Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-06

OJO0eT we nave UlTtu III bOc JthluS
in Blair, Cambria, Indiana and Edens-
burg counties we could possibly get,
and will transport all the passengers
in this manner from Edensburg TO Johns
town. The entire force from the Altoona
shops, 5000 in number, have been ordered to
the scene of the washout and will work until
the entire division is repaired. The entire
portion of the road which suffered from the
flood will be in good running shape in few
weeks Mt the latest.n
Clara Barton, of Washington, the origi-
nator of the well.k1owu Red Cross corps, ar
rived here this morning and will at once as
sumo charge of oil the female relief corps.
Hundreds Of the employees of the Cambria
| works employees are at work to-day clearing
| away the debris, and there is much COM
| plant over the conduct of the iron company
| officials in taking their men off the gen.
| eral work to their own premises
| The officers of the company justify their ac-
| ton on the ground that the sooner they get
| their works in operation the better it will be
| for the community.
CLEARING UP.
| Where Johnstown's principal stores stood,
| last Friday, are now pitched 200 tents, and
before tomorrow night this number will
| probably be doubled Under this shelter are
| Accommodated the members of the militia and
| thousands of workmen who are trying to
| clear the streets Of this wrecked city. Over
| five thousand men are thus employed in
| Johnstown proper, about fifteen hundred of
| these being regular street hands, hired by
| contractors, the others being volunteers.
| William Flynn, of Pittsburg contractor,
| arrived in the wrecked city sthis morning,
| and at once took charge of the army of labor
ers. In an interview he told of the work
| that has to be done. The contractors estl-
| mates show more than anything the chaotic
| condition of this city.
| "Itwill take 10000 men thirty days to
| clear the ground so the streets Will be passa-
| able, and the work of rebuilding can be COM
| menced," said he, land l am at loss to
know how the work is TO be done. This en-
thusiasm will soon die out, and the volun-
| teers will want to return home. 1t would
take all summer for my men alone to do
| what work is necessary. Steps must be
taken at once to furnish gangs of workmen,
| and to morrow shall send communication
| to the Pittsburg chamber of commerce ask
| ing the different manufacturers of the Ohio
| valley to take turns for month or so in
furnishing rehefs of workmen. These gangs
should come for a week at u time, as no or
ganization can be effected If the workmen
arrive and leave when they please"
VOLUNTEERS
are doing noble work Nearly every town
| in western Pennsylvania is represented by
from 10 to 100 men, and many towns in Ohio
and New York also furnish quota of labor.
ers. These volunteers are working with a
WILL but before the end of the week they
will want to return home.
Men who come here will be paid 80 a day
and board. All laborers who have beer
toling with the wreckage are quartered to.
night, some in barns and others in the tents
above referred to.
LIKE ARMY TIMES.
| II was scene as of army life at the time
that supper was ready, and the long pine ia
bles were crowded with men. Coffee, breaC
and cheese was the fare tonight, but more
substantial rations will be given out to-mor
row. AS darkness drew veil over the
scene the valley became quiet, the only noise
being the occasional challenge OF militia
man as he bade some belated individual obey
the orders of the sheriff and leave the city ot
| the dead.
Johnstown Is under
MARTIAL LAW,
and laborers only are wanted.
| The relief work has been so systematizet
| that there is no danger of any confusion. A
| the several distributing depots hundreds as
sembed this morning, at noon and at night
and forming in line were all supplied will
provisions. Many women with fam
lilies are given bread butter, chee Sc
sugar, and unmarried applicants are sup
| piled with sliced bread and butter, or sand
| wlches. The action of the authorities, yes
terday, in consolidating all authority anC
vesting il in j. b. Scott, of Pittsburg, al
Dictator Scott has taken hold of the stu
| pendous task imposed upon him, with energy
and already has mapped out his work ant
assigned the direction of various portions o
| view, said lie proposed to clear the town o
all wreckage and debris of all descriptions
and turn the townsite over to the citizens
when he has completed his work, clean ant
| free from Instructions Of all kinds.
In conversation, to-day, Superintendent
Duncan, of the Johnstown Street railway
and a leading citizen of the place, declared
that immediate measures will be taken il
the direction of rebuilding.
This will be a gigantic and costly work,
| Dllt Duncan eXDectS to cltV SDrini
from the ruins of Johnstown. The work o
reconstructing the road bed and relaying tn
tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad is beini
| pushed forward vigorously, and alread
trains are running down to the passenge
station. while construction trains are able u
! go considerably further
Although the loss of the Cambria Cit
Iron company will foot up into the millions
the destruction of their plant Is not as ba'
as apprehended and reported ut first, ant
officers of the company now say they eXpec
to resume operations within thirty days.
THE RELIEF TRAINS.
The sight of the long relief trains rolling
, into Johnstown over both railroads fro1
every section of the country almost ever.
| hour of the twenty-four, tends to make tn
| observer conclude that charity, whethe
| christian or not. is not so rare under tn
: | sun as the cynic philosopher would have u
| believe.
, The registration of survivors goes on, bu
l not so rapidly as yesterday. The total reg
; | out of a total estimated population in the tol
rent-swept district of from $4,000 to 1000
, | last Friday. Allowance must be made, o
> course, for the large number of survivor
l who sought refuge with friends in othe
: places, as we'll as many who have failed
4 either from ignorance or remission, to reggie
ter. But the falling off to-day leads the au
. thorities to apprehend that the worst fear
4 may vet be realized and that the death rol
r will mount sadly up IN the five figures.
THOUSAND FUNERALS.
I The gray mists had scarcely risen from th
/ hills this morning until Il thousand funeral
were covering their greensde. There wer
no hearses, few mourners and as little 81
lemnity as formaity. Instead of six pa
; bearers to one coffin there were six coffins
one team. No minister of God was there I
| pronounce the last blessing as the clods IA
tied down, except few faithful priests wh
had followed some mangled representative
of their faith 10 the grave. All day Ion
: corpses We're being hurried below GROUND
The unidentified bodies were grouped on
/, | high hill west of the doomed city, where on
j epitaph must do for all, and that is the wor
"UNKNowS.n
, There are thousands of these graves a
: ready, and each day will increase the pre-
. portion. The lity of identihcatio
dimnishes every hour, Fires are ragln