The morning call., 1894-05-14
PAISLEY BURIED.
Services Over the Dead
Industrial.
THE TABERNACLE THRONGED
An Address by Laura de Force
Gordon.
THE TABERNACLE THRONGED
SINGING THE DEAD MANS SONG
The Body Borne to the Grave on the
Shoulders of OaklanderS-A
Strange Scene.


the Peoples party in this city received the
following telegram:
RocKLIN, May 12.-W. S. Paisley, aged "a,
a native OF Ireland. came to his death by gun
shot wound, inflicted by one j. b. Fickenslein,
without just cause or provocation.
Such was the brief outline of ;he ver
dict of the COroner's jury, which held an
inuuisition into the cause of the death of
the member of the Oakland Industrial
Army.
The telegram served to intensity the
feeling which had been engendered since
the news of the killing.
There was large crowd at the depot to
receive the remains yesterday morning,
and they were borne to the undertaking
parlors of Leitch and Sanford at Eighth
and Broadway, where all forenoon an
other big crowd had been waiting. The
remains were prepared for burial, and by
the time the hour for the services arrived
there was such an immense throng
present that it was decided TO hold them at
the Tabernacle.
Although the undertakers protfered the
use of hearse without cost, 1t was de-
cided to carry the coffin, ana funeral
bier was arranged with cr0sspeces draped
in American flags, and with huge nag
encirclng the coffin, which was covered
with flowers, eight men performed the
services Of a hearse, and the unique caval-
cada moved up Broadway, preceded by a
muffled snaredrnm In the hands OF Bngler
Arnell, and follwoed by great rush of
men and women.
By the time the procession reached the
pavilion. the former lodging-place OF the
IDdustrials, it was filed TO the doors with
wel-dressed men and women.
The coffin was borne down the aisle and
set down in the center of the hall near
the stage. 1t was covered with flowers,
and floral offerings were all about the
been secured. and the choir from the
Eighth-avenue Methodist Church fur
nished appropriate music.
Services were opened with prayer. after
which came an address from Rev. +.
Merten Smith, assistant pastor at the
First Pres sbyterian Church. The address
was brief and dwelt principally upon the
upright life which the deceased had lived
as a Christian man and brother.
The choir sang Nearer, My God, to
Thee" after which Rev. Philip Graft of
the Lutheran church delivered an address,
which was greeted by frequent ou:bursts
Of applause when any reference was made
to the mission of the army of which de-
ceased was member. The speaker said
he remem bered how on the day the G.. A. Il.
marched up Broadway another army had
marched up the same thoroughfare, and in
the ranks was the tall form of the man
lying there. The speaker said that he
was shocked when the telegraph so soon
after brought the news of his death, and
that he regretted his life blood was shed
on California soil. but it was shed for a
cause that to him was most dear. Ap
planse.l l knew this brother. | know
that he died for the onward march of hu-
manty. LApplause.J In these times Chris
tian men and women think no problem so
dear as the liberty OF the race. and step
by step we are mounting upward; these
may be blood drops, but the lime will
come when every man will love his
brother, and upon earth we shall see ideal
socialism" [Applause.]
Laura de Force Gordon was the next
speaker. She said she had not the honor
of the acquaintance of the dead lying be-
fore her, but she responded to the invita-
ton to speak with q feeling of honor
This man was a champion of human
rights appauseJ and represented an idea
second only to the divine light brought 10
the world by the lowly NaZarene. TAp-
plause. We have cause to think pro-
fOu1dly Of this lesson. The army is
marching forward, and the most hopeful
sign is that it is an army Of peace-ihat it
goes onward without arms. Applause.
| am an Optimst, and, while depl0re this
death. there Is every reason to believe that
all our ills will be peacefully overcome in
the end, ard there will yet be peace on
earth and good will to ALL" [Applause.l
On behalf of the Industrial Army G. S.
Cook paid glowing tribute to the dead
man. He said he knew him and had con-
serted with him at the Broadway barracks,
and knew him to be Christian man and
man of peace.
The strange ceremony was closed by the
singing OF favorite song of the deceased
by lady who had heard him sing it the
night before the army moved away from
the Broadway barracks. The singer was
Mrs. n. Derners. She could scarcely con-
troll her emotions. The song is a quaint
old love ba Had. and tells of the departure
of young man for the wars and the grief
of his sweetheart.
The singer was in tears when she fin
ished the last strains.
This concluded the ceremony at the tab
ernacle. after which 1t was announced that
the coffin would be borne to the cemetery
as it had been brought from the undertak-
ers, on the shoulders Of sta lwart Populists,
as one party tired another taking his
place.
In this way the dead man was borne out
of the hall, up Eleventh street 10 Broad
way. and out Broadway to Mountain View,
nearly three miles away, the body was
borne and was followed to its last home
dozen women.
1t was intended also 20 have extend ed
services at the grave, but the hour was 80
late on arrival that only simple prayer
and few remarks could be made.