St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-03
MINNEAPOLIS.
AID FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

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AID FROM MINNEAPOLIS.
Tho Flour City Comes to the Front
The Mayors Appeal.
Mayor Eustis was not slow in acting
yesterday when he received information
Of the destitute condition of tho inhab-
ltants of the burned district in Northern
got was contained in telegram from
Rush City, signed by committee OF
citizens evidently in charge of the ar
engagements In the tire-swept towns of
Hinckley, Mission Creek and others In
the immediate vicinity destroyed by
the disastrous fire of Saturday night.
The telegram was dated Rush City,
l:S0, and read as follows:
Mayor. Minneapolis:
Help US; assistance needed. Money,
clothing, food wanted. One hundred
and fifty dead. All are fire swept and
destitute. The situation is terrible.
+. A. HODGE,
J. +. STONE.
o. q. l.. ROBERTS,
Pine City.
Immediately Mayor Eustis began to
stricken district. He wired the follow
Ing message to the committee:
IF. a. Hodge, Committee. Rush City:
You have the unmeasured sympathy Of
all our people in your terrible atllictiOn,
and will rush relief. Hope to send car
Ut provisions in few hours. VIII you
need any medical help? Wire for any
thing special you need at once.
NV. ii. EUSTIS, Mayor"
BY o'clock the mayor had under
way measures to secure car load of
provisions. TO be dispatched at once if a
car could be secured. The wOrkhouse
was telephoned, and it was learned that
there were 800 leaves OF bread on
hand. Arrangements were imme-
Iiately made to send this bread
down 10 the city hall. Col.
West was next seen and he placed the
culinary section of the West with a
large list of supplies at the disposal of
Mayor Eustis. OF the flour mills. the
Washburn. Crosby IL Co., and Charles
the flour that may be needed TO supply
the wants of the citizens in The burned
district.
BY 3 O'Clock in the afternoon Mayor
Eustis had the relief measures well I'M
der way. He had discovered IN the
meantime that q relief TAIN was going
ont of ST. Paul at o'clock. In order to
discover Just the exact condition Of at
fairs, he sent his private secretary, Joe
ManniX. on :hls special train.
The efforts to secure a car III which to
ship the provisions donated in Minneap-
oils did not prove successful. The
wires between this city and st. Paul
were kept busy during the entire after
noon by Mayor Eustis IN his effort to
secure the much coveted car. 1t was
impossible to obtain a crew to man a
rain, however. At l: AS the ST. Paul
d Duluth sent ont every available
trainman in the Twin cities on its wreck
ing train, and none of these men will he
back before this morning.. Finally.
after eXhausting all the resources at
his band, a. b. Plough. of the st. Paul
* Duluth, announced his ultlmatum
regarding relief car from Minneapolis
i'll the following relegam:
''W. H. Eustis: Will arrange for Min
Heapolis car Oh morning train. with
provisions enough for today and tonight
Cn the way. A. b. PLoUGH."
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gram from Secretary ManniX which
stated that the reports from the burned
district were not exaggerated in the
least. The mayor thereupon issued the
following appeal to the citizens of the
:ity, and this morning another carload
Df clothes and provisions will be sent to
The stricken district:
TO Our People: The appalling ca
lamity by fire which has befallen the
village of Hinckley and neighboring
towns, resulting in the loss of hundreds
of lives and the total destruction of
The village, adding restitution and want
10 mourning-appealS to every
generous and kindly impulse of
,he human heart. This vast suffering
lies next TO our door. We can almost
gear their cries and feel their wants.
..tlay the good people OF Minneapolis re-
epond with one accord with such as
they have 10 give-clothes. provisions
and money. Send them to police head.
quarters and all articles will be received
and shipped to the scenes of iced. A
meeting of our business men will be
held at the Commercial club This Iaorn-
ing at 10 O'clock to arrange for mutual
action.
Today is legal holiday, and how can
you spend it better than In going and
soliciting help for our neighbors. so
suddenly bereft and rendered homeless
and friendless. Let the generous
and spontaneous action of our people
enhance the value of the giving and be
worthy of the true Minneapolitan heart.
WILLIAM Ii. EUsTls,
Mayor.