The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22


10 stop and throw the whiskey away, and
Nhet, 1aiortian refused the soldier I'M :
ID nediateiy shot HIN dead.
"a A workman employed at tho Gerson
q !annery was on his way home this morn :
Ing whet, halted by n sentry. The works
man explained that his wife was dying
ana tried TO pass. The sentry shot AT
n him, but missed. and the workman ran
"a back 10 tho tannery.
Excitement Among Refugees.
Among the homeless hundreds now
4 being sheltered at Jefferson SQUARE con,
81 1itions are as admirable as they could
lie under the awful circumstances. me
4 K relief committee has supplied every sut-
fcrer With food Blankets have peeh
u supplied, and many tents nre IN place.
~ An effort has been made BY the mil
q tnry and civil authorities TO secure some
IL Kind Of an accurate list Of the dead IN
tie nciEhborhood. So far, they nave
ii been greatly handicapped through th 1eer
Inability to get reliable people TO engage
~ IL 5ihe work. Among the homeless III
the SQUARE are many little ones Last
&, night there wus a shortage In the milk
4 s,,bply bit this condition was relicVea
III al an early hour this morning by the
arrival of many cans OF the precious
fluid.
.gJN Early this morning tHeIc ""S T. 80
excitement among tho refugees over the
Z reported shooting Of Il looter In the
square. Certainly shot was fired, but
nv whom and at what point neither mn
tnrv nor civil authorities doing police
duty In the neighhorhood have been aple
to ascertain. 1t is known, however, That
no one was shot by either soldiers or
police at jefferson Square during inc
night. s65
Bread Line Supplied.
There was some relief Of the crowded
{ condition of the camp in the square before
noon to-day, when little army of reft-
gees carrying ali they had in the world
upon their backs, made their way
through debris and wreckage to the ferry
h,,idng. Here those who were out OF
funds were given transportation across
the bay. At Golden Gate Park, where
4 there are canped probably the greatest
number of refugees, conditions To-Day
were improved
Tho food situation is not serious. There
was plenty Of food of the simplest Sort
OF course, provided for every ono IN the
bread line.
Major r. II. Kesl,ng, Of the First
Battalion Of the Coast Artillery, Nc
c., Is in command Of the military renet
measures in the park. His headquarters
have been established at the tennis
y
bread and canned goods are being dis
tributed, and at another point somo pre-
pared meats were given out. Army tents,
4 as many as could be obtained, were set |
IN everywhere and other projections were
made Of blankets, rugs carpets, ped
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 shrubbery and
the semi-tropical plants for which Golden
Cato Park Is famous, and under these
found some sort Of protection from the
chilly night air.
Little Sickness Yet.
AS yet there has been little sickness ,
aside from nervous shocks and physical |
exhaustion, and from these most of the
people have recovered. The efforts Of i
the military authorities to-day We're all
in the direction of improving the sani-
tary condition and providing safeguards
against any possible epidemic that may
result from the exposed situation of SO
many thousand people. 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 have been given COM
n,and and which are patrolled by regular
soldiers or by municipal police
@ Information bureaus have been estah-
lished and telephone service Is being pro-
vided by the signal corps OF the regular
army as
At the entrance OF the park. known !
as the Pan-Handle District, 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 seeking friends. All |
vehicles that enter the park are confis-
Gated by the military authorities and
are being used to deliver supplies to tho
various points. as we'll as to remove
refugees desiring 20 reach points beyond
the Jurisdiction OF the authorities. All /
those who desire to leave the park and
eo 10 any point IN the inte4or Of the
State are encouraged 10 do so.
Distribution of Supplies.
Al q conference Of Governor Pardee,
General Funston and MAYOR schmitz to-
DAY Il Fort Mason, il was agreed that
al supplies sent 10 the city for the relief
OF IRE homeless ef1ali be placed in the
ssntss o. the Federal authorities and dis
.-Ibt.,td under the direction of General
Funston and under the immediate con-
t-oI o. Major tuvall..:'
4 depot for the 'rccelpt OF supplies was
esta blished to-day a, Oakland Mole.
There was perfect harmony at the con-
ference. and an earnest desire on TIE
part OF every one 10 co-opcrate to the
fulst extent in order that the relief work
nigh, be carried out without any con-
fusion of orders. This conference has
served to clear tho atmosphere OF any
IMPRESSION that there has been any mis-
understanding between Mayor Schmitz
and General Funston. and there viii be
complete harmony between the military
and civil authorities to ameliorate the
condition Of the homeless sufferers.