The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-29
RELIEF EFFORTS INTERRUPTED
BY HEARTLEss CROWD oP-
GRATING AMONG REFUGEES.
REPAIR WORK STARTED
A Thousand Carpenters Begin Recon-
struction While an Army of Labor
ers Attacks the Heaps Of Debris,
Left in Wake Of Terrible Easter
Storm in Nebraska.

Omaha, March 2S-Whte slavers
menaced the. peace of Omaha today for
the first time since Sundays tornado.
They were discovered taking in
refugees from the stricken district and
the detective force of the city was put
to work at once rounding up suspects.
Some of them became so bold as to
represent themselves as relief work.
ers and began taking young girl
refugees into homes which apparently
had been furnished to attract white
slave victims. Two women and one
man were arrested this afternoon
They are believed to have come from
Chicago.
The central relief committee when
it's members discovered the presence
of these dangerous persons in the city,
almost abandoned it's relief work for
few hours to take time to meet the
new dangers. A meeting was held
Immediately and detectives and
militiamen were put to work on the
case.
The committee also faced the ques-
tion of preventing alleged victims Sc
curing unnecessary supplies. One
woman was discovered who secured
five automobile loads of supplies from
as many stations. A checker was put
to work and steps We're taken to sup
ply only those registered and then
only from the station located in the
district in which the sufferers were
located.
Additional tents arrived today and
those who have not been provided with
better shelter will be housed in tents
for the present.
The relief committee sees necessity
for graf deal of money and is MAX
ing additional appeals for outside as
sistance
Four hundred tents and 1000 blank
cts We're received by Major Hartman,
commanding the federal troops on duty
in the city from the government sta
tion at st. Louis.
One more body was reported found
in the north part of the city, but it
has not been identified
The relief committee was given an
illustration of universal brotherhood
in time of misfortune when a China
man who declined to give his name,
handed in $120 with this note:
In token of sympathy with torna-
do-sufferers from the Chinese"
Carpenters Busy.
Nearly thousand carpenters went
to work today repairing the buildings
only partially wrecked by the storm
and 1000 lahorers began clearing away
the debris of demolished structures
Hundreds of roofs were being restored
and the work of replacing many homes
to the foundations from which they
had been twisted was begun
That the destroyed portion of the
city will be rebuilt better than ever.
was the general impression and the
alacrity with which this task was be-
gun bears out that belief
Members of the various building
trades unions held meetings today and
it was decided that any attempt to
raise the price of labor at this time
would not be countenanced The
regulation wages in vogue among
these unions was made public with
the statement that any attempt at ex-
tortion would be frowned upon by the
unions
Steps to raise the restoration fund"
to an amount that would be ample to
reconstruct the destroyed portion of
the city We're taken today and build
ing and loan associations are assisting
in the work.