Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. | THE WORK AT JOHHSTOWN, Over Three Thousand Dead
 Bodies Recovered. MORE TROOPS CALLED FOR. A Large Part Of Seattle, W. : T, Wiped Out By Fire. FLOODS IN OTHER SECTIONS. Canadian Fishing Vessels
 Will Resist Seizure.
FLOODS IN OTHER SECTIONS.

Will Resist Seizure. EIGHT THOUSAND MEN AT WORK. Clearing Away the Debr1s-A Gang of Men Strike For Food-A Boy Taken From the Ruins Alive-There Will be No Tnquest-Not So Much Disease as Reported.
 JoHNsTowN, Penn, June 6.-Eight thou sand men are now at work clearing away the debris on the island. Gangs came in this morning from Hollidsysburg, Sand Patch and half 8 dozen other places and reported
 for duty. They were put to work at once,
 most of them without any breakfast. The feeding of the workers is one of the greatest difficulties of the present moment. Supplies are plentiful enough, but there is no way of cooking and serving them to such an army of people. A gang of several hundred men
 struck this morning and refused to go to
 work until they were given something to eat.
 They had been fasting for twenty four hours.
 They were given bread and cheese and pro-
 missed more substantial aid as soon as the
 stoves and cooking utensils now on the cars
 can be unloaded. Superintendent Flynn es-
 inmates that it will take 10, 900 men 60 days to clear away the wreck. It will thus re-
 quire $1, 800 ,0O0 to pay the workmen. This
 does not include other expenses. Five
 millions will not be enough to put
 Johnstown in shape for rebuilding.
 Early this morning four hoisting engines
 were started at the east end of stone bridge
 and the work of clearing away the debris at
 that place was begun. Several hundred men
 are at work on it and the channel is gradual-
 ly being cleared. The progress is very slow,
 however. It was reported this morning that late yesterday afternoon 8 boy was taken from the ruins alive, and after considerable trouble he was resuscitated and given in charge of his father. It has been learned that his name is Eddie Schoef1er. Superin- tendent Bradniger of the Grand View ceme- tery says his men need two hundred pairs of rubber gloves. The bodies for interment are so badley decomposed that it is becom- ing exceedingly dangerous to handle them without rubber gloves.
 The officers of the Gaudier Steel company have decided to commence the work of re-
 building the plant at once. This morning at 9 o'clock several hundred of the old en- ployes reported for duty on the site of the mill. Commercial Agent Smith put them to work at once clearing away the sand prepara- tory to relaying the foundation. All the old men that can be found will be employed, and several hundred new ones brought in as soon as possible.
 ThERE WILL BE NO 1NQUESI. There will be no inquest held on the bodies of the thousands of residents of the Cone maugh Valley who lost their lives in the worlds unprecedented catastrophe. The law of the State does not require such an in- quest, and the responsibility of the disaster which held the water of the Conemaugh lake will never be legally determined unless sur- vivors should take independent action. All r6nOrta inOn6at been commenced are untrue.
 One feature of the disaster is noticeable at all the morgues, particularly the fourth ward school house. At any time may be seen fearful mothers enquiring for young children and infants. Some say they do not want to see them for their remains are msngled, and turn slowly away when told there are no children inside. It appears a little strange that, although the number of lost children must have been very large, the number found has bsen proportionately small.
 FALSE REPORTS ABOUT DISEASE. PHILADELrHIA, June GA special to the Medical Times of this city, from staff cor respondent at Johnstown, Penn. to-day says: Notwithstanding the fact that many of the reporters of the daily papers have sent mes- sages from here indicating that diseases, the result of exposure are exceedingly common,
 
 very few cases of any kind exist, and in over | ninety per cent. of these the individuals are suffering from injuries incurred during and after the flood. The cases of pneumonia are 1 very few, and the report that measles is to large extent epidemic, is entirely false. Tco much care cannot be exercised in the selec- l tion and dispensing of much of the second I hand clothing which is sent in the relief trains by charitable persons.
 | From some of the clothing which we saw distributed we feel sure that lack of such care l may readily result in the production of large amount of contagious disease. THE RELIEF COMMITTEE. JoHNsTowN, June 6.-The relief commit | tee is to be made national in a scope. Acc \ tion to that effect wes taken at the meeting | of the finance committee of the local relief | organization this afternoon. The plan was proposed by parties high in authority and | has been given in the official report of the ! finance committee by the following clauses of \ this afternoons resolutions:
 The survivors of the flood are now and | must be for some time wholly dependent on issues to them of food and clothing, as there
 are no goods here, except those brought by the relief committee, and no places Tn which commerce can be carried on. The agencies for taking such distributions should receive grave consideration. It is the unanimous
 sense of this committee that another commit
 tee should be appointed for this purpose, | composed in part of citizens Of | this locality and of members appointed by the governors of the States or by the cham- | bers of commerce in the cities from which ! contributions have been received or in such l way as will give the agency national charac- | ter and assure the country that it's most gem
 erous charity will be judiciously and fully l applied te the relief of the victims of our un- | precedented calamity"
 The committee also discussed the advisas l bility O. paying of the men now working in the ruins on Saturday night as promised. It ! was decided that as money is of no use to 1 the meI while here and might induce them
 to leave the city it would be better to defer payment for a while. The matter was re- | ferred to Chairman John B. Scott.
 THE LIBERAL RELIEF.
 ! Up to to-day the committee has received in actual cash contributions S25, 796 16, with | $57. .115 45 promised in addition. The 1 greater part of this is represented by tele- ! grams from a distance instructing the com. | mittee to draw This is an impossibility, as there are no banking facilities here. The | committee hopes that contributors will for ward their money by express To-day J. D. l Roberts stated that Philadelphia has pro-
 missed $500 900, which is now at the disposal l of the committee Governor Beaver has re- ported s1OO, 900 at hand, but has not made any move 10 send it so far as known.
 Pittsburg has $3UU, U,UUO ID reserve. Cap- tain A. J. Logan, at Morrellville, unloaded
 thirty cars of relief goods o,day. He ad-
 vises that all goods be consigned to him but to send no committees, as it only creates
 confusion. Drafts for relief funds should be
 addressed to James B. Scott. A carload of
 supplies was unloaded on the track in Johns
 town to day by relief committee. There
 was rush for the goods. The strong over
 powered the weak and got the best. fight
 resulted. At South Fork supply trains for
 Johnstown are stalled. The people
 have, it is said, broken some of
 them and are helping themselves to
 what they want, notwithstanding they are
 not suffering. At Conemaugh, Mineral Point and Woodvale provisions and clothing
 are still badly needed. Byron's Kernsville
 woolen mill was burned to-day. At one time ; it looked as if the whole village would be destroyed The mill was hree-story brick
 situated in the midst of the wrecks of sev l eral houses The ruins were on fire severa times, but were extinguished after har6 , fight by the bucket brigade. Mir. Byroni
 handsome residence near by was ruined b. 3 water.
 TowN'S PEOPLE DEBATING.