The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-06-20

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YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 1S.-Genefal Hast
iugs yesterday distributed the work TO be
performed among number Of contractors
who are already prepared with men, teams
and appliances 70 push the work with vigor.
Colonel II. 7. Douglass. chief OF the Balti-
more 4 Ohio railroad engineering corps, has
been placed in charge Of all the engineering
features connected with the task the State
has undertaken,
To facilitate matters the valley has been
divided into districts, Division includes
Cambria City and all points below the rail-
road bridge down TO Morrellsville. Five
hundred men In chargoof Contractor Ridge,
OF Pittsburgh, will work on this division.
The gorge at the viaduct will be known as
Division No. 2, and will DO cleared up by
James Mcknight, Of Pittsburgh Mr..
Mcknight viii use twenty hosting engines,
twenty teams and 40 men 10 begin with.
Nearly ali the city OF Johnstown is included
in Division No. s, and viii be taken care Of
by Cobun & Mitchell. OF Altoona, with F.
Iahand as engineer, Division includes
Conemaugh, and will be taken care Of by
LcLain & johnson, of Pittsburgh. Kern
willie is the fifth district and James
Mcknight has undertaken 20 clear II up.
Each district will be under supervision OF n
civil engineer. Colonel Douglas. in charge
Of the work, says the cost Of clear ng the
valley won't be more than a half n million
dollars. He could not estimate Just how
long IL would take.
The bureau OF registration has completed
lis work and handed tho following report 70
Director Scott Remaining survivors, Ia
G7S. Identified Fourth ward school house,
I6i: Milivale borough, IS; Morrellyt.le, 81;
! Presbyterian church, "a; Prospect, ~; Penn
j n r-V.. lN1Nrs
bia church. Cambria City, i39; Kcrnviilc,
Fifth and sixth wards, ~; Grandview
| chapel. Total Identified. as. Unidentified
Fourth ward school house. 81 Millvale
borough; a.; Morreilville, 2; Presbyterian
church, -. Prospect, IS; Pennsylvania rail
road station, "a; Saint Columbia church,
Cambria City, 43; Kernville, Fifth and
/ sixth wards, s. Grandview chapel. 10
Total unidentified, S25 Nineveh. 10 bodies
recovered, also 20 recovered in Indiana
County, opposite Nineyeh, making the total
number recovered I,l9a Could not get an
account from New Florence on account OF
its being in possession OF the coroner. who
Is at Grecnsburg. The las, census Of Johns
town reported q, COO Inhabitants. The above
report shows that there are yet L, Tn unAc-
counted for.
The 500 special policemen employed by
the county sheriff were discharged ycster
day and the soldiers OF the Fourtceth Regi-
ment put in their places owingto tho con-
nict Of orders heretofore existing between
the sheriff and General Hastings the change
is very gratifying.
JoHNsToWN. June l4--Captain Sears. OF
| the United States army engineer corps.
accompanied General Hastings on general
round Of inspection yesterday morning He
| says that the mass OF wreclSage embedded
/ in the river at the raft, covering several
/ acres, can not be burned and dynamite win
not do the work. The only way II eau be
| done is TO put 1000 men on the mass, pull IL
/ apart, cart II away and bury the bodies rs
soon as they are found II can be done In
no other way Five bodies We're recovered
/ yesterday morning. Two were identified,
Mrs Alice Jones and Mrs. Lay ton. They
l werc found In the ruins atthe Cambria Iron
| Company's works and were in an advanced
state of decomposition and were buried i'm
mediaiely
Al 1880 o'clock yesterday a gang Of
about 100 men were put at work on the
wreckage near the general ONCE OF the
Cambria Iron Company. A large company
OF lahorers from Greensburg refused 20 20
tn work for a per day. claiming that they
had been promised fifty cents per day ex-
ira. On hearing this General Hastings
| ordered a company Of militia TO the camp Of
the strikers, who again refused TO go 20
work. whereupon the soldiers were ordered
to charge upon them, running them out Of
the camp at the point Of the bayonct-
The weather is very warm and the fumes
and odors from decaying flesh is becoming
terrible. Two small stores were opened
| yesterday and were thronged with Gus
toners all day.
/ The citizens Of Cambria burough passed
resolutions last night asking General Hast
ings to furnish them lumber and nails TO
enable them 20 put up temporary houses,
there being only 400 houses 20 shelter 100
people now homeless.
A regular morFue corps Of six men fol.
lowed the workers In each district yester
day. and as fast as bodies were uncovered.
removed them TO the nearest dead house,
where they were quickly prepared for
burial
RocHEsIKR, n. V. June 14.ZThc follow
| ing extracts are from letter from Clara
Barton TO Mrs Jane Marsh Parker. Of this
city: About nurses-for the present the
sickness OF Johnstown exists IL. the news
papers only, do not know but | ought 70
say this more openly than do. The report
ers have more 10 do with the sickness here
than the doctors or other people There are
for the present nurses sufficient House 10
house visitation among the poor. learning
their needs and supplying them properly is
the great want for rclief work at this mo-
ment. We hare some twenty people doing
this. Sickness may come later, but 1t Is
not here ut present II IL does come there
will be use for your nurses, but do not ex-
pect il. The town win be cleaned up and be
al
should come in this good mountainous coun-
try
H,KRIsBuRe. Pa, June 1.-THE 81. 000. 600
bond scheme Of Governor Beaver has fallen
through entirely, owing 70 the constitutional
objections TO il and because another way
has been found to raise the necessary sum
of money TO abate nuisances created by the
flood. The Governorreceived assuranccsin
Philadelphia yesterday that the Peoples
and other banks would advance all the
money needed for the purpose indicated,
without interest The Governor met the
Philadelphia members Of the commission
appointed by him TO distribute the funds for
the relief Of the food sufferers, and a deci-
sion was reached 10 start on a tour Of in
spection on Monday next and ascertain
where help is urgently needed.
JoHSsTowS, Pa, June l5.-Pouring rain
with intervals Of scorching sunshine greatly
retarded the progress Of removal OF wreck
age yesterday. The laborers generally re
fused 10 take n soaking for the sake of tho
dollar aud n half they might have earned
by 50 doing. The delay was trying 10 the
patience Of all parties interested. The only
place that any work was done was at tho
raft, where dynamiting was continued
throughout the entire day and. large part
of the hia- raft toward the unper end has
been dislodged. some Of the shots fired
We're terrific, both in effect and noise. Ono
charge contained i4O pounds Of the explo-
sive.
The smell Of burned and decaying flesh al
most drove the dynamiters from their work.
Tho odor emanating from this pile Of debris
is simply terribly An effort will be made