The state capital., 1892-09-17
Cf, TERRA FiRMA.


Action of Gov. Flower Caused the Fire
I'!a I'd s-s to Cease Their Oppositioa.
New YORK, Sept. 14.-The cabin pas I
sengers of the Hamburg 4
steamship Normannia, whose unen-
viablc experience of the past few days
has attracted to them widespread at
tention and sympathy, have at length
reached haven of rest and safety.
Late yesterday afternoon for the first {
time in many DAYS their feet touched
Mother Earth, and they were quar-
tered in the Surf hotel on Fire island
surrounded by all the comforts OF |
home, and by a Gordon of soldiers who
will protect them from the attacks,
the boots and the jeers of the brutal
residents of the island.
The landing was not effected with
out great deal of trouble. The gov
ernor was awake until all hours of the
night to devise means to relieve the un-
fortunate passengers of the Normannla
from their hazardous position. The
best of legal advice was sought by him
ere the conclusion was reached that
| the injunction would not stand. Act
| ing on this theory the governor ordered
| the naval reserve and several companies
OF the Sixty-nintll and Thirteenth regi-
ments of state. militia to go to Fire !
island to quell the turbulent
spirit which existed among the
bay laen, whose heartless action |
regarding the unfortunate passen-
gers had caused the people throughout |
the entire country to shudder. This |
action taken End the troops dispatched, |
the supreme court general term OF
Kings county was appealed to to odissoive
the Injunction obtained Monday re-
straining the landing Of the passen-
gers After argument pro and con,
the ourt promptly acceded to the ap-
peal.
The news was at once telegraphed to
Fire island to those on both sides. 1t
caused JOY to the anxious ones on the
steamboats,, while the persons who bad
been protecting their rights" changed
their minds upon this subject in very
short order, and began leaving Fire is
land in small boats for their homes on
the shore.
The piteous appeals Of the unfortu-
nate passengers conld not move these
sturdy clam-diggers Monday night, but
when they heard troops would soon be
on the scene they moved from the IS
land in hurry, and soon the place was
! comparatively deserted.
The health officials and state officers
then e p. ny began preparations for
the reception of the passengers on
, board the Cepheus.
When the news reached the quar-
| that tho work Of
Q transferring was about to begin, they
> crowded to the rail and gave enc yell
of happiness. 1t could have been heard
!, for miles around. The band on the
e Cepheus struck up Red, White and
t Blue" and the cheering was kept up
continuously for five minutes 1t was
. long roar of delight. When the
r shouts were answered by the reporters
0 and health officers on the dock it was
answered again and again by the peo'
= pie on board the Cepheus
y DR.. Voight ordered all the deputies
to 60 to the west OF the Surf hotel and
!, - drive all the people as far away as pos
sible This was the first established
I quarantine OF the cay. Tic natives
were not visible Most of them had
!
they went home for dinner and
very few showed up again. IT was q
complete collapse of their stand and it
showed that if several policemen had
ventured ashore from the Cepheus and
tried to make landing yesterday the
mob would have fallen back in disor-
der 1t was only bluster and brag
after all that kept them together, and
when they saw that enough were
ready to meet them they fell away
like chaff before the wind.
The 497 passengers from the Cepheus
were landed between and $3.50 p. m.
They were happy and delighted lot.
The greatest excitement prevailed.
Women who had so long borne up un-
der all the distressing circumstances
| and had so heroically endured all the
hardships that have thus far attended
the Normannia's cventful voyage, ap-
peared to lose all self-control in the
joyous moments, and wept and shouted
and Jumped about like number Of
school children.
, The contagion of the spirit of good
| fellowship was everywhere evinced,
women embracing each other and men
, orasping each others hands like COM
, rades greeting after q declaration of
peace.
Preceded by the band, which played
. lively marches and national airs the
: crowd of passengers, grip-sacks and
. other travelling equipments in hand,
. marched down the gang plank to the
Surf hotel, waving hats, um brellas and
! | shawls in the air, and altogether, act
7 ing more like many insane patients
J; let loose for a summer picnic than re-
!, putable and in many instances, we'll
. known citizens
l. DIR. Jenkins Served With Il Writ of Ha-
= beas Corpus.
, QUARANTINE, Staten Island, Sept IA
= Lawyer Roger NJ Sherman came here
. late Yesterday afternoon and served a
l. writ of habeas corpus on Dr.. Jenkins,
i requiring him to produce the Norman
MAS passengers before Judge Barnard
in Brooklyn, at a. IN. to-day The
writ was obtained on behalf of one o.
2 the passengers, and the list is headed
{ by A. M. Palmer. 1t requires DR.
C Jenkins to show cause why the passen
gers should not be released.
Inefficient Quarantine Accommodations a
~ Crosse isle.
l. MONTREAL, Can. Sept 14.-Thc pas
sengers on board the steamship Labra
dor from Liverpool, which arrived a
port Monday evening after twenty
a four hours detention at Cross
id Isle, complain that there is alb
n. solutely no accommodation a
the quarantine station for th
steamships passengers who are LANDED
there, and say that had it not been fo