The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-13

son came in the boat and asked if the
reporters would take petition from the
passengers to be telegraphed to Governor
Flower. The crowd on the landing said
nothing could be taken from the ship.
Mr.. Thompson stated that the sheets of
note paper had been fumigated according
to the requirements of the United States
Postoffice. a member Of the Islip Board
OF Health was appealed to, but he refused
to receive the dispatch. The reporters
offered to copy it from dictation, and by
the aid of a couple of lanterns this was
accomplished. The dispatch was as fol-
lows:
On BOARD THE CEPHEUs OFF FIRE ISLAND,
11:30 P. M, September l2, 1892.
To Governor FlOlOer: In our extremity we
appeal to you for release from exposure We
are nearly five hundred persons, mostly
American citizens, detained IN order that in
lection may not be passed 10 our people. Not
W1thstanding the fact that there has not been
a case the widest imagination among us can
belleVe 10 be cholera since August 2Sth, now
nfteen days, q force of circumstances puts us
under conditions of peculiar suffering and
this moment we are lying about on the decks
OF the steamer Cepheus, an excursion boat,
without any sleeping accommodations. Aged
and lntirm men, without mattresses or blank
cts, and many exposed to the sky, all supper
less ana TINS comes after three days INSULT
Gent food, dread of fire, misery of seasickness
and the dreadful uncertainty as to our fate.
Had cholera been among US it must have
broken out, but only tonight the quarantine
physician on board the Cepheus pledged his
word to the savage mob that Is OBTAINING US
here that there had been no symptoms of
cholera amongst US during all the time we
have been under his observation. The break
ing point has been nearly reached; hardships,
munger and lear are doing their work. and the
condition of the weak and infirm is reaching
the limit of human endurance. For Gods
sake release us, and let US go to our homes.
We VIII put ourselves under any supervision
you may direct. Take account of our pecu-
liar conditions, and act at once, or the author
tiles OF the Empire State will be responsible
for many deaths from exhaustion.
Signed by j. r. Mcpherson, +. l.. Godkin,
A. NJ. Palmer, r. NJ. Thompson, j. S. Rosen-
thai, DIR. +. w. Lange, Executive Committee
for the passengers.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.@Secretary
Charles Foster returned to Washington
from New York at midnight last night,
and was at the Treasury Department
early to-day. Before leaving New York
yesterday afternoon the Secretary saw
Health Officer Jenkins, and had a salts
factory Interview relative to the DISPOSE
ton of the passengers awaiting admission
to United States, and other matters con-
nected with the cholera.
Secretary Foster gave out for publica-
ton letter addressed by himself yester-
day in New York to DIR. Jenkins, the
Health officer, in which he said: 1.-THE
attitude Of the general Government in
the present emergency is that of hearty
cooperation with the State authorities.
To improve the equipment now so surely
needed, have caused to be established
camp on Sandy Hook, called Camp
Low, where we will be able to take
charge, under the care of the Marine
Hospital Service, of large number Of
we'll people.
md Or, hat l.
hospital accommodations at Swinburne
Island, it may be that the care of the sick
can be more suitably provided for by you
! We expect to be able to receive people at
Camp Low on the morning of the 18th
inst. The General Government stands
| ready to increase the equipment at Camp
Low, in the hope that every necessary
provision for the care of the people to the
full extent of their necessities and the
demands OF the occasion will be made
The Treasury officials view with euuan-
unity the failure of the attempt to secure
Fire Island as place of detention for the
Normannla cabin passengers, but if the
New York authorities finally succeed in
preventing Judge Demands temporary
injunction from being made permanent,
and still resist an attempt to occupy Fire
Island, the Federal Government may
again intervene to give permanent foot
hold on terra frma to the unfortunate
n Ormannla'S caplB passengers.
The general Government cannot, how
ever, intervene until Governor Flower
snail have certified that he used all
| power, both judicial and military, to over
come the resistance of the township of
| 1Sllp. The monitor Miantonomah is now
near by at New London, Conn, or we
will recall the Philadelphia, supposed to
be en- route to Baltimore from New York.
/ Either of these vessels, lying off Fire
| Island, which affords no defensive shelter
| for the lnsubordlnate mob, might easily
| command the situation, and afford an op-
! portunity for the landing of militia or
passengers"
| WANT JENKINS REMOVED.
| NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Seth Low Sc
cured, on behalf of the Chamber of Com
merce, the steamer Wieland of the HAM
| tine passengers. The Wieland is now off
quarantine. She arrived few days ago.
| All her passengers were healthy.
| Owing to the railroads and steamboat
lines disseminating carrying immigrants,
arrangements were made to-day whereby
each immigrant landing at Ellis Island
| will be provided with a card declaring
/ that the bearer and his baggage have
| been disinfected and fumigated, and in
good health. The cards will be signed
! by DIR. Wheeler, Surgeon of the Marine
Hospital Service, and will be worn as a
! label pinned to the clothes.
| a petition has been signed by many
New Workers, headed by DR.. Robertson,
| asking Tor the removal of Health Officer
Jenkins, and the appointment of an Ad-
Visory Board. The physicians have not
| yet presented it to Governor Flower.
a newspaper man conveyed to Gov
ernor Flower knowledge that Judge Bar
nard of Brooklyn had issued an injunc-
| ton to prevent any Of the people from
tho pbnloro chiT1S Il:
| Island. The Governor was much net
! tied and expressed surprise Professor
! Collins, his legal authority, said This
is great surprise. 1t is, in fact a serious
matter. will not say that it will inter-
fere with our plans, and as yet cannot
say exactly what we will do.'
The Governor had previously issued a
proclamation to-day ordering the Sheriff
of Suffolk County to use all power in re-
slstlng any interference with the State
authorities in occupying Fire Island.
The officials of the Hamburg American
line obtained permission from Health
Officer Jenkins a week ago to allow a
special physician of the company aboard
the Rug1a on condition that he would re-
main until all the passengers were re-
leased. The physician sent was DR.. Leo
SplegitZ.
This morning his first official report
was sent to DR.. j. III. Asch, who is also
acting for the Hamburg American line.
The report is written in German, from
which DR.. Asch translated the following
extract: 81 found everything in good
condition, except the diet of the Storage
In the rooms in which l was introduced
as the ships hospital it looked as if all the
unwashed people.in theworld were there.
DIR. Jenkins delay in removing the sick
and suspicious cases is to be condemned
The great wonder to me is that fifty of
the DpODle did not die -
OF the treatment by DR.. Borchard the
report spoke as follows: THE cases were
treated with injections of tannin and salt.
| We succeeded with q cure in all cases.