Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1900 — IN MEMORY OF ERNEST LONG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN MEMORY OF ERNEST LONG.

Union Men Erect a Monument in Woodlawn Cemetery, Mt. Olive, 111. A few days ago union men from Edwardsville and a dozen surrounding towns gathered at Woodlawn cemetery, Mt. Olive, 111., to attend th^,memorial services incident to the unveiling of a monument

In memory of Ernest' Long, an Edwardsville boy, who was killed in the mine riot at Virdin, 111., on Oct. 12, 1898. All of the union locals met at the court house square at<2 o’clock and formed in procession headed by the city hand, and with the second division headed by the Enterprise band, marched to the cemetery. The procession was' nearly a mile long, and contained 1.000 men.

THE MONUMENT.