Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-11
THE CHICAGO FIRE
Meeting of Citizens I'm the Court Room.
Arrangements for Collecting a Relief
Fund.

| An influential meeting of citizens was
! held in the Court room at 9 p. NJ, yester-
I day, Mayor Morris in the Chair.
Mayor Morris said: This, gentlemen, is
an adjourned meeting. II was called this
morning at ii o'clock, but, owing TO the in
| auguratiOn, there were but few persons
! present. We adjourned till O'Clock. The
object of this meeting is known to you all.
! II is known, gentlemen. that the people of
| Chicago are suffering. From seventy-fiYe
| to one hundred thousand men, women and
children are in the streets, are destitute,
without food, without clothing, without any
thing, and it becomes our duty as people
to do what We can TO relieve them.
Mr.. D. W. Classic moved that a commit
| tee of twelve be appointed whose duty it
shall be to solicit subscriptions. Carried.
Mr.. Gentry read the latest dispatches
from Chicago, giving details of the appalling
disaster which had visited the city, and the
steps which had been taken by other cities
to relieve the sufferers. He stated, also,
that the weather report showed thst cold
weather was approaching from the North
and would perhaps before twenty-four hours
be upon the hOuseleSS and homeless thouS-
andS.
Gen. ThrnSton said that the Board of
Trade had adopted an excellent resolution
by way Of a memorial TO the Mayor and
City Council, and he (Mr. ThruSton)
thought by adding Il word or two it would
apply very well TO this body. He had made
the changes and submitted it as follows:
To the Honorable, the Mayor and City Council of
Nashville:
In IieW OF the great calamity by fire
which has befallen the people Of the city of
Chicago, your petitioners, members of the
Board Of Trade and citizens of Nashville,
respectfully request that at the call Of his
honor, the Mayor, (who is respectfully ask
ed 10 call your bodies together in special
sessions for the purpose), you hold meet
ing and adopt such measures rs the charity,
dignity and ability OF our city may indi-
cate for the relief of the sufferers.
Gen. ThruSton moved that this memorial
be- adopted and endorsed by the City Coun-
ell and citizens here assembled and hv the
citizens Of Nashville generally.
The motion was carried and large mum
ber Of our most influential citizens stepped
forward and signed the memorial.
The Mayor announced that he had re-
ceiyed Sl69 from the General Assembly.
and that Mr. Grey had offered 10 give a
benefit Wednesday night, the gross receipts
of which would BIZ given 10 the fund in aid
of the Chicago sufferers.
Mr.. Sparrow said that as the Mayor Of
Edgeieh was present at the meeting he
(Mr. Sparrow would move The following:
That copy Of the memorial be furnished
to the Mayor Of Edgefield. and he b. re-
quested to bring il before his Board. Carried. .
The following committee was appointed /
by the Mayor to collect subscriptions II.
c. Hensley, Mat. b. Pitcher. NJ. b. Howell, ;
W. %. Kline, Felix Demoville. :. J. Slime,
John Morrow, Jr., Thos. ID. Fife, 4. G.. !
Adams, J. B. Jeup and JnO. W. Thomas.
Mr.. A. q. Adams was elected treasurer OF |
the committee.
Mr.. McClanahan, chairman of commit |
tee appointed to prepare resolutions Of sym !
pathy, reported the following: !
Whereas, We the people of Nashville have /
heard with unfeigned sorrow of the unpre- |
cedented disaster which has betallen the |
queen city Of sister commonwealth: there /
fore lie il
Resolved, /. That We tender to our at /
f1cted countrymen our most sincere eondol- !
ence ana sympathy in not only their losses, |
but the loss Of the nation.
z. That in the midst of the fiery |
trial through which they are mass |
ing, that We gladly encourage them to !
feel that their slow estate" will be- r,mem- |
bered throughout the land. and that VAIN !
hearts and strong hands are eyeryYbara /
confederating to aid in again raising from, !
its ruins the city loved by them so much.
The resolution was adopted and the !
meeting adjourned.