The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-13

hundred and four now cases of cholera
and 1l0deaths were reported yesterday.
The weather is splendid. Yesterday
the promenades were thronged and the
open air restaurants were filled with
groups Of people who conversed in
lively tones. The managers of circus
here, which was closed because of the
epidemic, announced that their perform
ances will commence again this week.
Despite these symptoms OF the growth
of public confidence several doctors,
who are exports in cholera, fear to-day
that the epidemic is somewhat inoreas.
ing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-TSpeciall-
Evidently the President, although re-
moved from cities of population ia fully
acquainted with the gravity of the stu
alton in the port of New York, aad pro-
poses to administer salutary lesson to
the officers Of the steamship companies
who, for the sake of tom porary gain.
continue to subject the people of the
United States to infection from cholera.
Secretary Foster to-day made the fol.
lowing statements
81 received from the President late
Saturday afternoon the following tele.
gram:
"'It is an outrage that the steamship
companies continue to bring immigrants
from infected ports. Say to them that
1T should stop or it is certain that every
ship will bring the disease, and we may
be compelled to turn back such pest.
laden vessels
when the dispatch was received, !"
continued the Secretary, ut was too
late to find tho agents of the stea 10 ship
companies, and not being able to do so
Sunday gave.a copy OF the telegram to
Collector Hendricks to send to tho agents
This morning. One of the Difficult ties
that the steamship companies encounter
Is the fact that largo percentage of
the people now coming over as steerage
passengers are American citizens. OF
| course, our duty is just as solemn and
binding to the poorest storage passen-
| ger, who is an American citizen, as it Ia
| toward the richest cabin passenger. I
think that most of the steamship COM
| panies are now refusing to bring immi.
| grants to this country, and trust those
who are persisting in twill also desist."
NEW YORK, Sept. Special The
danger Of invasion Of cholera has for
the moment sunk into the back ground
and to-day the question uppermost in
the minds Of the public has been. is the
State in possession of Fire Island or is
the command Of the situation still held
by the rioting baymen who refuse to
permit the State to take its own. Events
have followed so swift upon one an
others heels that 1t is hard to under
stand the situation from the diaiointed
reports received. Meanwhile the Nor
mammals passengers and to degree the
other quarantined passengers are being
tossed from place to place and appar-
emily destined, like the crew of the
"Flying Dutchman," to sail on forever.
The gravity of the situation has
brought Governor Flower to the scene,
and the vigorous, decisive way of his
proceedings bids fair to right matters
and bring order out Of the present
tangle. In brief the events of tho day
have been the assembling Of an armed
force of baymen who have proven tod the
landings at Fire Island, the issuance of
an injunction to restrain the State au-
thorities from landing quaran tined pas
sengers at Fire Island and the last re-
port which was that the boat Cepheus,
with passengers from the Normannia
aboard, was at Fire Island held at bay
by an armed mob who had successfully
opposed two attempts to land. So far
as cholera itself is concerned there is
nothing new.
More than hundred South Bay cat
boats, sharpies, sloops and other small
boats, each with ten or moro mon and
boys on board, were under way at day
break this morning, sailing from all
points on the great South Bay toward
Fire, Island.
In all boats every man who had or
could borrow n gun or pistol brought
it with him, and the entire flotilla car
ried, perhaps, thousand armed men.
OF these five or six hundred came from
Patchagu, Sayville and the country near
| them, $50 from Bay Shore, and, perhaps,
as many from Babylon. Every man on
board the boat WAS either 'iBayman"
or sympathizer, and was fully deter.
mined to prevent by force, II necessary,
the landing OF quarantined cabin pas.
| sergers on Fire Island.
In Bay Shore the feeling stands It
fever heat and loud threats are heard of
treating Landlord Sammis, who sold the
Surf Hotel to the State authorities for a
| refuge, to coat Of tar and feathers.
A special to the Mail and Express
from Baylor, Long Island. says: Almost
everyone in the village is armed and
will resist any invasion. James B.
Cooper, justice OF the peace. says the
hotel and all its surroundings will be
burned to the ground II landing is at.
tempted.
The steamship La Champagne, from
| Harve, which arrived yesterday, has a
suspicious case Of sickness OH board and
was not released this morning. The
steamer Wieland was visited by the
health officer this morning, and orders
we're given that she be again fumigated.
The steamer Cepheus, with the second
class passengers out of the steamer
| Normania, has gone to the lower quaran-
tineto take the hrst-class passengers
who arc now on board the Stonington,