Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-07

Or. Gross, who is now In charge Of the
JohDstown bureau Of tho State Board OF
Health ana sanitary inspectors, assured your
correspondent this evening that there Is no
immediate danger OF an epidemic IN Pitts.
burgh. "Thc DANGER said he, ais that
The people will be scared into being sick, but
the work looms up before US like a noun
tain. We need Thousands OF men TO work
on the debris and clear II Of tie carcasses."
AZ meeting OF the General Relief Com.
mittee held od the Johustown ruins this NJ.
iernoon the following resolutions were
adopted
Resolved, That the functions OF this COM
mittec are simply 10 receive contributions OF
money, to be resporsible for IFS safe de-
post, and 10 pay 1t out upon orders or re-
QUESTIONS OF other proper authority; that
the payment Of wages Of labor and other
current expenses in the judgment
OF this committee can only he pro-
perly done IN the manner provided for in
the resolution adopted by this committee az
It's last meeting; that the employ ment aud
payment OF labor 10 remove the inconcetva-
bic amount OF debris in which Is buried
thousands OF human bodies aud corpees OF
animals. and OF restoring the streams 70
their normal channels is OF eIe eat importance
10 Us. and il il also n matter OF national
concern, IS II IL is not thoroughly effected
tainted waters may carry pestlence into
the regions through which they pass.
This will involve an expense OF
which no approximate estimate can be
made, aud will be enormous. The survivors
OF the food are now and must be for some
time wholly dependent on the issue TO them
OF food and clothing, as there are no goods
here except those sent 10 the Relief Com
mltttce and no places in which COM
nerce can be carried on. The method
OF distribution OF money TO the survivors
and the agency for making such distribu-
ton should receive serious consideration.
IL is the sense Of this committee that an
other committee should be appointed for this
purpose, consisting in part OF citizens o.;
This locality and members appointed by
the Governor Of the state or by the
chambers OF commerce OF the cities
from which contributions have been
received, or I'm such other way as
will give Ibis agency national character
and assure the country that Its generous
bounty viii be iudiciously and fully applied
10 the relief OF the victims OF the great CT
Iamitv. The Relief Committee is to be made
national m its scope. Action TO that effect
was taken al meeting OF the Finance Com
mitice OF Tue local relief organization this
evening.
The committee which took this remarka-
bic action was comto.ed Of James McMil'
len, Cyrus Elder, ". &. Lewis, g. w.
Swank, John -. and Dwight Roberts.
TIE committee slso discussed the sdvisa-
binly OF paving of the men now working IN
The ruins on saturday night a. promised. II
was decided hat as TIE money IL OF no use
to the men while here, and might induce
.sffu q . n
defer pay ent for swhile. The matter was
referred to Chairman John b. Scott
ID today The committee has received
in actual cssh contributions so, 79G, with
So. rs promised in addition. The greater
part Of this is represented by kilograms from
i distance, instructiug the committee to
draw on certain banks. This is sn imposSi-
biliiy, a. there are 40 banking facilities here.
The committee hopes that contributors VIII
forward their money by express.
J. d. Roberts stated That Philadelphia had
promised $500, 900, which IS now at the dis.
pOsal OF the committee. Governor Beaver
has reported 100000 on hand, but had not
made any move to send it so far as known.
Pittsburgh has about $500, 900 IN reserve.
The following is q partial list OF cOnirlbu-
lions received to-day: New YORK Mail and
Express, $4,000; New York Herald, =, 200;
Bethlehsm. Pa, $1,000; Thomas Cornell
$1,000; Louisville. $1,000; Utica, $4,000;
Allentown, $1,000; Ju6ge Renhing, Potts.
willie, $1,000.
A tour OF the outlying districts OF Johns
town was made by an Associated Press cor
RESPONDENT. Affairs are Frightening slowly
and moving forward With some system.
supplies have arrived at Mineral Point and
accommodations sre being provided Tor the
comfort Of he survivors.
There is much less sickness st these places
than was expected.
There Is d strong notion to apply the torch
10 the debris IN JOhnstown. I'm many places
the rubbish Is piled twenty or forty feet high.
and not nireQuently these great drifts cover
an area OF nearly al acre. Narrow passages
have been cut through in every direction,
but the lIerculean labor OF removing the
rubbish has yet hardly begun. A motion was
made that after forty-eight hours further
search the debris OF the city be con-
sumed by IRE, engines TO be on hand
10 play upon any valuable building that de-
spite previous precautions might become L.
nited by the general cOnlllgration. This
motion was debated for nearly half IN hour.
Those whose relatives or friends still rest
beneath the wreck demonstrate strongly
against anv such action. They insisted that
an lAlA vi tuAfatfufA Nii0NAAsi| wa
only sensational gossip, and that the
search for bodies should only be
abandoned as a last extremity. The
physicians In attendance warned the com
mttee that further exposure OF the putrid
bodies in the valley could have but one re-
sult-typhus or some other epidemic equally
fatal TO ITS victims. 1t was q question OF
whether The living should be sacrificed to the
deaG-if whether the sway Of sentiment or
the mandate Of SCIENCE should be the ruling
imnulse? Ii was evident this theory was
gaming many adhereBtS, and the result viii
doubtless be that In a few days the torch Will
be applied not only to the Held OF waste IN
John,town. but also TO the debris that chokes
The stream above the Pennsylvania bridge.
DESPAIR AND DEATH.
A lad named Denule Fisher, whose mother
and sisters and brothers bad lost their lives
IN the flood, to-day committed suicide while
in Gt Of dependency by hurting HIM
self from the top OF q building and was
drowned.
REMOVAL OF STEEL w0RKS--RELIEF FUNDS AND
GOODS.
JouNsTowN, Pa, June G.--L. ID. Smith, OF
The Gautier Steo-W orks, WOodvale, has is
sued an order requesting all his employees
10 report al the mill Office to-day. The mill,
when makes street-railrOad speclalties, IS TO
be removed to Moxham, another suburb OF
JOhnstOwn. This will leave only woollen-
mill and the Chemical-wOrks IN WOOdNale.
The removal Of the mill will be serious
blow to its future prosperity. This new
site is located on Stony creek near the MoX-
ham SteelsWOfks. The rubbish at The old
null will be cleared up as quickly as
smith Will put all the men he can
secure at work Immediately. The new Inlii
viii be quilt IN few weeks. Captain A. d.
Logan al MOrfellyille unlOaded thirty cars oil
relief goods to-day. He advises that all
goods be consigned to bin, but TO send no
as it only creates confusion.
Drafts for relief funds should be addressed
James q. scott. A carload Of supplies was
unloaded On The track Ia JOhnstOwn to-day
by the Relief Committee. There was rush
Tor goods. Tue strong oYerpowered the
weak and got the best. A fight occurred.
A carload Of goods from Cleveland came TO
hand to-day. II consisted OF waier.buckets
bread, butter, coffee, DC. To each
bucket was tied Il biz coHee-p0t. Colo.
pei Logan states that money Is now needed.
aud that ladies should be sent 10 this poiut
10 attend 10 the wants OF the women.
Al south Fork the supply trains for
JohnstO~n are stalled. The people have, 1t
Is sand, broken some OF them open and are
helping themselves to what they want, Dots
they are not suffering. At
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