Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-06
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WORK.
william Flynn's Elan of Cleaning the
Wrecked City.

William Flynn's ilan of Cleaning the
Wrecked City.
JoHEsTOwN, June 5.-Where Johns
towns principal stores stood last Friday,
are now pitched 1000 tents, and before to-
morrow this number will probably be
doubled. Under this shelter are accommo-
dated the members of the militia and the
thousands Of wOrkmen who are trying to
clear the streets Of this wrecked city. Over
5000 men are thus employed in Johns.
town proper, about 1,5OO Of these being
tha regular street hands employed by con-
tractors Booth and Flynn, of Pittsburg.
the Others being volunteers. VIM. Flynn
arrived in the wrecked city this morning.
and at once took charge of the army Of
lsborers. In an interview he told of the
work that has to he done The contractors
estimates show more than anything the
chaotic condition of this city.
1T will take 10000 men 30 days to
clear the ground so that the streets are
passable and the work of rebuilding can
be commenced" said he, land am at a
loss to know how the work is to be done.
This enthusiasm will soon die out and
those volunteers will want to return home
1t would take all summer for my men
alone to do what work is necessary.
Steps must be taken, and at once, to fur
nish gangs of wOrkmen, and tomorrow |
shall send a communication to the Pitts.
burg Chamber of Commerce asking the
different manufacturers of the Ohio valley
TO take turns for a month or so furnishing
reliefs of wOrkmen. l shall ask that each
establishment stop work = week al time
and send all hands in the charge of fore
man and time keeper. We will board and
care for them here. These gangs should
come for a week at time, ss no Orgsniza-
tion can be effected, if workmen arrive and
leave as they please.
Mr.. Flynn's proposition will be taken to
Pittsburg by Mr. Evan jones and Mr.. Geo.
Bryan, of Oliver Bros. These gentlemen
will explain the necessities of the case and
Of the necessary aid. The volunteers are
doing roble work. Nearly every towu in
Western Pennsylvania is represented by
from ten to hundred men, and many
towns in Ohio and New York have fur
nlshtd their quota of laborers These
volunteers are working with a will, but
before the end of the we k they will want
to return home.
Those who came here will be paid 81 a
day and board. All the laborers who
have been toiliug with the wreckage are
quartered tonight, some in barns, others
IN the tents above referred to. 1t WAS "a
scene ~ OF army life at the time supper
WIS ready and the long pine tables were
crowded with men. Stoves were erected
out in the open air, and coal fires heated
the gallons coffee. This beverage was
heated u large wsah boilers and for one
gang of men seven boilers full were
emp,ied in half hour. Coffee, bread and
cheese wss he fare to night, bat more sub
stantial rations will be given out to-mor-
row. As the darkness drew a veil over
the scene the hall became quiet. the only
noise b ing the occasional challenge of a
militia man as he bade some belated indI-
vidual obey the orders of the sheriff and
leave the city of the dead. Johnstown is
under martial law and laborers only are
wanted