Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-04
ALLEGHENY COUNCILS ACT
They Appoint Committee TO 20 20 Johns
town-A Boat VIII be Sent Up the
River to Collect Dead Bodies.

River to Collect Dead Bodies.
A special joint meeting of Allegheny Select
and Common Councils was held yesterday
morning to take action on the great disaster.
1t was hastily called meeting, but 30 members
responded, and James Hunter presided. Mr..
Snaman offered the following resolutions
which we're adopted;
WHEREAS, The recent terrible calamity at
Johnstown calls for prompt action on the part OF
all who are able to render assistance to the dis
tressed people Of that city and
Whereas, The services Of force OF able-bodied
men would doubtless be of great value to them at
this time, therefore. belt
Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils
Of the city Of Allegheny; that the Street Commis-
sioners and Road Commissioner are hereby dele
gated to procure the services Of force Of 100 OF
ablebodied men and proceed at once to Johnstown
and for the purpose Of assisting as far as in their
power in relieving the'existing distress
Mr.. Snaman also moved for a committee OF
five to tender the services Of these men to the
Chamber of Commerce, and in case they were
not needed that the force be sent by the city.
President Hunter appointed on the commttee
Messrs. Snaman, Wertheimer, Knox, Curry
and Steffen.
Mr.. F. L. Ober rendered the committee the
tent of.the Champion Fishing Club; Charles A.
Muehlbroner rendered that of the Duquesne
Fishing Club and Arthur Hunter that of the
Bachelors Club. The school boards OF the
city were requested to loan their tents used in
the parks on jubilee day, and II destroyed they
would be paid for.
DR.. r. II. Clifford was authorized to. organ
ize a medical corps, to consist of the city
physician, the health officer and his inspectors
with a competent druggist and the proper
drugs and supplies for immediate use. The
session then adjourned.
When the committee rendered this force of
men to the Citizens Relief Committee they
were told that all the men that could be used
at Johnstown were already engaged. and that
idea was then abandoned The COM
mittee, however, secured steamboat
and will send a party up the Allegheny
river this morning for the purpose of clearing
away the masses of decayed matter along the
banks. This precautionary measure was sug-
gested to DR.. Clifford and Health Officer
Bradley by the State Board of Health. 1t is
the intention to make thorough search for
dead bodies both human and animal, all along
the river, among the numerous creeks and
small streams, islands and bridges and in fact
where any gorge or drift may be collected.
The party consists of DR.. Clifford as chief,
Health Officer Bradley. Superintendent of
Water Works Armstrong, City Engineer
Ehlers, James Hunter, Arthur Hunter. Chas.
MuehlbroDer, Frank Curry and about ten of the
members of the Street Department They will
leave the toot.of Federal street at o'clock,
and will 60 to the Kisdminetas at tleast, and re-
has been taken. Cooks will be taken with
them, and they will live on the boat
Dr. Morris Einstein, the East street druggist
who is member of Select Council from the
Twelfth ward, volunteered his services, and
will have complete charge of the drugs. The
party of medical men left last night for Johns
town. They were taken to the B. & o. r. r.
depot in patrol wagon No. 2