Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
THEIR WORK. DONE.
After Two Weeks Labors the Com
mittee Return to Private Life.
TREASURER THOMPsON's THANKS.
The Women Still Working and Caring, for
Refugees in New Quarters.
QUERIES ABOUT THE LITTLE UNKNOWN

The duties of the Citizens Relief Com
mittee at the Chamber of Commerce were
brought practically to a close last evening,
as tar as holding continual sessions at the
Chamber are concerned. Hereafter the
Office of the Executive Committee will be
held in room s, Germania Bank building,
and the place will be in charge of Prot. A.
E. Frost and j. j. Burke. David Robin
son and Treasurer Thompson will superin-
tend the work. The committee think
there will be plenty of work for them to do
for probably months to come, bit
the work is now in such a
shape that they find that their
presence is not now required at the cham
Der all the time. Then again their own bus
iness interests are suffering severely for the
want of proper attention, and. it is relief
to them to get back to work.
The committee yesterday notified Super
intendent Rowe of the Western Union Tele-
graph company to take out the private wire
that has been in use by the company since
the food. In their letter to Mr.. Rowe the
company spoke very highly Of Operator
Brooks, who has worked the key tor them
since the start.
Hardly any business was transacted by
the committee during the day, except that
of thoroughly routine nature.
The committee met at 1 o'clock yesterday
to meet with ex-Dictator james B. Scott,
the latter arrived shortly sitter and was
closeted with the committee for about 10
minutes. He spoke mainly on the work
performed at Johnstown, but did not render
any specific report. He is as yet in
A RATHER FATIGUED CONDITION
and hardly equal to the task at present.
What his views on the work and condition
of things at Johnstown, spoken of at the
meeting, could not be learned.
Chairman McCreery and S. S. Marvin
will this morning 60 up to Johnstown to
look over the place and familiarize them
selves with the work done, and what is still
needed to be done, on the part of the COM
mittee.
Chairman McCreery was decidedly indig-
nant yesterday over the publication OF an
editorial in the sensational Chicago Times,
charging the committee with useless frit-
tering away of the funds intrusted to their
care. Mr.. McCreery denounced the edito-
rial in the strongest terms, and complained
that it was unfair to the committee if they
could say nothing in its favor.
Treasurer Thompson desires to publicly
express his thanks to the following gentle
men, who are all bank clerks, and who have
worked highland day in order to keep the
committees accounts and collections all
straight. The names of the gentlemen are:
j. D. Lyon, Walter Fraser, John D.
Frazer, cashier Monongahela Bank; John
A. Harper, cashier Bank of Pittsburg;
Frank C. Hutchinson, cashier Allegheny
Ma tional Bank; Charles II. Gerwig, Will
lam F. Church, c. F. McCombs, Charles H.
Book. Joseph H. Bollman, Robert L. Nc
Lean, Thomas d. Griggs, Robert C. john
ston, John T. Woods, William Montgom-
cry, Robert T. Rhodes, Samuel McElroy, j.
W. Fleming, NJ. Y. Robertson, Prot. II. E.
Frost, E. NJ. Hukill.
The Treasurer yesterday received the fol-
lowing letter:
CHICAGO, June ID, 1889.
Mr.. W. R. Thompson, Treasurer Pittsburg Relief
Committee, Pittsburg, Pa:
DEAR Strive learn through the papers
that the Governor has assumed charge of the
sanitary work in ,Johnstown and the Cone.
maugh Valley.
If your committee intends to carry on the re.
lief work we will now send you the money sub
scribed by the members of the Chicago Board
of Trade. An early reply will oblige
Yours very truly,
CHARLES L. RAYMOND,
EDWARD S. WAsHBURN,
Committee.
Mr.. Thompson Immediately answered the
letter informing them that the Pittsburg
Relief Committee intend to continue the
work of caring for the sufferers and asking
them to forward the money. Mr.. Thompson
also notified Burgess j. y. Young, of South
Fork, to draw on him for S5,0O0 and 10 in
form him what supplies were needed
The committee have posted sign at the
street door announcing that passes are no
longer necessary to go TO Johnstown.
All of Booth & Films men who have
not as yet received their money will be paid
off at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow
at 1 o'clock. With the conclusion of yes
terday's work, the committee retires from
labor of love for a suffering humanity
For two weeks they have worked
necessarily. Day and night has found
them at their post, never finching, never
complaining, and striving with might and
main to do all that lay in human power to
alleviate the sufferings of people who, in
one short moment had lost their all, rela-
tives, friends, homes, money, work, and
everything that made life worth living, and
the committee has succeeded admirably in
doing whatever could be thought of to make
these people again have some faith in hu-
mankind. As the committee cease from
their work, it is safe to assume that thou
sands upon thousands of "God bless yous"
Will go up from numberless altars this
morning.
WORK OF THE WOMEN.
'tMan's work is done at set of sun, but
woman's work is never done"
Although the committee at the Chamber
of Commerce have ceased their labors, in a
measure, the Women's Relief Committee
are harder at work than ever. Early YES
terday morning they were at their posts in
the Second Presbyterian Church working
away like beavers. Each had some par
ticular work to do, and each did it well.
For some time the lecture room of the
church looked like mommoth bee hive.
Everything was hustle and confusion, yet
no one was confused.
The women were moving their head
quarters from the church to the rooms of
the Pittsburg Female College on Eighth
street. Myriads of cases were being packed
with food and clothing preparatory to
moving them, and the work was by no
means an insignificant one. But the women
labored industriously, and ere the bell in
the City Hall tower tolled 10, they were
already at work in their new quarters, as
ready to receive sufferers as they were be-
fore the idea of moving from the church had
been thought of.
The refugees came in as usual, and were
regularly cared for, as though nothing had
happened, and at noon dinner was served
to a number of the sufferers without the
slightest hitch occurring anywhere
The new quarters are far more pleasant
than the old, and the ladies are unanimous
in sounding the praises of DR.. Norcross for
the kindness extended them in throwing
open the college rooms for the benefit of the
refugees.
Among the refugees cared for yesterday