Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-08
Largest Number Yet:
Yellow Jack Rapidly Lengthen-
 ing His Roll of Victims.
sEvENTY-sEvEN CASES FRIDAY.

Census of the City Compieted-Laborers
 Threaten a Riot-The Disease Getting 8
 Hold in Other Towns
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept S.-Seventy- seven new cases of yellow fever were re- ported during twenty four hours, and eight deaths. The situation becomes hourly more desperate.
 The deaths yesterday were: Dr. Dr. Cone Williams, a prominent druggist and popular citizen; Mrs. Grace, M A Brotherton, Mrs, Herrick, Mrs Davenport (colored), A. c. Oswald, - McChggott, Mrs. Washington (colored).
 Mrs. Herrick is the third of her family to die
 pr. F. c. Walton, druggist, died of what is reported as bilious remittent fever.
 Miss Nellie Rogers, manager of the Singer Sewing Machine company, died after the official list closed
 The infant of Mrs. Wolff died, but it is said not of yellow fever, though the mother and eight children have the disease, and one daughter died Thursday.
 Total cases to date, 511; deaths, 60.
 Among the new cases to-day are: Hon. H. A. Lengle, cashier of the state bank and chairman of the committee on sanitation of SASooSiooAoAA VSA A>SSA defatigably since the outbreak of the fever. Dr. Lofard is also among the sick. Col. J. J. Daniel, Dr. A. Fernandez and 4. w. Cockren, Jr., are improving.
 The other new cases are: Miss Mill;s Ham mer, Henrietta Robinson, Mrs. E. c. Irwin and daughter Helen, J. w. Jandon J. E. Church, Laura English, E. K. Norwood, a girl at the convent, MT. Brotherton, Charles Odell, George Chambers (colored), Martha Chambers (colored), Peyton Roper, Samuel Bassly, Miss Annie Hopkins, c. W. Gases, John Oakler, Jasper N. Dey, 1sidore Dey, Carrie Smith, J. L. McKennon, negro boy, Harriet Parkhill, Carrie John- son, Mahala Holder, Charity Savage, Car w. Elbourne (colored), Mrs. Robert Bucro, Thomas Bethel, Alfred Spink, two children of George Golf, two children of Mrs. Louisa Avery, Mrs Charles Wolf and eight chill dren, Mrs. G. w. Thomas Dave Boden- hamer, Kate McNulty, Mrs. Keenan, Emma Bowen (colored), Arthur D. Stevens, Will jam Butler, Lillie Andrews, MT. Kuntze, w. J. Brannon, George Angel, Ben Williams, J. w. Whitevine (coloredl, David Lloyd, Tempa Williams lcolored), Letia Miller, H. F. Lengel, Addie Doyle, Frank Wood, Jen- nie Lewis, Victoria Lewis. Miss J. E. Will jams.
 A committee of the Citizens Sanitary as sociation was appointed to answer Surgeon General Hamilton's statements in reference to Camp Refuge.
 The reports that yellow fever is raging st McClenny, Fla, thirty miles west of here arc confirmed. McClenny Is the county seat of Baker county, with a population of about 800 Three or four deaths have occurred there.
 In this city the committee on depopuls- tion has completed the census and report Of these it is expected 2,000 or 5000 will leave in a week or ten days The complete depopulation of the city is impossible, and 1t is feared hundreds of lives will be lost before frost kills the disease.
 The colored 'longshoremen, about 500 ir number, at Fernandina, who were loading lumber. struck for an increase in wages from SIPS to 25O per day, thinking that the quarantine would prevent the getting .ot labor from abroad. The employers stood firm and organized protective association. Nearly 100 laborers were brought from the country, but were driven from their work by the strikers. A mob of nearly 400 men threatened serious riot The civil authori ties were overawed and the governor called on for troops The Fernandina, Gainesville and Ocala companies were ordered out, and the two latter were sent to the scene of the trouble.
 Order was restored when the troops ar rived. The leader named Jackson, and some fifty others were arrested. Jackson wa. fined $25O and imprisoned by the mayor, and twenty-four others were fined from $5 to $2t each. Seven more were remanded for g hearing and the remainder discharged