Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-12
A AsrUPsNDoUs WORK.
What is Before Gen Hastings tn,
Past Tgreuty-four Hours

after to-day viii be- under the super
vision of Adiutant General Hsstings TIL
volunteers who have so unhriugly worke,
for the object of restoring order, will havr
finished their sslfimposed task to-day
After twelve days Of almost superhumar
work by the army OF volunteers the Stat
viii assume its proper place in the work
and 60 what every citizen in this common
wealth has knowa for oays 70 be It's duty
The weary aad dreary succession of rainy
days since the Hood continues, and day
I broke amidst drilling rain.
I Every day here since the delugs has
/ opened with rain, but while the rain has
made the work more disagreeable, it has
bad some good results. But for the al
| most continuous rains the river at this
point would have become too low and
I shallow % float the debris that is FAST
being lOoseued and thrown into the river.
/ The continued full stream has rendered
/ the work of getting the wreckege away
tr0m tie stone bridge much less ardu0us
l and much more speedy. Again the rain
I
I hot rays OF a June sun. Had there been
/ such weather as prevailed yesterday after
noon. bot and exhausting, il lie believed
/ bv many that it would have been imaos-
I s.b's 20 continue the work of searching for
the dead, even as it is the fumes arising
\ from the decOmposing bodies OF persons
and animals are most offensive and at
D times almost overpOwerinv
HoRR0R OF THE SITUATION.
So noticeable has this become that each
gsng of men, searching for the dead, car
ries quantities of disinfeCtants and When a
body Is located the vicinity Is thoroughly
saturated with disiniectants, and by this
means the work, which otherwise would
ba unbearabie is made less offensive The
horror of the situation has not diminished
but rather grows The search for the
dead continues, and in all sections and
directions the dead are being found Num-
b=rs of bodies are now coming to the sur
face of the wsters, and those whose work
hss made them competent Judges, say as
many more bodies Bs have been found are
lying somewhere. In many unexpected
places bodies are hourly being found and
where it viii end no human mind can
guess.
AT 2 o'clock the monotonous work be-
gan. AS the day advanced the sun me
ont and the morning hour was hot and
muggy. The fires that had been kindled
among the timhers piled near the stone
bridge were Queuchsd hy the rain and the
valley was filed with steamy smoke and
. IL a a e-.N a..
day which before the DAY closes viii have
reduced the number o., men now here by
many hundreds The willing and hard
working volunteer laborers began 20 leave
curly this morning aud the tram leaving
here 90 $40 a. 700. took over 400 away.
This is merely the beginning of the great
outpouring that viii set in tomorrow, and
many are leaving to-day in order to avoid
the rush tomorrow.
Among those who left this morning we're
$50 lahorers from the Hartman Steel Com
p8ny. Beaver Falls. They said they would
not work for 81 so for General Hastings or
any body else Tic is the general opinion
here that General Hastings has made a
mistake in Offering less TO the men than
paid at present, s., and that the result
will be "a general cessasion of work. One
of ths first things to be done by General
/ Hsstings Will be- TO discharge the 500. A
NOR cheerful and hopeful feeling prevails
and is daily increasing. The work oil
over the valley is being pushed to-day
with vig0r as if the present force were try
ing 90 ZEE how much they could do. The
channel of che river above the stone bridge
Is being fast cleaned, and while compare
lively little impression has been made on
the great mass of debris near the bridge,
the results along the channel are very
marked
WITHOUT SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
Most Of the newspaper correspondents
are stil without sleeping accommodations
of every kind, and, as on the first day, are
sleeping in barns, brick kilns and other
nlaces without cots OF blankets Cots
have been sent them, they are told, but as
they are too busy 70 watch the incoming
trains some one else gets them. The mill
itia have policemen now doing duty here.
In this connection there is likely to be
much grumbling and hard talk. lt has
been decided that they should not be paid
out Of the relief fund, but that the county
whose Sheriff depuuzed them should pay
for their services Some persons look for
trouble from this source, but this is cred
tied by few. the general opinion being that
I The question viii be amicably settled.
I The men employed by Booth & Finn will
/ be paid OF to-day and discharged, and
transportation furnished for at many as do
not wish TO work for the State az $3.50 per
| day. A number Of the men viii remain,
bat the great majority viii leave.
A number of the proprietors Of stores are
hurrying 10 get their places Of business IN
order and open up. Already number
have done so, and this has done much to
encourage others.
The supply of provisions is improving
some, and they now manage to get one,
and sometimes two, fair meals day. The
provisions sent 10 this valley do not seem
| AS vet to have reached the right places.
A number OF car loads of all kinds OF
supplies have been sent to Morrellville,
and AS there was no damage there, this
stuff has been misapplied. A prominent
citizen of M0rrellyile said this morning.
/ i.Tbere is large class Of people here who
| have not lost a thing in this flood, yet ev-
erv arriving train finds them IN line, ready
IN receive their share. lit is safe to say
these people have secured enough proyis-
| ions to last them six months and clothes
enough for as many years.
CAMBRIA IRON WORKS.
The Cambria Iron Co. s works and yards
show this morning the best results thus
fsr seen of hard work toward q semblance
of what they once were. Each department
was told to clean uD their own part of the
nlant and each department is damaged to
about the same extent; they will all finish
sbont the same time and the works Will
tbeD be started. The railroad running
tbrongb their yards was first repaired and
the wood and iron wreckage Is hauled 70
| different parts Of the yard and great piles
of wood are being burned, while the IRON
/ will be examined later.
CoNgIssABY DEPARTMENTS.
After to-day all the cOmmissary depart
ments will be in charge Of Col j. j..
Spangler. Assistant Quartermaster General
with three assistants, Lieutenant Beam,
/ IT,. S. A.. and Quartermasters Brown and
/ Albron. There will be two post commits
saries. the first in charge Of Major Horn,
AZ the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot
where an goods coming over the Psnnsyl l.
vsnia railroad will be received and distri-
buted, and the second will be located al
the b. ,V O. depot in charge Of MAYOR
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