The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1904, Page 3

°° DUMB GRIEF IN HOMES OF BEREAVED ONES Worn Out with Weeping and Watch- ing Beside the Bodies of Wives, Sisters and Children, Haggard-Faced h Mourners Greet One Another in ‘ Mute Despair. ’ Restored to the calm contemplation of their awful grief after the first passionate outbursts of anguish the thousands of bereaved ones in St, Mark's parish bowed their heads to-day in silent mourning. Crushed and subdued beyond speech and further emotion, ‘the passing of the sad faces, haggard from long hours of weeping, struck the strangers to the parish with a deeper sense of awe and pity than did the wails and lamentations following immediately upon the news of catastrophe, the horror of which in its entirety is beyond realization. The long rows of silent houses, hung with mourning emblems, each caused even the most trreverent and cold at heart to uncover and bow their heads in recognition of the all-penetrating grief that has stricken a whole community of God-fearing people. HUNDREDS STUNNED BY GRIEF. ‘The overwhelming numbers of dead recovered and identified yesterday has replaced the desperate uncertainty that pervaded hundreds of homes by the stunning realization of grief and the calm that has fallen upon the parish is strangely pitiful. striking a keener inward agony than even did the first horror of the disaster. Friends and relatives meet and pass In the streets, exchanging silent glances of mutual sympathy that establishes a Pinship of grief which will unite these people for life. In the faces of scores there is a dull wonder that shows thelr affliction 4s multiplying upon them as they struggle to thread together the whole terrible picture. Only a few hours ago they were looking forward to a fete day, a day that was to mark one festive and joyous occasion throughout the year, For days their children had prattled gleefully about the long-iooked-for ex- cursion; mothers aid fathers had related to the youngsters the freedom and abandon they would have In their play, the unstinted supply of fee crezm, , soda water, cakes and other delectables that made their mouths water and their hearts leap as they dreamed. ‘Then came the early morning of preparation, when the entire district rang with the cries and laughter of children, the happy greetings of the elders and the delightful bustle and hurry preparing for a gal day. Finally the hurrying of the little feet, barely touching the ground in their prancing delight, to the pier, and last that half hour on the big steamer vi- brating from stem to stern with the mirth of old and young. PARALYZING HUSH OF MISERY. After the minds of those stricken ones revolve this picture before them \ it 1s no wonder their reason begins to waver when there descends upon ad them the unspeakable thought oi what followed; when the mothers and) { fathers look upon the little bodies, bruised and burned; when parents hear Wed thir own little ones cry tor “mamma,” “sister” and “brother.” | 4 Feebler and feebler have these cries become to-day, followed by that! \ paralyzing hush of misery that makes itself felt in every corner of the little | ‘istrict. Ere night fell yesterday friends and relatives ceased questioning ‘ one another. One glance from face to face and the tongue knew it could » not utter any appropriate word of sympathy for the grief it saw and felt, , No sound of the mourning within the big tenements came to those who pussed in the street, but if one went into the little alleys and courts and had the heart or courage to peer through the darkened windows of the scores and scores of stricken homes, they would see such pictures of grief apd misery as would live forever in the memory. Long before the hour set for the funerals held in the parish to-day 2} crowds of sympathizing friends and neighbors began to collect about the 4 homes where the hearses and carriages stood. TEN POLICEMEN GUARD EACH FUNERAL. There Were none of the idly curious in these throngs and the ten po- \ \lcemen stationed to guard each funeral cortege by Inspector Schmittberger, had not to lift a flager of warning to child or elder. In every window that looked out upon these hearses, to ona of which three little, wite caskets were borne, the shades were drawn, even though no dead were within the homes. In fact in every street