The evening world., 1911-03-28
100000 TO MARCH
At FUNERAL Of
unknown DEAD
Greatest Cortege Ever Seen in
City to Follow Fire Vic
tins to the Grave.
MANY UNIONS IN N
Procession of Mourners Will
Cover Long Route, Including
Scene of Horror.
MANY UNIONS IN LINE.

A quarter of a million mourners will
follow behind the hearses Of the uni
Identified victims OF Saturdays dead
full fire on the day OF the great public
funeral. which is being planned. Every
union shop and factory in the city will
be closed during the hours when the
greatest cortege that has ever been or
ganized will wind its way through n
east side. and through the streets west
of Broadway. lined with the shops and
lofts of the garment-making industries.
while the thousands Of workers from
these hives will either swarm the
streets or fall in behind the hearses.
Day Not Vet Set.
The day OF which this great demon
stration Of the city's grief will take
place has not been definitely settled.
The committees representing the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union and the Women's Trade Union
League were DESTROYS Of holding the
funeral on Thursday. but Coroner Holtx-
hauser Is of the opinion that, in view
Of the clamor of relatives of missing
onNs to have another chance to try b.
find their beloved ones among the
charred remains. the rule which re-
auires the removal Of bodies from the
Morgue within Ave days will be
stretched.
Pending the arrival Of the committee
appointed to confer with him, he was
busy getting legal opinion on the subject
The Coroner declares he Is moved by
a sincere desire to help those who nave
not already found and claimed their
own.
Meanwhile the MO and the vari-
Gus committees which have the matter
In charge are going ahead with their
arrangements. Definite promises have
already been obtained from union rep
PRESENTING a total of 1872, 900 working men
and women. hat they will participate
In the funeral. These are the join;
Board OF the International Ladies'
Garment Workers. with a total of $1,000
members. working in 1850 shops; the
Ladies' Waist m Dress Makers
Union, Local No. IS. TO which the hap
less victims of Saturdays disaster be-
longed. with 12.oc men and girls, work
ing in $50 shops; and the United Hebrew
Trades. with its sixty unions and 100. oOO
members.
Many Unions to Join.
The Women's Trade Union League,
through its committee. Mrs. Theresa
Malkiel. chairman: Mrs. Bertha Mailly,
Mrs. Leroy Scott. Rev. Mr.. Eliot
White and Mr.. William Rice. has COM
m~unicated with about nifty English and
German speaking unions. including the
job Pressers, the Neckwear Cutters, the
Sheet Metal Workers, the Skirt and
Cloakmakers, the photographers. the
Bookbinders. the Piano Workers. the
Pattern Makers Union. the Interna-
tional brotherhood of Bakers and Con-
fectlonery Workers. Typographical
Union No. 7, the Bonnaz Embroidery
Union. and the Allied Printing Trades
Council. All these will SEM delegates
to a conference to determine what part
these unions wall have in the planned
demonstration. 1t Is expected thai big
Six will also turn out a large quota
of It's members.
The cortege, according TO the present
plan, will start from the Morgue, under
escort of tho Shirtwaist Makers Union,
and proceed through the streets of the
east side to Clinton Hall. where the
union headquarters are located. Mean
while the other unions will assemble at
their various headquarters and proceed
TO a entra meeting point. probably
Seward Park, on East Broadway, where
the main procession will form. as each
organization falls into line. Then Il