Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-09-15
GALyESTON'S NOBLE STRUG
GLE.
The People Hard at Work to Re-
store their City.-PrOceed.
ings of the Relief Com
mittee-COmpuls0ry
Labor to Bury
The Dead.

ton, e p. NAT meeting of the
relief committe, held this morn
ing, reports were received from
the various wards. The chairman
called for armed men to assist in
getting labor to bury the dead
and clear the wreckage, and
arrangements were made to sup
ply this demand.
The situation in the city today
is that there are plenty of vol
unteers for this service, but an
insutficiency of arms. There have
been two or three small riots, but
the officers have managed to quell
them. The committee rejected
the proposal of trying to pay for
work, letting the laborers secure
their own rations. 1t was decided
to go ahead, impressing men into
service, if necessary, issuing
orders for rations only to those
who worked or were unable to
work. All of the wards reported
the imperative need of disinfect
ants. A committee was appoint
ed to sequester all of the disinfect
ants in the city, including the
lime which escaped wetting, and
to obtain more. Houston was
called upon for a barge load of
lime.
Capt. Sinclair Tallaferro, of
Houston, who did such efficient
work during the Brazos flood,
arrived here this morning. He
was asked to assist Chairman Nc.
Vittie in his work. Dan Hender-
son announced that Mr.. Van
VlecK, the general manager of
the Southern Pacific, authorized
The committee 10 draw Oil that
company for $4,000. Mr.. Van
Week returned to Houston on
the tug Juno to send barge load
of supplies.
The Galveston, Houston and
Henderson Railroad is operating
relief trains over its line to Texas
City junction, and thence over
the Texas City Terminal to, or
near to, Texas City. A boat is
carrying dispatches from Calves
ton to Texas City. Arrangements
have been made to start a passon-
ger service to morrow. Tho
steamer Lawrence will take paw
passengers to Texas City. Des-
titute persons who have relatives
elsewhere, to whom they wish to
90, will be furnished with Gre
dentials by the relief committee,
and will be taken to Texas City
free of charge and carried by the
Galveston, Houston and Hend, r.
son to Houston free. Mr.. Van
Week is arranging transportation
for them from Houston to the
points whittier they are destined.
This service will begin at 8
o'clock to morrow morning.
Work on the water-works has
not progressed so satisfactorially
as had been hoped for. The men
did not work last night. Chief
Engineer Reynolds has not been
at the works since yesterday
morning, and Alderman McMas-
ter took charge of the work to-
day. The machiney has been
cleared of the debris and the
pipes found to be badly damaged, u,
and plumbers, steam filters and
boiler makers are at work on
them. Mr.. McMaster says he
thinks it will be possible to turn
water in the mains to morrow.
All saloons were closed by the
chief of police on Sunday.
At a meeting of the general
committee with the city officials
to-day the policing of the city
was discussed. Mayor Jones an
nounced that Adjutant General
Scurry would take charge of the
situation with the soldiers and
citizen soldiery. The city is pat
rolled by about 1000 police Off.
GERS, special officers, soldiers and
deputy sheriffs.
Orders were issued to the sol.
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