The evening world., 1889-06-13
Thousands Of Sturdy LabOrerS Pouring
Into JOhnStOVn To-Day.
Adit.- Gen. Hastings Military Gov
eminent Seems to Mean Business.
A Directory of the Living and Dead In
the Desolated Valley Nearly
Completed.
ESPECIAL TO EVENING woALD.l

Jamestown, Pa, June 19.-With God
speed from the people of this borough, for
mally delivered at a big mass-meeting, Adjt.-
Gen. Hastings is in full command here, and
we are living under the absolutism Of mill
tary government.
The mon who had been ut work under the
provisional government were all paid of last
night, and as fast as they received their dues
they gathered themselves together and left
for their homes IN ~neIghboring towns and
cities, hut to-day YOUNGSTOWN is the Mecca of
new pilgrimage. and all day the incoming
trains have brought heavy loads of men in
bIouses and overalls. carrying little bundles
of necessary changes Of clothing and ready to
take up tue work of clearing up the debris,
which has been temporary suspended since
Tuesday.
Twenty-Five hundred men will be at work
before sunset under the supervision of Con
tractor James Mcknight: Of P%rttsburg,
The men are furnished by .Coneractors
Booth & Finn and Mcknight. of P%ittsburg;
Coburn d Stewart, of Altoona, and Mclean
d Co., of Easton.
Gov. Beaver has been criticised for the
hardness of his action, and Gen. Hastings for
his announcement of the reduction of the
pay Of the men employed in clearing away
the debris.
As a result of the exodus Of the old work.
men only ten bodies were recovered yester-
day.
But Col. Rodgers. of the Bureau of Infor-
nation. now declares that he does not believe
there are many more bodies uurecovered
here, though there may be many in the other
and smaller villages in the valley. Not
many bodies have been found in the sand,
and " is leads to the belief that the strug-
Cling pcpu'ace all found their way to the
roofs and upper windows OF their houses.
and. if drowned, found their last resting
place on or III the debris.
G.. B. Clark. of Altoona, has turned over the
proof-sheets of his recently compiled Johns
town directory. and with Its aid the can vasS-
ing corps will be enabled soon to determine
very closely how great was the loss of life and
make a nearly complete list Of the dead.
This will aid much in the reduction of liti-
cations, though by the laws of the State death
is assumed after an absence OF I'VE years
under circumstances indicating death.
b. f. Kellar's family has made a thorough
canvass on its account, and it has been
definitely sscertained that of ffty-eight rela-
tiyes near and distant fifty were drowned.
Gov. Beaver has received q despatch from
Mayor Filter. of Philadelphia, saying that
seventy men of that city had signed for the
indemnity bonds, and the scheme of borrow
ing the money in this way seems to, be an
assured success. It has not been decided
Just how to use the money. but Gov. Beaver
will be assisted In the distribution by E. H.
Filter. Thomas Doian. John Y. Huber.
Robert @. Ogden and Francis B.. Reeves, of
Philadelphia; James b. Scott, Reuben Miller
and S. s. Marvin, of Pittsbnrg; John Full
ton, of Johnstown. and H. H. Cummin, of
Williamsport.
The 4, 200 men who have been at work here
received an aggregate of 800, 900 yesterday
and would not listen to the new proposition
of Gen. Hastings to ration and quarter them
in addition to the 81: 80 a day wages.
James H. Reed. a lawyer and q member of
the South Fork Fishing Club. says it is nom
sense to talk of holding the Club responsible.
The Club could be only held responsible to
the extent of $35, 900 were it liable for the
food. But three competent engineers had
examined and reported the dam safe Just
prior to the food. II held the water till it
overlooked and washed out the walls, and the
overflow was due to an unprecedented fall of
rain-the act of God, and not of the Club.