New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-12
THE STATE TAKES CHARGE.
NEW ORDER OF THINGS IN THE CONE
MAUGH VALLEY.
rH1RTv-gIeHr BODIES FOUND YESTERDAY
PaosREss IN CLEARING AWAY THE HUGE


THIRTY EIGHT BODIES FOUND YESTERDAY
PROGRESS IN CLEARING AWAY THE HUGE
pRryr-mIss CHEESEMAN'S DoDY FOUND
3ohnssown. Penn, June Ii.-This was tho nS'
day for clearing away the effects OF the noou W
shs civil authorities Tomorrow the state ~keS
held of the stupendous work Of restoring vi,
valley to i,s condition before the dood, ana all
work done after to-day will be under the super
x sisiou Of Acknowledgement Hastings.
~ INA weary and dreary succession Of rainy days
sincs she aood continued. and to-day broke amidst
n dffxziinz rain. With but single exception
every day here since the deluge has opened WIN
rain. but while the rain has made the work nlofo
disaereeable, 1t has had some good results. bu'
for the almost continuous rains. the river ut this
,,o,rt ,pouId have become TOO low and shallow TO
aoat away the drift that has been loosened ana
thrown into the river. Again, the rain has servco
to cool the air and temper the hot rays OF
June sun, Even as IL is, the fumes arlSlng from
shs decomposing bodies OF persons and animals
ara almost overpowering. SO noticeable has shis
become that each gang Of men. searching tor the
dead carries quantities OF dlsinfsctsnts, ana Wheh
n body ia located the vicinity Is thoroughly say
urated with diSinfectant a.,
Tho search for the dead continues and In all
actions and directions they ere beng iouno
Numbers Of bodies ore now coming 70 the surface
\ nj the waters and those whose work has mace
s them competent judges say as many more poules
as have been found are lying somewhere ImrV-
. eight were found to-day.
This afternoon the body Of Miss O. A. Christ
man, the foreign missionary. from Ne~-ofIeahs
who was on the fated day express when the hood
rveps H. from the track, was found. On her was
found a draft for s275, valuable gold watch
and 9 small amount Of money, Her body was
smbaimed to await the disposition Of friends
An exodus set in here to-day which, before the
nav closed reduced the number OF men mere oy
many hundreds The willing and hsrd-worklns
volunteer laborers began 10 leave here carry tnls
sooorf,ing, and the train leaving herezat D. m
took over 400 away. This is merely the beginning
Of the great outpouring that will SGT in tomorrow
Among those who left this morning were leo
lahorers from the Hartman Steel Company, haver
Falls They said they would not work Tor u oV
!. for General Hastings or anybody else One OF
the first things 70 be done ny General Hastings VIII
be to discharge the 800 policemen now doing ou1y
here IL has been decided they should not DC
Maid ont Of the relief fund, but that the
county, whose sheriff deputized them, should pay
for their services At least 81 10000 will be paid
ant 70 workmeu tomorrow morning, and the ma
iority of 10 viii leave the town with the men VINO
earned IL. Good progress was made In cleaning
ont the channel of the Conemaugh above the bridge
toAay n number of stationary engines and long
cables being used TO pull out the heavy tmoers'
Tho morgues are about to be abandoned on &C.
ecunt OF the bad condition OF bodies being re-
covered Identification Is almost impossible, un'
less by personal effects found upon the ooolS'
The State Board of Health still issues encouraging
bulletins, although isolated cases OF pneumonia
diphtheria and measles are reported, generally
from the suburbs
The spirit Of recovery took o firm hold on Johns
towns citizens today. Everywhere owners OF
property seemed to have regained their senses
after this terrible disaster, and were hard at work
cleaning out their cellars, drying carpets aud
bedding and beginning general renovation.
The women labored bravely, and with water and
brush soon began to see their floors for the first time
In twelve days The mud Is caRed all over the
walls and furniture, and most Of the carpet Is
utterly useless, put it will have 70 be used till
something better can be scared.
General Hastings, in an interview this after
noon said: The work OF cleaning up the cX
Will be done By contract, and negotiations VIII
be opened OF once with leading contractors
Several may be employed, but cannot say who
will get the work at this time. Booth Flynn,
OF FiSburg are large cohtract9Ss. ana VIII
sTse s Contractor at Altoona Who viii likely get
some OF the work. do not remember bis name,
This matter has not been definitely decided upon
commission I have recommended 20 him tho ap-
pointment Of Ex-Governor Robert L: Fattlson,
James .. Scott, of Pittsbursi Colonel Jsnpnings'
of Harrisburg and Thomas Cochrane. OF Phlla-
delphia Until the commission is appointed Mr..
Scott has volunteered his services and VIII render
ne al the assistance in his power
There is hungering for orphans here that
cannot be satisfied The city was thoroughly
canvassed to-day, but with little success 4
to defray expenses Of thu children cannot be salts
factorily answered, as the orphans are not TO be
found.
Pennsylvania G:ocers Association, and is in charge
" the storehouse established in the German Catholic
Church. Twenty carloads Of provisions and cloth
NO @ls Scarcity Of supplies said NJ Oliver
4enSugh clothing Is driving in YOUNGSTOWN to
SsaPPly the city for twenty Years ..o,,,, a.. .,o
i{hez food, most Of the newspaper correspondents
kte SIN without sleeping ACCOMMODATIONS OF any
kind, and as on the first day are sleeping in barns,
brick kilns and other places without cots or
blankets. Cots have been sent them, they are
told, but as they are too busy 70 watch the in
coming trains some one else ssts them s..
will be In charge of Colonel J. L. SPangler, Assist
ant Quartermaster-Genera with three assistants.
Brown and Aibree, N. G. r Colonel Spansicr
TO day said: I have figured on feeding the
sufferers in this section. Five dnys' rations for
10000 psoGe the number we VIII On have ss 70 take
day That is. it would cost that much had we TO
paw for the provisions. In about fifteen days,
when the Cambria Iron Works get started, we
will be relieved OF about one-thrd this number.
This does not include laborsrs;'
General Wylie said If the weather 10 good
&c viii take sixty days and two thousand men
70 get order out OF this chaos, and IL the weather
Is bad it will take ninety days at least
Yesterday the Rev. DR.. David Beale and nine
others identified, as they supposed, the body OF
young Mr.. Austin, a prominent business man.
They had just nailed mp the box containing the
body, and were starting 1t % the cemetery when
they were confronted by Dir. Austin, who had
been carried away down the river. This only
serves 70 show how difaoult Identification bss be-