The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-06

" Lne plACe' we VIII Hpb ueClhFt InhF-
tial law for the reason that there Is no
necessity for It. The local police and
the citizens, who have been doing yeo-
man service, are about tired out, and l
will assign the regiment 10 guard work
this afternoon and relieve the police"
The General sent the following tele-
gram 10 Governor Beaver this morning;
1.-THE Chief of Police Of Johnstown ip-
forms me that there were no depreda-
tlons last night aud everything Is quiet
this morning, The stories about riots
and lynching are untrue and are sent
out by people who are desirous Of max
ing sensations,
signedl D, II. HASTINGS"
At the Johnstown station on the cast
side OF the river, everything was quiet,
yet considerable work Is being done,
This is the chief commlssary station aud
this morning by O'Clock, $1,000 people
were fed, and about 600 families were
furnished with provisions, Five car
loads OF clothing were distributed and
now almost every one Is provided with
clothing, AT the different registration
places 1900 residents OF the deVasted
district had registered as alive and well,
The total population OF this district was
about 40, ,0O0or $1,000, There were hum
dreds Of people waiting around the
offices 10 have their names placed on the
list Of saved, 1t Is thought that by to-
morrow night at least IS per cent Of the
survivors will be registered, Roger
O,Mara, the Superintendent OF Police Of
Pittsburgh, who has been here for two
days looking for crooks and plckpoCkets,
said that the reports about robheriesapd
thIeying was very greatly exaggerated
NOT MUCH THIEvING.
Said he; "There are no professional
thieves in Johnstown, and this Is not
the place where they would be liable to
work, They may come up In the
crowded trains and rob the passengers
yet, they would Just be as likely to help
with the work hero as not, No pro-
fessional thief would work the dead
here, as there iG little or nothing for
them o'gain, and there are so many
police that II would be almost impossi.
BILE for them TO evade detection, All
tho thieving that has been done, and
has been done by a lot oi tramps and
buns. Ono thing ! notice here, Is that
there are too many relief committees,
and not enough workers. In fact there
are more relievers than there are suffer.
ers, and almost every man you meet has
a yellow ribbon on. A lot Of Fifth ave.
nue dudes came down here, | think
moro 10 I'LL their stomachs than to re.
IiCve the poor. OF course do not refer
70 the real committeeman, but TO the
lham.Committeemen. What Is needed
hero is people with picks and shovels
and they are badly needed. Booth and
Finn have begun the campaign In their
usual energetic and active manner.
This morning l,100 men arrived here In c
charge OF Phillip Finn. Hon. William {
arrived later and took charge OF
.he work, and by II o'clock they had
succeeded In doing more work at clear.
ng away the debris than has been done 8
heretofore. Mr.. Finn has offered the :
men special Inducements, hutwlll mako 9
hem work.
THE KIND WANTED. +
Seventy.ilve carpenters and twenty Z
ar loads Of provisions came up with the :
aborlng men. This morning another |
delegation Of yorkmep came up from {
3raddock. Zach man had Q pick, shovel, {
aw, or some other instrument on his
and were prepared to 90 to l
york Immediately. Adiutant General I
hastings has requested the Chronicle U
telegraph to state that this is tue kind Of |
men that are wanted here, and too many /
annot be sent. Thirty doctors arrived /
rom Philadelphia this morning In charge
4 Dr., Forbes. The doctors were thanked &
or their willingness 70 help, but their 1
erViCes were declined, from The fact that d
ro no sick 10 take care Of. In the Bros. i
'ect hospital, on the hill ton, there Is not d
me patient and the only use they have c
or doctors Is 10 utilize them as lahorers. d
Y. II. Devore has been given charge Of p
he inpromptu embalming establish. i
nentin the Pennsylvania railroad station p
" Benjamin Lee, the Secretary Of the |
tate Board Of Health. In his notice To i
he gentleman, lie has given him author. v
ty to discharge all men who use profane
anguagc about the place. n