self in the remarks. Ashleigh called upon
those present never to falter until the enemy had been vanquished.
"Today," he said, "we pay tribute to the dead. Tomorrow we turn, with
spirit unquellable, to give battle to the foe!"

As the notes of "Hold the Fort!" broke a moment of dead silence, a
shower of crimson flowers, torn from the coats of the assembled
mourners, covered the coffins and there was a tear in every eye as the
bodies slowly descended into their final resting place. As tho loath to
leave, the crowd lingered to sing the "Red Flag" and "Solidarity
Forever." Those present during the simple but stirring service were
struck with the thought that the class struggle could never again be
looked upon as a mere bookish theory, the example of those who gave
their lives in the cause of freedom was too compelling a call to action.

But the imperious exactions of the class war left no time for mourning,
and ere the last man had left the graveside the first to go was busily
spreading the news of an immense mass meeting to be held in Dreamland
Rink on the next afternoon. At this meeting five thousand persons from
all walks of life gathered to voice their protest against the Everett
outrage and to demand a federal investigation. The labor unions, the
clergy, public officials and the general citizenry, were represented by
the speakers. This was the first of many mass meetings held by the
aroused and indignant people of Seattle until the termination of the
case.

[Illustration: Funeral of GERLOT, LOONEY and BARAN]

The "kept" press carried on a very bitter campaign against the I. W. W.
for some few days after the dock tragedy, but dropped that line of
action when the public let them understand that they were striking a
wrong note. Thereafter their policy was to ignore, as far as possible,
the entire affair. Practically the only time this rule was broken was in
the printing of the song "Christians At War" by John F. Kendrick, taken
from the I. W. W. song book. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gave a
photographic reproduction of the cover page of the book and of the page
containing the song. The obvious intent was to have people think that
this cutting satire was an urge for the members of the I. W. W. to do in
times of peace those inglorious things that are eminently respectable in
times of war. Later the Times, and several other papers, reproduced the
same cover and song, the only change being that certain words were inked