The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-04
SERVICE IN HONOR
OF COLORADO DEAD
Conducted by Episcopal Minister
on Curb Opposite Standard
Oil Building.
CONGREGATION is UNUSUAL
Arranged as Part of Silent Pro-
test" Against Rockefeller's
Refusal to Arbitrate.
rspecial to Tho Timee-D,spatch.l


New York, May 3.-Lowcr broadway
witnessed tho unusual spectacle this az
ternoon of acknowledged clergyman
clad in full vestment of the church. re-
citing tho service for the dead on tho
curb line opposite the Standard OH
Building. As part of the Silent pro-
test" against John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.s,
refusal to arbitrate the Colorado strike.
Rev. William Miller Gamble, of st. Ste
phen's Episcopal Church. Of Coytes-
villo, N. j., conducted memorial ser
vice In honor of those who have fallen
IN the Colorado conflict.
No more unusual than tho service tt
self was the congregation which gath
cred about tho minister. Avowcd an
archists, atheists, Socialists, free-think-
ers, as we'll as Christians OF all creeds.
stood revercntly by, and the polyRlot
population of the district west OF Broad
way poured out to listen TO the indict-
ment-though tho name OF Rockefeller
or Standard OIL was not nentioncd-of
the great industrial corporation. whose
headquarters across the street echoed
back the words of the divine. All the
while that the service lasted the mem
bers of the Free Silence League" arms
draped with crepe. parnded with slow.
measured tread back and forth in front
of the barred door OF the Rockefeller
concern.
NO INTENPERATE SPEECH,
AND TALK IS lMPERsOSAL
No disorder marked tho occasion.
There was no Incorporate speech.
Atr. Gamble WAS vague and impersonal
enough In his remarks. 1t had all been
planned to take place In the financial
district on Sunday afternoon, and let
the public draw it's own conclusions.
The service lasted an hour and IL half.
All through the day the picketers had
been patrolling past the Standard on
building. But few spectators had been
drawn thither earlier In the day. AS 9
O'clock approached. however. the crowd
thickoned, and when Mr.. Gamble step
ped from n nearby hotel promptly on
tho hour, attIrcd In his vcstment. sew
eral hundred people quickly grouped
themselves about him. where he took
his stand on the sidewalk at Broadway
and Morris Street.
Upton Sinclair and his wife, Miss
Elizabeth Freeman, Miss Sara Green
wood. another well-knoWn suffrapist
Pierre Godine and others. who have
been leading the Free Silence protest.
were there. Their followers CON
hnued the slow picketnE across the
street Pastor Gamble has a power
ful voice, and. exerting II to the ut
most. his words echoing through the
cayernlike entrance to the Standard
on BufidinR, no read appropriate Sc
lcctions from the Scriptures and the
prbyer-book. including the offices for
tue ucau' anu tHen he plunged into his
discourse OF the day.
SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO
DIED IN STRUGGLE FOR LIFE,
1t was memorial service, he said
for the husbands, wives and children
who had fallen because OF tho "strug-
Ele for life.' THAT which occurred
out in Colorado" he declared, under
authority of tho laws OF which State
they werc killed. and that which goes
on in this section of New York, in the
buildings close to this spot, all have
close connection. 1t Is fitting TO
hold this memorial And 1t is we'll
that the buildings are empty and the
blinds drawn on this day or recrcn-
tion and rest, so that 1t cannot be said
that tnose who organized this service
are merely making use of the holy
offices OF religion to draw the atten-
tion OF the occupants Of the buildings
to the things that are In the public
mind
1T Is not the Idea OF vindictiveness
that draws us here. Not an eye for
an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The
right is not always clear, and some
times when 1T does come out clearly,
1t Is cruel But the purpose of this
Service Ia to commemorate the deaths
OF those In Colorado in such a way as
TO bring home to the social conscious
ness the close connection, after all,
between those who produce and those
who direct"
Respectful hearing was given
throughout TO the minister's remarks
The picketing was continued until
o'clock, when the patrolers went
quietly away. They will resume the
protest again at o'clock tomorrow
morning.