Evening star., 1901-09-18
CROWDS IN CANTON
Streets of the Ohio City Packed
With People.
MORE EXPECTED TOMORROW
Tremendous Crush All Morning
at the Railway Station.
POLICE HAVE HARD WORK

CANTON. Ohio. September 1s.-Although
the greater portion of the multitude which
is expected to attend the funeral services
of President Mckinley is not expected De-
fore tomorrow. a large number arrived this
morning and from now until night 1t Is ex-
pected that every hour will witness the
arrival of at least one special train. On
Thursday they will come In four-fold num-
bers compared to those of today.
The trains this morning brought. largely
organized bodies which are to participate
in the march tomorrow, and during the
morning the streets were filled with march
ing bodies of Knights Templar. Knights OF
Pythfas while numbers of grizzled veterans
bearing the badge which marked member
of Major McKinley's old regiment-the 2n
Ohio-elbawed their way through the
crowds that packed the sidewalk.
Fully two hours before the time scheduled
for the arrival of the train people began to
sather at the 10th street depot of the Penn-
syivania road to await it's coming. A iafse
force of deputy marshals was sworn In iasl
night to assist Canton police In controiiihS
the crowd. and although the people mad no
intention of creating trouble, the very size
of the crowd made it's control a matter OF
some difficulty for the amateur guardians
of the peace. Time and again the crowd,
by sheer weight of numbers, pressed for-
ward beyond the limit set for them by the
police only to be pushed back as often as
they pressed forward.
Militia Restraints the Crowds.
1t was not until the militia and Troop A
of Cleveland came upon the scene that the
crowd was held back. and even then 1t was
restrained entirely by the fact that 1t was
physically impossible for large detach-
ment of cavalry and a larger crowd OF
civilians to crowd into one space too smaii
for the latter alone. The crowd was hnal-
ly compelled to spread backward ana line
itself along the route marked out for the
march from the depot to the court house.
1t was 10 o'clock when the first of the
carriages provided for the guests by the
executive committee arrived at the depot.
Each carriage had been carefully numbered
and set apart for certain guests, and as
they arrived Individually at the depot there
was conSidera BILE trouble before they were
arranged in the order originally designed
for their distinguished occupants. All was
finally settled, however. and by the time
the funeral train arrived all was In readi-
ness for them.
A number of the executive committee had
been sent on east of Canton to board the
funeral train. and to advise each member
of the funeral party of the place of resi-
dence selected for him In Canton and to
give them their carriage numbers This
plan was adopted in order to confu-
sion and delay at the depot.
y
an Associated Press dispatch from the flu
neral train that 1t was thirty minutes later
In leaving Pittsburg than was expected.
The usual running time for the fast trains
on the Pennsylvania between Pittsburg
and Canton Is two hours and fifty-eight
minutes, and it was not likely that the
funeral train would exceed this schedule
because of Mrs. McKinley's known aver
sion to fast riding, it was practically GER
tain that the train would not arrive in
Canton before IL 30.
Everything In Readiness
Notwithstanding this fact, the members
OF the executive and reception committees,
the escort and the funeral car were all at
the depot In readiness at the time origi-
naIiy set. 1t was the intention OF the COM
mittees that there should be no lack of at
tention on their part. and no allowance
Whatever was made for the known lateness
of the train.
ed OF pedestrians and the depot platform
ie1t free for the members of the commit
tees and the pallbearers there was nothing
to do but to wait
The honorary pallbearers. John G. Due
per- George b. Frease, r. A. Cassidy VIM
K. Day, Joseph Biechele, Henry w. Har-
ter VIM. A Lynch and Thomas F. Nc
Carty. all clad In long frock coats of black.
wearing silk hats and on the left arm a
long streamer Of crepe, occupied the CEN
ter or the platform, while back OF them
slood the committeeman and q number of
intimate friends of Mr.. Mckinley Stand
ing behind the depot platform. drawn by
Tour beautiful black horses, stood the
hearse. 1t was richly carved and dec
Grated funeral car. There were no trap
pings, no special adornment Everything
about was simple, but handsome and In
excellent taste. Large nets, from which
were pendent heavy black tassels, covered
each horse and a groom stood at the head
OF each animal. The horses had been es-
pecially selected for their beauty, several
cities in the neighborhood OF Canton hav-
ing offered teams. from which the commit
tee had made It's final selection
Orderlies Aid the Police,
Forty minutes before the arrival Of the
train mounted orderlies rode up and down
the streets, lending their assistance In
keeping the crowd back to It's limit and
arranging the details of the column which
was to escort the body to the court house.
Citizens Of Canton worked all night long
drapinB their city with black and much
progress was made. Arches were erected
at the court house and in various other
places where the funeral cortege will pass
In Its movements today and tomorrow
TO HOLD MASS MEETINGS.