where mourning emblems suspended from the doorways no curious faces could be\seen in the windows and no groups é of young or old were gathered in the doorways. Perhaps the most im- pressive feature of the great calm of grief that hung about the nelghbor- ’ hood was the entire absence of children on the streets. Usually thorough- fares and even alleys and courtyards in this district swarm with children at play, so that the absolute ceasing of the hum of thelr cries and laughter 1s more impressive than would be the intrusion of singular clamor. Even the horses that draw vehicles through the streets slacken thelr steps without pressure on the reins, and the drivers uncover their heads 4 and bow in reverence as they pass the crepe-hung doors. FLAGS NEAR CHURCH AT HALF-MAST,. The policemen who have been stationed In the parish show the same universal deference, often doffing their helmets as some pathetic figura ot bereaved old or young pass them and go silently into their homes to con-| tinue their vigil by the dead. On all the business houses and schools in thé vicinity of St. Mark's Church flags heng at half mace and many of the little shop windows con- tain insignia of mourning as melancholy tokens of sympathy for their “ patrons. Though the majority of the recovered bodies have been taken to of those who perished in the horrible disaster, ‘ In many of the streets continucus rows of houses present their mourn- ing streamers in uninterrupted line. On one house, No. 54 Seventh street, there are fourteen crepe emblems, eight of them white. At No, 69 First avenue there hang iit the door five crepe pieces, taree white and two black, Three white and one black fall before the door of Stephen Thoma’s home, No, 90 First avenue, telling that his wife and two children are among the identified dead, while he is still hoping against hope that his only other child, a little girl of three, may be returned to him alive. , THIRTY-THREE FUNERALS TO-MORROW. Inspector Schmittberger had a conference with Chief Inspector Cort- , right at Police Headquarters to-day concerning the proper policing of the ,*nnerals that will take place within St. Mark’s parish in the next few days. Inspector Schmittberger hud received a list showing that there were to be held in his district to-day three funerals, to-morrow thirty-three, eleven not decided whetner for to-day or to-morrow, fourteen for Sunda: six for Monday, one for Tuesday, and two for which no date has keen si lected. 5 The Inspector received instructions to detail ten men to each funeral to handle the crowds. He was asked to caution the men to be extremely Tees gentle in performing their duty—a caution that seemed entirely uncallod for, as the bluecoats have shown the keenest sympathy for the sufferers! from the tragedy throughout the past few days. The Rev. Dr. Morris, of the Seventh Street Methodist Church, and the rector of St. Augustine's Church, on Houston street, have offered their churches, through the Police Department, for the Belding: of funeral ser- be ‘Fee Ran, Fathar Speide, rector of the Church tthe Most Holy Redemp- ti a i Ad isaac ali Tk Peal Se iN telling its separate story of misery and hereavement to young and old,| the homes that claim them, there still continued at brief intervals through- out the day the slow rumble of undertakers’ wagons bearing more corpses! iti Sa ae THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1904. TWO OF THE HOUS DISTRICT, WITH SYMPATHETIC CROWDS Postponed indefinitely his Sun ‘School excursion that was to have taken |Place on Monday next. The Sunday-school had chartered the steamboat Tolchester and two barges for the excursion. of his congregation in Wednesday's disaster. Sixty clergymen, representigg every Protestant denomination, the Ro- man Catholic and Jewish faiths and speaking among thom five different languages, assembled in St. Mark's Chureh to-day to testify to the uni- versal sympathy and discuss ways and means to aid and comfort the hun- | dreds of bereaved families in their parishes and in St. Mark's parish. TO AID STRICKEN FAMILIES. The Rev. Dr. George C. F. Haus, pastor of St. Mark's, was unable to attend the meeting as he js still very fll. In his absence the Rev. J. J. Altischmann, President of the Ministerium, the Lutheran Pastors’ Assem- bly, acted as chairman, offering a long