The evening world., 1911-03-29
GREAT FUNERAL
WILL PASS SCENE
OF FIRE HORROR
Picked Chorus of 10 Jewish
i Singers Will Chant Dirge
Before Factory.
SURVIVORS TO MARCH.
Only Union Banners and No
Propaganda Transparencies
Will Be Permitted.
SURVIVORS TO MARCH.

The great public funeral which Is be-
Ina planned for the unidentified victims
OF LAST Saturdays fire will pass through
Washington Place and Greene street, by
the Asch building. where the horror
occurred. a picked chorus Of seventy,
chosen by the Jewish Chorlsters' Union
to head tho procession. will chant a
solemn dirge az the hearses move pa at
the scene OF the tragedy.
The plan OF the procession as agreed
upon b. the committee OF the Shirt
Waist Makers Union. which has 4. In
charge. IL as folloys:
IIcarses, one for each OF the still I'M
identified dead, will be drawn up IN
front of the Morgue at the foot OF
East Twcnty-siXth street. On First
avenue, south of TweHty-sixth street.
the Shirt Waist Makers Union will be
assembled. North CT TNenty-six,h
street the Cloakmakers' Union will
gather. and other organizations will be
assembled on Second and Third
avenues.
Survivors In Procession.
Nhf 'biNfke I'TllS inc O111Cers
~ the International Ladies Garment
Makers mon Will fall in behind a
platoon OF mounted police, the chorus
will follow. leading the hearses, al
either side OF which will walk officers
Of Local No. q. 20 which the victims
Of Saturdays fire belonged. 1mmedl-
ately IN the rear Of the hearses will
follow those of the survivors who are
able 10 be out.
The cortege will proceed westward
through T~wenty-sixth street. 10 Fourth
avenue, TO Twenty-second street, where
members o: the Women's Trade Union
League Will fall in line. 1t Is antici-
patel that by This time the number OF
marchcrs will approximate 10000.
Through Twenty-second street, the
parade will cross Broadway TO Fifth
avenue. and then down Fifth avenue
TO Waverley pla&. TO University place,
10 Washington place. 20 Greene street.
10 Fourth street. to Second avenus. to
Chrystie street. to Cana street, 10 East
broadway. to Clinton street.
On clinton street the parade will
pause for i've minutes IN front OF
Clinton Hal. on the block between
Grand and Browne streets. whe-s the
headquarters OF Local No. % II situated.
There. from the balcony, some speaker
will deliver a short euloglstic address
and the choir will sing.
Then the procession will continue 10
the Delaney street plaza OF the Will
iamsburg Bridge, where 1t will disband.
The hearses will cross the bridge and
proceed TO Mt. Zion Cemetery. where
the dead will be buried IN the Shirt
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the Arbeiter Ring. a sick aud death
benefit organization whose membership
ie limited to members OF Jewish unions.
Make De 30. stration Solemn.
Any possible changes in this line OF
march will be decided upon to-nieht AT
the conference of union DELEGATES. II
10 expected that the representatives OF
the Italian unions will ask that the
route include at least one stree; OF the
downtown Italian section, possibly Null
berry street.
The committee having the parade in
charge Is making every effort to make
the demonstration IS solemn aud inn
plessiv" as possible Only one band,
composed % 100 mon whose services
have been offered by the Musical Union.
Will be Included in the parade. No
banner other than the banners of ;fe
d!fereIst union participating will he
permitted n propaganda transparent
lies will he barred. The banner OF Lo-
cal No. p, l. l.. @. W. T., and the
American flag, both heavily draped,
will DO carried at the head Of the pro-
Cession.
The day on which tNis demonstration
will take place is still undecided. Some
Of the members OF the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge favor Friday.
but the English and German speaking
unions have expressed n preference for
Monday. If the latter date prevails II
~ believed that the number of paraders
viii greatly exceed the first cstimat
Of 100000. Every chapter OF the Allitd
Printing Trades Council Will be repre-
ssnted.
No Obstacle by Mayor.
Mayor Gaynor has promised the labor
delegates that there shall be no OBJ
stacle put in the way of the planned
demonstration. which viii take place
as soon as Coroner Holtzlauser decides
TO surrender the unidentified dead.
Because there may be Catholics as
We'll as Jews among the unidentified
dead, a committee waited on Area
bishop Farley to-day and asked the
permission OF the Catholic Church for
a common burial. The question was re-
fsrrsd to the Brooklyn diocese, but II
Is anticipated that the desired permls-
sion will be granted.
1t was announced at the headquarters
o, tho Shirt Waist Makers Uuion that
Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and Miss Ann
Morgan had each contributed 500 10 the
relief fund OF the union.
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MRS, ANNIE BARTLETT WE'D,