Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12
The Situation in Hamburg.

 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 intimidated 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 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 Normannia proved of little present avail. The boat was pronounced unseaworthy, and after she had been filled with passengers flee l 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 Scandia now foots up to 33, including two unknown. l Fifteen cases have developed on her so | far.
 | Now that the infected ships are clear of their passengers, the question arises as to ! course the companies are anxious that they be allowed to proceed to their docks | after thorough Immigration and a 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 sof 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 1t 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 inn 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 tho 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 he had sent one of the tugs at his command, with three thousand gallons drawn from local reservoirs.
 As to the charge that disinfection and Immigration had been neglected, the |. doctor denied emphatically that such was the fact, because the work had been per , formed under the supervision of Dr. Sanborn, oue of his most valued as- sistants.
 He 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.
 It is reported that a petition is being circulated by Mir. A. Nj. Palmer's family = physician, addressed to the State govern
 ment, demanding the removal of Dr
 Jenkins.
 il When asked about it the health office
 was inclined to believe that the alleged effort was the result of his refusal t,
 grant special privileges to the physician
 in question, the latter wishing to z,
 alongside the Normannia. in -whicl = MT. Palmer is prisoner, in a steam yacht
 Dr. Jenkins to-day shows strong evi
 dence of the strain on both mind ant
 body which he is undergoing. and i
 would not be surprising should he breal
 down. ,' Y
 Quarantine officials express the belle
 that it will not be necessary to detain tn
 Normannia's passengers on Fire Islan, longer than a week, that is, of course, 1 cholera does not break out among them
 and that the passengers transferred t
 Sandy Hook may be dismissed at tn
 same time. As to tho immigrants ol
 Hoffman Island, there is no Knowing nov
 when they will get away, as the diseas
 has shown itself there every day durinI 4 the nnaf week