Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-04

feel mon who will not work. All work Will Do
paid for STRANGERS aud iders VINO I sr ass sp
Of the Citizens Committee There u iot on
idle. vagrant negroes In Johnstown VINO VIII not
work. IL is lRcly that the committee wiz escoIt
them ont OF town. They have caused the most
trouble during the past terrible days. IL Is
fact. although a disegrecable ono TO say, tha'
not few Of the Relief Committee VINO came 20
this city come oply out Of curiosity ana pfeiuFely
refused 70 do any work. but would hang around
the cara eating food. The leaders OF toe com
mittee then had % do ell the WORK. Ihey de-
serve much credit
AP1EA ToR ASSISTANCE
An old man fst in chair placed on box a.
the in'erscction Of TWO streets I'm YOUNGSTOWN ana
begged men. "For Gods sake" he saih. can
We not find men7 VIII nos somc o. you men
heip9 Look NJ those who have not slept Tor
three DAYS and ore dropping win iatig1s 49, W.
will pay we'll For Gods sake help US lcsIs
rolled down his checks as he spoke. Ihen ne
would threaten groups Of oilers standing ~ and
again plead with them.
FIRST DISPATCH FROM JoBXsTowN.
A sad and gloomy sky. almost as sad and
gloomy ~ The human faces under u, shroudcd
Johnstown to-day. The rain tell oil day ana
added 70 the missrics Of the wrotchod people.
The great plain where the best part on JOINS
town used % st9nd Is hall covered Win Walot.
Tho sidewalks In the part that e.taps1 .n9
Mood were inches thick with black. sticky inud;
through which irsmped a steady procession OF
hor women who we're left utterly destitute. iho
tents where the people are housed who caono'
get other shelter were cold aad cherries.
The town seemed like a great tomb. Inc PEG
pie Of JohnstOwn have had their cup 30 10
OF horrors ;bst they so ab0u; in sort oil "a
and only half conscious Of their grtefs. tW
hour rs ono COOS through the streets ne ne
neichbors greet each other and then inqu4
without show Of feeling how many each had lost
ga his family.
GRAY-VAIRED OLD MAN.
To-day hoard n gray-hsired man hail an
I ~ Ntarl "a.
lost five all arc gone but Mary and ~ 81 an
worse Of than that faid the nrst old gentle
man, " have only my grandson lett seven OF
us are gone" And 50 They passed on without
| apparent excitement They and every one eiso
had hoard 40 much Of those melancholy CONVEX
ssions that somehow the calamity had lost It's
Significance 10 them.
The melancholy TASK OF searching the ruins
| Tor moro bodies vent on TO day in The soaking
rain. There were little crowds Cf morbid Gu
| rio@ity-hunters around eacT knot OF working
men, tut they were not residents Of JOhust0Wn.
All their curiosity in that direction was eaisted
long ago. Even ,hoso who came in from nogh-
borlng towns with the idea Of days strange ana
ghostiy experience. did not care 70 be near alter
they had seen one body e&humed.
CURIOUS VISITORS.
There we're hundreds and thousands OF iheac
visitors from he country today. Tho effect Of
the dreadful things they saw and heard was 20
drive "A lot Of them 10 drink BY noon the street.
Wers beginning 70 De full Of bOistorOus aud
noisy couutrymcn WHO were trying 10 counter
acf the straiu on their nerves with unnatural
excitement. The police f0rcseepg the unseem-
ing sights that were liCey 20 Disgrace
the streets drove ont ana kept out all
visitors who had not some good rcHsen
for their pres nee after that and far INTO
the evening all tho country roads were filed
with drunken siTagGlers who were trying 10 for
get what they hal seen. Ono thing MAT makes
tho work OF searching for the bodies very slow IS
the strange way that the great masses Of
objects were rolled into intricate masses OF rub
Dish.
OBEITERATED
As tho food came down the valley II TIE South
Fork Il 0bltterated the suburbs II Wood Vale.
whore ret a nOuso was left nor "A trail ~ one
The matter they had contained rolled on down
tho valley over and over, grinding il up TO pulp,
md finally leaving IL against an unusually nrm
foundation on an eddy. The masses contained
human bodies. Inside Of one q them today
saw the remnants OF a carrngo, bodies Of har-
messed horses "a baby cradle and doll. ires3 oi
wOmans hair, rOcking-h0rse. ond piece OF
bcef-steak stlN hanging 10 q hook
Tho city IL non worry much bottor patroled
than 10 has been at any time since The hood or-
Cured Many members Of the police Of PITS
bgrgn came 90 and offered their services ono
II them showed his spirit during the first hour
by striking man whom he saw opening trunk
among The rubbish Tremendous blow over the
head which knocked him senseless
GIVING orr FOOD.
