Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-06
10000 PEoPLE WE'RE FED.
Laborers are In Great Demand-Some TO
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Laborers are In Great Demand-Some To.
gus "Relievers
JOHNsTOwN, June 5.-At the Johns
town station on the east side of the river,
every thing was quiet, yet considerable
wcrs is being done This is the chief COM
misssry station, and this morning by .
o'clock 10, 900 people were fed and about
600 families were furnished with provis-
ions. Five car loads OF clothing were dis
trihuted, and nov almost everyone is pro-
vided with clothing. At the different reg
i-irliion places, Is 600 residents of the de-
v4sleted district mad registered AS alive
aud we'll The total population of the dis
trIct was about 10000 or 50. 600 There
were hu-dreds OF people waiting around
the offices q have their names placed or
the Inst of saved. Ii il thought that BY
tomorrow night at least - per cent. of the
survivors will De registered.
Roger O'Msra, the superintendent Of PO-
lice of Plftsburg, who has been here for
two days looking for crooks and pickpock-
ets, said that ne reports about rob 1eries
and thieving were greatly exaggerated.
Said he. There are no professional
thieves IN JohnstoWn, and this is not the
place where they would be liable to work.
They may come up in the crowded trains
and rob the passengers, yet they would
Just be az likely TO help with the work
mere as not. No professional thief would
work the dead here, "a there is little or
nothing for them TO gain, and there are so
many police that il would be almost i'm
possible for them to evade detection. All
the thieving that has been done has
been done by a lot Of tramps and
huns. One thing I notice here is
that there are too many relief committees
and no; enough workers. In fact, there
are more rehevers than there are sufferers.
ana slmost every man yOu meet bias vel
low ribbon on. lot OF Fifth avenue
dudes came down here They think more
of filing their stOmachs than they do OF
relieving the poor OF course l do not
refer 70 the real committeeman, but to the
sham committeeman. What is needed
here is men with picks and shovels, and
they are badly needed
Booth S Finn have began the campaign
energetically. This morning l., 100 men
arrived here in charge OF Phillip Finn.
william Finn arrived later aud took
charge eff th4 work, and by eleven o'clock
they mad succeeded in doing more work
at clearing away the debris than has been
done heretofore. Mr.. Finn has offered
the men special inducements, but will
make them work.
S-vpnty-fve CarDenters and twenty car
loads Of provisions came up with the labor
ing men. This morning another delega-
tiou OF workmen came up from Braddocks.
Each man had pick, shovel, saw or some
I q, her tool on mis- shoulder and were pre-
pared TO % TO work Immediately.
Adiutaut q sueral Hastings has requested
the Associated Press TO state that this IS
/ the kind of meu that are wanted here and
I too many cannot be sent. Thirty doctors
arrived from Philadelphia this morning in
/ charge of DR.. F0rlex. The doctors were
+ thanked for their willingness to help, hut
/ their services were declined from the fact
tbat there are no sick to take care Of In
the Prospect hospital on the hill top there
/ ia not one patient, and the only use they
have for doctors here Is to utilize them as
/ laborers.
/ ". II. Devore has been given charge OF
the impromptu embalming establishment
in the Pennsylvania railroad station by
Beu uiamin Lee, the Secretary Of the State
Board of Health. In his notice to the gen
tlemsn he has given him authority to dis
charge all men who use pTofane language
about the place.