The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
The Work Going on in Full Force. STATEMENT AS TO RELIEF No Request for Funds from the
 Outside.
 - At the Same Time. if Assistance ia Pronered, it VIII Not be Refused. Bat wrlI be EauitabIy Ap-
 piled.

New Orleans. La, March 4.--The Pic ayune Meridian special says:
 Thousands of people lined the streets of Meridian throughout today, hundreds of whom came from the surrounding country and even distant cities to view the wreckage which extends in an almost unhrcken mass from the Meridian Fertilizer Factory through the city. to the extreme north- ern limits. Throughout the day six companies Of militia and one battery alternately guarded the property and kept the crowds from interfering vita the gangs of iaborers. and @convicts who were kept at work from seven o'clork this morning. until well into the uighf. Laborets were at premium and so urgent were the needs of speedily re- moving the debris that armed squads of militia caught up every stray negro in the city, and set him to work on the wreckaRe. paying each $S oay for his work.
 Al 9 o'clock the relief committee, of fifteen headed by Colonel H. M. street, met in the Board Of Trade and Tor two hours and a half considered the situation in all of it's details. Reports were received from the four sun-com- mittees which have been appointed 10 take charge of the. relief work in the four strickn districts as follows: ~
 The Relief Committees.
 t,antral District--A. $. Bozeman, Chairman; Joseph Meyer.J. R. Ellis, Rev. J. E. Jones
 Georgetown District. East End--J' c. Fant. Chairman; Henry E. Ranch Mccraven., pr. Dew waddell, Rev W V Fewsirs i' surrvey--Frank Heiss. s. A. Witherspoon, A. Loeb. Rev. l. E |. Al ford.
 Fertilizer Factory pistrict-A. H Gaorge. chairman: Dr. C. s Price, R NJ. Hougf1ton. C. F. Embley.
 Reports of the committees showed that about 100 families are being as- sisted. sixty of the families being in Georgetowp and most Qf them white psople The fund raised by the city here has rsached sie.oo0, and, from this amount the homeless and needy arc befilg gfven aid The Ss,0oo which was appropriated by the Mississippi Legis- 1atufe ie being held In reserve and it isst the earnest wish of every citizen of Meridian that 1t will not be necessary to make use of any outside aid, not excepting even that of the. state
 At the meeting this mornin~, after a heated discussion. 1t was finally decided not to appeal for aid. but 1t was stated that the city would not refused prof fered assistance.
 The resolution making this action final was introduced by A. $. Bozeman and the following statement given out
 Sfatemcnt Rs to Aid.
 "At a. meeting of the Citizens Relief Committee, held this morning at the Board of Trade, a resolution, offered by A. S. Bozenan. was passed thank ing Governor Vardaman for his inter est in the city-as manifested by his presence here and his personal contri- button to the relief fund and as mani- tested also by his; public appeal foi financial help, for the storm suffers-s l, after viewing the situation and without the suggestion or solicitation of the Meridian people
 The committee believing that the city is able to handle the situation with th' generous contributions of it's own citi' zens, supplemented by the. appropria' tions of the Legislature from the sx' ecutive contingent fund aud the labor of the State convicts now on the ground, has determined not to appea for outside help, bat will receive ant expend for the benefit of the storm sui ferers all sums voluntarily contributed forithat purpose. .....,,t, ye.t
 Mfr Fant reported for his committe' that. there was great suffering ii Georgetown. the section of the city which is also known as Cottondale, ant the residents of which are operatives. He cited the instance of Mrs. Lizzie Daniels and six children, who were il a house which was totally wrecked an' swept away. but none of the famil! received the slightest injury. This In stance is one of probably fifty wher' houses were completely demolished owe the heads of the occupants, while no body was hurt.
 Fertilizer Factory District.
 Tn the fertilizer factory district il Ewell's Survey, the great majority 0 those rendered homeless were negroe: who are being cared for by relative or who are camping on the sites of thei homes. Tn the central district tn damage was principally to the bushes section along Front Street. the wreck age of which is being removed toda by numerous squads of laborers an convicts.
 A gang of men were at work oI the building of c. M. Rubush, pain Aeafer. and on the following. Tor TIyle Grocery Company, Armour Pack ing Company, Swift and Company an tbe Fertilizer office, all on Front stree gang of IFS men was kept at worl all day by Superintendent D. D. Cur ran of the New Orleans Northeastern Railroad repairing the damage don the freight sheds of the Queen an Crescent, where the tornado crosse fhe railroad tracks. This work wa also participated In by the Alabam ana Vicksburg Railway and they wer Assisted by the Alabama Great South ern. Superintendent Curran said to night that he thought the sheds woul he in fairly good shape for receivin freight within twenty-four or thirty ak houhs. Full train services in bot direetfons has been resumed.
 Although only the wrecked bushes seetInn has been declared by Governo Vardaman under material law, tn troops are patrolling the entire cit tonight and the curfew law Is Dein enforced, all residents being require to he fin their homes by nine o'clock.