New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-13
THE SOLDIERS IN CHARGE.
ApJUTANT.GENERAL HASTINGS RELIEVES
ALL THE POLICE.
woRKMEN rAID oFFzNEw MEN EXPECTED


COMPLETING THE REGISTER OF SURVIVORS.
Johnstown Penn, June 12,-order Is coming ont
Of chaos Military discipline has shown It's enect
tho first day of AdJutaHtGeneral Hsstingss rule.
At citizens meeting this afternoon resolution was
pAssed bidding General Hastings God-speed, ana
ordering the city officials TO keep hands on grand
exodus Of wOrkmen has been going on all Day hs
fast at the money was handed out Of the paymasicrs
window at the Baltimore and Ohio station, abe work
nen boarded the trains on which their PICKS ana
carts wero loaded and left Johnstown without any
axpressed regrets. Tomorrow morning General
Hastings expects to have $500 men at work lhey
will be under the supervision OF Contractor James
Mcknight OF Pittsburg, and are furnished by BooIh
4 FIinu and James Mcknight, Pttsburg; Coourn
Stewart, Altoona, and Mclean d Co., from Eastern
pennsylvania The new plan of canvassing the city
and systemlztug the distribution OF supplies Is
mestinC with general favor Ten bodies were
recovered by the small force OF men WORKING
Tho 900 special policemen employed hero oy the
sheriff wero this morning discharged ana the souer'
out in their places This causes considerable Satisfaction
10 almost every ono as the police always had orders
that conaicted with the orders OF General Hastings ana
there was no end of trouble In getting through inc
lines.
Tho Bureau of Registration reported to-day thar
Is B7s survivors had registered. Many registered
twice and some a halfdozen times. This caused the
hours there have been few names registered scarcely
than a score, showing that the work approseh,
Ing completion. The number of bodies recovered u
Log, OF which eoS have been identified.
The Cambria Iron Company Will not pay us mcI
until Monday Tuesday. when they viii have opehso
temporary company stores. Tho order system VIII DC
resumed. Considerable dissatisfaction exists among
the who say goods taken from the wrecked com
pany stores not clean. .,-
Tho Official report OF the Bureau OF Registration
caused considerable comment about tho city. Tnosc
who have been counting the lost away up IN the tens
Of thousands have been set 10 thinking, IonlRH
Colonel ROdger OF the Bureau Of Information ssd
have been estimating the number OF iost az
5000, and recent developments have not caused me 10
alter my opinion. OF course that estimate does NOT
Include the smaller bOroughS. but they would nos
nun the result above my figure. thlpk The greaHeT
number Of bodies have been recovered. There VIII
not DO many found In the sand IS was feared De-
cause tho people had all sought he tops Of their
houses Many Of the bodies found on tho tops Oh
fhs piles Of dnft-
G. D. Clark, Of AltoOns, has consented 20 turn over
the proofs Of HIS directory OF JOhnstown BY means OF
this II Is hop,d % form complete registry llst and
eventually a full list of the dead. This "a 10 be put
upon the State records, there will be endless utga
ton following the JOhnstown disaster. by tho law
Of this state death must either be proved by the
records at the expiration Of five years assumed