The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-09-15
READY TO FIGHT.
Guaranteed Passengers Not Allowed TO
Land on Fire Island
BAY MEN UP IN ARMS.
Governor Flower Fastening to the Scene
He wiz Cali Out the state Troops
If Necessary

morning the most anxious ara wait
ing for news from Fire Island and
from the lower bay, and the coming
day may mark another struggle be-
tween the state troops and rioters.
When telegraphic communication
was cut off last night between this
city and Babylon and Islip, L. l.,
it was announced that with
the rising of to-day's sun a
mob of from 600 to 10000
bay men from the neighborhood of
Fire Island would muster from all
parts of the great south bay and
make a descent upon Fire Island
with the intention Of burning the
Surf Hotel and the adjacent thirteen
cottages to the ground in order to
prevent those buildings from being
used to shelter the quarantined sa-
loon passengers of the Normannia.
The hotel and outbuildingss
were defended when the last
news was received from
Fire Island by President Wilson, O.
the New York Board of Health, as
sisted by few employees and score
of New York reporters, who gath
cred to describe the landing of the
quarantined passengers, but the pas
sengers were prevented from landing
by the violence of the bay men,
who threaten to burn the hotel
and who so frightened the
pilot who was take the steamboat
bedding Of the Normannia's passen-
gers over the bar that he refused to
do his duty and the Cephus, the
steamer to which the unhappy pas
sengers were transferred after the
Stoningtou was found to be unsea
worthy, had to put back for Sandy
Hook and subsequently transferred
the Normannia's passengers back
to the Stonington and
lodged the second-class passengers
on board the New Hampshire. All
the passengers passed the most mis-
cradle night in horseshoe bend on
board the vessels referred to. Gov
ernor Flower has been telegraphed
for and is fastening here with the
announced intention of calling out
the state troops if necessary in order
to obtain possession of Fire Island
On the other hand the bay men hint
that by the time the troops reach
Fire Island. The Surf Hotel and
hotel property surrounding it, will
be in so many heaps of smoking
embers. There was only one death
from cholera yesterday among 35,-
600 quarantined passengers, and
this occurred on board the Scandia.
There has been no cases of cholera
in New York, and the disease seems
to be about confined to the last in
fected ship which arrived here, the
Scandia.
CHOLERA RECORD.
New YORK, Sept. 2.-The fol-
lowing is the cholera record up to
this morning: Deaths at sea:
Moravia, %; Normannia, 5; Rugia,
4: Scandia, rs; total, Sc. Deaths
in port: Moravia, l; Normannia,
10; Rugia, 5; Wyoming, 3; Scan
dia, 3; total, %. Total deaths, IS.
Sick convalescent: Moravia, 2;
Normannia, 25; Rugia, IA; Wyom.
ing, 4; Scandia, 10; total, 60.
Total cases, 1873. Up to $50
am. yellow flag not been Aoated
from Moravia, Rugia, Normannia,
Scandia or Wyoming, so it is con-
cluded there has been no fresh cases
of cholera ON board either of these
steamships.
IMMIGRANTS DETAINED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The
movement to prevent immigrants
destined for other states leaving
this city on foot, it looks as though
the immigrants landed shall
be obliged to remain in
New York, as the railroads and
steamships have begun to refuse
taking them over their routes. A
large body of immigrants, westward
bound, went to the Grand Central
depot Saturday night. They were
informed they could not be taken.
When they returned yesterday they
succeeded in getting passage over
the Pennsylvania road. Some Of the
lines which refused to take immi-
grants are the Baltimore and Ohio,
Erie, Ontario and Western,
Delaware and Norwich Steamboat
line and the Hartford steamboat
lines. The lines refuse immigrants
because various states will not allow
them on territory without a medical
certificate from the immigration
authorities here.
DIR. Watson says one of the
stokers on the La Champagne is
down with distinct choleric symp-
tons.
The board meets again this after
noon and then decides as to the dis
position Of the vessel.
ARMED BAY MEN.
New YORK, Sept. l2.-More
than a hundred South Bay cat boats,
sharpies, sloops and other small
boats, each with ten or more men on
board, underweigh at daybreak
this morning, and sailing from all
points in Great South Bay toward
Fire Island. In all boats every