Show GUMP E S DIES AGED LABOR LEADER PASSED AWAY AT ANTONIO DEC thirteenth nead head of merican american federation real izes last wisht wish and end came cama viter reaching united states soll soil san antonio tear acx samuel gompers 75 years yeara of ago aget president preside nt of the american F federation aeration e de ration of labor and one of its it s founders died led here with i intermission of one year he has been president preside ift of the federation since 1882 the primary cause was acute heart failure with pulmonary oedema doedema complicated by advanced nep nephritis britis and arterial hypertension mr gompers had b been en improving early ln in the night and had taken two or three naps but a change occurred and his heart began to fail refusing to respond to drugs mr air goi gompers n pers was as conscious much of tho the time and was able to talk to his physicians about administering a hypodermic apparently he knew the end was near and called sonic some of his closest friends to his bedside with who whom he talked over his own funeral arrangements As william D mahon of detroit president of the amalgamated association of street anti and electric railway employed emp loyes came to his bedside he reached for his hand called him bill and to his handclasp responded with a feeble effort james duncan a vice president of the american federation of labor who had known mr gompers for for ty four years was another close friend who was among the first to bo be summoned all officials of the federation who were members of mr gompers party on the trip from mexico city where he was taken ill were present when he died immediately after mr gompers death members of the executive council of the federation and other officials held a meeting for the purpose of drawing up a formal statement and making funeral arrangements mr gompers nurse miss mathilda may of atlantic city and a san antonio nurse were left with the body it was apparent that mr gompers was going his physician stated he 1113 was told by dr lee rice of san antonio attending him that he was in a critical condition and might not live out the night the old man breathed heavier for a moment but there was no other response officials of the federation gathe gathered ref about the bedside the strain of the vigil was apparent on many of them and a few gave way to tc tears as it was apparent their comrad of many years was passing out funeral services were held in new york city |