Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-03

dense as to almost entirely suspen
, travel. The telegraph offices wer
: thronged with people, trying in vain t
, receive some word from friends or rels
tives in the stricken city. Early in th
morning seven carloads OF provisions lei
the Union Depot for Johnstown on
special train. Many carloads of provis
ions are arriving from points west, nortl
and south, and are being rapidly for
warded to the scene of the disaster.
coFFINs IN DEMAND.
The coffin manufacturers here ar
worked to their fullest capacity, ant
collins are being shipped rapidly tbi
morning. Ten carloads were sent dowr
containing 1900 collins which will bt
distributed at various points along thu
river, where the dead have been col
lected.
| MOVEMENTS FOR RELIEF.
Reports are coming in from a large
number of towns throughout the western
part of the State, eastern Ohio and Yves
| Virginia, OF citizens mass meetings held
and donations in cid of the sufferers are
fast pouring in.
| A dispatch from Steubenville, Ohio
states that Mr.. Scott Salkeld, with his
little son, left that place on Monday foi
South Fork and it is feared that they
persisted in the food.
GIVE HAVE NOT so LEARNED CHRIST"
A benefit by theatrical company, ia
be given in aid of the sufferers, was ad.
vertised to be given in one of the thea
ters, this evening, The fact coming to
the ears of the Law and Order Society,
however, they were given notice
that the performance would moi
be permitted. This action is severely
censured by the community.
ORGANIZING RELIEF.
Throughout Pittsburg and Allegheny
City to-day, the principal halls we're
taken up with meetings of various char
acters, among them being many labor
organizations, and the most liberal feel
ing was displayed. Contributions poured
in fast and plenty, and every effort will
be made to push the relief forward as
quickly as possible to the grief stricken
region. In all the churches, in both
cities, collections were taken up to-day,
and large sums raised.
COMMUNICATION RE.EsTABLIsHED.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.-For the first
time in forty.eight hours communication
was had directly with Altoona this even
ing at the Pennsylvania Railroad Office,
this city. The Superintendent at Altoona
says that the Atlantic express leaving
Pittsburg at 8 A. M. Friday, the Chicago
and New York limited, east hound
which left Pittsburg at 7:10 Friday
morning, and the Seashore express,
which left YOUNGSTOWN early Friday morn
ing, arrived at Altoona Saturday after
noon. All the passengers on these three
trains ara reported to be we'll.
PASSENGERS SAFE AND MISSING
Altoona sends list of passengers on
the day express from Chicago, which
was caught in the flood at
Conemaugh, who are known to
be safe. Among them are William
Henry Smith, General Manager Asso-
ciated Press, Chicago, and Mrs. Ella
CARRIER, Aurora, Ill. The following per-
sons, passengers on the day express, are
said to have been drowned at Cone
maugh: Mrs. j. W. Brada, Chicago,
Miss Margaret Patrick, Pittsburg, and
William Shelter, Newark, N. ]. Another
list of the persons at Altoona is known to
comprise some of those on the two sec.
tons Of the day express which was
caught in the flood at Conemaugh, and
it is also thought to be partly made up
of those who reached Altoona by other
eastbound trains. Among the names
are Mrs. G. HI. LEOPARD and Carrie B..
Archer, Salina, Ia. E. U. Leopard, New
York; Mrs. Brady, Chicago; R. Spangler,
Illinois, VIM. Hawkins, Illinois, a. Fl.
Souder. These are the only names
given in the list Of passengers from Chi
cago or points west of there. The lists
were received by telegraph direct from
Bedford, Pa; Bedford got them from
Cessna, Pa, by telephone; Cessna re-
ceived them over telephone from Mar
tinsburg, the latter place having tele-
graph wire to Altoona. The list does
not comprise all of those on the day ex-
press, as some are known to be still at
Conemaugb, and in view of the devious
route by which the names reached here
their correctness cannot be relied upon.
LATRR-Up to 10 o'clock tonight no
names additional to those previously
sent have een received here. The rail-
road officials state that they have infor-
nation which leads them to believe that
trains flooded at Conemaugh were
uTOWu0l. Liz uTSt IopOIt 6Ohb iaoo hi5 "
placed the number of dead at fifteen.
STATE OF THE ROAD.
The Pennsylvania road is in practically
the same condition as yesterday. An
official stated, tonight, that he did not
believe they would be able to run trains
through from Harrisburg to Johns.
town in less than ten days OIL
two weeks. Many bridges are gone
In many places the roadbed is badly
washed out, and in some localities the
track, where not washed away, is covered
with water to the depth of five or siz
feet. In addition to this, there are in
Vulnerable small landslides and wash
outs along the line. To put the road in
the same condition it was before the
flood will be the work of year. Merely
temporary repairs will, as above stated
take ten days or two weeks.
THE COMMON "GoD's ACRE."
GREENsBURG, Pa, June 2.-The Com
missioners and Poor Directors of Indiana
Cambria and Westmoreland counties viii
meet tomorrow at Nineveh to decide
upon plan for the burial of the dead
1t is likely that plot of ground will bt
selected Just across the river in Cambria
county aud the same will be purchased
by the three counties. One or two lonl
graves will be made, and the unfortunate
dead, as fast as they can be found, vii
be placed there. Immediate action will
be taken, as some of the dead have turned
black and are rapidly decomposing.
| THE ROBBERS OF THE CoRPsEs.