New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
THE JOURNEY TO CANTON.
PASSAGE OF THE FUNERAL TRAIN
WATCHED BY BORROWING
MULTITUDES.

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that had been observed all the way began at
Alliance, eighteen miles from Canton. There the
halfrnasted flags were bordered heavily with
black and 1t seemed as If every man, woman
and child at the station. A big white
strearner ten feet wide was across the main
street, lettered heavily in black 1--WE Mourn
Our Nations Dead" The church bells were
tolling doorously.
Then came the last half hours run into Can
ton. Mile by mile the approach was marked by
growing evidences of deep personal aff1iction
Flags that had often waved Mckinley welcome
were now lowered in sorrow. Farmers and
country folk generally seemed to have suspended
work, the schools dismissed. and the en-
tire population was ranged along the track in
sorrowful silence. The straining faces showed
that the people took this mournful homecoming
as a personal bereavement. and it was as though
fathers, mothers and sisters were watching Tor
glimpse of the coffin that held their own loved
one.
AT Maximo the country stores were heavily
draped and the townspeope packed the little
station After passing Lewisvlle. six miles from
Canton. the shops of the dead Presidents much
loved native city were dotted along the way
For the first time the sun, which had been be-
hind heavy black clouds. lighted up the en-
blems of grief. and the entry into Canton was
made in the bright sunshine.
THE RUN THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA
The train ran more slowly after leaving Har-
risburg. and day was dawnng as it arrived
at Altoona. at the foot of the eastern slope OF
the Alleghanies. But through the semi-dark-
ness the forms of many people could be seen
along the track. Without the station a great
throng surged up to the train. Many must
have been there all night. and others had
awaited for hours The Altoona City Band
Cad m
ward Christian Soldiers" while the train was
in the station yard Extra engines were at
tached here and the train pulled laborious-
ly up the mountains. The morning was raw,
foggy and cherries. Mountaineers with axes
on their shoulders came down from the steep
slopes to pay their homage with uncovered
heads Passing the summit at Cresson' the
descent began Half the population OF johns
town, the first of the great steel manufactur-
ing centres through which the train was to
pass was at the track, and company OF local
militia stood at attention" Men. women and
children were there. Miners with lamps in their
caps had rushed from the tunnels the train
approached. and the steel mills along the
Conemaugh River were emptied. These were
men who felt that their prosperity was due
to the system for which the dead statesman
stood, and their loss seemed of personal
character. Four women with uplifted hands
were noticed on their knees. and handkerchiefs
were at the Iips of others: and from the smoke
covered CITY came the sound OF tolling church
bells The train slowed up so that the people
might better see the flag covered coffin with
its burden of flowers. A little further on the
train passed string of coke ovens. the tenders
at the mouths of the glowing furnaces with
their hats in their hands.
At jeanette a thousand or more glassworkers
with their families were assembled. At Pit
cairn the end of the division. train crews and
engines changed and the railroad men
out in force.
At wilmerding the employees of the West
nghouse Air Brake Company were at the
track and at East Pfttsburg, where there
is one of the largest electrical plants in the
world We're several thousand people. The train
had now entered the suburbs OF Pittsburg, and
the industrial workers were strung along the
track in solid lines.
At Bessemer the huge stacks of the Carnegie
steel plant were pouring forth dense volumes
OF smoke and flame and under this black
canopy the toilers gathered in dense throngs,
standing mutely with uncovered heads Just
beyond the great mills of Braddock gave forth
another multitude of grimy workmen and to
the left. the river at Homestead the
wharves were lined with men and women,
GREAT THRONES AT PITTsBURG.
Entering Pittsburg, a wonderfully impressive
sight presented Along both sides of the
track for miles solid walls OF humanity
In some places the people stood twenty deep.
while the embankments were black with them.
On lne top OF every 1relgnt car was a human
hedge. The overhanging bridges bent beneath
their burden. The roofs of houses lined.
All stood with uncovered heads while the bells
of all the churches were tolling.
The first section. which preceded the train
with the catafaque car, did not stop in Pitts
burg, but the latter halted moment TO permit
Governor Nash of Ohio with his staff and Cen
eral Dick, commander of the Ohio National
Guard. to board the train The scene from the
car WINDOWS grew even more impressive after
the Allegheny was crossed. The river was COW
cred with barges thronged with humanity and
the wharves along the shores could not be seen
for the people struggling for foothold on them
The iron girder3 of the bridge We're covered
with men and boys. The public park beyond
was alive with people. Every window was filled
with faces. The houses We're draped in black
Every breast wore token of mourning
every face solemn, and every eve was
strained for a glimpse of the coffin in which
| the dead President lay Hanging from tall
crane In one of the factory Enclosures was an
effigy of the assassin Czolgosz, clothed in black
and wearing on his breast a dark lettered card
OF angry imprecation. In the body were a dozen
knives. 1t is estimated that not less than fifty
thousand people were at the Union Station in
Pittsburg, and twenty-five thousand at the AL
legheny station, while the crowd that viewed the
funeral train from its entrance into Pittsburg
until it crossed the city line into Allegheny
numbered not less than 25O,OOO
Leaving Allegheny. the funeral train sped
through the little town of Sewckley, with Bea-
yer, the home of Senator Quay, across the river
Here the people came to the train en- masse
From this point the train rushed through the
thriving little manufacturing towns of Roches-
ter. New-Brighton and Kenwood At Roches-
ter big American flag hung from telegraph
pole. its edges trimmed with Grape. and the
church bells were tolling. Beaver Falls was
reached at 9:15.
CHICAGO TO SUSPEND ALL BUSINESS.
CARS WILL BE STOPPED AND MEMORIAL. PA
RADE WILL FILL THE STREETS
Chicago, Sept, 1S-nIayor HarrIso, to ao,. -