The record-union., 1896-06-01
Mourning st. Louis Follows Her Dead
to the Grave.
Searching for Bodies Delayed by
Labor Agitators, and a Dollar an
Hour Demanded for Search Work
Believed That the City Can Aid
Its Own, Without Outside Help
Fire at Alton, Iowa-Fall Racing at
rIOrriS Park.

ST. LOUIS, May 31-Grand and
FIorrisant avenues, the main thorough
fares to Bellefontaine and Calvary
Cemeteries, were crowded to-day with
a continuous stream of carriages 1ol-
lowing the victims of the tornado TO
their last resting places. The appear
ance of the hearses in the sad process
sion alone punctuated points where
one funeral ended and another began
There was a sunless sky and the SOM
Der clouds dripped a misty rain, as II
nature was weeping at her own dread
full work. FiftyLone of the victims
were buried to-day in this city and
thirty-nine in East St. Louis
The work Of searching the ruins has
gone steadily on. Two hundred work
house. prisoners were set to work upon
the ruins of the City Hospital Health
Officer Starkloff is still of the opinion
that a number of bodies are under the
ruins and the work was pushed with
vigor Up to 6 p. m. no bodies were
found Lack of laborers in East St
Louis hampers search work. The labor
agitator is abroad in that city, and his
Infamous work has had its effect, as
in some cases 81 an hour was demand
ed for searching the ruins.
Three patients died in ST Mary S
Hospital in East st. Louis to-day They
were John Kelly, Mrs. Ellen Hennessy
and Adolph Hanschel Most OF the
work there is directed to searching the
ruins Of the Vandalia freight depot and
other buildings about the eastern ap-
proach to the Eads bridge.
All the railroads have placed on sale
tornado rate" tickets at all points
within a radius Of 250 miles of ST.
Louis, and to-day there were $4,000
strangers here viewing the ruins.
Relief work has been systematized-
Rev DR.. W. w. Boyd, Chairman Of the
committee, says 3, 500 deserving appli-
cants received assistance to-day. The
fund for this purpose this morning
footed up S91 ,56S. The mails are be-
ginning to bring subscriptions from the
whole country. While the demand fok
help has been great, it is stil believed
that the citizens Of this city viii be
able to care for all without appealing
for outside help.
The criminal eXaggeration Of damage
to large buildings and hotels by news
paper correspondents is to be iEvesti-
gated. Not one large hotel in this city
suffered even temporary inconvenience
The convention auditorium, which was
represented to be obliterated, was but
slightly damaged. Contractor Mcclure
repaired the building in a few hours,
and tomorrow it will be turned over
to the Business Mems League, ready
for occupation.
The city is rapidly recovering from
the shock of the disaster, and very
l. ln,n Z,
local history.
The only addition to the death list
to-day was Carlo Alfonso, a peddler,
who died at the Alexian Brothers Hos
Iital at 8 p. m. There are three un-
known corpses at the City Morgue. The
steady mist of rain found hundreds Of
families unprotected, save by hastily
constructed Iean-tos against the few re-
naming walls. Some were provided
with tents Three hundred of these
were sent up from jefferson Barracks
to-day The Provident Association,
the Business Mems League and the
Public Relief Committee have provided
for 80 families, each receiving food
sufficient for two weeks and such shell
ter as could be procured. All the trans
fer and express companies have hauled
free the few belongings of the sufferers
who secured rooms.
Attendance at all the churches was
unusually large and the services were
memorial in character. DR.. Schuyler,
Dean Of Christ Church Cathedral, held
e. special afternoon service, at which a
large sum was contributed to swell the
relief fund The two services at Pill
grim Congregational Church yielded
nearly 81 600 Contributions were made
in all the churches and pledges made tC
continue the relief until the need ceased
Arrangements have been made by every
society. church and guild in the city
for benefit entertainments.
A panic was prevented tonight at
Union Station by the prompt work OF
the special detail Of fifty policemen
The 10000 out-of-to visitors who
had viewed the ruins gathered at the
station about O'Clock. The Midway
the Grand Hall on the second floor, the
waiting rooms and every passageway
was packed with humanity. 1t was i'm
possible to open the gates. Assistant
Chief Kelley marshaled a squad of mer
at the Twentieth street entrance anA
began forcing the crowd through the
baggage tramway to the train sheds
1t took half an hour TO relieve the pres
sure. Women tainted, children
screamed and men fought. Three
women were injured and eight children
were separated from their friends
There are probably 900 strangers In
the lower half of the city tonight wan.
dering helpless in the dark ruins.