The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-12

gers Of the NOrmnnnia, Not Allowed to
Land They Were Transferred From the
worthless stonington and Are Worse
on Than Ever--one Death Yesterday
and Three New Cases on the Scandal
The situation in Hamburg.
FIRE ISLAND N. Y, Sep. 12.-Men
from Islip, Babylon and other points on
Long Island, appear to have decided to
prevent the landing of quarantined pas
sengers by force if necessary. They defy
the Governor and the State health officers,
and claim that their common rights"
Justify them in guarding Fire Island from
intrusion by people who may be infected
with cholera.
They inundated the pilot last night
so that he refused to bring in the
Cepheus, and they threaten to burn the
Surf Hotel, unless the attempt to use it
for a quarantine station is abandoned
Twenty of the men have been sworn in
as special constables, and they have over
100 assistants The men admit that they
are armed, and declare that they will
not give way to New York policemen, or
any one else.
Forty French cooks and walters, who
were sent down from the Hoffman House,
were stopped at Babylon and stoned.
They were not permitted to embark for
| Fire Island.
Gov Flower came down from Albany
this morning to direct operations in
person.
The munifcent gift of the Sound
steamer Stonington for the reception of
| the cabin passengers of the Normaunia
| proved of little present avail. The boat
| was pronounced unseaworthy, and after
| she had been filled with passengers flee
| ing from the plague stricken Normannia
| it was found that there were not facili-
| ties enough on the StoningtOn for prop
| erly cooking their food. Accordingly the
! Normannia's cabin passengers were
| transferred again, this time to the iron
| steamboat Cepheus, which it was thought
Would land them as quickly as wind and
tide would permit on Fire Island.
But, as above stated, the men on Fire
Island determined to prevent them from
landing at all hazards.
| Cholera caused one death on the Scan
dia and there were three new cases yes
terday.
The death list of the Scaudia now foots
l.up to SO, including two unknown.
Fifteen cases have developed on her so
far
Now that the infected ships are clear of
their passengers, the question arises as to
! what should be done with them. OF
course the companies are anxious that
| they be allowed to proceed to their docks
| after thorough fumigation and reason
able detention, but it has been suggested
by not a few that they be sent back to the
| ports from whence they came or to any
| other port outside the United States that
is willing to receive them.
Just or UNJUST DR.. Jenkins is coming
in for a goodly share of abuse. The
charges made by the Normannia's passen-
gers have caused considerable adverse
comment, and on the whole, many hard
things are being said about him.
The chief topic was the alleged lack of
fresh water on board the Normannia
When Captain Hebich's charge that the
ship had been without supply for two
or three days after her arrival during
which time she had to depend ON the sup
ply in her tanks brought from the river
Elbe, the doctor said the allegation was
| true, On the ships arrival he had Or
dered her water supply boiled for the
purpose of purifying it, and as it was the
| business of the Hamburg line to supply
water as much as any other class of pro
visions, he had notified the company to
| that effect. They later reported it i'm
possible to get water boats to go to the
lower bay, owing to the crews, they being
in fear of infection.
If the company did not furnish the
water, the doctor said, he failed to see
how he could be held responsible for their
| shortcomings.
At the end of the second or third day
finding the ship still without water ne
had sent one of the tugs at his command
with three thousand gallons drawn from
local reservoirs.
AS to the charge that disinfection and
fumigation had been neglected, the
doctor denied emphatically that such was
the fact, because the work had been per-
formed under the supervision of DR..
oanborn, one OF his most valued as
sistants
lie said the complaints of the cabin
passengers were unreasonable in as much
as they could not be permitted to leave
their own part of the ship, to inspect the
quarters of steerage and thus invite pos
sible infection.
1t is reported that petition is being
circulated by Mr.. A. M. Palmer's family
physician, addressed to the State govern
ment, demanding the removal Of DR..
Jenkins.
When asked about it the health officer
was inclined to believe that the alleged
effort was the result of his refusal to
grant special privileges to the physician
in question, the latter wishing to 90
alongside the Normannia. in which
Mr. Palmer is prisoner, in steam yacht.
DR.. Jenkins to-day shows strong evil
dence of the strain on both mind and
body which he is undergoing. and it
would not be surprising should he break
down
Quarantine officials express the belief
that IL will not be necessary to detain the
Normannia's passengers on Fire Island
longer than week, that is, of course, il
cholera does not break out among them,
and that the passengers transferred to
! SANDY Hook no L..