The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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laborers in nrox'ender in a licNastatei! \-al!(\- was no easy task, but it was pcrforiiuti.
On Juiif 1 -'th l!ciiith A; Minn willulrcN',- their Imtcs Ironi the lieM.
which had beL;iin to present an aspect quite dillerent from its appearance te^n
da\s before.
Great an.\iet\- prevailed as to what th.e Canibna Iron Company would do
regarding 'he rebuiUhrj'-; o\ the G.uitier wire niills. \'ice-I'resident MeMillen
said on Mon(.la\' :
•The mill uill be rubuilt immeciiatrlv, I h.i\e sent uut orders th.it .-ill men th.it c.nn muster
report nt the mill to-morrov.' to commence cleaning up I do not think the tjuildin'.; is
insured aqainst tlood. The t;reat thing we want is to get tliat mill in operation again "
Tiiis cheeriuL,'^ news was supplemented In' a brief notice posted on Wednesday,
the meaning of which all interested understood at a glance :
"Report at nine o clock to-morrow morning for work
Saturday was to ha\'e been the pay-da\' of the Cambria Company's employes,
and a clerk had drawn SSo.ooo from the bank on Friday, fearing th.e
high water might render it inconvenient to get the money out of the safe the
ne.xt morning. The workmen knew that the notice tiid not mean that they
should report at the Gautier mill, for that was gone, and they went to the general
oftice, which the walls of the- big store had sa^ed from destruction. L.
L. Smith, the sujierintendent. was on hand earlv with three clerks to make up
the roster of t-iie Gantier forci-s. Thirteen himdred stalwart fellows ha