The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-21
Ninety of the Victims Identified, and
the Funerals of About Fifty to
BE Held To-Day.
INJURED ARE DOING WELL
PHYSICIANS OF OPINION MOST OF
THEM WILL RECOVER.
Message from the President to
Booker Il. Washington Expressing
Sorrow at the Disaster.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 2O.-The negro
population of Birmingham is in mourning
and a gloom has been cast over the entire
city as the people begin to realize the i'm
mensty of last nights appalling disaster
at Shiloh Baptist Church. Up to 10 o'clock
tonight the number of dead had reached
10, and ninety of these have been identi-
fed A large majority of the victims of
the stampede were residents of Birming-
ham, ard as fast as the undertakers can
prepare their bodies for inspection they are
being identified. Among the identified dead
are the following:
Rev. G. w. Sledge, Gunnison, Miss;
Potts White. Columbus. Ca; Lucy War
field. Woodlawn. Ala; Rachael Wade. East
Lake LAX Ala Ala; Perry Perry Morrison, uniontqwn,
l.. r. Price, New Orleans; Lee Arp, Avon
dale. Ala; Rev. z. H. Johnson, Weir City,
Kan; Rev. Ford. Pratt City, Ala; John
Houston, Pittsburg, Kan; F. K Williams,
Pratt City, Ala; Amanda Walker and Rev.
Allen, Chattanooga, Tenn; Sam Dixon,
Pratt City: Sarah Roach. Maud Ruffin.
Greenville, Miss; Edna Gardner, Lulu
Moore, Woodlawn. Ala; Ada Odom, Fort
Smith, Ark; Robert Finch, Warrior, Ala;
Preston - (female), New Orleans. and
sixty-five Birmingham negroes. among
whom are the Rev. James Kelly and DR..
A. L. HILL
The injured negroes are being cared for
in the various hospitals, though many of
them have been taken to private residences
Physicians express the opinion that all of
them will recover, though some of them
are in a critical condition. The undertake
ing establishments of the city which pre-
pare the bodies of the negroes for burial
have been unable to handle the remains of
the panic victims, and many Of the bodies
are still scattered over the floors of these
places. Two of the undertakers, being un-
able to care for the remains inside their
establishments, have lain them out in rooms
on the floor of their tables.
Crowds or negroes throng the alleys lead
ing into the various morgues, and in that
section of the city the walls of weeping
women could be heard all day. AS fast as
the bodies can be dressed and placed in
coffins they are moved to the homes of
their relatives. and at least fifty funerals
are expected to be held tomorrow.
The Rev. l.. II. Price. of New Orleans
whose name appears In the list of dead
was most worshipful grand master of the
Grand Lodge of Negro MasOns of Louisi-
ana. He was in charge of a train Of dele
gates from Louisiana and Texas. and is
well known throughout the United States.
DR.. Price lost his life in an effort to save
several women who We're being crushed TO
death beneath the panic-stricken crowd in
the church Three times he fought his way
into the building and brought out three
the crush and before he could extricate
himself was borne TO the floor of the
church and died of suffocation
Sarah Peyton. of New Orleans. whose
name also appears in the list of the dead
was we'll known as an active missionary
worker.
Judge j. III. Balleu, the lawyer who is
said to have precipitated the panic by en-
gaging in an alteration with Hicks, the
choir leader has been arrested and is in
Jail charged with disturbing public wor-
ship. Hicks has not been located Balleu
is a resident of Baltimore.
Booker T. Washington has received the
following telegram from President Roose-
welt. dated Cincinnati. in regard to the dis
aster: II am shocked and Mortified by the
disaster at Birmingham and desire TO ex-
press my great grief at the sad loss of life."
Booker 7. Washington replied: "Our peo-
pie are most grateful to you for your kind
words Of sympathy in the matter OF the ter
rible calamity which has befallen so many
of our race Everything possible is being
done by both white and colored citizens TO
help. Birmingham city officials have been
most thoughtful and generous. The crowd
at meeting was very large. but was per-
fectly orderly. The disaster grew out of
one of those Incidents which II was almost
impossible to foresee.'