The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-12
GOTHAM GREETS BRYAN
THRONGS FLOCK TO SEE THE MAN
 FROM NEBRASRA.

Journeys From Pittsburg to the Metropo-
 is-He is Cheered All Along the Route
 But Steadfastiy Refuses to Talk-Savins
 His Voice for the Great Event This Even-
 ing in Madison Square-Curiosity, More
 Than a Desire to Hear His Silvern Words,
 Prompts People to Tight and Crush to
 Get View of Him.
 | Trenton, N. J., Aug. 11.-An over heated enthusiastic crowd swarmed be- heath the broad roof of the big Penn sylvania station at Harrisburg. The people crowded the platform, hung two deep on railings andra along with the train as it slowed down preparatory | to stopping. Among the members of | the Bryan party estimates of the size of the Harrisburg congregation were varied.
 Some place 1t as high as 5000 Most of tie people were gathered in that part, of the station where a brass band was playing, but the band leader had not calculated his distance cor rectly, for the train halted quite dis tance down the track.
 A wild rush followed, and just as those who took part reached the train the engineer started ahead again. When the train stopped people push ed and struggled to get near the rear car, but the successful ones found their efforts futile, for MT. Bryan had been conducted to day coach in front to enable his car to be shifted When it became known that he was forward, back went the people, rushing over one another. Chairman Hubbell of the Harrisburg Bimetallic league present. ed MT. Bryan to the crowd. Cheers | followed the announcement, and q great cry for speech went up. But MT. Bryan pointed to his mouth and shook his head.
 Just in the midst of fast and furious handshaking and just as MT. Bland started speech the car was shifted again. Fighting, shouting, pushing with might and main the people in the l throng around the day car sought to regain their. advantageous positions. Hundreds of them were struggling on the track between the car in which MT. Bryan was and the rest of the train. As they saw the coach bearing down | .,1p ylo f1io in tha endeavor to get out of harms way. Men seemed to leap over the heads of others and some went down. But no- body was injured, and the big assem- blaze or rather the male part Of it made another dash toward the tall, smooth-faced man, who looked ten years older than he did when he left Chicago Sunday night.
 | MT. Bryan stood on the steps of a car and reached out both hands to be grasped> by hundreds of extended paws His white hat had been dis placed by black skull cap that gave him priestly appearance. While MT. Bryan shook hands at the rate of sixty minute for each, MT Bland tried to talk, but his voice was lost in the shouts of those around the car. At last | the train moved away and MT. Bryan with a relieved look went back to his | drawing room.
 | At Lancaster the station was crowd- ed with ], 200 persons. Mir. Bryan stood on the rear platform of his car, which had been returned to it's original posi- ton at the end of the train, The crowd shouted all the time and there was a constant struggle to get near the nominee. Mir Blands speech was again lost The yelling of the audience which had been constant concentrated l itself into one last hurrah as the train moved away. No further stop was made until Philadelphia was reached. | At Philadelphia five thousand push | ing, surging, perspiring people had gathered behind the iron gates barring the entrance to the trains in the Penn- | sylvania tsation. It was essentially crowd of the plain people-workingme mechanics and laborers. The pressure became so strong that men and women caught in the crush were in danger of being trampled under foot and the rail- road officials to relieve the pressure threw open the gates and let the people through Iu LHe pldtIOIill WILL et Wld rush the crowd poured through and reckless of constantly shifting trains risked life and limb upon the track The democratic city committee, head ed by Chairman Curley, was in waiting to welcome MT. Bryan, but as the train pulled into the station at $50 the crowd with a cheer made a wild rush and the committee was swamped in the human tide and swept away.
 Before the train stopped the crowd was surging up to the side of the last car and those in the front swung upon the steps at the risk of their lives. Cheer after cheer went up as MT. Bryan appeared on the platform and the rush to get near him was terrific. Mrs. Bry- an stood beside her husband and bowed and smiled as some enthusiast held up to her a boquet of roses. MT. Bryan heath the broa q roof of the big Penn and shook all the outsrretched hands in reach. To cries for a speech the tired out nominee could only shake his head and raise a protecting hand.
 In the meantime the city committee had succeeded in forcing it's way into the car and none too soon, as after a stop of nine minutes the train pulled out for New York amid the cheers of the crowd.
 Chairman Curley greeted Mir. Bryan and wished him success and expressed regret that his stay in Philadelphia was briPf otherwise fna