Show SAMUEL GOMPERS J DIES IN TEXAS t r i AGED LABOR LEADER PASSED ASSED AWAY AT ANTONIO TEXAS DEC TH THIRTEENTH I Head of American Federation Realizes Realizes Real izes Last Wish and End Came After Reaching United States Soil San Antonio Tex Samuel Samuel Gompers Gompers Gompers Gom- Gom pers 75 years of age president of the American Federation of Labor and one of its founders died here With intermission of one year he jias has been president of the federation since 1882 The primary cause was acute heart failure with pulmonary oedema complicated complicated com com- by advanced ad nephritis and arterial hypertension Mr Gompers had been improving carl early 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 Gompers was conscious much of the time and was able to talk to his physicians about administering a hypodermic Apparently he knew the end was near and called some of his closest friends to his bedside with whom he talked over his own funeral arrange arrange- ments As William Villiam D. D Mahon of Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- troit president of the Amalgamated Association of Street an and Electric Railway came to his bedside bedside bedside bed bed- side he reached for his hand called him Bill and to his handclasp responded responded responded re re- re- re with a feeble effort James Duncan a vice president of the American Federation of Labor who had known Mr Gompers for for for- ty-four ty years was another close friend who was among the first to tobe tobe tobe be summoned All officials of the federation who were members of Mr Gompers Gompers- party on the trip from Mexico Cit City where he was taken ill were present when he died Immediately after Mr Gompers' Gompers death members of the executive council council council coun coun- cil of the federation and other officials held heM a meeting for the purpose of drawing up a formal statement and making funeral arrangements Mr Gompers' Gompers nurse Miss Mathilda May of Atlantic City and a San Antonio Antonio Antonio An An- tonio nurse were left with the thc body It was apparent that Mr Gompers was going his physician stated He was told by Dr Lee Rice of San Antonio Antonio Antonio An An- tonio 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 gathered about the bedside The strain of the vigil was apparent on many of them and a few gave way to tears as it was apparent their comrad of many years was passing out Funeral ser services ces were held in New York City |