The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-22
DELUGED JOHNSTOWN.
Slowly Recovering from the Big
FIOOd-The Verdict of the
Inquest.


FlO0d-The Verdict of the
Inquest.
CITIZENS GETTING READY TO RE.
BUILD.
YOUNGSTOWN, June 15.-The strick
en- Mountain City is slowly recover
ing from the great flood. The PEG
pie who survived the awful delugt
seem to be recovering from the
shock and are courageously prosecu
ting the work of restoring theil
homes or such parts Of them as have
been left. The Shiny, smuddy ooze
deposited on the floors of dwellings
not wholly demolished is being re-
moved and many houses are being
restored as rapidly as possible. A
few stores have been cleaned out and
business resumed as best it could be
under the circumstances. The steady
work at the Cambria Iron Co.'S works
where thousands are employed re-
pairing the plant, has inspired great
confidence and the reyiving hum Of
industry has caused hope to replace
despair
Governor Beaver visited the city
on Monday and after tour of the
devastated district he held confer.
encc with James B. Scott, and mem
bers of the Relief Committee. The
outcome of the conference was the
announcement that after Tuesday
the State authorities would assume
entire control of the work and prose
cute the restoration of the city with
vigor. The Governor had evolved a
scheme to defray the expenses and
pledged 100000 from the State
Treasury for immediate use in clear
ing up and restoring Johnstown. He
thought it unnecessary to call an cx-
ira session of the Legislature. He
proposed to draw the money out of
the State Treasury on his own per-
sonal bond endorsed by 200 respon-
sible citizens who will become indi-
vidually responsible until the legisla-
ture shall meet and make an appro-
priation relieving them and redeem
the bond. Adjutant General Hast
ings assumed sole control of the city
yesterday. The military will be re
tanned. The work has been reduced
to military system and will be pros
ecuted under the direction of the
heads of the various departments.
The work of clearing away the de-
bris will be done by contractors, who
will employ their own men. The
work will continue under the present
management until the city is thor
oughly cleaned and restored.
The territory to be cleared of
wreckage has been divided into five
sections. Section No. / which in
cludes all above the bridge to Cone
maugh, is in charge of Patrick Ridge
Of Pittsburg. Section No. all be-
low the bridge, is in charge of James
Mcknight, of Pittsburg. District
No. 3, of Johnstown proper, is in
charge of Coburn d Mitchell, of AL
toona. Section No. 4, the eastern
district is in charge of Mclean &
Co. Section No. 5, is in charge of
James Mcknight. All the contrac-
tors are in charge of Colonel H. T.
Douglass, Chief Engineer of the B.
d O. railroad, who has been chosen
as Supervisor of the work. Each
district is in charge Of an engineer
who is the representative of General
Hastings. The men are divided into
gangs of forty each, with foreman
and two timekeepers. One of the
latter is appointed by the contractors
and the other by the engineer in
charge of the district. The wages
for day labor is $1.50 a day, for skill
ed labor zoe per hour. The men
must all find their own provisions.
The contractors are expected to hire
everybody around Johnstown who
will work at those wages and not go
out Of the State for men unless
strictly necessary. A thorough sys-
tenn of graded authority will be in
effect. The engineers have full power
to discharge or engage men, being
second in authority to Supervisor
Engineer Douglass. The Commits
sary Department will be watched by
census-takers in each section who
will have complete list of the sur
vivors, by the use of which imposi-
tions of pretended survivors will
be prevented. A corps of six
men with stretchers has been Sc
lected for each district They
will carry dead bodies to the morgues
as recovered With each gang is a
citizen of repute, selected for his
honesty, who will accompany each
body to the morgue and take charge
of any valuables found upon the bod :,
les. The deputy sheriffs have all
been discharged, and all police duty
is now done by the soldiers. Elec-
trio light will be used on the drift
above the stone bridge and the work
prosecuted day and night.
An exodus of workmen took place
on Tuesday. AS soon as it was an
nounced that the laborers would be
paid $3.50 per day, thousands de
clared their intention to leave All
the men that had been employed up
to that time were paid off at the rate
of ~ per day and many of them left
the city at once. Others are being
secured and no difficulty is anticipa-
| ted in obtaining force large enough
to push the work without delay. One
thousand Hungarians are now en-
route from New York. A meeting
of the citizens was held on Tuesday
and resolutions pledging their sup
port to the State authorities were
passed.
The sanitary condition of the val
ley is good. There have been but
three cases of diptheria reported.
There are about 300 patients being
treated at the several hospitals.
Most of the cases have consisted of
disturbance of the digestion, pneu-
monia, nervous prostration and colds.
The low temperature, the burning of