Tho Panhandle Rsilroq4 Company have a
number OF cars lying between Ntrrltvilie anu
JohusioWn, which are flied up Win s'oros AMI
cooking utensils IN charye o. n lot Of railroad
men. who are giving oiblcs 20 hundreds Of
families.
THE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES.
The difficulties to which the Representatives OF
the press have been subject IN their EFFORTS 90
depi:t tho horrors OF the situations hero are O.
most beyond description. For Tho lrst forty
eight hours eight or nine correspondents s'ruF-
gled franticaly for precedence over sinGie
wire in operation, aud when The Associated
I Drag If
Ouiv means of com municaflon from the
desCniO valley there was chaerin ana
disappointment on every side The electric
ruli vac subject % interruptions tLtt were T.,
frequent ~ they were terrif ing aud AZ times 10
seemed a. though The only wire that connected
chaos with the universe was % be severed mo
sufroundinrs oven now are moi such ~
@ encourage cnrefnl literary productions
The improviscd Office OF the A5socin cd
Press u an abandoned ttie-iaciorY tha-
frat became a morguo before the disciples
| OF Fabian. shared The quarters Wltn tho deal
/ As the WIND blows from tho bl1tk"Bei ruins on
/ the river the emauaiious OF burning and De-
I Gazing flash steals the open windows ana aif7
/ 10 the horrors Of experience. he narrow board
! that rest. upon the heads o. upfu-nci tarre- is
atabla a. which arc seated Representatives OF the
| Associated Press, aud taNOT-candies m boilo-
necSs have usurped gas and electric lights. li1r-
r. ". orr Of Pittsburgh. the operator VINO IN thls
! crisis has distinguished himself by a display OF
/ forutude AMI endurance seldom Witnessed, IS
! seated on o low stool aud gfa5ps hrulT the box
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/ ticke away a. tho rate Of forty words minute 10
/ eleven operators that receive simultaneously
/ on tie great Associated Press circuit that rail-
| ates from Johnstown 10 New YORK, pittsburgh,
! Cleveland. Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati. De-
| tr0it Chicago. Milwaukee. ST. faul. ani Mime
| epolis. Alter seventy two hours Cf ain ~ con-
| tinuous service. broken al times by moro man a
| couple Of hours hasty slumber, ". G.. COnnelT,
| Jr the associated Press agent, who chartefo
mo train 10 beat all competitors 10 tho scene OF
| horrors, has been forced this afternoon 10 sue
| cumb.
FRIGHrFUL SANITARY CONDITION.
PITTSBURGH, juno 3.--The Masonic fraternity
! met TINS morning aud received reports from the
I committee eeAt 10 Johns town. 40 chief point
was me terrible saui.ar condition. A commit
/ tee was appointed 20 asE the Juitrd states COW
! erunienf t. take .tlOn at Ouc1. MS committee
| teiegraphei 20 President Harrison, kirg him %
! send out q sanitary commission Immediately,
| AMI warning him that unless prompt action was
| taken 10 rcmoye the dead bodies aud animals
| from the streams In which the Conemaugh
! enptlas the water would be polluted aud carry
! p,ague-germs 70 tho people. This would Affect
/ Inc country from Pittsburgh TO New Orleans
/ Like messages were sent to tho Pennsy lyauia
! senators
RAIN N THE FLOODED DISTRICT.
| PHILADELPHIA, Junea Direct communication
/ with Altoona by telegraph was had over tho
! Pennsyyania railroad wire at o'clock his
/ afternoon. and shortly after wire which
/ reached 70 within a short distance OK Williams
mort was secured. II ia learned that rain Is fall
! ipg all over the flooded districts. not, however,
| heavy enough 20 cause the rivers % rise again,
| but amply Sufficient % add greatly 70 tho DIS
/ comfort OF the already extremely uncomiorta-
bic residents Of the localities affected by the up
/ rising OF the Streams.
! JACASONVILLE'S SYMPATHY.
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