Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT i


JoHNsTowN, June 6-The order in Johns
town to-day is most excellent The work is
progressing slowly, because there is some dis
satisfaction among the workmen. The latter
demand better places to Sleep but they have
enough to eat Mr.. Henry W. Hartman, OF
Beaver Falls. was doing his best this morning
to secure better accommodations for the men.
Last night over 200 men hadn't any shelter and
laid down in the rain. Mr.. Hartman himself
went to bed wet and got up this morning feel
ing pretty tough. There are not enough tents
in the town yet to shelter everybody.
A gang of workmen from Blair county
walked for miles over the mountains, and when
they got here they were in a pretty turbulent
and mutinous humor. Food was given them at
once, when they were better pleased. Men can
not work without food and places to sleep. The
volunteers are played out, and many have gone
home The town has been put under close
quarantine. The Pennsylvania road has shut
down carrying passengers into the town, except
those who can show proper credentials. The
biggest crowds have been pouring up through
the valley on the Baltimore and Ohio. General
Hastings ordered Company F to Somerset to
stop the people there, and a citizens commit
tee was organized and went to Somerset to
demonstrate with the sightseers.
Sanitary Measures Adopted.
This morning Dr.. c. G. Croft. Professor Of
Natural History in Bucknen University and
member of the State Board of Health, assumed
charge of the sanitary department. The State
Board will cooperate with the Pennsylvania
road in removing the debris at the bridge. The
doctor hopes to have 900 men working at this
point within the next a hours. 1t came to
light this morning that the workmen were de-
posting filth in the rivers. State Inspector
SibbeUt started out to stop it, and have the
proper kind of pits dug. During the day the
embalming fluids at all the morgues gave out,
and the work had to close until another supply
could be received.
DR.. Croft assured me that there is no danger
of pestlence at Pittsburg. The people of the
two cities have been needlessly frightened.
The doctor states that it is an easy matter to
scare people into sickness, and he wishes Pitts
burgers to feel that they are safe Five cases
of dIphtheria were reported in the city this
morning, but the disease is not spreading.
Strenuous efforts are beng made to confne the
dangerous disease that followed in the track OF
the food. The children at Conemaugh and
here are laid up, but none have died, and there
is no immediate danger. The disease is quite
ordinary. The sanitary corps are making
house to house inspection to-day
Danger of an Epidemic.
Two gangs are working in 1ohnstown, and
there are corps in all the little towns and bor-
oughs in the neighborhood. These corps are
taking list of the sick, notes on the sanitary
structions. They will report to Dr. Croft this
evening. Rev. Mr.. Pershing, of Conemaugh,
told me that the condition of the town is quite
good at present, but the town is so low and so
many swamps have been formed on the bot
toms that there is great danger of disease
breaking out. unless something is done TO drain
the stagnant water.
The people at Woodvale are crowded to-
gether in close quarters. but the houses are on
high ground, and Mr.. Pershing thinks there is
al han
where elsa The town itself is blank. The
valley is as level as floor. Bodies are still
being taken out. Five bodies were recovered
today at Grand View Cemetery; IA additional
ones we're placed in the Fourth ward morgue.
and ne,others in the Presbyterian Church.
> All the unknown dead are put in the Peeler-
vile schoolhouse. The body of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stevison, of Reading. was found and identified
at Nineveh last night. She was lost on the day
express, and was returning from trip through
California.
The Finance Committee,
of which ]. d. Roberts is Chairman, meets
every day. At the meeting this afternoon the
aGTisability of paying the laborers on Saturday
was discussed. The committee thought the
plan was not a good one. Money cannot be
used in the town anyhow, and the men do not
need it They recommend that the men be
paid in another week. The matter was finally
referred to General Manager ]. B. Scott, who
will decide the question at the meeting to-
morrow.
The following is a partial list of contributions
received to-day: New Y ork Mail and Express.
$4,000; New York Herald, S5UO0; Bethlehem,
S. 600; Thomas Cornell, s., 900; Louisville, So OOO
Utica, S3, 600; Allentown, 5000; Judge Perish
ing Pottsville, s, 200 Up to to-day
81, ,796 l6 has been received in actual
cash. The Finance Committee have S57, LIS As
promised in addition to the amount actually
received. Mr.. J. ID. Roberts states that Phila-
delphia has S3OO 900 ready to be disposed of: the
Governor has reported 100000 at his disposal,
and Pittsburg has about $500, 600 Nearly every
town and city in the country will contribute its
quota.
The contributions are offered from Maine to
California and between the two poles in the
American continent. Mr.. Roberts is asking
the cities to send their money by express direct
TO Johnstown. Many business men are tele-
graphing the committee TO draw on them for
various amounts, but in the present unhappy
condition of affairs this cannot be done.
ISRAEL