Don’t Mourn, Organize!
-Joe Hill
Hellraisers Journal, Tuesday November 28, 1916
Seattle, Washington – Labor Mourns Martyrs and Gathers in Protest
The Seattle Union Record, voice of the Central Labor Council, in its November 25th edition, carried an account of the grand funeral which was held on November 18th to honor Hugo Gerlot, John Looney and Felix Baran, three of the Everett Free Speech Martyrs, who were murdered at Everett Harbor on November 5, 1916. The same edition reported on the mass public meeting, held at Dreamland on November 19th, attended by thousands, and held to protest the murderous suppression of Free Speech on the day now known as Everett’s Bloody Sunday.
Free Speech Heroes Get Grand I. W. W. Send-Off:
EVERETT-KILLED WORKERS BURIED
—–Simple but Impressive Ceremonies at Graves
of Victims of Battle of November 5
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Thousands of Seattle citizens viewed the impressive funeral cortege of three of the Everett free speech martyrs on Saturday afternoon.
Leading the funeral procession was an automobile loaded with floral tributes the most elaborate of which was a massive set piece of white carnations with the motto, “Workers of the World Unite,” in red. Another portrayed the spirit of the great crowd in one pregnant word “Solidarity.”
