Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-06-18
AT J"HNST0WN
A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN AT
WORK.
Ready-Made Houses to be Put Together
in Lively Fashion-The Town Yet
In Chaos-Tiiieves TO be
Locked Up.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June IA largely
increased force OF men were at work In
the ruins to day and new men are COM
ing in from every direction. General
Hastings says about $500 men are now at
work. Deafening blasts Of dynamite are
heard at short intervals, and noticeable
impression is being made on the debris
above the stone bridge.
GONE HOME SICK.
A number OF the newspaper cor
respondents, who have been on duty here
since the disaster, have been taken sick,
and have been compelled to go home.
Harry s. Brown, of the Philadelphia
Press, was among those who have been
taken home.
| PORTABLE HOUSES FOR SHELTER.
The Relief Committee have decided to
| erect 100 portable houses to shelter the
survivors as soon as the buildings can be
received from Chicago. The houses will
be IL by 20 feet and will be large enough
to accommodate six persons each. Car
penters will be sent next Sunday to put
the houses together. Each house will be
| furnished with stove and utensils, six
chairs, two beds and bed clothes, two
spring mattresses, one pair pillows, two
pairs Of sheets for each bed, woollen
| blanket, bureau,a table and table ware.
TRYING TO START THE TOWN.
The object is to start the town on
toward q rise from the ruins, but as the
town is yet in chaos, it is impossible to
make permanent arrangements. The
grade OF the town may be raised. If
man cannot lind his own ground now be
can set his house up anywhere and move
tn btQ land wbar fa 81
debris. II the houses give satisfaction
the committee will not stop at buying
600 of them and building up the town.
LOOKUP TO DE BUILT.
Arrangements are now being made for
the erection OF lookup, which Burgess
Howell says will be filled as soon as com
pleted with people who have been filing
their houses with valuables from the
wreckage. Many citizens who have hitb-
erto been considered honest are known to
have entered wrecked houses and carried
on vaiuables by the armfull. As soon as
the Burgess can get his affairs straight
ened out he says he will issue search
warrants, and every house that is sus-
pected OF containing booty will be turned
wrongside out.
SEVENTEEN BODIES FOUND.
Seventeen more boiies were dug from
the wreckage here o-iay. Among them
was the body of Mrs. Annie Rates, of Ra-
cine, Wis. She was passenger on the
day express lost on the fatal day. Be
sides gold watch and chain and several
iings, draft for $Gi and k65 in money
was found on her person. She was buried
promptly, as were all the other bodies
fonnd.
Among those found were the three
children OF Mr.. james Clark. They were
taug.e and entwined about each other,
and were horribly decomposed. All the
others are as yet unidentified.
SMALLER DYNAMITE BLASTS.
mass meeting of citizens was held at
Alma tHall this afternoon, TO protest
against tho further use of the Leavy dy-
Mantle blasts. The blast used heretofore
has been 500 pounds, but tmaller blasts
were advised, and General Hastings has
accepted the wish OF the meeting and only
80 pound blasts have been put oil to day.
Notwithstanding the large quantities Of
provisions and supplies being shipped
here, there are many people who would
like to buy what they want, and are
urging that the temporary business places
be constructed at once.
THE SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS.
The State Board of Health made n
complete tour OF the several boroughs to-
day. They have not yet made q report,
but 1t is limited In official circles that
their sanitary arrangements will be Sc
verely criticised and condemned, and
many recommendations will be made.
uNwoRTHY OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
Three members Of the 14th Regiment
were arrested at Cambria City Tonight,
charged with insulting women. They
were locked up. The citizens of the place |
are burning with Indignation, and many
threats OF lynching are made tonight
OVER 10000 PEOPLE FED.
The report OF Commissary General |
Spangler TO General Hastings to-day |
shows that 20, 515 people were fed by the |
Commissary Department 10 day.
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