The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-02
YELLOW FEVER



Father Doyle, pastor OF st. Bridgets Cath
olic Church. -Four additional cases, not
reported in the above, are reported as
residing beyond the city limits. Three
deaths have occurred since last night.
Weather clear aud warm.
Late Reports.
MEMrHls, August -Four new cases
were reported to the Board OF Health this
afternoon, Rev. Father Fahey, assistant
pastor at the st. Patrick's Catholic Church,
at the corner of Linden and Desota streets,
being one OF the number. One addition
al death has occurred, Mitchell Escozo,
residing at the corner OF Sixth and Broad
way, in Fl. Pickering.
Among the contributions received to-
day was 500 from John 3. Drake, pro-
prietor Of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago.
The Committee ofSafety s.Resolute.-
A full meeting of-.the Committee Of
Safety was held this afternoon, and the
following public declaration was unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, The Committee Of Safety
and the official representatives OF the Tax
ing District have been informed through
the public prints of the resolution OF a
number of citizens, chiefly II not alto
gether OF the colored race, TO reject our
plan for the common welfare, and of their
purpose to appeal tothe property owners
OF the city and TO the public at large to
sustain them in this course; therefore,
be 1t
Rcsolred, First-That we fully coucede
these people the inalienable right Of think
ing and OF acting under the law OF the
land for their own good. =. 81
Second-That at the same time this COM
mittee is constrained to testify that in our
plans we are sincerely seeking the safety
Of all our people, present and absent, col
ored and white.
Third-That in forming camps wc are
acting under the advice and with appro-
baton Of the official Representatives OF
Tennessee and OF the United States, and
that We have the approval Of the State
and National Boards Of Health in seeking
to check the progress Of the fever by with
drawing the population from infected To-
calities, .z..
Fourth-That only by means OF camps
it is possible for US TO guard against the
great evil OF people intruding into the
city TO draw rations. Our men are too
few to guard so wide an area as that cov-
cred by the towns, and when people thus
come into an injected locality they will
carry seeds Of the disease with them all
over the land. g.a
Fifth-That in forming, as in carrying
into effect, these laws we make no unjust
determinations against colored men. OF
our police force, nowput on night duty,
one-third are colored men. All OF the de-
tail made OF volunteer companies for day.
light service are colored men. ALL the
militia, as yet placed by the Governor,
under command Of Col. Cameron, arS
colored men, and the same supplies are
dealt out by our Committee in charity to
the sick in colored families as in white
families, the books Of our Committee be.
| ing evidence OF the fact. Two represents
tive colored men, Capts. Glass and Brown,
have seats in this Committee. a.
Sixth-In submitting such facts to the
judgment OF absent property owners and
to the general public for their guidance,
We further testify that in making their
choice between our policy and that OF the
mGlcontents, they must assume d grave
responsibility In keeping human life ex-
posed for long months TO great peril.
They must count upon wasting q great
proportion OF their charity on idlers, who
sneak into town from adjacent points, and
they must not be surprised II those now
engaged in relieving want and suffering
shall in despair abandon their arduous
work and leave q misguided people To
their fate. .-.
Seventh-In thus expressing our minds
tunder q sense Of duty to the city and Ia
the public, this committee would not wish
to utter one harsh or angry word against
the people mislead, as we believe, by the
Ambitious and uniformed leaders who
seem to prefer their own exaltation OF
profit 10 the best interests Of their follow.
ers. ~ fG
The following resolution, offered by
Capt. Jas. Glass, colored, was adopted:
Resolved, That the colored people be In.
formed through the papers that whenever
they choose, from camps under the reg
ulations already prescribed, outside Of In
iected localities, they can be supplied OF
Col. Cameron's requiSition Just as theyare
at Camp Marks, provided that they b,
within reach OF the commissary depoto
Camp Marks
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mains In critical state, 80
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