New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
OFFERS TO HELP JEROME,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASKED To SPEAK
AT NEW-ROCHELLE MEETING
FUNERALS OF VICTIMS.

The indignation meeting called by ex-Mayor
Dillon and other citizens of New-Rochelle. which
will be held in Metropolitan Hall, in that city.
tonight, to consider means to remedy the Park
ave. tunnel menace. is likely TO take emphatic
action Mr.. Dillon yesterday sent invitation
to Mayor Clarke to preside. and it is expected
that Mayor Fis1e of Mount Vernon and Mayor
Walsh of Yonkers will be among the speakers
Mr.. Dillon also sent the following telegram to
District Attorney Jerome. inviting him to be one
Of the speakers:
The people Of New-Rochelle are anxious TO CO.
operate with you in thorough investigation OF
the tunnel disaster. A meeting will be held here
on Saturday night at S o'clock We would like
TO have you present and suggest how the people
or NeW-Rochelle can best help you and prevent
a similar catastrophe in the future
Judge Jerome declined the invitation
The people OF New Rochelle cannot afford
TO allow such a catastrophe to go unrebuked''
said Mr.. Dillon. IF we don't protest now il will
look like we do not care a great deal for the
lives and comfort of our citizens. and the city
will suffer as a consequence. Just think of it,
fifteen Of our people get up in the morning and
leave happy homes. TO be slaughtered and cooked
TO death! The nuisances of the gas and smoke
are bad enough; and the stairways leading TO
our station enough to wear the hearts out
Of people who climb them. We have borne this
for years. but the railroad people have finally
gone too far. The people OF this city are finally
aroused and they are backing up the fight and
will carry it to a finish. The tunnel disaster
has given New Rochelle and every other town
and city in Westchester County a black eye
and unless take emphatic action at once and
compel the railroad companies TO give us safe
transportation will lose many good citi-
zens."
Several of the real estate agents of New-Ro-
he IlA a in he
II. B. Downey heard that Mr.. Dillon had been
able 10 secure only small hall for the meeting
Fearing that this would not be adequate TO ac-
commodate the crowd. Mr.. Downey gave the
committee the free use of Metropolitan Hail.
which is the most commodious public meeting
place in that city 1t is expected that the meet
ing will bring out many resolutions bearing
the recent disaster, and that committees will
be appointed to confer with the railroad COM
pany and District Attorney Jerome. Mr.. Dillon
has received numerous letters, some of which are
violently anarchistic
Funeral services have been held over the
bodies of three of the victims. and five more
funerals will be held in New-Rochelle to-day.
The funeral of H. c. Dimon. the consulting
engineer of the American Bridge Company.
held Thursday night at his home. in Rochelle
Park and was largely attended by relatives and
friends.
DimOn a
Attorney j. Addison Young, of Westchester
County The Rev. Mr.. Smith, of the Presby-
terian Church. conducted the service. and the
body was sent to Riverdale. Long Island, for
burial Mr.. Dimon leaves a widow and four
small children. The funeral of William Legs,
which was held yesterday afternoon at his
home No 81 Woodand-ave.. New-Rochelle.
was attended by three hundred OF the employees
of B. Altman & Co.'S store. Of which Mr.. Legs
was the general manager. Mr. Altman himself
headed the party. which went to New Rochelle
on a special train at 1:30 o'clock. A large
delegation from Empire City Council. Royal
Arcanum, of this city. also attended the ser
vice.
Several thousand dollars worth of flowers
were sent to New-Rochelle as a tribute to the
dead manager One of the pieces was coffin
cover of orchids and violets from the fifteen
hundred employees OF Altman & Co. Mr. Alt
man gave a large wreath of orchids. The Rev.
William B. Waller, of the Presbyterian Church,
conducted the religious service. Burial was in
Woodlawn.
The Rev. Mr.. Waller also oficiated at the
funeral of Oscar w. Meyrowitz. the optician.
which held at o'clock at his home, No.
Is Banker Place, New-Rochelle- The service
attended by about fifty of the employees
of the Meyrowitz store. There was also dele
CATION from the New-Rochelle Yacht Club. of
which the dead man was the secretary and
from New-Rochelle Council, Royal Arcanum.
The body will be taken to Albany to-day for
burial.
To-day there will be five funerals and to-
morrow one. Among the victims to be buried
to-day are Mr.. and Mrs. William Howard. This
is the young couple who were literally cooked
to death in the rear coach. Theodore Fatarda
will have a large funeral to-day at 10 a. m.
in ST. Gahriels Roman Catholic Church Qselin
MemoriaD.
Since the accident all public entertainments
and large social affairs in New w-Rochee have
been postponed and the city has given way to
gloom and mourning. The city is overrun with
claim agents and lawyers anxious to take suits
for damages against the railroad companies
Some of them are persistent that they have
forced themselves into the houses of women
whose husbands have not yet been buried The
police say they will take some action to stop the
annoyance.