The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-29
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multitude broke up and departed for
their homes.
Deafh WaKOns Dot street.
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multitude broke up ana uspATteu AoE
+ their homes.
! Death Wagons Dot Street.
! All morning long the gruesome death
wagons dotted the streets. hurrying
about the community carrying the cas-
kets containing the bodies from the
I homes or The bDreayad farHfffss TO tuu
| churches. At some of these the par
+ ents of the child victims attempted to
| keep their dead with them little
/ longer In one home young mother,
/ crazed with grief over the loss of
! three little ones, threw herself across
t the casket of her little daughter and
| fought to prevent the child being taken
/ from the house.
! Frequently during the sad SER
| vice In one of the Finnish churches.
there were wild outbursts of grief
which necessitated the hating OF the
service In two of the Finnish churches
/ the Lutheran service was said IN
another the Reformed Lutheran service
was said, and In the three Roman Cath
ollie churches requiem high masses were
sung.
! Flags at half-mast fioated over the
entire copper country today. Hun
dreds of people in the streets, wore
some symbol of mourning. either on the
| sleeve or hat.
| The Funeral Procession.
I Inc IuHSTal pEOEtsSlour ht@dNu ny
| fourteen hearses. three death wagons
! and one automobile truck, the latter
| carrying three baskets, and each OF
the other vehicles one marched to the
| strains of a dirge played by band
! Of Finnish miners of Mohawk. Imme-
dIateiy behind the hearses marched the
/ striking miners, bearing the caskets OF
ALL but three or four of the children.
The miners carrying the caskets.
n
| each body. Marching beside one of
| the hearses were eight women pail
bearers
| The miners carried furled and draped
| flags and union banners and each wore
| sprig of tamarack on his coat
/ There was no attempt made to take a
place in the procession by mem bers
of the citizens alliance because of the
expressed desire OF the federation of
miners officials.
As the children were lowered into
the long trenches. many of the Fin
! nish women burst into wild wailing.
Many other pathetic scenes were en-
acted Placed on the top of each cas-
ket was sprig of tamarack and
great profusion OF flowers.
In Many Tongues.
The meeting Of eulogy addressed in
English by Eugene A. Mentally. of Cal
umet, member OF the legal counsel
of the federation OF miners; in Finnish.
by Frank Altanen, socialist federation
worker Of Negaunee: in Austrian, by
George Stretch. OF st. Louis. Mo-. an
organizer, and In other languages, Ital-
ian, Crotain and Hungarian. by local
organizers, was held Immediately after
the lowering OF the Baskets The
| speakers eulogized the dead as martyrs
to the miners long fight and the cause
Of labor.
Sheriff Cruise reported tonight that
| he has been unable, through the hard
/ est work. to solve to his satisfaction
i the sudden leaving of the district by
| G.. Fl. Meyer. president OF the fedora
! ton OF miners The sheriff Is not con-
WINGED that Meyer was forced to leave
/ and says it was not known that he had
| left the Scott hotel or where he had
gone until the riot sounded.
/ He does not know who ordered the
riot call but is sitting the matter
! thoroughly. There was no trouble
whatever at the Scott hotel, he says.
The sheriff denied that he refused pro-
lection to Meyer and declared that for
the past three weeks he had accorded
| him every protection.
| There have been no requests as yet
| by the federation for the arrest of
those persons alleged to have taken
part in the kidnapping of the labor
| leader
/ Congressman W. J. Macdonald and
John b. Densmore, OF the department
OF labor. who are on their way here
| to Investigate the strike calamity will
! not arrive until tomorrow.