Seattle homeless camp cleared out

SEATTLE, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Seattle city officials Friday ordered a homeless encampment named after the city's mayor to pack up and move out.

An estimated 100 people staying at the "Nickelsville" camp in Southwest Seattle had defied an order to leave by Thursday evening, so police and city outreach workers moved in Friday afternoon to move them along.

The Seattle Times said the process was going peacefully as the outreach workers offered to put the campers up in other shelters.

Volunteer activists set up "Nickelsville," which pays a dubious salute to Mayor Greg Nickels, Monday on a site owned by the city transportation department. About 200 people were staying in the makeshift village earlier this week, the Times said.

The department Thursday warned it would seek trespassing charges against anyone who did not vacate promptly, but no arrests were reported.