New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
SIGHTSEERS FROM PITTSBURG
CRowDING TIE WORKERS AT THE Seine
OF DISASTER
NOBLE EFFORTS TO RELIEVE THE sUFFERses
IN TIE CoNEMAUGH vALLEY-A SUNDAY
UNPARALLELED IN THE SMOKY CITY.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO The IDBCSEl

IN TIE CONEMACGH yALLEY-A SUNDAY
UNPARALLELED IN THE SMOKY CITY.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO The IDBCSEI
Pttsburg, June 2-Train after train. bearing
thousands OF curioSity-seeKcrs, left Pttsburg 10
day for Jamestown. At the scene Of the disistes
they crowded the workers SO that the Citlens
Committee OF Johnstown sent TO the Pitts6urs
cfIice OF the Peunsyysnia Railroad the folio siag
telegram: !
For. Gods sake. tell the stGhtseers % ksog stSy
from Johnstown for the present What We want
people 10 work, not 70 look on.
Ths presence of the State militia is particubrly
desired but they cannot go because OF the absence
Of Governor Beaver. who is at Annapolis with he
Boa=d Of Visitors. The men are anxious 70 move
Adjutant General Axline, OF Ohio. accompanied By
Ave assistants, passed through Pttsburg on bis
way TO South Fork with 900 tents, sufficient to
shelter 6. 600 persons \ State law forbids lie
militia from going 70 Johnstown Under arms with
out Governor Beavers consent.
This was a Sunday unparalleled in the history
OF Pittsburg great portion of the population
wss at JohnStown engaged in shipping thes
supplies OF provisions and clothing One tain
which left the depot probably had no psrslle
In the history Of the world. II carried forty-ons
volunte ,r undertakes ami 1000 cofins. Iet"en
1000 and 5000 mitiamer in uniform mingea
with the dense crowds surrounding the ne wspape'
Offices, and awaited the appearance OF bulleaa
ordering them TO assemble at their armories'
Nearly every business house in the central portion
OF the city has its windows plastered with appeals
for men 10 20 10 Johnstown, some offering doubls
WA ges and Others asking it in the name OF charity
Other posters announced meetings, at different
bours OF political and social clubs and secret
societies for sending volunteers 10 JohnStown, in
comnany with relief trains or other missions in
connection with the great catastrophe. story
NJ relief measures taken here would fill columns
Stoid old bankers and business men OF this city
are cheerfully plodding about in the mud and
debris at Johnstown assisting in the sarch for
the dead.
All Saturday night 500 lnborers worked Ike
beavers on the railroad track and at O'Clock this
morning the first train passed over the road from
Sang Hollow 10 Jamestown. II was received AL
along the line with cheers aud shouts OF Joy from
the hundreds Of sufferers who were waiting along
the track lager obtain the supplies on the rcne
trains, three of which lay in Sang Hollow, louf
miles distnnt from Johrstown, all Night whiuns
70 get through The first train TO pass over the
reconstructed track was that sent out by the ciN
zcns of Pittsburg and manned by the hmerhus
Club hoys The train brought glad news anu
much needed relief TO hundreds Of starving womsn
| and children. The " God thank yous were ehonsu
~ touch the heart Of a hardened cynic. fhe
| Amer,cus Is the crack Republican organization OF
| pit,sburq and was noticeable on Broadway, New
| Yorl, CITY during the parade IN the Harrison cam
oaion ITS tricolored umbrellas being noVeHS
| Il il now on p mission in which political M
| sink out Of sight and the brotherhood o. man "
| me watchword.
| Some idea Of the difficulties surrounding eou''
municntlon between the two portions Of Jop'S'oNs
senorated hy the raging torrent may De oo,"in 1
from description OF the bridge over when u't'ns
r,on crossed Ii was hike the bridges Whoh
span the mountain valleys OF South Ame1i..
Two ropcs one Of hemp, another OF w'r' -
with difficulty thrown across the stream - -,
,,oro b;gb above the water, and from pil'o,
on the hemp rope there was suspended . !,
rome three or four feet long heavy SUCK 80 =,
timber WIS attached TO its end, ana Oh , III
Tho members OF the daring relief corps sst N~~
,be wire roue was ,Isd in propelling them aciS
| This was the only direct communication W.
uba. remained Of the town OF 'ou,,
| ,o,vr The only other way TO reach -
remaining portion of the town was 70 W".N
The mountains, distance OF several mics
Temporary home for the survivors Is sls
,,oa,ed by the Ridgevew Park Camp Meeths
| SonI.t,on It's grounds, upon which there afr =.
cottages are twenty miles distant from Johns'os'
They would afford sleeping accommodations i''
at least 5000 people:
TIE sUSQUEIIANNA STILL RISING.
Lancaster. June s-Thc susqueh&nnl, =, Columbia. v
atm slowly rising, ~ enormous quantity Of 49, :,
logs have gone down tho river and are now gos
turkey Hnl, below Columbia. The Pcnnsrivans ~