The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-14

cial From all indications the baymens
little war is over. The prompt action
of Governor Flower has quelled the dis
turbances, the State has asserted it's
rights over its newly acquired property,
and the Normannia's passengers are now
at last ouartered in the Surf Hotel, after
an experience in quarantine that will
live with them for years. The troops
arrived about noon and their presence
demonstrated to the clam diggers that
further resistance was useless, SO when
the intelligence was received that the
court had vacated the injunction nothing
remained for them except to permit the
health officers to peacefully land the
Normannia's passengers, who had
passed the night on the Cepheus.
The first intimation of tho courts
action was received by tho Associated
Press and Immediately communicated
to the passengers on the Cepheus. who
acknowledged the receipt OF the good
news by loud cheers. The band at the
same time played America" Sheriff
Darling received dispatch from Gov.
Flower instructing him to aid in the
work OF landing the passengers, as the
injunction had been vacation.
Senator Mcpherson and A. Nj. Palmer
came ashore for tho purpose of locating
rooms for the use of the weary passen-
gers who soon disem barked and set foot
on shore for the first time in three
weeks Everything is quiet and as there
is no further need for the naval reserves
and troops they will probably go back
tomorrow
NEW YORK. Sept. 13.-ISpeciall-
Under orders of Governor Flower the
First Battalion Naval Reserve, under
the command of Commander Jacob w.
Miller, arrived with Remington rifles,
cutlasses and revolvers, and 300 mem
bers OF the Sixty ninth regiment en-
barked on the iron steamboat Pegasus
this morning for Fire Island. They
carry three days provisions; two Gait
ling gnns and two rapid firing guns
were placed aboard, also two Thousand
rounds of ammunition,
New YORK, Sept. 13.-[Speciall- The
general term of the supreme court Of
Kings county heard counsel and then
vacated the temporary injunction OBJ
tanned by the board of health of
Islip, restraining Governor Flower and
Health officer jenkins from using Fire
Island as quarantine station. Judges
Plat and Dykman voted to vacate the in
junction, Judge Barnard dissenting. At
3 o'clock DR.. Jenkins received a tele-
gram announcing that part OF the Nor.
mammals passengers had been landed on
Fire Island and others were disembark-
ing.
BABYLON, Sept. Ia Speciall-The
health authorities were confident this
morning that the injunction against the
landing OF the passengers on the Cepheus
on Fire Island would BIO dissolved be-
fore noon today. This confidence seems
to have been strengthened after con-
ference over the wire with Governor
Flower and DIR. Jenkins, who arrived
here on special train from New York
and went on board the steamer Ripple,
which had steamed up for them and left
for Fire Island at once. The conference
lasted about an hour, after which DR..
jenkins left for New York again.
Tho bay men seemed to have given
up all idea of resistance about mid
night and returned in an orderly man.
ner. Some of them sailed away on their
cat boats and yachts to their homes in
Bay Shore, Sayville and Islip; but quite
await developments. They were sta
toned west Of the hotel but within
hailing distance, and kept patrol on
duty all night.
The physicians seem to be entirely
tagged out. 1t was day of nerve.trying
experience to them and they showed it
very plainly. Dr. Voight retired about
3 o'clock, but his slumbers were not al
lowed to go on peacefully. He was
awakened at intervals for consultations
over the wire and to give all kinds of
orders. The Cepheus is nearly within
hailing distance of Surf hotel this morn.
ing She Is in the same position as she
was last night when she was brought
nearer to dock in ordor 10 allow the
transfer OF bedding. The handful Of
ship, who were up all night, did not see
daybreak in the eastern skies any
earlier than quite number of detained
passengers on the Cepheus.
They anxiously scanned the shore,
but no boat put off from the hotel dock
Shortly before o'clock small boat was
cast loose from the Cepheus and was
rowed in the direction Of the dock. On
board we're Mr.. Ward and R. A. Thomp.
son (the old gentleman who yesterday
appealed so eloquently, yet fruitlessly,
for mercy from the mob, one policeman
from the New York river patrol, who
handled the oars, and two cabin boys
The Associated Press representative was
at the landing as the small craft came
up. No body of men was in sight, and
the occupants adhered to their agree
ment that no one from the Cepheus
would set foot on the sandy shore OF the
island.
MIR. Thompson asked the Associated
Press representative to awaken DR.,
Weight Or some Of tho,health offloers,
in order that they could have clean