The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-23
GREAT WORK DONE
TO RESTORE ORDER
Armies of Men Are Cleaning Up
Streets of the Ruined
City.
COMMITTEES OVERWHELMED
WITH SUPPLIES OF FOOD
Relief for the Homeless Must
Necessarily BE of Long
Duration.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 22,-Had
Il not been for the sight OF the rude affairs
set up in the open air wherever San Fran
eisco's homeless thousands were campcd,
ono would have had some difficulty In
finding any Of the peaceful associations
Of the Sabbath in this today. Every
where throughout the burned as we'll as
the remaining section of the city there
was the greatest activity.
Hunger Spectre Banished.
Streets were being cleared of debris. la
borers were repairing broken water pipes
sewers and gas mains; electricians were
everywhere seeking TO untnngle the al
most hopeless confusion OF wires-in fact
San Francisco was I'm the first stages OF
It's regeneration
Great Throng at Work.
There are no hungry people here to-
night; the gaunt spectre of starvation has
been banIshed by the magnificent response
of the people OF California In particular.
and by the entire nation in general to the
appeals that went out for assistance. Food
by the carload and boatload poured into
Oakland last night and today In sufficient
quantities to overwhelm the committee
which has In charge its distribution
Committee Overwhelmed.
So great was the volume of foodstuns
brought into the general depot a Oakland
mole that the general committee today
made an appeal for skilled labor In tho
handling OF these supplies. Grocers,
butchers and commission men have been
requested TO secure men who are familiar
in the handling OF foodstuffs In order that
the confusion attendant upon the distri-
button at the scores of stations estab-
lished might go on without confusion,
Variety of Food Now.
The homeless people are no longer
obliged TO subsist upon bread and canned
stuff entirely, as they had been during
ences, but were today given hot coffee.
canned meats and even cakes and
oranges. Oranges have come In In plen,
tful supply from southern California and
the sight OF Callfornias famous product
was everywhere hailed with words of de-
Must Keep Up Good Work.
1t must not be understood by the char
is a surfeit of food for the sufferers.
While the supply, is abundant at this
must be fed and cared for by the or
ganized relief committees for an indeh-
mite period. 1t is desired therefore. that
contributions be continued everywhere
until the people who have been rendered
helpless and destitute by the citys mis-
fortune can care for themselves
Solving Water Problem.
The water situation. while causing in
convenience to the people. is not longer
remaining section OF the city is being
supplied with sufficient water for the
pressing domestic needs, but. OF course.
nre-fghting purposes Because of this
fact, the most stringent orders have been
issued by the military and civil police
house and no lights. not even a candle
light, can be shown at night In the
houses. All cooking for the present must
be done OH the sidewalks or In the open
streets and In the daylight.
Wonderful Organization.
Ono Of the noteworthy features of the
situation Is the remarkable promptness
with which the work OF systematically
caring for the homeless has been thor
Tho fear that existed two days ago that
the immense task Of caring for the des-
titute aud helpless people could not be
organized quickly enough to save thous-
ands from hunger and possible cpiuemic,
exists no longer.
Harmony in Work.
The administration of the city's affairs
is progressing most harmoniously. Mayor
Schmitz and Gen, Funston are working
In perfect accoro. There wae some slight
confusion yesterday. owing to the mis-
understanding OF orders by some mem
bers Of the National Guard, but this has
force by the Mayor and Gen. Funston
today Is working order out OF confusion
and the city is as orderly as before the
FIRE Permits having been issued by so
many heads of departments. as has been
the case during the past few days. there
has been necessarily more or less conflict
OF authority 1t is to be observed, how
ever that there has been no complaints
made anywhere concerning lie actions
either of the Federal troops or the munic-
ipal police.
One Million Dollars Sunday. o
Contributions OF money continue to be
made from every part OF the United
States Chairman Phelan OF the finance
committee today reported additional sub
scriptions of about S162, coo. the largest OF
these being 100000 by the Chicago Com
mercial association, The finance commit
tee will tomorrow consider some plan for
the use of the large sum of money which
Will eoon be available for the relief OF the
sufferers
Five Hundred Dead Recovered.
The total number of bodies recovered
and buried I'D to Sunday night is 800 No
complete record can be had at this time
es many bodies have been buried without
permits from. the coroner and the Board
OF Health. The searchers of the coroner's
and the Board of Helath departments
found today not more than twenty bodfes
They were buried Immediately.
Few of these bodies could be Identified
and the graves were marked by numbers
1t is impossible at tho present time to
Spring Medicine