The evening world., 1915-01-23
HARANGUESG|vEN
OVER BODIES Of
I'll SLAIN STRIKERS
--
Roosevelt Comrades Abandon
. Parade Behind Casket Be-
, cause of Heavy Downpour.
MEYER LONDON ABSENT.
Dead Victims Lie in State in
Hall After Funeral Ser.
vices In Church.
MEYER LONDON ABSENT.

sts~oy oo~np0ur. which converted
all the roads Of the little town os
Chrome, n. J.. into quasmires siso
washed away to-day soms Of the on
thusiasm Of the strikers who had
planned 10 make the funerals Of Aiss-
sandro Dcsidero and Carmen Patty.
the two laborcrs shot 90 death by
deputy shsriffs during the battle al
the chemical works on Tuesday, the
excuse for demonstration.
Tho public parade Of the striking
chemical workers through the streets
behind tho. bodies Of the two victims
wns given up and the mourners con-
tented themselves with hour-long
speschss over the baskets In Van Mes
Han.
The body Of Dssidsro was nrst
taken to 81. Jossph's Roman Catholic
Church IN Chrome and there placed
before the altar while Father Has-
Gerty. thu priest. conducted . short
mass with three burning tapsrs
about the bier. the body Of the dead
striker lay In the church for two
hours while fellow iabcrsrs, towns-
people and members Of the family
knslt BY its side and prayed.
In the Hungarian Reformed Church
the Rsv. 4. A. Csstka read the funsrai
service over the body Of Patty with
few In the ehufca. when both 70.
lIKious sarvicss we're oompistsA the
casksts were conveyed 10 hsarsss 70
the big hall and thsrs laid side b.
side on . bier In the middle oe ths
hall.
The nasstinG ID Van NsD Hall bost
some Of ths spirit ~ orisinators had
slammed. Also Meyer London. The 10.
oiaiist consrsssman from New York,
who had promised 70 dslivsr m ad.
dross st tho Van Nsss Hail msetlns.
ssnt tsisSsA@ saying he would MT
bs there.
louis Tsrcai. editor OF Hun.
gariAn newspaper In New York:
Leonard FftcinA, the leader OF the
strikers. and others filled many
hours Of the afternoon with much
oratory IN italian and Hungarian.
The hail was jammsd. but no un.
usual characterization was indulgsd In.
Among those who looked In Vt the
very democratic funeral services was
Ida Tarbeli. the mAsaslne writer. who
testified carly thk week before the
Federal commissioa on Industrial
Relations In New York. l
Tho shooting was wAnton and fool.
ish." she commented. 2 ti
The bodies Of the dsputiss' victimi
we're inferred late In the afternoon
Dcsidoro's In st. Jamss's Cemetery
near Chrome. and Patty's n the Hun.
sariAn Csmstsry at Perth Amboy. I,
was announced At the Van Ness Hal
meeting that the strikers relief com.
nittee had raised e50o for the fami.
lies OF the dead men.
An unusual legal action In the caas
Of one Of the thirty-ons deputies gath.
cred IN yesterday on murder charges
Was taken to-day. salf
Otto oeunther. VINO miased the TRAN
Thursday, when the original twenty.
two deputies were arrested tOp man
slaughter and taken TO New Bruins.
wick. and who was rearrested yester.
day on q murder charge, WAS relsase<
to-day ON 5000 ball after Chlef o.
Police Harrington of Roosevelt hax
Withdrawn tho murder charge an.
only the misdcmcanor accusation ~
mained against him. or
II In said that the counsel for ch,
iMprisoned deputies ssiccecdcd In con
vtnoing Prosecutor Florance tina
0eunther was not anywhere near IN,
scene Of the shooting on TUESDAY.