The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
AT JACKSONVILLE SHOWN BY THE
PEOPLE SEEKING WORK.
ALL THE RELIEF DEPARTMENTS
Arranged Systematically and Their
Work Going on Smoothly-Sewfn2
Clearing All Choked Sewers to Pre-
vent Typhoid Fever-stIl Under Mar
tfal Law-Supplies Coming I'm Rapid
ly-One More Body Found-Money
Most Needed.

Jacksonville, Fla, May S.-The full
meaning of the widespread suffering
in Jacksonville was realized today
when it was announced in one of the
meetings that great number of men
who had never been used to manual
labor were clamoring for work. Among
them were clerks, collectors, book
keepers and even professional men,
three young physicians especially de-
claring their condition destitute, as
they had lost wardrobes, libraries. Of
flee fixtures and everything in the fire.
The department of labor has under
taken to give clerical employment to
all Of these applicants.
The executive committee of the re-
lief association arranged today to es-
tablish sewing tent and twenty five
sewing machines were ordered and
other appurtenances, which will enable
the SeamStreSSeS who have lost every
thing to get to work again, and they
will relieve the condition of the fire
sufferers who have lost all clothing
but the clothes they were wearing. A
laundry will also be erected and the
colored laundresses will be started in
business again.
The situation tonight in the city
shows that all of the departments have
been arranged systematically and the
people are being cared for as we'll as
conditions will permit.
Two car loads of clothing and pro-
visions and one car load of potatoes
arrived this morning from New York
on the New York Journals special re-
lief train, and the arrival of the goods
greatly relieved the situation.
Good work is being done by the ladies
association, and many ladies of the
better class who had been hiding their
desperate condition were relieved.
The sewers have become cloggeG
owing to the broken pipes throughout
the city. and a force of 100 men were
put to work today clearing the pipes
and flushing the sewers. In the sew
eral tented villages a sanitary force
was put to work and it is believed,
that with an exercise of great care
all danger from typhoid fever will be
eliminated.
The city is still under martial law,
and $50 men and 43 officers are in con-
troll of the city under Colonel Lowell
Over $500,000 worth of insurance has
already been paid by the adjusters and
the people are commencing erection of
temporary places of business and
dwellings,. A new Windsor hotel is
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work was commenced today, clearing
away the debris for the laying of the
foundation. The Gardner building, of
eight stories will be also erected at
once on the old site.
Today one other body was found in
the ruins, that of Mrs. Solon Robinson,
whose late husband was a member of
the staff of The New York Tribune.
Nothing remained to tell the story of
her death but a cup full of bones
which were found in the debris of her
late home on Church street.
Relief is coming in generously on
every train, and the subscription list
to date amounts to about $85,000, with
promises of aid from many places
which has not yet arrived.
CommiSSarieS have now been estab-
lished all over the city.
New York, May S.-A telegram was
received today by the relief committee
of the Merchants Association from
in which he says:
The city is under martial law and
good order is being maintained. Other
places throughout the country are send
ing us supplies and it is impossible for
us at this time to designate what we
particularly stand most in need Of
The business firms in that part of the
city not destroyed have been the
largest contributors and we desire to
buy from them what they have. They
have ordered supplies in large guam
titles and consequently money contrib
uted can be used to the best advantage
in the future
The total amount of the subscriptions
which have been received and account
ed to date is $36.5S9.