Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-21
THE STRIKE STILL On.
Affairs at Johnstown Not I'm q Good
Condition.

pIsAffEcrED woRKNEN DRIVEN OUT OF CAMP
LARGE AMOUNT OF soNEY DIsBURsED TO-
DAY Br THE CAMBRIA IRON woRKs-THE SAN
rrARr CONDITION SAID TO BIZ FIRsr-cLAss.
JoHSsrowN. Pa. June 2l.-The weather here
is remarkably fair and pleasant to-day. and
work on the wreckage has been generally re-
sumed. About 1900 men are at work Of the
Mcknight-Flynn crowd. and about 500 who
have been discharged are walking about the
place seeking work from some OF the contract
ors. The authorities have refused 10 furnish
transportation to the strikers VINO desire leav-
ing here and consequently but few will leave.
THE SANITARY CONDITION FTRsr-cLAss.
DIR. Lee. OF the state board Of health. said
this morning that the sanitary condition of the
various camps was frst-class in every particu-
lar. All semblance to contagious disease is
dying out. and there but few cases of sick
ness OF any KIND IN the immediate vicinity.
Nearly every person here. however. is more or
less afflicted with hyyes. Some of those so
afflicted express fear that they are the marked
victims of scurvy. Or. Lee says that the
prevalence of hyycs is due 20 the diet of salt
meat, which from necessity has been the prin-
clpal article OF food
Several physicians were interviewed on the
subject and agree that there is a possibility OF
scuryy making disappearance. The state board
gual d against it.
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
John Kern, OF Bellefonte. Pa. was assaulted
and robbed last night in Cambria City. he
was found this morning lying in the street. un-
conscious. and was taken TO the hospital. The
particulars of the assault have not been learned
The physicians say that his injuries are very
serious.
Nearly 100000 in wages were paid oat this
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company. The ayment was for wages for the
two weeks previous 10 the flood. At that time
the company had 600 names on the payroll
To-day 5000 answered TO their names. II Is
known almost TO a certainty that 900 employees
lost their lives in the food
The employees Of the Gautier steel company
were also paid to-day and about asa .000-wages
due for the first two weeks in May-was distrib-
uted among the employees. This company en-
ployed l.200 men. Seven hundred answered TO
their names to-day. About l5O of the employees
are among those lost in the flood.
Maria BurfOra Max Burford and Henry Priteh-
ard were the Only bodies identified among the
thirteen remains removed from the debris TO
the morgue to noon TODAY.
THE STRIKE Is STILL on,
and very little work is doing to-day. About
fifty men are at work on the gorge OF the drift
at the stone bridge and about $50 are clearing
out the wreckage from the streets in Kernville.
The strikers are not yet satisfied with the prom
ises of the contractors, and refuse 10 go 20 work
until an agreement Is signed guaranteeing bet
ter food and free transportation home when
ever they choose TO go.
large number of strikers who refused to
60 TO work were driven out of Contractors
Flynn and Meningitis camps at daybreak this
morning before their breakfast was served.
The strikers Who handed in their time last
evening were promptly paid in full This. to-
gether with the money paid out by the Cam
! plenty of money in circulation among the men.
All the idlers are patronizing the Illicit saloons
! in the neiGhborhood and the militia are held ia
readiness TO respond at a moments notice 70
| suppress any outbreak that may possibly occur
! 1t is now a matter of much doubt if the con-
tractors viii be able to iil the strikers places
with new men. as very few are arriving that
can be engaged at the contractors terms.