Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
OAKLAND HOUSES
$4,000 REFUGEES
COTS AND BEDS ARE BADLY
NEEDED
Bride and Groom Plight Troth and
Set Up Housekeeping on capl-
tai of $1.3o-Both Are
Cheerful
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated HTeSB.
OAKLAND, April 22-Oakland is car
ing for $4,000 people rendered homeless
by the San Francisco disaster and is
prepared to care for twice as many.
The height of the influx has been
reached and the number of the refugees
is slightly decreasing.
Although they are still coming in
large numbers, still more are leaving
on every train for different points. Re-
quests for free transportation are in
vestigated as closely as possible, and
all the deserving are sent away.
Women and children and married
men who wish to join their families in
different parts of the state are given
preference.
The transportation bureau Is on a
street corner, where man stands on
box and calls the names of those who
are entitled to passes.
No One Goes Hungry
No one now goes hungry here, and
few lack shelter, but cots and bed
coverings are needed. Parks, public
squares vacant lots, churches, fra
ternal halls, shelter the homeless ones
At the First Presbyterian church 1900
were fed today and 1000 people will
sleep there tonight
Pews have been turned into beds.
Cots are in the aisles in the Sunday
school room.
Every inch Of available space is oc-
cupied by some substitute for a bed
An emergency maternity hospital has
been established at EmeryVille.
John D. Establishes Camp
John D. Rockefeller has sent money
for the establishment of a new camI
which will bear his name.
Los Angeles has provided for a camI
to accommodate 1000 people, and has
sent sixty physicians and nurses tc
look after the sick in it. Food /.
also coming from that city and more
help iso ffered If needed. The principa
food needed now is fresh fruit, which
is requested of nearby cities.
Refugees Register
An important piece of work that Il
going on at relief headquarters in thu
chamber of commerce rooms is the reg
istration of refugees.
There are forty-five clerks engaged
in this work alone. All who registe
are catalogued by cards which bea
their names and their old and new ad
dresses. In this manner dozens o
| families have been reunited and friend
have found each other.
A line of anxious inquirers extend
| far out into the street, while other
file past to register or to leave an in
quiry for someone who might see
them.
There is an employment bureau wher
work Is provided whenever possible
Hundreds of letters pour in and tn
| information asked is given whereve
possible.
Destitute Cared For
Independent of the regular relief com
mittee, much work is being done b
fraternal societies, the members {
which meet all incoming trains an
take care of the destitute.
| A welding took place at the relic
bureau at midnight. Despite the fac
that the groom had only $1.30, th
newly married couple looked cheerful
on the prospect that confronted ther
and departed happy and hopeful.
A relief bureau especially FOR theatr
cal people Is situated on Broadwa
near Twelfth street, and transportatio
east has been furnished to 200 peopl
One hundred are being fed at the Be
theater and will be given tickets out {
town as soon as possible.
Stars, as well as music hall singer
are gathered at the bureau and thel
are many of them who look hungr
for a sight of the lights of Broadway
Chinese Suffer
The Chinese Jared worst of all IL
San Francisco refugees. Some got oil
with their belongings at the first alarl
. of fire, but others remained until tt
afternoon.
Then as the flames came closer the
were driven ont by the soldiers withol
being allowed to gather food or clotl
ing.
A hasty guard shot one as he w;
. going into a store for goods.
Nearly ten thousands of them hay
arrived here and the majority hay
been cared for in the local Chinatow
Nearly all of them are destitute ar
: it was Impossible this morning to pr,
} vide in any adequate way for feedir
them.
Many are going to other towns, bl
: there are thousands, who with Il
prospects of finding work, no matt
where they go. have sunk into sta
Of apathy.