New-York tribune., 1911-04-06


on the faces of those who marched and
those who watched from office buildings.
stores and private houses. Flags on
public buildings were at halfmast; thou
sands Of other structures were draped
in funeral decorations
Thousands Watch Parade.
The dolorous procession, representing
an organized expression Of protest, filed
by for two hours. gaining continually in
intensity, while hundreds Of thousands
Of persons saw and understood.
Miss Rose Schneiderman, Jewish or
ganizer for the Womans Trade Union
League, who was a speaker a the mass
meeting on Sunday in the Metropolitan
Opera House, was too Ill to march with
out the support cheerfully provided by
Miss Mary Dreier and Mrs. Raymond
Robins, New York and Chicago presi-
dents of that organization. Miss
Schneiderman was between them. and
by hanging on their arms managed to
walk the entire distance and to stand an
hour and q half at Washington Place
waiting for the downtown section to ap-
pear. These and thousands Of other
women marched without umbrellas. with
an apparent grim satisfaction that, in a
ashes in SO good cause.
Miss Schneiderman said, when asked
about her condition at the close Of the
five-hour drenching:
"Oh, please do not speak OF my feeling
| i'll. / have been suffering from a cold,
that is all. We don't know how sick
the other girls were This parade ha 5
been the only thing that will demon
strate TO the people at large the enor-
nous responsibility resting on them 10
see to 1t that fire protection Is given
these thousands and thousands Of fac
tory workers. AS we marched up Fifth
avenue there they were. Girls right at
the top Of hundreds of buildings, looking
down on us.
THE structures were no differen: from
the Asch Building in majority Of cases
with respect to lack Of protection against
fire. many were in a far worse condition
as regards fire escapes. There they
were. leaning out Of the upper windows
and watching us. And realizing their
position all the time, and that they were
unable to change it, il was the saddest
thought that came into my mind all
day"
cot hnt CHI
call in the history of the ages any
funeral procession, or parade of any
kind, that could be likened unto yester-
days. Her eyes spark'ed, her cheeks
were flushed, and all. size said because
the men and women workers had done
so nobly.
Women March Without Hats.
Chimes denoting it was 1:30 o'clock
sounded simultaneously with the move
ment of the Fourth avenue division from
22d street and Fourth avenue The
division was composed largely of women.
most Of whom, for some unexplained
They had been standing in streets east
Of Fourth avenue for an hour. Women
held babies and watched from the curb
stone. Most men and women in the pro-
cession wore a white badge. on which
was printed in black letters, We mourn
charge Of the police arrangements, and
the best of order prevailed
The line Of march was down Fourth
avenue to Union Square. to Broadway
and thence to Washington Square, to
join the downtown division, which
started from Seward Park. Rutgers
Square and East Broadway at > o'clock.
Chief Croker Of the Fire Department
was there in his automobile when the
parade broke ranks.
Long before the parade reached Wash
ington Square, the scene of the disas-
ter. the north and east sides OF the
square were packed by waiting crowds
Of men, women and children. Around
the Asch Building the streets were
tammed from wall to wall. The crowd
expected the procession to make a COM
plete circle Of the Asch Building, but
Inspector Sweeney. in charge of the po-
lice provisions, changed that part Of the
programme.
The line Of march called for the sec
ton of the parade coming up from Rut-
gers street TO pass through the square
and under the Washington Arch to Fifth
avenue. The section from uptown was
10 march down Fifth avenue. and which
ever section reached Washington Square
first ii had been arranged for that sec
ton TO wait for the other, when the two
would meet and march uptown. In
preparation for this Inspector Sweeney
was ready to keep the waiting marchers
in line and hold them in position until
the other section arrived.
Led by the Ladies' Tailors and Dress
makers Union No. 3S. the uptown divi-
sion of the great memorial parade in
honor OF the victims OF the Triangle
Shirtwaist fire marched down Fourth
avenue, and reached Washington Square
at 2 o'clock Not a band nor a musical