Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-01
CALUMET MOURNS
BY SIDE OF DEAD
Common Addiction Has Eradi-
Gated All Bitterness in Strife
Ridden Community.
REVISED LIST OF VICTIMS Z
Unlimited Funds Assured for
Bereaved Families and No
Outside Aid Will BE
Necessary.
REVISED LIST or VICTIMS z

heart by an Utmost unbelievable catas
trcphc, stands mourning 10y the side Of
its dead. the q victims. most OF whom
were children. OF the friRhtful panic on
christmas eve In the Italian hall. This
panic followed false alarm cry NJ fire
during the progress Of Christmas tree
entertainment arranged for families az
the COP, or strikers All Bitterness aud iil
feeling that has existed in this strife
ridden community during the past months
is eradicatcd 10y ono great common anil
ton To-day tho people " Calumet can
only SEQ their ncishhors their brothers,
their sisters and their little children
staggering under an almost unbearable
burden OF distress and grief
\ great mass meeting Of calumet Cit
zcns was held this afternoon to express
| their sympathy and devise ways and
means to amrliorat" the sufforinEs ~
| those on whom tho deaths had fallen So
! heavily. \ committee Of twelve was an
! pointed to visit Zach individual HON" ~
the bcroaved families and ascertain what
| financial assistance Is necessary. Inlim-
| itcd funds are assured and no outside aid
will nc necessary.
with tho l<indost feeling for those
who offered it, We ask 40 outYid"
help states tin resolutions of sym
pathv loptcd. These arc cur own
people ANA it is our sacred privileges
to care for our dead and to comfort
| the living"
DIEREGARD REFUSAL or AID.
The statement of President Meyer
of the Western Federation Of Miners.
that no benefits from the citizens
would be accepted. was GisrcEarded.
The strikers also mot this afternoon
and named committee comprising
representatives Of the nationalities OF
the victims to cali on the stricken
relatives ami learn their wishes re-
gardinE the funeral This committee
will meet tomorrow morning to make
arrangements for the services
| The authorities have so far been
unable to trace man who is said TO
have gone up the stairs Of the Italian
hall raised tn" cry of fir" which is
supposed to have started the panic
leading t" tho fearful crush in the
stairway and caused the death OF
NEARLY four score men, women and
children. There seems to be little
hope that he will he Appreciated.
The other theory that the cry of fire
originated within tn" hall was sub
stauttatcl to-day, Inv Mart Sari a
striker who lost his SON in tho dis
aster, lie declared the cry cam"
from group of men and women to-
ward IN. rrn,t If tho HON
/ y i-year-old girl who died this morn
in. brought the official revised list OF
dead up to Scvcnty-tWo. All have now
been identified. Five injured are in tho
hosnitals All of whom. II is said Mil
riv. ,rhr.. Iittl,. girls i'm the raIuuo, A.
h.,la bospftaI were able to-day 10 he
ND and ahou, and they ron1ped around
tho Christmas tree set IN for the n,tients
ar IN. hosnital unaware Of the fate
whicr had overtakeu some Of their
| ,,rtbors and sisters and IN, farther of
ON. Of then
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showed signs 81 iie soon after '"' 40
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u" ""H!'S hau ''eH sH'h'roh 20 'ooN
fof lh'lt MISSING 'nlin' he'r hopes ran
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r,ort ,,aIat. many instances Of horn,, ut.
t.,rnts IN r,acuc the naric-s,,l,,,er n.o
| ,1o ca tho hall Patrick RYAN arrival ~
tho s.eue , few minutes after the crust
occurred at rho foo; az tho stairwav 81,
as,t,natod there we're about 10 piled oi
to, of or, another when ne reachot
Inc entrance Of the buildinp The ID,
Of ctrlshed and smothrrinr humanit,
reached "a or,.u, half the HEIGHT g. tn,
, stairway They were wedssi in 50 tichtl,
II WAS irnnossihlc to .xtricate any iron
III. foo, of the stairs.
4 hoy OF about six caught hold Of MI
Rvan's hand and begged to be rescued
Tho fireman psrtlv succeeded in pullin,
the how on: but he was unabl. TO ex
, tricata the Uttlc fellows legs The hu
man mass kept pressing down and !, Wa
i mpossible 10 save the boy. whose If
was soon suufr.d ont.
, ,,r, Of eigh. or min. grssped tn,
f hands al Anzelo ,slrto. another fireman
g uiss.a ,har, and tmnlorea him TO say,