Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-13
MORE DEAD BODIES.
THE SAVED JUST REALIZING FULLY
WHAT THEY HAVE PASSED THROUGH.
The Eject Of the Military Workmsn
Leaving-The Canvass Of the City-A
Citizens Meeting-Thanks.
nr telegraph TO tho pIspsteh.l

/ ing, and the city presents most dismal APP
pcaIAnce. Everything Is turmoil and cOnfu-
/ SION, and little or no work IL beng done.
! For the first time since the work has COM
| menced men seem tagged out, and are not ~ a
hurry to get to work. However. oil the
men at the morgues and on the relief COM
mttees arc still hard at work. The sulsr-
ers were at the commissary stations A. early
ne usual this morning, and stood around III
the rain for several hours before they were
served. They hsye the same distressed look
! as they have had ever since the floods, and
as the days roll by they do not seem 10 liven
up any. In fact. the people here that are
residen. are Just commencing TO realize fully
the terrible ordeal they have gone through.
. The excitement has kept them up Until! now,
but since the excitement hiss been dying
| ont they are now conscious OF the situation,
and II a number OF suicides DO not follow It
will be something remarkable. For the
/ FIRST time since the calamity the people are
commencing TO talk OF their financial losses,
aud this seems 10 worry them as much as
anything else; and 10 say that vast num-
/ Der OF former merchants are disheariened Is
| putting il mildly. On all sides YOU will hear
/ these merchants exclaim: "Itis no use; We
will never recover from this; we have lost
| everything" Pittsburgh wholesale mer-
/ chants who are here are trying to comfort
/ them, and are Offering ell OF the old mer-
/ chants some very elegant inducements 70
/ start up again. circular has been received
/ By these men from several Pittsburgh mer-
| chants Offering all Of them all the credit they
/ want.
All the laborers employed by Booth Il
/ Flynn and All the volunteer aud other work
/ men were paid of at the clubhouse this
| morning by the Finance Committee. over
/ 1000 men surrounded the place and II was
/ with considerable difficulty that they were
/ paid. A number Of them forgot their num-
/ bers and il caused no end ~ trouble. The
| payroll altogether amounted TO about $780,
| 600.
/ order IL coming out OF chaos The Ulli-
/ tary discipline has shown us effect the first
/ dav OF General Hsstiugs's reign. At the
citizens meeting this afternoon a resolution
/ was passed bidding General Hastings Cod
! ,pecd and ordering The city officials 10 keep
/ their hands OIL General HASTINGS ua> his
/ largo staff IN working order tonight, and
/ aside from some slight friction regarding
| teams for TIE Use Of the commssary depart
mcnt there has not been q jar i'm the days
| proceedings
! 4 grand exodus o. workmcn has been
! gong on all day. As fast as the money va,
! handed out OF the pavmaster's window at
| The Baltimore and Ohio depot the workmcn
! boarded the trans on which their picks and
/ carts were loaded. and left JohnstOwo with
/ out any expressed regrets. The WORK upon
| tbc ruins bss been no a stand-stlil all daY,
| bat tomorrow morning General Tasting,
expects 10 have $500 men at work. They
VIII be under The supervision Of Contractor
James Mcknight. Of Pittsburgh.
The new plan Of canyoSsing the CITY and
svstemaiizing the distribution Of supple. is
meeting with ceneralfayor. Provisions and
supplies continue 10 come in freely. There
q, little change IN the health situation Ten
bodies were recovered by the small force of
men working. 4 meeting WAS held IN Alma
Hall 10y the citizens OF Johustowu t0sday, At
which prominent businessmen we're pres
emf. Colonel j. Z. Linton presided.
Remarks were made by several % those
touching the great work before them and
the necessity Of united snd Individual
action 90 rebuild the town and the cultiyi-
ton Of iortitude 10 bear up under the bur-
dcns and eriefs 50 suddenly thrust upon
them. 4 series OF resolutions were pro-
posed and adopted thanking James b.
scott FOR Ais untiring efforts the people ~
Pittsburgh IN particular, and the citizens OF
the United States generally, for their prompt
aud generous assistance. They pledge united
support 10 the State officials ia every wsy in
TIER power IN the work now undertaken 10
the end that the work msy he expedited.
There were Some sharp oaimad'ersioIs
upon Governor Beaver for the tsrdlne.s 81
action relative 10 the great disaster which has
rendered thousands Of people homeless and
his seeming attempt to beittle the matter in
favor ~ WiliamSport and other Nu,que-
hanna.Valley towns which have been inuu-
dated. These expressions were received with
manifestations OF di,approyal and the matter
was dropped.
The 500 special policemen employed here
by the sheriff we're discharged this morning
aud soldiers put IN their places. This VIII
cause satisfaction to almost every one. o. The
police always had orders that con1icted with
the orders Of General Hastings, and there
was no end Of trouble getting through tiie
lines. General Hastings gave orders 10 the
soldiers to permit sll persons wearing press
badges TO 20 10 any place they wished, aod
consequently the newspaper-men are happy.
The registrars who have been making p
house-to- house canvass will be ready 10
report this evening 10 Colonel Rogers, WHO
has charge Of the Bureau Of Registration.
After this a second canvass will be made 10
verify the first. aud as this will take over
week there will be no correct list Of the
living until that time. This register will be
official and is being made for legal purposes
as well A. general information.
A few bodies only were recovered this
morning. owing TO the chaotic condition Of
affairs pending the transfer Of authority and
to the bad weather Although posters are
conspicuousiy displayed about calling for
men at Sl50 per day 10 continue work on
the ruins there only aDou, l5O mea working,
aud those IN dilatOry and haf-heartCd man.
ner. -Four bodies were taken 10 the First
Ward mOrgue, none Of which were
identified, and but one TO the Fourth
Ward morgue. At the Kernville and the
First Presbyterian Church mOrgues no
thing was done. Three bodies were Oh.
served in the ruin hear where the rink
lies wreck. but there was no effort made TO
get than ont. The labOrers almost unani-
mously refuse 10 handle the bodies when dis
covered, and the men al the mOrgues are
Obliged TO 20 after them. To this there Is
much objection. The undertakers at the
TWO school.house mOrgues are serving gratui-
tously and refuse compensation. They Will
remain until General Hastings makes arrange
ments 70 relieve them. The body-washers
were paid to-day.
The Cambria Iron Company will not pay
Is men before Monday or Tuesday, when
they will open emporary company stores.
The order system will be resumed. Cons
tlOGIdNit uihrdtlHihNtlpi bAi1A1 tAANhN NV
men, who say the goods taken from the
wrecked company's store are not clean.
The Bureau OF Registration reported to-
day that 1868 survivors have registered.
Many registered twice, and some half
dozen times, which caused the list TO run up
10 2l,0O0.
THE oDD-TELLOws' Loss.
PITTSBURGH, June ia committee OF
Odd. Fellows from here who visited the
Johnstown disaster report the loss 10 the
order Of tbirty-three members, thirty-four
wives, and nineteen children 10y tue Hood.
Three hundred members lost their house,
hold goods. and 225 owned houses aud stores
which were lost.
MORE Help FOR The NEEDY.
HARRISBURG, PA, June 12.-Addltional
for the flood sufferers were
received by Governor Beaver to-day from all
portions Of the country. The total amount
received by him TO date Is about S46S,OOO.
Distribution COMMITTEE.
HARRISBURG, PA, June l2.-1be following |
are the names OF the members OF the CON- /
MISSION appointed Dy the Governor to dis |
tribute the funds for the relief OF The sufferers
by The floods IN Pennsylvania: James /