The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-20

,Iuion line steamship Wyoming, who
have been held In quarantine since Sept.
6. Saturday issued the following appeals
to the public:
Appeal from the Second Cabin.
In the interest of over 200 second cabin
messengers in the steamer Wyoming, We
the undersigned a committee acting on
their behalf. protest AGAINST our veXatious
and uuiustifiable detention in quarantine.
We arrived on Tuesday week last (Sept. o.,
having had n prosperous voyage ana a
clean bill of health save the indisposltlon
of "A baby who had been delicate since Its
birth some months ago. For this Trivial
reason we were detained at upper Quaran-
tine with instructions at the same time to
| have the vessel thoroughly fumigated and
disinfected. As consequence of the latter
a large number of steerage passengers |
/ were cxpoSed to safious dangers from the
! strong remaining traces of sulphur, damp
| belths, etc. the time having been too snort
! 10 dry up the different apartments As
! result two children WHO had been IN
perfect health the previous night at III
o'clock and two others OF delicate con-
! s:iLutioE had to be taken ashore the
saIne day. Since then not single indlv1d-
ual on boeri has had one moments SICK
here almost within call Of three cholera
infected ships. What Is stih worse we
are here for an indefinite Per{od-no date
having as yet been assigned for our release
| We are not even classified as a cholera
stricken vessel On the contrary. we are,
and have been, a clean ship. Several quar-
antine physicians have actually declared
on our decks that we are not only per
fectIy clean vessel. but have been absolute
l. f., inf yyhGtRNpT since
we LEFT IAverPool-over twenty days ago.
In view of these facts we demand our i'm
mediate release Our silence up TO the
present has been entirely due to the daily
promises of release held out to us by the
health authorities. There is, however,
limit TO all human endurance, and surely
we have reached that limit. In face of
these facts, and as our case is a special ex-
ception, we appeal to the sympathy, the
humanity and the we'll known generosity
, of American citizens.
In view of the above facts we submit that
there are no further grounds for our deten-
ton and we hereby reiterate our demand
for immediate release.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM Top,
GEORGE J. OSBORNE,
HENRY BYRNE,
JAMES CoNRoY,
WALTER w. HAMILTON,
? ALBERT z. COLEMAN,
= THOMAS JAMES.
2 Appeal from the SteeraGe.
We, the undersigned. acting as an elected
committee at public meeting this day,
s res pectfully solicit the sympathy and earn
est efforts OF our fellow citizens in the
: great republic for the purpose OF efectlnS
Y our immediate discharge We have now
t been over twenty days penned up in a YES
t sci with over 700 passengers and scareeIy
: standing room on deck. since we came Oh
board we have had perfectly clean ship
6 as regards any infectious disease OF any
? disease whatever, save three accidents
Il due to suffocatioa Immediately after our
a vessel was fumigRted when we first ar
rived in port With such serious lncoh
! veniences and apparent dangers sickness
I; may break out at any moment ana thereby
h still further cause our detention for an
y other indefinite period. Every baby, II
: fact. and we have quite number on Doard
who exhibits the slightest symptoms o
ordinary everyday indisposition, MA!
prolong OUr quarantine until doomsday
death may release each and all OF us
IL We ask Is this not slow murder aH(
or who are alone TO blame for such teT11bI
I'd consequences should they manifest them
d selves. but the quarantine health author
ID ties When the passengers OF the mos
h. cholera stricken vessels from pest ports AZ
- carefully lOOAtNl dlttE. teaC i'AiAD'NNA 'A'
~ attended to, we, al ulinfected snip, ar
ne allowed to remain so that we may b
10 slowly and painfully murdered throug
d. want Of exercise insufficient sleeping ~
US curnnodation and continued despondenc!
a We ask is this the justice for which tn
be boastvd civilization and freedom OF u
great republic has hitherto been celebrate
for We appeal to our fellow citizens
49, use their utmost endeavoTs to effect on
VI immediate restoration in our present IL
DIS prisonment and knowing the sympath.
Is generosity and humanity Of our fello
tt citizens, we feel confident that our appe'
IL will not be in vain Yours respectfully.
ALFRED S. PUCKERT, Brooklyn;
JOHN STEEL Philadelphia;
80 JOHN MURDOCH, New York;
he DENNIS GRADY, G. a. R.;
on JOHN SLANR, New York;
d, w. S RAFFERTY, Boston;
en- THOMAS SULLIVAN, Boston