:
o1 WHEREAS, Our city has been visited by cor
y aagraton in extent and destruction Of prop
= eriy, scarcely equaled in the history OF tb
world and,
u WHEREAs, The banks have suffered quite q
y seyerealiy rs the business community generally
y We feel that If left n peaceable adjustment
y our ahIir. they can pay all their liabilities
e Iuli, while any attempt on the part Of the bauk
y TO fJrce immediate payment frum the debtors
y or any ejrt by the dep ,sitors to com pei fore
y BILE settlement from the banks, would augmeI
y and intensity the widespread ruin and desoll
> ton which is upon us.
Resolved, That the banks of this city wi
" open for business as soon as possible, giyiu
y due notice Of time and place that they will pa
" an immediate instalment of not more than
% per cent. in the case of Individual banks, an
~ will continue to pay additional instalmeuts
" fast as their assets can judiciously be mac
" av-ilable, until their entire liabilities are liqu
" dated il being their opinion an advantage Ia Il
" entire community to reserve a portion of the
" cash assets to furnish reasonable accOmm ldi
tions 10 surviving commercial interests, whiC
~ rnust Inevitably perIsn without sncn AID.
n The associated press dispatches Of the IL
n says The eighty dead bodies already lying
n ghastly rows in the Morgue, the two long ca
% umls OF the missing in this mornings paper, Il
"a churches and school houses crowded still wi
"a half clothed, weeping woman and children, Al
"a terrible reminders Of the calamity whose who
n horrors no words will ever describe. TT
a bodies at the Morgue were mostly found on Il
N North Side, and, il is but too certain are only
n small number of those who were caught in Il
a raging flames and utterly consumed. The Gu
o oner on yesterday held ihquests on the bodies
N sixty -four men, on of whom was Ullman, Il
% banker. found yesterday. The body Of the mi
a who had crawled into large water main was re
"a ognized as Aleckson, living at No. 81 Milwauk
"a avenue. About twenty bodies OF those reco
"A cred were taken from the Easements of "
d buildings on tile North Side near Chicago nv
o nue. bridge.