Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-19
ROUTE or THE FUNERAL TRAIN
FROM WASHINGTON LINED
:3s5 WITH PEOPLE.
UNIVERSAL SORROW SHOWN
All Classes Of People Gather at the
Stations Along the Line and Rever-
emily Uncover as the Remains Of the
Late President Are Taken BY.
Fully 25o, 900 People Massed Along
the Track al Pittsburg.
the Track at Pittsburg.

Canton, O, Sept. 10. The funeral
train reached Harrisburg shortly after
midnight and daylight was dawning
at 1t arrived at Altoona, at the foot
of the eastern slope Of the A1leghenies.
But through the semi darkness the
forms Of many people could be seen
.trung along the track. u Without the
depot a vast throng, numbering three
or four thousand people, surged up to
the train. Many must have I been
there all night and many had waited
for hours, as the train was originally
scheduled to reach that point at S:20
a. m. Extra engines were coupled on
here and the train was pulled Slabori-
ously up the mountains. The morn
ing was raw, foggy and cheerless.
Mountaineers with axes on their
shoulders came down from the steep
slopes to pay their homage with un-
covered heads. Passing the summit
ct Cresson, the descent began. Hall
the population of JohnstoWn,. the first
of the great steel manufacturing CEN
ters through which the train was now
to pass on its way to the martyred
presidents home, was at the track
and a company Of local militia stood
drawn up at attentio Men, women
and children all were there. Miners
with lamps in their caps had rushed
forth from the tunnels at the train S
approach and the employees Of the
steel mills along the Connemaugh
| river were present. These were men
who felt that their prosperity was due
to the system for which 1.-THE dead
statesman stood and their loss seemed
Of a personal character. n CO -:
Signs Of Universal Sorrow.
Four women with uplifted hands
were noticed on their knees and hand
kerchiefs Wereat the eyes of others;
and from the smoke covered city came
the sound of the church bells changing
/ out the universal sorrow B The train
slowed down that the people might
better seeEthe impressive spectacle at
| the rear OF the train, within the obser-
walton car, the elevated, dag-covered
l$caskets with its burden of flowers. a
| little further on the train passed a
string Of coke ovens 4, the tenders at
the mouths of the glowing furnaces
/ with their hats in their hands.
f At Jeanette were q thousand or
more glassWorkers with their families.
| At Pitcairn, the end OF the railroad
division, train crews and engines were
changed and the railroad men were
Hout in force. IS s1s
At Wilmerding the employees Of the
lWestinghouse Air IL Brake company.
were at the track and at East Pitts
burg, where is n located one Of the
largest electrical plants in the world.
were several thousand people. The
train had now pra acticaily entered the
suburbs Of burg, that city Of
Drawn and muscle which has just
passed through the conyulsion of a
great strike, and the Industrial work
Sers were strung along the track in sol.
Id lines. 3$ zj #
n Sf AT Bessemer the huge stacks OF the
Carnegie steel plant were pouring
forth dense volumes of smoke and
flame, and sunde this black canopy the
toilers gathered in dense throngs,
standing Inutely with uncovered
heads. Just beyond the great mills OF
Brad dock gave forth another multi
tude OF grimy workmen and to the left.
across the river, where Is located that
either great hive OF industry, Home
stead, the wharves were lined with
men and women.
Solid Walls OF Aunnanity.
Entering Pittsburg a wonderfully
impressive sight was presented. Along
both sides of the track for miles were
solid walls OF humanity. IN some
places people stood 20 deep while the
embankments were black with them.
On the top of every freight car was d
human hedge, The over-hanging
bridges bent beneath their burden.
The roofs of houses were lined. All
stood with uncovered heads while the
bells Of all churches were toIling.
It was Just one minute before
o'clock when the first section or the
funeral train bearing the body of Pres.
ident Mckinley arrived ID sight OF the
Union station. This train carried
President Theod ore Roosevelt, the
| members of the cabinet and other gov
ernment officials. Ten minutes ahead
OF at pslo lot engine and baggage car
! were sent ont over the Fort Wayne
iroad The nrsf section came through
the station at the rate of above 2b
+ miles III hour nome of those who
were oD the train were visible and
most Of the blinds were drawn. 4
4 The second ssetipn or funeral train,
was late and did not reach the sta
ttion until 8 & 8 6. As the train passed
i through Allegheny is stimated