The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-20
FLORIDA REFUGEES
Ten Gar Dads of People on the WAY
to North Carolina.
None Of lhsm Have Money and Man,
Will be Objects of Charity.
AWsliingtOn Attorney Found DEAD
in His Ohics.
A Reward Ofarsd for the Arkansas
Ballot Box Thieves.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. l4.-After
many weary delays along the route,
the train load of Florida refugees ar
rived at this city yesterday. and after
short stay left for Hendersonville,
North Carolina, which is the destina-
ton of the fugitives. The train was
made up in Jacksonville and consisted
of ten coaches. Packed in these con-
veyances were between four and FIVE
hundred grown people and perhaps
hundred children. On the train were
a number of cOlored passengers OF all
ages. The scenes en- route beggar de-
scription. News of the train had gone
before it and at every little coun-
try station crowds were gathered
To view its approach. Occasionally
the refugees would wait until they
came to one of these stations and as
the cars stopped every window along
thrown open and in an instant each
window would he filed by the head
and shoulders of a refugee, looking
scOrnfulIy at the scared country peo-
pie, for the moment the FlOridians'
heads were pushed through the car
windows the crowds would fee like
sheep. This ms4leuver was tried sew
CLdl blulCa c1IiO Ill SdcL ll6ttLCo BEl0
gatherings few with all the speed their
legs would command, aud seemed as.
frightened As if the pestilence were
already among them.
The first halt of any consequence was
made at Atlanta, Georgia. AS the train
slowed up the heads of men and women
blackened with coal dust, and gaunt,
hungry-loOking faces with bIood-shOt
eyes, red for want of sleep, were showed
through the open windows and the cry
went up from one end of the train to
the other give US food aud water. y
The door Of Durand'S restaurant was
propped open and all the walters and
plenty of volunteers carried sandwich
eS, coffee and water tn the
thirsty, hungry refugees. Fully
| five thousand persons took look at
the train. The chief of police, with "A
squad of patrolmen were present, and
under instructions from Doctors Baird
and Armstrong had each coach guard
ed SO that no person could either get
on or Off. This was done to carry out
the instructions of Surgeon General
Hamilton. On the arrival of the train
here persons who had friends or rela-
| tiveS on it were allowed to speak to
! them and all along the line of coaches
on both sides there was much hand
shaking and happy greetings until the
| bEdluS pullcU OUT.
DIR. John Guiteras, who was con-
nected with the Marine hospital ser.
vice, was in charge of the train. He
WAS asked by your correspondent,
what will the refugees do when they
get to HendersoBville?'' He replied,
God only knows. They have been in
vited there and | do not know what
the people of HendersOnville will dc
with them. None of them have any
money and many will be objects Oi
charity. DIR. Guiteras said there were
three cases of yellow fever ON the
train and one other case which was
suspicious. All of them were taken
sick Immediately after the train left
Jacksonville.
| AS the train neared one of the sta.
tiOns Don Pitchford, young man who
while on visit to Jacksonville, was
caught by a quarantine, made a bold
leap for liberty. jumping through the
open window of the moving car. The
train was going so fast that by the time
the speed had been Slackened young
Pitchford was some distance away
The health officers were notified OF
| Pitchard's escape and he WAS captured
and is now en- route to HendeTsouville
in charge of a special officer.