New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-14
TRIBUTES TO DEAD
BECOME WILD RIOT
Crowds in Boston and Chi
cago Trample on Women
at Heroes Biers.
HUNDRED INJURED IN
CAMBRIDGE STAMPEDE
Philadelphia Turns Out for Big.
gest Funeral Since That of
Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln.
Chicago. May 13.-The return OF the
body of Samuel Meisenberg, the Chi
cago boy who was among the first OF
the American marines to lose his life
in the occupation of Vera Cruz. was
marked by a panic in the City Hall.
where the body lay in state for three
hours to-day.
So great was the crush TO View the
catafalque in the rctunda of the mu-
nicipal building that scores Of women
tainted. while men. caught in the
smothering press, cried for air. The
names Of only twelve women who sue
cumbed were obtained by the police,
but among these was Mrs. Norris Meis-
enberg, mother of the dead hero.
Cool headed elevator men did much
to avert disaster. They opened the
doors of their cages and carried those
nearest them to upper floors, While po-
lice sought to quiet those in the corri-
=,
fought 10 restrain the thousands who
blocked the streets outside and who,
ignorant of the situation inside, made
desperate efforts to crowd within the
doors.
Finally the crush became so great
that Police Lieutenant James Conroy
sent IN riot call, and the reinforce
ments succeeded in restoring order.
photographer who exploded fiashlight
powder is said to have contributed
largely 20 the disorder
The excitement and grief OF the day
proved too much for Mrs. Meisenberg.
The first incident to affect her occurred
at the railroad station as the procession
Of soldiers, police and civilians was
forming to escort the body to the City
Hall after its arrival from New York.
The bereft mother, with her husband
and her sons and daughters, was about
to enter a Limousine when a street
vender who had been hawking his
wares about in the crowd approached,
and. ignorant Of her identity. cried:
BUY n picture OF Sammy Meisenberg,
the hero Of Vera Cruz. Buy a picture
of Sammy Meisenberg. two for quar-
ter"
The mother collapsed on the shoulder
of her son Meyer, and burst into tears,
but did not faint. Then came the crush
in the City Hall.
A chair had been provided for her.
but the crowd surged ever toward her
like a threatening wave as she sat,
rocking and moaning: tt
"Woe is me, Everything is dark to
me. My star is lost to mel"
1t was a day of tremendous strain
and excitement to the humble Jewish
family. In the forenoon, when the
limousine taking them to the railroad
station first encountered the thousands
of spectators massed in the nearby
streets, they were stopped. and then
policemen would force a passage. ex-
planning excitedly: Its the Nielsen
bergs; it's his mother"
1t was 4 o'clock In the afternoon be-
fore the casket was finally brought to
the quiet Of the Meisenbergs' home.
and the sorrowing family was left
alone with its dead.
The funeral will be held with full
Jewish rites tomorrow, and an i'm
mense procession of soldiers, sailors,
national guardsmen, veterans Of the
Civil and Spanish wars and innumer-
able civic bodies will escort the cortege
to the synagogue. Addresses will be
made by United States Senator Lewis,
Governor Dunno and Mayor Harrison.
The burial will be at Waldheim.
Cambridge, Mass, May 13.-More
than one hundred women were trampled
upon and injured tonight in a STAN
pede which accompanied the efforts Of
thousands to view the body Of Cor
poral Daniel W. Haggerty, one of the
heroes Of Vera Cruz. as 1t lay in state
in the militia armory.
The injured ones were looked after
by physicians hurriedly summoned
from the various hospitals. At one
time all the officers rooms in the
armory were filled with patients. Later
most of them were sent to their homes.
Besides those taken into the armory a
number were removed to private houses
in the vicinity and cared for there.
Several were said TO be unconscious at
late hour. Two women were sent to
hospital.
SO great was the crush in front Of
the building that the half hundred po-
licemen on duty found themselves
powerless and an assembly call was