Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-13
UNDER MILITARY RULE.
How the Work of Clearing Up the Town
Progressed Yesterday.

how the HOrk OF DlehrlnS Up tho AO"h
Progressed Yesterday.
JOHNsTOWN, June 12.-The borough of
JohnstOwn and the surrounding towns are
now under military rule. At 7 o'clock
this morning, Gen. Ha9tings took charge
and soldiers were placed on guard duty at
all the commissary stations and morgues
A light rain has been falling all morning
and the city presents most dismal sp-
pearance. Everything is in turmoil and
confusion and little or no work is being
done. For the first time since the work
has commenced the men seemed tagged out
and are not in q hurry to get to work.
However, all the men at the morgues and
the relief committees are still hard at work.
The sufferers were at the commissarY sta
tions as early as usual this morning and
stood around in the rain for several hours
before they were served. They have the
same distressed look as they have had ever
since the food.
Residents are Just commencing to fully
realize the the terrible ordeal they have
gone through. The excitement has kept
them until now, but since the excitement
has been dying out, they are now conscious
of the situation, and if number of sui,
cides do not follow it will be something re-
markable. For the 6rst time since the
calamity the people are commencing to
talk of their financial Losses, and this
seems to worry them as much as anything
else. and to say a vast number of the
former merchants are disheartened IS but
putting it mildly.
On all sides you hear the merchants ex-
claim: "It is no use." 1--WE will never
recover from this" 1--WE have lost
everything"
The Pittsburg wholesale merchant who
are here trying to comfort them, and are
offering ali the old merchants some very
elegant inducements to start up again. A
CIRCULAR has been received by these men
from several Pittsburg merchants offering
them all the credit they want.
All the laborers employed by Booth %
Finn. and all the volunteers and other
workmen were paid off at the club house
this morning by the Finance Committee.
Oger OOO men surrounded the place and
II WAS with considerable difficulty that
thew were paid. A number of them forgot
their numbers and it caused no end OF
trouble. The pay roll altogether amount
ed to about 100000.
General Hastings says the work OF clear
INC away the debris under the direction oil
the State will commence in earnest TO-
morrow morning. James Mcknight, OF
p;ttsburg. has been selected as one OF the
contractors. and he will have 1000 men at
work tomorrow morning. AN Altoona
contractor and two other contractors from
the eastern part of the State have also
hean selected to do work for the State.
Tbe contractor sent here from Maryland
bv Governor Beaver has been left out IN
tbe cold. He was to have 5000 men at
,.ork Int when he came here he did not
have a hundred men, and wanted 10 90
into a combination with James Mcknight,
brt this the latter refused and the Mary
land gentleman had to home ssdder but
nrobsbly wiser man. General Hastings
in an interview this morning said:
~ have now taken charge of this Work
ord il will be work indeed and not on pa
nsr. The time for red t1pe foolishnees ls
psst and I intend to push this work to a
fnish. no matter who it pleases or dis
nIeases. 1 have been placed in such po-
s;tion that can proceed expedltiously'
and I propose to do it. You can hear lots
Of criticism, but we will not listen to any
thing of that kind. am about tired OF
Al this tomfoolery, and what We want
bars il business men to work on business
nrincipIes. I have detailed soldiers every
Pisce I possibly could and intend to get
aii the work out of them that is possible
The State has to pay for the work, and II
i is in my power intend to see that 1t Is
done as it should be. To-day we
Iii Iii do little or nothing. This
is of course, on account of tne
changing of the rule aud the wet weather.
Rv 10 morrow we will be at work IN earn
- and at least 3, 900 men will be en-
Moved. One thousand workmen leave cave
New York this aftercoon, and at least oOO
uill he sent from Pittsburg. l have gwen
the employment of these men into tne