Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-13
REFUSED BY
 .= 5 THE ARMED MOB
Passengers on the Cepheus Twice Driven Away
 From Fire Island.
INDUSTRIOUS INAUMANITY TO HELP
 LESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
M'PHERsoN's VAIN APPEAL

Transferred to the Cepheus, Are With out Proper Food and Bedding Confer enoe Regarding the Injunction PrOhib- ItInw the Using of Fire Island for a Quar- ! nntine StaEion-what Governor Flower ! Would Do if He Were Captain of the Cepheus-NO New Cases on the Islands or on the Infected Fleet-Reports of the Plague from Many Quarters. NEW YORK, Sep. 13.-The armed re- bellion of the Babylon and Islip "bay- men" against the landing of the Norman nia's cabin passengers on Fire Island is as | yet victorious
 The Normannia's 498 first and second cabin passengers are still afoat, in spite | of the orders of the Governor of New | York and of the Health Officer of this port.
 \ Dr. Jenkins refuses to accept for the Normannia people ample accommodations | offered by the Federal government at
 Sandy Hook. It is said that his action in chartering the Cepheus was taken without consultation with the QuarRn- tine Commission.
 Although Fire Island is nine miles from
 the nearest point on the mainland and
 separated by an expanse of salt water,
 the panic stricken crowds of lslip watched l all night to prevent the landing of pas sengers. The fleet of plague ships is now | less than 4ine miles from this city.
 There have been no new cases of cholera
 on any of the ships on the islands within ! the past 24 hours.
 The attempts to land the. Normannia's passengers from the Cepheus yesterday proved abortive, and were accompanied
 by scenes of violence.
 Another Attempt to Land.
 The Cepheus was sighted at .1:05
 o'clock, twelve miles west of Fire Island, making for the inlet with the flood tide
 in her favor.
 Word was received at o'clock from
 Lawyers Reed and Fischel, of Babylon,
 that Justice Barnard had granted a tenn
 porary injunction, restraining the landing
 of the Normannia's passengers from the
 Cepheus
 The dispatch caused great excitement
 among the people assembled on the isl
 and, who became more than ever deter
 mined to prevent the Cepheus from touch
 ing at the pier
 The people on the pier declared they
 would use force if necessary to keep the
 Cepheus off,
 At 2:20 the Cepheus rounded the point,
 after coming through the inlet. As the
 crowd caught sight of her the greatest
 excitement prevailed. Three hundred
 men gathered around Supervisor William
 Young. and up went every hand as that official swore them in.
 The injunction papers were expected to
 be brought on the steamer Ripple from
 Babylon. Dr. Voight, on hearing that
 the mob had been sworn in by Supervisor
 Young, approached the Supervisor and showed him a dispatch from Dr. Jenkins
 appointing him a Deputy Health Officer
 and giving him command of the Fire Isl
 and Quarantine Station.
 Mr. Young, who is President of the To. cal Board of Health as we'll as Supervisor,
 said that he did not recognize Dr. Jen-
 kins' jurisdiction over Fire Island. Dr. Voight then said: "As a special health officer and in the name of the law, command you to or der this crowd to disperse. And I warn you that all who remain commit a viola tion of the law, which will be duly pun
 ished."
 , This utterance was received by the crowd in dead silence, and the mob then moved toward the pier. The Cepheus ar . rived in front of the pier at 2:30. The mob had lined up on the pier armed wit h , clubs and firear ms.
 Turned the Hose the Mob. f The pressure of the mob was so great that the passengers could not get . through.
 Orders were given for the crowd to dis , perse, but no attention was paid to them. and the officers and crew of the Cepheus began to play the hose upon the crowd on l | the pier.
 q The crowding of the mob was success @ full in defeating the efforts to land the
 passengers.
 After a time a second attempt was = made with like result The Cepheus = then backed off and anchored in the channel.
 Officers Driven of. .- After the Cepheus came to anchor, two police officers rowed to the landing and a asked that @ letter be taken to Dr Wright. The mob refused to allow tho E letter to come ashore, and drove the DO t lice officers off with threats. As it wal e getting dark and no satisfactory answer t had arrived from the first boat, a second d boat put off from the steamer, rowed by r. two police. In the stern stood tall a gray haired man, Robert Thompson. a As he approached the landing, the mol
 gathered threateningly. He asked to b.
 heard in behalf of the 200 women anl children on the steamer, who were suffer l. ing from hunger, exposure and exhaus @ tion. After several minutes of insulting r retorts by the mob, he was allowed t. IS speak.
 l. He said the men on the steamer did no it ask to land. The young women would .t \ remain, if necessary, but the old women some of them grandmothers, and tn children, suffering, not for comforts, blu 2, for decent care, should be allowed to land o They would be returned to the steamer T. after nights rest and one meal. le Attorney Willard P. Reid answers e that if the captain of the steamer woul, B. come ashore, the people for whom h
 spoke would consider the request. - 0r. Thompson returned to the steame
 after saying that he would attempt t 'sI ping the captain back with him. Whe pr the boat came back tall, spare tigur i was seen, standing in the bow. .S "It is Senator McPherson of New Jer S1 Sey, !" called out MT. Thompson, who wa - still in the stern. Senator McPherso stood silent for some moments looking a 'n the mob. He could dimlv naA tha arasrl