The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
ABSCIIIEDSFE1ER
DER kLONDIRE EXPEDITION

1t was a klondike festival that was held in
the hall. The east side goldseekcrs then and
Guided a visit to q staten Island brewery;
"Wednesday, the goldseekers were Cit, to spend
But ihS a thy ' Clerk .aFs of r.! Rsee', Weather Efn ba araas;
turned on a little kiondike atmpo9sphsre
Gold Griber Cnterstuetzung Verein shivered.
They v ted unanimously to abandon the trip
Schramm, the organizer Of the klondike Gold
Digging Mutual Benefit Club. and The man after
seekers that they Would have plenty Of limo to
go, out In cold weather after they got to the
gold fields. The members Of the III kIonaike cI If
I've can get plenty OF cold vedder in der Klon-
Each member Of the party, had spont several
weeks in saying good. by to relatives and friends.
0q Th s5e sro oss 70 Se say s &c gather al ssf KIe| Ss:' safoSn
in East Sixth street at noon, BY 3 o'clock the
Risin f hired was a S sw"F"t whtla Ph 'Sa S SaSS bisgsd
German farewell songs the east side Klondik-
crs sang, drank beer. and cried;
horses. arrived. The wagons were decorated
with colored bunting. flags. and evergreens.
to accommodate twenty-five men. Strips of
muslin attached to the sides OF the wagons con-
'a Wen pf Peteq s stfrs nMa gave mossq The i order derm 10 get
ready, the gold seekers and the musicians
climbed into the brewery wagons. The lively
drowned by the waiting and weeping of the
women and children who gathered about the
wagons. Many OF the women climbed up on tho
well.
cred in East Sixth street and in Avenue A. near
by. One, of the gold seekers. q big sto t man.
climbed down from his seat. and. embracing his
HDon't cry, mamma! Dots not der last kiss
yhieh III Eiv so y9q ,.o, Xh 2s I kiss you again III
He climbed back into the brewery wagon and
the parade started; Just as the n last wagon sSIo was
the crowd and, yelled lranticaiiy:,
Adam! Adam! For Gods sake. don't leave
met
dot means Adam der barber. explained a
und she Won't let him go. She says she will hold
him so he will get arrested before she will part
Adam Adam screamed the woman. as
You shall not go - she screamed. Then she
climbed up on the wagon, and the crowd checred.
She caught hold OF a little thin man. who tried
crowd stopped the horses. and the baIeheAdcd
woman dragged the man down. assisted by two
street she held him by his coat sleeve. He tried
TO break away from her, but the crowd hedged
him in SO he could not escape. Finally he
boys; III meet you on der Forty'seeond
mo. you won't" shouted the woman. taking
a better grip on Adams coat; you'll stay home
NCll Dix @hbutt lhlohkh LhO IoNu
and down Avenue A, followed by u dozen chill
dren. who kept up a continuous shout OF on,
Adam, you must stay nome; your WHO won't let
you 20 to the Klondike." This was yelled in a
The Klondike parade, led by the band, started
up Avenue A. Several hundred men and women
marched in the middle of the roadway. Some
carried transparencies containing German in
scriptions. One OF these translated read: It's
better to starve In klondike with gold than to
starvo in New York without it."
Another transparency bore this inscription:
We're going to start an east side in tho Kion'
dixie"
The provision wagons brought up the tail
END, Of the procession. The provisions were
several boxes filled with pea soup tablets, bean
soup tablets, lentil soup tablets. potato soup
tablets. and onion soup tablets, with hundreds
of pounds OF crbswurst. several cases OF dried
Juiiennc, compressed eyaporated vegetables.
including several cans OF evaporated potatoes
and other condensed foods.
The procession passed through tho leading
streets OF the east side and then returned to
Klcin's saloon for n farewell drink. Again there
were muric and cheering and tears. At 4 o'clock
the procession started again and proceeded to
o'clock the party got away on the West
by way OF the West Shore and Wabash railways
70 Chicago. Thence, by way OF the Chicago,
and thence to Seattle. over the Great Northern
Railway. On Feb. II they will sail on the
steamer Al Xxi for Juneau.
The expedition. was made up OF bakers. butch
ers. grocera. taiiors, delicaGessen dealers, boz
logna makers, pickle dealers. and men of other
east side trades.
About 500 persons escorted the gold seekers
To the ferry. The escort was a lively one. but IL
was like q funeral procession coming back to
Fast Sixth street. for forty women were hus-
bandless. So the dcllcatessen stores closed early,
and tears mingled with tho Rhine wine and beer
on the east side last night.