New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
CITY TAKES HEART.
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| cumstances. The relief committee has suppheo
every sufferer with food, blankets have been
given out and many tents are in place.
An effort has been made by the military anu
| civil authorities TO obtain some kind of accurate
! list of the dead in the neighborhood. SO far
they have been greatly handicapped through
their inability to get trustworthy people TO en-
gage in the work.
| Among the homeless in the square are many
little ones. Last night there was a shortage in
the milk supply, but this condition was relieved
at an early hour this morning by the arrival OF
many cans of the precious fluid
EarlY this morning there was great excite
| ment among the refugees over the reported
shooting of looter in the square. 4 shot was
| fired, but by whom and at what point neither
military nor civil authorities doing police duty
in the neighborhood have been able to ascer-
tain. 1t is known. however, that no one was
shot by either soldiers or police at Jefferson
| Square last night
The sanitary condition of this camp is mat
| ter that must receive immediate attention II
! the health of the homeless is to be preserved.
This matter is In the hands Of the engineer
CORPS of the army. No time will be lost in look
ing to the sanitation of the whole city, but
meanwhile there is great fear that sickness may
wipe out the lives Of many unfortunates who
have been saved from earthquake and fire.
There was some relief in the crowded condi-
ton of the camp in the square before noon to-
dey. when a little army Of refugees carrying
all they had in the world upon their backs.
made their way through wreckage to the ferry
building. Here those who were out of funds
were transported across the bay.
CONDITIONS AT THE PARK.
At Golden Gate Park. where there are camped
probably the greatest number Of refugees, con-
ditions were improved. No estimate of the
number Of people in the park can be given at
this time but a canvass is being made by the
military authorities to ascertain the approx
mate number of people as well as 10 relieve all
the individual cases Of suffering and TO improve
sanitary conditions.
The food situation is not serious. There was
plenty of food, Of the simplest sort, of course
provided for every one in the bread line. Major
f, H Keesling of the 1st Battalion OF the
Coast Artillery, n. G. c., is in command OF
the military relief measures in the park. His
headquarters have been established at the ten
mis- courts. Here supplies OF sugar, coffee, bread
and canned goods are being distributed. and at
another point prepared meats were given out.
Army tents, as many could be obtained, were
set up everywhere, and other projections were
made Of blankets, rugs. carpets. bed clothes and
every other sort Of material that could be used
for the purpose In some places refugees had
cleared out spaces beneath the thick shrub
berry and the semitropical plants for which
Golden Gate Park is famous and under these
found some protection from the chilly night air.
LITTLE SICKNESS REPORTED.
AS yet there has been little sickness, aside
from nervous shock and physical exhaustion,
and from these most of the people have recov-
cred The efforts of the military authorities
to-day were all in the direction of improving
the sanitary conditions and providing safe
guards against any possible epidemic that might
result from the exposed situation Of so many
thousand persons. All refuse must be deposited
in trenches dug for that purpose, and the park
has been divided into various sanitary districts,
over which military officers are in command.
The districts are patrolled by regular soldiers
or by municipal police.
Information bureaus have been established
and telephone service is being provided by the
signal corps of the regular army. At the en-
trance of the park, known as the Panhandle Dis
trict, an enormous billboard has been erected
and is being used as a directory by those who
wish TO designate their location in the camp for
the benefit Of friends. All vehicles entering the
park are confscated by the military authorities
and are being used TO deliver supplies to the
various points, as well as TO remove refugees
desiring TO reach points beyond the jurisdiction
Of the authorities All those VINO desire to leave
the park and go TO any point in the interior Of
son departing relieves the situation to just that
extent.
CITIZENS CONFIDENT OF FUTURE
Former Mayor James d. Phelan addressed
meeting Of the general relief committee to-day
and suggested that the press make known TO all
people that the work of rebuilding San Fran
cisco will begin as soon possible, and that all
skilled labor and trades should be prepared TO
remain in or near the city. as there would be
plenty of employment Immediately
California take care of all the home
less" said Mr.. Phelan, land it is hoped and ur-
gently desired that unskiled laborers do not go