The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-07
GORDON AT QUARANTINE
a FLEET OF TUGS TO KEEP OTHER
BOATS FROM THE STEAMERS

The Patrol Service to Be Much More
Effective Than any Yet Attempted.
Three New Gases at Hoffman Island
and One Death-The Day Without
Alarming Developments.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-From this morning
there will be to all intents and purposes a
dead line" around the quarantined ships in
the lower bay. Patrolllng police boats.
assisted by some tugs Of the federal govern
ment, will circle night aud day around the
so-oalled pest ships, cutting them Off entirely
from outside communication. The uuaran-
tine of the saloon passengers up to the
present has been, thanks to newspaper en-
terprise, more in the nature of
huge joke or picnic; letters have been
exchanged between the detained suspects
and newspaper men and Others on board
many lively little tugs which have been
putting about the cholera ships from the
day the dark cloud Of pestilslce was first
announced to be lowering over our shores.
But all this is changed now; the grim real
ity of strict quarantine regulations is now
being enforced, and the lot Of the prisoners,
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far from being happy one.
Ladies are passing the time in
reading and chatting; gentlemen are hug
ging the smoking room tables, playing cards
and spinning yarns as IL nothing out of the
ordinary was the matter. Thousands of
people daily enjoy picnics to the shores Of
Staten Island. Sandy Hook and Coney
Island, solely for the purpose of gazing upon
the black hulls in the distance where so
many rich and poor are awaiting their fate.
HEALTH OFFICERS UNDER FIRE,
Criticisms Of the health officers conduct
OF the campaign against the cholera con-
unue to be heard on several sides aud there
seems to be no doubt that much has been
LETT undone which should have been done
and that much more has been done very
recently which should have been done days
ago. However. New York to-day is as free
from a cholera scare as ever and everybody
is going about his business as il there was
no such thing as cholera at our doors.
There are now eleven steamships, big and
small, anchored off the upper boarding sta
tiOn, including the Fulda, La BourRoyne
Persian Monarch, Darmstadt, Corean from
Glasgow, Elbe from Bremen, and Cache
mere from Naples. They will probably be
detained until the last OF the week at least.
constantly rUmigated.
The patrol officers had busy time last
night. The Nosburg, New York tug,
made an effort 20 go alongside the Quaran-
tined steamer Normannia at daybreak and
was chased Off by the patrol. The matter
was reported to DR.. Jenkins and an effort
will be made to have the captains license
revoked. In addsessing she grand Jury to-
day, Recorder Smythe called their atten-
tion to the law Furnishing persons who at
tempt to board quaranTined vessels and d.
rected that IL any such case came up it be
dealt with summarily. The penalty is one
years imprisonment or a fine of $1,000, or
both, and provides for quarantiniDg of the
laws violators.
JENKINS AND THE GOVERNMENT.
There will be no conflict between the
treasury officers and DR.. jenkins. The
doctor said that he made a point on the
Presidents circular for the future, bot out
of courtesy IL nothing elss, would follow
the twenty days quarantine ordered for all
immigrants. To-day he forwarded letter
to Secretary Foster Ia which after stating
that he oonstrues the Presidents circular
to mean twenty days detention of all vessels
immigrants whether from infected
ports or not, he says: I'm view of the
in certain quarters of my
position it is appropriate for me TO say that
"hlAo haNo OplnlOn InAL Ln6
order in its breadth as made reaches beyond
the authority OF the federal officials.
l shall, OF course, take no action which
would involve less strict quarantine than
that covered by the Presidents order The
rule will be- enforced by me strictly The |
only exception in the order is as to vessels |
ahoat, and as TO those it il provided they |
will be made subject Of special considera-
tion upon due application to the depart
ment. l understand from this that the
treasury department will make the neces-
sarY Investigations and will, in cases deemed
by 1t proper ones, relieve the quarantine
officer OF the 20-day rule established by the
President. desire TO say that in obedi-
ence to the Presidents order the quarantine
officers will not assume authority to pass
any vessel coming into this port with
until twenty days detention at
quarantine has been had, except in cases
where the Presidents order shall be sus-
pended by the treasury department"
DR.. Jenkins visited the prison ship again
this afternoon. He reported three new
GASES on the Rugia and none on the Nor
or Moravia. At Hoffman Island
Gertrude Shorn was dead and there were
four new cases. three being stokers on the
At Swinburne Island Ade-
Iaide Meyers is very I'll with cholera.
Secretary Tracy has loaned the doctor the
United states ship New Hampshire, and the
cabin passengers will be transferred to her.
On ell sides is heard the highest praises
If the conduct of the ladies' imprisoned on
,he pest ships. They have shown most
praise worthy nerve and set a bright ex-
ample to the more faint hearted Of the
lther sex.
A STEAMER FROM BREMERHAvRN.
FORTRESS MONROE, VA, Sept. 6.-The
steamer Stuttgart, twelve days from Bre-
nerhaven, arrived at the capes this morn
ng. She had As cabin and 600 steerage
DIR. Perry visited the vessel.
which had clean bill Of health and found
10 sickness aboard, He ordered thorough
umigation and will detain her few DAYS
or observation.