The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-14
LANDED At LAST
ON FIRE ISLAND
The Normannia's Weary Pas.
sengers Finally Reach
Terra Firma.
MOB SCATTERED WHEN THE MILL
TIA WAS CALLED OUT.
NO NEW CASES ARE REPORTED.

shelter-The Five Hundred Persons
Aboard the Cephous Overjoyed at Their
DeIiveranoe-A A system of Night Signals
Arranged--Ths Plague Abroad.
New York, Sep. 14-At last the ill
starred cabin passengers of the steamship
Normannia are on dry land. Their even
tual transfer to Fire Island ends series
of misfortunes and vicissitudes that is
without parallel in the history of Ameri-
can tourists returning from summer Wis
its to Europe They would probably still
be confined on a frail pleasure steamer, at
the mercy of a raging storm, if a General
Term of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn
mad not dissolved the injunction forbid
ding them to land, and the action of the
Governor in sending troops to the Island
had not scattered like chaff the iuhuman
mob.
Here were a number Of citizens of this
Republic, who could, individually and
through friends, raise, it is estimated,
81, 200, 900. Yet their lot since Saturday
last has been worse than that of the most
impoverished immigrant who started
from Europe with them on the ill-fated
Normannia. Indeed, though concededly
free from cholera infection, these well-to-
do and influential citizens found them
selves In a condition to which that of the
pest suspects in the steerage-save for
the fear that they might become plague
stricken-was preferable.
These latter were warmly housed and
properly fed. The saloon passengers were
hustled from vessel to vessel without en-
joying either proper shelter or sufficient
food. Hurriedly transferred from the
Normannia to the Stonington, they dis
covered that the Sound steamer had an
insufficient water supply, and was abso
lutely devoid of culinary facilities. Again
hurried to the iron steamboat Cepheus
they had the terrible experience of finding
the vessel unvictualled and unprepared
with necessary beds and bedding.
OF course this may be explained by the
fact that when the Normannia's cabin
passengers were placed on the Cepheus it
was expected that she would run to Fire
Island in two hours, and in less than that
time discharge her passengers at the hotel
prepared by the State for their accommo-
dation. But still the fact remains that
since Saturday afternoon until p. m
yesterday, or for just three days, not only
men, but frail women and delicate chill
dren, and many infrm persons, almost
in the shadow of Liberty's statue-peo-
pie who have unlimited financial means
at communicative been in worse straits
than the most abject pauper in this great
land.
The inhumanity of the Long Island bay
men who refused suppliant women and
dependent children food and bed clothing
on Monday night was not more wonder
full to see than their cowardice in fleeing
when the announcement was made that
troops were on their way to disperse
them.
Governor Flower had spent all of Mon
day night considering plans to over
come the opposition to the use of Fire
Island as a quarantine camp. He was in
consultation here and there with differ
ent health officials, lawyers and various
city officials, and at o'clock yesterday
morning sent a despatch to Adjutant-
General Porter instructing him to have
the Sixty ninth Regiment assemble at
their armory.
AS result an order reached the Goth
regiment Is commanding officer at o'clock
from General Porter directing him to
hold $50 men of his command in readiness
to proceed to Fire Island Immediately.
By o'clock Col. Cavanagh, Lieut. Col.
officers of the regiment were assembled in
the armory. Shortly after ten o'clock
the battalion left the armory and pro-
ceeded to pier 36 North river and en-
barked on a steamer in waiting.
Rev. Hugh O'Kelly, chaplain of the
regiment, accompanied the troops
They were joined by the Naval Reserves,
and after the latter had embarked, the
steamer pulled out for Fire Island.
Captain Miller of the first battalion
Naval Reserves, acting under orders from
Governor Flower, reported his battalion
fully equipped for service at Pier SO,
North river, at $3.50 a. m, where they
embarked on a steamer for Fire Island,
supplied with heavy underwear and two
days rations.
Including officers, the battalion is over
800 strong, and these men, armed with
cutlasses, revolvers and rifles, on board
tugs in Great South bay or patrolling
Fire Island beach, could keep off all in
truders. They are all we'll drilled.
Four howitzers and four Gatling guns
were received from the Navy Yard, and
taken along.
Two thousand rounds of ammunition
are also slowed away on the Pegasus, the
steamer on which the reserves sailed.
Owing TO the severe gale the Pegasus
was Obliged to put in at Sandy Hook for
shelter
The news of the coming of troops added
fuel to the already heated condition of
the Bayshoremen, who refuse to listen to
reason, argument or even the law. They
knew that the State authorities were de-
termined 10 land the passengers at the
first opportunity and they were deter
mined, if possible, that this opportunity
should not occur
Many of the hotheaded shoremen went
around heavily armed, some with clubs,
guns, reyolyers and other implements Of
| battle.
The announcement from Brooklyn that
the General Term had handed down a
decision vacating the injunction restrain
ing the State officials from using the
Island fell like bombshell among the
excited shoremen.
The more conservative members of the
mob shrugged their shoulders, remarked
that that settled the matter and that
there was nothing left for them but to
submit, and walked away, but the hot
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