resolution looking to the general jaid of the churches to the stricken families, The Rey. Dr. Hugo W. Hoffman, of Brooklyn, made the opening prayer, ‘concluding: “We stand aghast and question what is Thy will, oh Lord, though we have learned not to question Thy will. Bring comfort, we pray Thee, to these hundreds of grief-ridden homes.” Then the Rev. Dr. J. A. Dewald, pastor of the New Brunswick (N. J.) tion, Called at Police i unde to-day and announced that he had Father Speldel lost several “Who Knows How or When His End Is." present, of whatever faith, Joined in the singing of this old German hymn, and as the last bars were sung there were few dry eyes in the assmblage. The Rey. Dr, J. Loch, of Brooklyn, then announced that there was every reason to believe that the death list would be far greater than five hundred, and offered a resolution that the bereaved families be requested to | hold their funerals from their homes. This resolution was adopted after it had been modified so as to relate only to St. Mark's Church. PASTORS VOLUNTEER SERVICES. Then Dr. Loch asked every clergymen present to give his address so that they could be telegraphed to to read the funeral services in different | homes when called upon. The Rev. Dr. Ladislaw, chairman of the Federa- tion of Churches, said that his great Iist of clergymen of afl denominationa, was at the service of the presiding officer, whom he assured that none on his list would refuse to grant his services if called upon. The Rev. Dr. Huntington,.of Grace Episcopal Church, made a brief ad- dress, and said that from his parish fourteen, who had been guests of) friends in St. Mark's parish, had met their death. ' “Grace Churci,” sald Dr. Huntington, “offers every service tt can give in the great work of burying the dead in this hour of inexpressible grief.” The Rey. Mr. Atischmann, the chairman, then announced that not only jhad the Protestant Church come forward with every expression of sympathy and afd, but the Roman Catholic Church had joined in the general move- ment of consolation and aid for the bereaved families. He then introduced | Rabbi Silverman, of the Temple Emanu-El, who s&id he represented his colleagues of the Hebrew faith, who joined their voice in the universal sentiment of pity and sympathy and offered all the aid in their power, ALL DENOMINATIONS CO-OPERATE. { “The Hebrews.” said Dr. Silverman, “are heartbroken at the contam- plation of this awful tragedy and from the fullness of their hearts offer their aid and sympathy.” The Rey. I. Tolleasen, pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, of| New Brighton, S. I., made a.brief address in which he spoke for his con- gregation and his colleagues in the Norwegian branch of the Lutheran church, Then one by one the different clergymen arose .and spoke their| sympathy, and offered their hearty co-operation fn the :novement to aid the bereaved familles in any way in their power. The Rey. Bea jamin G. al'ylor, of No. 1924 Atuntle avenue, Brooklyn, has written to The Evening World, offering to officiate at the funerals of {any wreck victims whose relatives may communicate with him. | those who could be called upon to conduct funeral services the Wesitrn Union Telegraph Company sent word to them that all telegrams used in this work would be free. Then a despatch was received from the Presby- terian Synod announcing that 183 clergymen were at the service of the mourning families, This was followed by similar offers from churches of every denomination. ONE SERVICE FOR UNIDENTIFIED. buried at one time and under one funeral service. The Lutheran Cemetery at Middle Village had been selected as the burying g—2und for the victims of the catastrophe. Word was sont to the Superintendent .of the cemetery to prepare 100] \ bodies will be buried there, , President Darlington, of the Board of Health, NO. 104 FIRST AVENUE-NINE DEATHS. | bution. Th | greatly improved. German Lutheran Church, called for the singing in German of the hymn, | Every one of the clergymen|has done he will be avle ty jcin in the rellef work being carried on in/1 While the ministers were still discussing the proper listing of names of|,, It was decided in the meeting that all the unidentified dead should be| KAY graves for immediate use, and in the course of the next weck more than 40 Hr cigar box to Gaiaitd