Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-06

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THE TROUBLE sUBsIDEs-FTvE THOUSAND MEN
AT WORK AND DOUBLE THAT NUMBER EXPECTED
TOMORROW.
JoHNsTowN, Pa.-June Ga birdseye view
from the mountain side this morning shows
that the waters in the Conemaugh valley have
subsidized almost to their usual level. With the
: recedlng waters the scene of desolation be-
comes hourly more weird and picturesque.
Like desert swept by some fierce simoon the
valley level is an unbroken plain for miles, only
, at last to find abrupt termination in a noun
tain of debris that found lodgment on some
projecting rock, which, like Ajax, defied the
I, fury OF the elements. The sun shines brightly
Ger Cambria land this morning. and as the
pastoral population hastens down the noun
tain side in early morn, the scene reminds one
of some festal day, rather than an eager gath
, ering at field of horrors
THE WORK OF RECOVERING THE DEAD
goes on with undiminished yigor, and as the
workmen become accustomed to their CHASTITY
hnds and the horrors of the scene become
commonplace they apply themselves more
diligently to their duty and labor with a system
that produces rapid results.
The Altoona delegation has beer one Of the
busiest and most useful on the ground They
took charge of two leading hospitals-the
Cambria hospital and that under DIR. Robinson
IN Johnstown and ran them up to this morning
when they were relieved by the Philadelphia
branch of the Red Cross society, under Clara
Barton. They have also been in charge of the
wreckage above the bridge. b. NJ. Bunker, of
Altoona has had sixty men at work aided by
Dave Kirk, who is doing the dynamitng. Al
toona pays the bill for this work. This party
OF workmen have done so well that big blast
of twenty-five dynamite cartril lyes at 10 o'clock
loosened up the debris and made it possible to
open the mouth of the Old channel. This gang
OF workmen have located the day express
which was swept away at Conemaugh.
THE RUINS OF THE TRAIN
| is about 100 feet from the fourth buttress from
| the western end of the stone bridge. Parts of
! the parlor cars have to-day been found as well
as traces of the passengers. About o'clock
the baggage of Miss Annie Chsm. of Nashville,
Tenn, was found. She was missionary on her
| way to Brazil for the Women's Foreign MIS-
slonary society of the Methodist church.
! Among her effects was Bible, and in it was a
message to be filed at Altoona and addressed
! TO the Methodist book concern, at No. 90 East
| 10th street, New York, announcing that she
was on the train, her watch, some money
and a Greek testament. II is evident that many
lives were lost on this train. more than at first
| supposed. The whole train affair is still
mystery. At least the passengers have not
SO far been found and located.
| The body OF nicely dressed lady was found
! yesterday, which was so much decomposed as
to be unrecognizable. The effects of Miss
| Chism were sent to Altoona.
| THERE WAS A SMAII-SIZFD RIOT
at the labor camp this morning on account of
| there not being food enough for the men or
! utensils to cook it with. Mr.. Finn, who is at
the head OF the labor bureau, made q speech
to the men and stated that it was impossible to
| get things down from the railroad, but that
they would be got down as soon possible He
also stated that they did not want men who ex-
pected to live on the fat of the land and that
this was principally work of charity even
though the men did get paid for their
work. A few minutes after this as
| Mr.. Finn was drinking some black
coffee and eating some hard crackers and
cheese, two workmen came up to him and COM
menced to complain because they did not have
J soup and meat. This enraged MI. Finn, and
after telling them that he thought he was as
used to good eating as they were he ordered
| the guards to take the men out of town and not
| permit them to come back again. This seemed
/ to have the desired effect, and there was no
more trouble. Thia morning twenty time
keepers from Pittsburg arrived, and they are
now hard at work getting the names of the men
employed.
| FIVE THOUSAND MEN AT WORK.
This morning it was stated that 5000 men are
at work, and it is expected by tomorrow at
least 10, 600 men will be employed, but even
! this large force of men will not be able to re-
| move the debris in less than several weeks.
| Last night about five hundred of the laborers
! had no tents to sleep in, but word has been re-
ceived from Washington that tents are on their
| way. and it is expected they will arrive to-
night.
Sheriff McCandless and W. g. Brown of
Pittsburg, are on duty at the labor camp.
Shortly after midnight riot was reported at
Cambria city and word was sent to Adjutant-
General Hastings requesting detachment of
soldiers. He Immediately ordered one of the
companies of the fourteenth regiment to the
place but when they arrived there they found
that there was little or no necessity for their
services. The only trouble at the place was
! between some drunken Italians who were max
ing idle threats that did not amount to any
thing.
| EVERYTHING QUIET.
Adjt.-Gen. Hastings reports everything quiet
last night and this morning, and states that
there is no truth in the report that he was
| going to order out the tenth regiment. Said
he: "There is no necessity for troops only for
| guard duty, and if order out any regiment at
all it will be the eighteenth regiment. We have
no tents and the men have to sleep in the cars" 4"
The soldiers are getting down to work and
guards are posted along the stone bridge, and
it is impossible to get into Johnstown without a
pass. The fourteenth regiment boys are being
well fed, but they are compelled to work and
work hard.
| UNIDEN TIFIED BoDIER.
There are a. present thirty unidentified
bodies at the fourth ward school house. These
bodies have been lying there for the past
three days, and in that time at least
forty thousand people have viewed them, but
no one has identified them and they have