The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-06

Philadelphia Union Printers stnit - Move
ment for the Erection of Monument
in Philadelphia to Labor's Patron saint,
Subscription Already rendered.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. G-The arrange
ments for the funeral Of the late George
W. Childs, which occurs this afternoon
from St. James Protestant Episcopal
church, were completed last night The
pallbearers will be:
MIR d. Pierpont Morgan of New York;
Mr.. John r. Mclean, of Washington; Mr.,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Hon. c. NJ. Depew,
General Horace Porter. Judge Edward
Patterson, Colonel Frederick d. Grant
and Hon. John Bigelow, of New York;
Mr. Enoch Pratt, Reverdy Johnson, Gen
eral Felix Angus and Mr.. Charles +.
Mayer, of Baltimore; Mr.. f. p. Wilbur,
of Bethlehem, Pa; DR.. James MacAlister,
Mr.. Frank Thomson, Judge Henry Green,
Judge Craig Biddle, Mr.. Frederick Fraley,
Mr.. Henry y. Paul, Mr. John Lowber
/ Welsh Mr. Ferdinand j. Dreer, Mr..
| George G. Thomas, Mr. William NJ Sin
| gerly, Mr. i. Clarke Davis, Mr. Richard
/ G. Dale, MIR Clement A. Griscom Mr..
| William V Mexican Mr.. Eugene Delano,
/ Mr. Isaac II. Clothier Mr. Charles f.
Warburton, Mr. Joseph NJ Wilson, Mr..
! Richard NJ. Cadwalader, Mr.. Joseph g.
| Rosengarten, Hon. John Russell Young
and Colonel NJ Richards Muckle, Of
| Philadelphia.
| There will he delegations from the Bos
ton Press club and number of'New York
| publishers and prominent editors who
come over from New York on a special
train this morning. Shortly before noon
a special train also arrived from Washing
ton, bringing "a large number of national
| officials who will return Immediately
| after the funeral The International Ty-
| biographical union will he represented by
! two delegates from New York and two
from Philadelphia.
Many hundreds of letters and tele-
grams of coincidence have been received
by Mrs. Childs. Most of these are from
labor organizations in all sections of the
land notably from printers unions all
speaking in tenderest terms of labor's pa.
tron saint.
St. James church has a seating capacity
of only about 1900 and this will barely
accommodate the relatives and immediate
friends of the family, honorary pail
bearers, Ledger employees and delegations
from the various organizations which de
sire to be represented. Sittings will be re
served in the church in the following
order:
Members of the family and friends
pallbearers; employees Of The Public Led.
ger; officers and faculty of the Drexel In
stitute; women's advisory board of DreXe
Institute; Typothet@ of Philadelphia
members of the New York press New
York publishers George w. Childs divi
sion, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
GERS; Presbyterian Ministerial associa
tion; Typographical Union No. 2; Ger
man Topographic No. l.; Philadelphia
Trades League; Boston Press club; New
York Typographical union; Internationa
Typographical union; Pen and Penci
club, and others.
The floral tributes will be very elabor
ate. There will be u separate piece iron
each department of the Ledger office
President Prescott of the Internationa
Typographical union, wired Presiden
Chance, Of the Philadelphia union, to Sc
cure suitable design, and numerous lu
cal organizations will send tributes.
Typographical Union No ., of this city
u held meeting last evening, and afte
8 adopting suitable memorial the Initial
ing steps were taken toward the erection
Of a monument by union printers il
. Philadelphia. 1t was stated that sub
scriptions for this purpose had alread
been rendered, and a committee will b
appointed later to take charge of tn
. matter.