The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-19
ALL CITIES IN
DEEP MOURNING
Funeral Train Meets With Dem
onstrationS of Sorrow.
THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE
BELLS TOLL, MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN WEEP.


Mckinley reached Canton at Y O'Clock.
The climax of the great demonstration
of sorrow that had been observed all
the way from Pittsburg. began at Al
lance, eighteen miles from Canton.
There the half-masted flags were Dor
! dered heavily with black, and it
| seemed as If every man, woman and
child was at the station. A big white
| Streamer ten feet wide was across the
main street, lettered heavily in black.
/ We Mourn Our Nations Dead" The
church bells were tolling delorously.
Then came the last half-hour's run
/ into Canton, where the body was to be
received into the arms of it's own peo-
| pie Mile by mile, the approach was
marked by growing evidences of deep
| personal affection Flags that had
often waved Mckinley welcome %
were now lowered in sorrow The
| schools were dismissed and the entire
population were ranged along the
track in sorrowful silence. The strain
| ing faces showed that the people took
this mournful homecoming as a per-
sonal bereavement, which had entered
into each home. and it was as though
| fathers and mothers and sisters were
watching for a glimpse of the casket
that held their own loved one.
At Maxine the country stores were
] heavily draped, and the townspeople
packed the little station. Now the
train was at Lewisville, only six miles
from Canton. and soon the shops of
the dead presidents much-loved city,
were dotted along the way For the
first time the sun. which had been be-
hind heavy black clouds, threw its
rays on the gathered throngs and
lighted up the sombre emblems of
grief, and the entry into Canton was
made in the bright sunshine.
Mourning In Cities.
The funeral train ran more slowly
after leaving Harrisburg, Pa, shortly
after midnight. and daylight was
oawning as 1t arrived at Altoona, at
the foot of the eastern slope of the Al
leghenies. But through the semi-la-SS-
ness the forms of many people could
be seen strung along the track. With
out the depot, a vast throng number
ing 5000 or 1900 people surged up to
the trains. Many must have been
there all night. and others had waited
for hours, as the train was originally
scheduled to reach that point at $3.50
a. m. Extra engines were coupled on
here and the train was pulled labori-
ously up the mountains.
The morning was raw, foggy and
cherries. Mountaineeers, 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 JohnStOWn. the
first of the steel manufacturing cen
terS through which the train was now
to pass, was at the track and a COM
pany of local militia stood drawn up
at attention. Miners with lamps in
their caps had rushed forth from the
tunnels at the trains approach, and
the steel mills along the Conemaugh
river were emptied. Four women with
upiifted hands were noticed on their
knees and handkerchiefs were at the
lips of others, and from the smoke COW
cred city came the sound of the church
bells changing the universal sorrow.
The train slowed down that the peo-
pie might better see the impressive
spectacle at the rear of the train with
in the observation car, the elevated
flag covered casket with its burden of
flowers and the two grim armed SEN
tries on guard with his bayonetted gun
and sailor with drawn cutlass, both
at salute. So rigid they stood, they
might have been carved out of stone
A little further on, the train passed a
string of coke ovens. the tenders at
the mouths of the glowing furnaces
with their hats in their hands. A.
Jeanette were 1000 or more glass
workers, with their families.
Workmen Pay Tribute.
At Pitcairn the end of the railroad
division, the train crews and engines
were changed and the railroad men
were out in force. At Wilmerding the
employees. of the Westinghouse Air
Brake company were at the track. and
at East Pittsburg were several thou
sand people. The train had now prac-
tically entered the suburbs of Pitts
burg, the city of muscle and Drawn,
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 foilers
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, across the
river, where is located that other great
hive of industry. Homestead. the
wharves .Yere lined with men and wo-
men.
Entering Pittsburg a wonderfully
impressive sight was presented. Along
both sides of the track for some miles
were solid walls of humanity In some
places the people stood twenty deep
while the embankments were black
with them On the top of every freight
car was q human hedge The over
hans ing bridges bent beneath their
burden. The roofs of houses were lined. /
All stood with uncovered heads while
the bells of all the churches We're toll
ing.
1t was one minute before Q o'clock
when the first section of the funeral
train bearing the body OF President
Mckinley arrived in sight of the I5nion
station. This train carried Theodore
HOOSeNeIJ- members OF the cabinet AMI
other government officials. Ten min
utes ahead Of it a pilot engine and a
baggage car were sent out over tte
Fort Wayne road The first section
came through the station al the rate
OF about twenty-five miles an hour.
None of those who were on the train
were visible and most of the blinds
were drawn
Funeral Train Was Late.
The second section. or funeral train.
was late so7 did not reach the station
until esS ipck. When it came into
view b any of the watchers placed
coins Gu ~5ys rails to have the train
run ovel tinan. There were hundreds
of these souvenirs.
AS the train passed. the Fourteenth
and Eighteenth regiments of the Ma
tionaI Guard presented arms and the
great multitude was silent and stood
with uncovered heads. The same
scenes were repeated as the train
passed through Allegheny.
II is estimated that not less than
1000 people were at the Union statioo
and 25,000. at the Allegheny denot
while the crowd that viewed the funer
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