Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-06-10
AT J0HNSTOWN.
AN IMPORTANT CONFER
ENCE HELD
Governor Beaver In Consultation-The
State to Take Charge of Re-
moving the wreck-3,OOO
Bodies Recovered.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 0. AS n result
OF meeting here this afternoon, particl-
pated In by Governor Beaver, Adjutant
General Hastings, Chairman Scott, Con-
tractor VIM. Finn, some members OF
the Plttsburg Relief Committee, and sew
eral other leading men connected with
the emergency government of this valley,
1t was decided TO make q radical change
in the general management. 1t was
agreed that the State ought to assume all
liabilities for the removal OF the debris
from the town sites and the DRIFT at the
stone bridge.
General Hastings had, txenty-four
hours previous to this NEE ing, deter
mined TO take upon himself the responsi-
bllity for getting enough men and sppli-
ances to have the river drift all removed
within the next seven or eight days.
Contractor Finn thinks this und ak
ing can be accomplished II General Hast
ings will have two thousand more men
at work early In the week.
1t was agreed at this afternoons meet
ing that none of the money sent here for
the relief of the sufferers should be used
In putting the town sites or river In
proper order, aud that the present Gen.
eral Relief Committee should continue
cooperating with General Hastings until
the proposed Com mission shall be In
working condition and until this com
miesary and other departments shall be
running under a system such as that
which the military would have In camp
or campaign. The relief from the State
will be the cleaning OF the town. The
public will be exp cted to keep up the
contributions of money, food, clothing,
etc, as heretofore.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 9.-Looking
this warm Sunday morning from the
summit Of one OF the hills down upon
the devastated valley, spectator sees the
same operations that have been going On
every day for week. Thirty or more
large heaps OF burning lumber in Johns
town and Kernville, the hundreds of
workmen's tents, thousands of men with
donkey engines, horses and carts, tearing
down ruins, breaking up hills OF lumber
and rubbish, throwing the boards ON he
fires, ecrapiuB up the dirt from the rot
toms OF the heaps and clearing away the
sand and other accumulations that buried
the streets.
Here and tn re the bodies of horses,
COWS and other animals, dug out since
last night, are being crematei In wood
piles. Crashes OF falling walls, the thnd
OF picks, seraping OF shovels, rafting of
carts and shouts OF drivers to their horses
are heard.
The Grand Army of tho Republic men
are stalking out the ground Tor tents to
relieve the oyercrowded DIST let. In a
day or two they will have accOmmoda-
tions for about Z, 800 persons.
The relief delegations from distant
cities and towns and also the local CON-
mittees, are moving quickly from point
TO point to see IL any people have not
gone to the suppy stations TO get what
they wanted.
The soldiers stand guard on the hill
side, at the we;tern gorge and on the
Baltimore and Ohio line, to prevent
PEOPLE who have no business here from
entering the place.
The carrying 10 the morgues of the
bodies Just found is sill going on. Some
are on sofas or set.ees, others on boards
with crJsswise pieces of wood for han
dies. In short, there is little In a walk
through the the town sites or u survey
from the hills 10 distinguish the general
appearance to-day from that of any other
day.
INFANTS FOOD NEEDED.
There is abundance Of tie prime neces-
sarles in the stations, except ior infants.
The Red Cross agents Say that in their
district, Kernville. and the southern end
OF JohnstowD, there is large number of
tabies whose diet has been suddenly
changed 10 cows milk, and who, instead
Of that, should be fed with soma of the
brands of infants food. The Red Cross
authorities urge the relief committees to
send Immediately large quantities of in
tants' food, and coniiuue sending 1t until
further notice, there being no probability
that more will be consigned than will be
needed.
OTHER THINGS NEEDED.
As to the necessity OF less urgency than
infants food, the distributors say that the
supply of shoes, underclothing for women
and children, kitchen utensils of all
kinds, and cupboard and table articles of
every description is far from being what
is wanted. This was never region to
go bare DOT In, even in summer, but now
1t Is DANGEROUS to be without shoes.
Large numbers of almost worthless shoes
have been sent here, and if they were all
good the quantity would have been in
sufficient. The supply of chllr MS un.
derclothing is small in comparison with
the needs, and In some sections there are
not enough mattresses. Drugs and med
ical and surgical instruments are wanted
to enable the doctors who lost their prop
erty to attend TO the needs of the people.
PUTREscENT opoRs.
Although d dislnftctants have been freely
used there are putrescent odors at several
places In Johnsown; but nowhere do
they give much otftnse yet, except at the
great area OF driit above the Stone bridge.
II is feared that a few days OF sultry
weather will make the condition of
drift mulch worse. People here from
Pittsburg and Allegheny City show great
anxiety about the drift and he condition
of the river below, but DR.. Croft tells
them that there is no dang, 10 the tealth
of cities or towns rs far distant as Pitts
burg That city, he says. would, under
any circumstances, be entirely sac Tor at
least week.
Chairman Scott, of the General Com
mittee, being informed that some of the
health authorities had said that they had
not yet taken hold of drift, and that
removal was under charge of the General
Committee, went to DIR. Groll and said II
was the States business to remove that
river driit and prevent pollution OF The
water, but If the State would not do IL
the work must be attended to lmmedi-
diately by somebody.
So General Hastings determined to
take the responsibility upon himself of
having from 1000 to 5000 workmen on
the drift as soon as he could. As start
he put $50 additional men on yesterdsy
and augmented the force to-day.
General Hastings has as many tents as
will be needed at once and says that |
tents enough to house 5000 additional
Dersons are on their way here. As tn tho