The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-17
ATLANTA FULL OF REFUGEES.
CROWDED TRAINS FROM THE
SOUTH ARRIVE DAILY.

Hotels and boarding Houses Doing
Rushing Observation-Disclosures
Physicians Declare There Is No
Danger TO Be Apprehended-The
Refugees Are RegIstered-SOme
Incidents of the Trip RecOuntcd
by the Passengers.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept 16.-This city is the
haven of the yellow fever refugees.
Every train that arrives from New Or
leans, Mobile, Biloxi and other Gulf cities
and from Jackson, Miss, and Montgomery
is loaded with them. Some stop in At
lanta, some of them continue their jour
ney toward the mountains of East Ten
nessee and North Carolina. At the Ara
gon and Kimball there are noticeable a
large number of women and children,
some of whom have been sent here for
safety. while their husbands and fathers
remain in the cities menaced by the
scourge, unwilling to submit TO such great
sacrifices unless the epidemic grows so
widespread as to force them to abandon
their yocations and join their families
here.
Il am not in the least alarmed" said
one lady from Mobile. who, with her lit
tie son, is at the Aragon. Il find more ex-
element here than there was in Mobile
when I left there a few days ago"
"a lot of people ore here from our city,"
said a lady from New Orleans. 1--WE in
tended visiting the mountains during the
fall, and when the yellow fever made its
appearance we feared that we would be
unable to get out of the city, and that
other cities would quarantine against US
if we delayed our departure, so We left
sooner than we intended"
Al the office of Dr. Floyd McRae, city
physician, DR.. ]. +. Kennedy has regis
tration book provided for all who arrive
from the infected districts, and those who
are acquainted with the regulations avail
themselves of it so as to save annoyance
later on. Those who registere as soon
as they arrive put themselves on
record. so that If they should
desire to leave the city, they can easily
obtain a certificate that they have not
been within the infected districts within
the prohibited time. Many ladies register
ed at the office yesterday and to-day, the
rush for certificates was tremendous.
For some reason the office was not open
ed opposite the union passenger depot, as
contemplated in the arrangements made
with the railroads yesterday, and all the
certificates were issued from Dr. Kenne
dy's Office.
The details regarding the expense of
keeping up the Office have been settled.
The city bears the expense of issuing GER
tificates from Dr. McRae's office, and it was
agreed that if the new office was establish
ed in a vacant store near the depot for the
benefit of the railroads. the railroad COM
panies interested should bear the expenses.
The weather. class of refugees stop at
the hotels, those of more limited means
seek cheaper lodging, and after looking
around a little they disappear
from the Aragon and Kimball, either take
up their residence at boarding houses or
with private families, Arrangements have
been made to have Chief Inspector Veal
meet incoming trains from the infected
districts, and to detain all, who may be
regarded as suspects. Those, who are
free from infection will be allowed to en-
ter the city and find such accommodations
as they may during the existence of the
epidemic, and no quarantine will be estab-
lished
There is no danger of the spread of the
disease" said DIR. Alexander, president
of the board of health, land we shall only
carry out such precautions as we think
necessary TO keep out actual cases of in
lection. have no fears of the appearance
of the disease and the fact that other
cities are quarantining against us will not
effect our course In the least"
About 1000 refugees from New Orleans,
arrived in Atlanta this after
noon. A special train in two sec
tons brought them in. One section
reached here at 2:20 o'clock this afternoon
and the other two hours later. Health
officials went down to meet the strangers
and inspect them before allowing them to
enter the city. They were distributed
among the hotels and boarding houses.
The Atlanta and West Point, due at IL 40,
| arrived at o'clock this afternoon three
hours and twenty minutes late. The delay
was caused by the quarantine regulations.
The second section of the train was an
hour later.
Al Montgomery, passenger agent hav-
ing in charge twenty-three women and
children left his car on the second sec
ton TO talk to an acquaintance on the
first section, and the cars were suddenly
locked so he could not get back, and the
! twenty-three women and children had to
make the trip alone.
The passengers told how the route agent
at Montgomery started 10 transfer some
mail, when some of the municipal quar-
antine guards there presented his gun and
remarked: you put off bit of your stuff
and I'll put a ball through YOU
DR.. McRae met the special at East Point
and went through the Ave sleeping cars
and found everybody In perfect health,
though worn and weary with the long
journey and the frequent delays.
| There were about It's people on the five
! coaches of the first section, mostly wo-
men and children. Two of the coaches
were booked through to New York, while
| the other three stopped here in the city
Or McRae gave them a clean bill of
| health.