contributions for the aid of the suffering families. | the colirse of the morning $250 was dropped into the little box. be, vollectod $700. Altogether, the clergymen have collected. $2,500, Yesterday ue and) a) Jacob H. SCHIFF. ES OF DEATH committee of four has been elected to look after the funds and thelr distri- © committee 15 The Rev. Dr. J. Loch, Chairman; the Rev. Hmile Kraeling, Dr. Hugo F. Hoffman and Lewis W. Kauffmann, Treasurer. HUNDREDS OF NEEDY ORPHANS. § The Rev. Dr. T. W. Poterron, of Midi!le Village, 1. I., presented a reso- ‘ution lookinng toward the care of the o plans and half orphans, whose par- nts met death on the burning steamboat. ~He said there were not dozens of orphans, but hundreds, and that many were left in a pitiful plight. 4 Answering this resaiution the Rev. Dr. G. C. Berkumeler, director of | the Orphans’ Farn. School, at Mount Vernon, suid there was a vacant butld- Ing known as the “Old Gatehouse" connected with his institution that couid be prepared forthwith for the care of tue orphans. He said that he couid| \}i begin taking care of the bereaver' little ones at once. JOHN A resolution was passed that memorial eervices should be held in all) EMAN churches a week from Sunday and that t! ¢ collections taken at these servicvs should be turned into the general reilef ‘u The entire lower floor of the Rev. Dr. Haas’s rectory, at No. 64 Seventh street, has been thrown open as a relief bureau for those in immediate JOSEPH CABsIDY AT HEIDGE Secretary KOOH & G STAR LO! I, BROWN WOLFF. AYLOR i W. MAYER FO: EN 1, TIGHARD MULD ER, distress, and all day long a stream of persons poured into the rooins ask-)( BERET ER g agers ing for assistance in burying the dead and making arrangements for al’ clergyman to hold funeral services over thelr dead. 8 Very encouraging reports were sent out to-day of the condition of tha: Rey, Ur. Haas ani his sister, who are at the parsonage. Dr. George Sankin, | 5™ who is attending them, reports that the condition of both patients is Ss The pastor showed great stamina when the news was R oH 8. broken to him of the death of his wife and little daughter. CONBt! HERS RE Dr. Sankin declares that if the clergyman continues to improve as he o the parish, on Monday. RELIEF FUND FOR SLOCUM VICTIMS’ (Continued from First Page.) He urged the appointment of # In demand of assistance. for Jhat purpose. . WORKING COMMITTEE NAMED. Chairman Ridder then appoinvd the sub-committee ay follows: : Thomas Newbery, John Fox, H. B. Scharmann, Robert g. Van Court-. Wi Gait landt and John ,Weinacht. i pen ‘ aH The sub-committee immediately organized with Mr. Scharmann as Jé DI chairman, Chairman Scharmann said that no time would be lost in ex- tending assistance, . It was decided Ly the committer to issue a formal appeal for funds |§ which will be published, 1, $10,000 GIVEN TO PASTOR. H, B. Scharmann and John Fox, of the Mayor's Relief Committee, cailed at St. Mark’s Church this afternoon with $10,000 in cash and pre- sented it to the Rev. Mr. Haas. The pastor is still confined to his room and when the first relief reached his flock he broke out crying, utterly unable to make any other reply. He was told that he was to use that money in any way he saw fit. It is for the immediate relief of the sufferers and survivors, to pay for funerals and to meet any ther {mmediate expenses. hThere will be plenty more money coming, the pastor was informed, and he was charged to per- mit no distress for lack of funds. The Evening World has received a check for $25 from Brill Brothers, of No. 279 Broadway, to go toward the fund for the relief of the Gen. Slocum | sufferers. Two little girls, Ella Wagner, of No. 167 Rockaway avenue, and Rhoda! St. Vincent, of No. 176 Rockaway avenug, have sent $1 to The Evening| World for the fund to relieve the sufferers from the Gen. Slocum disaster. | ‘As soon as the children heard of the awtul loss of life they opened a stand on Rockaway avenue, and in less than three hours had collected the dollar, Fellowing is the list of subscriptions to date: }EORGE B. M'CLELLAN..,...... $100.0) A FAMILY. ..... THOMAS QDARLI DN, M.D., 100.00) 1¢ FISHER & CO)! JOHN J, DELAY 100,00 Y M. STANDISH 10,00 | W. is. JOYCE, 8 (i % sub-committee Ri ICRICH DOYLE & Ss. « WALTER WFESE' TOTAL MILK * 1,000.00 3. 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