Evening star., 1901-09-18


in-law, Captain Cowles of the navy. in full
uniform NJ his side, had descended from
the car ahead of that occupied by Mrs. Nc
Kinley The members Of the cabinet Secfe-
tary Cortelyou, Governor Nash, Lieut.. Gov
ernor Caldwell and Judge Marshall j. Will
Jams OF the supreme court, representing
the three branches of the state government
of Ohio, followed. The President was met
by Judge Grant of the reception committee
and the official party then moved to the
west Of the station, where they formed IN
line with the President at the head. All
were uncovered. The casket was then INT
ed through the window and taken upon the
brawny shoulders of the body bearers.
FUNERAL TRAINS PROGRESS.
Great Crowds Gather at All Points
Along Route.
PITYSBURG, September 1S ION board the
funeral train 1.-The train ran more slowly
after leaving Harrisburg, shortly after mid
night, and daylight was dawning as 1t ar
rived at Altoona at the foot of the eastern
slope Of the Alleghenies. But through the
semi-darkness the forms of many people
could be seen strung along the track
Without the depot vast tnrong, number
ing three or four thousand people, surged
up to the train. Many must have been
there all night and others had waited for
hours, as the train was originally scheduled
to reach that point at 3:20 am Extra en-
gines were coupled on here and the train
was pulled laboriously up the mountains.
The morning was raw, foggy and cheer
less. 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 Johnstown,
the first of the great steel manufacturing
centers through which the train was now to
pass on it's way to the martyred President s
home, was at the track and company OF
local militia stood drawn up at attention.
Men, women and children all were there.
Miners with lamps in their caps had rushed
forth from the tunnels at the trains ap-
proach and the steel mills along the Come
maugh river were emptied.
Had BENEFITED by Prosperity.
These were men who felt that their pros
perity was due to the system for which the
dead statesman stood, and their loss seemed
of personal character. Four women, with
uplfted hands, were noticed on their knees
and handkerchiefs were at the lips of
others, and from the smoke covered city
came the sound of the church bells clang-
ing out the universal sorrow
The train slowed down that the people
might better see che impressive spectacle
at the rear of the train within the obser-
vation ear, the elevated ftag-covered cas-
ket, with its burden of flowers and the
two grim, armed sentries on guard at the
head and foot, and outside on the platform
soldier with his bayoneted gun and a
sailor with drawn cutlass, both at salute.
So rigid they stood they might have been
carved out of stone. 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
At jeanette were a thousand or more
glass workers, with their families.
AT Pitcairn, the end of the railroad di-
changed, and the railroad men were out in
force
At Wilmerding the employees of the West
inghouSe Air Brake Company were at the
track, and at East Pittsburg, where is 10
Gated one of the largest electrical plants
in the world. were several thousand people.
The train had now practically entered the
suburbs of Pittsburg, that city of Drawn
and muscle, which has just passed through
the convulsion of a great strike, and the
industrial workers were strung along the
track in solid lines.
The Arrival at Bessemer.
At Bessemer the huge stacks Of the Car
negie 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 un-
covered heads. Just beyond. the great
mills of Braddock gave forth another null
titude of grimy Workmen, and to the left
dcf8SS TIE river, Wnefe Is located that
other great hive of industry Homestead
the wharves We're lined with men and wo-
men.
Entering Pittsburg wonderfully impress
sive sight was 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 the top of
every freight car was human hedge. The
overharging bridges bent beneath their
nf Hrn1
All stood with uncovered heads, while the
bells of all the churches were tollng.
The Arrival at Pittsburs.
1t was just one minute before 8 o'clock
when the first section of the funeral train
bearing the body of President Mckinley
arrived in sight of the Union station. This
train carried President Theodore Roose-
welt, the members Of the cabinet and other
government officials. Ten minutes ahead
of it pilot engine and baggage car were
sent out over the Fort Wayne road. The
first section came through the station at
the rate of about twenty-five miles an
hour. None of those who were on the train
was visible and most of the blinds were
drawn
The second section or funeral train was
late and did not reach the station until
9:3j.
When it came into view many of the
watchers placed coins on the rails to have
the train run over them, and there were
hundreds of these souvenirs.
AS the train passed the 14th and 18th
Regiments of the National Guard present
ed arms and the great multitude was silent
and stood with uncovered heads.
The same scenes were repeated as the
train passed through Allegheny.
1t is estimated that not less than 50 600
people were at Union station and 25,00O at
the Allegheny depot, while the crowd that
viewed the funeral train from it's entrance
into Pittsburg until it crossed the city line
IL Allegheny was not less than 250,OO0 On
the face of every one there were signs of
deepest feeling and mourning. There were
many children in this vast assembly and
they seemed to realize with their elders the
sorrow the nation was experiencing and
on their young faces, too, was expressed
the mourning as for one whom they had
loved and lost.
1t had been reported last night that the
train would reach Pittsburg at o'clock,
and thousands of their people had been
standing In the raw, foggy atmosphere
since 6 o'clock.
During the passage of the train through
the two cities section of Battery fired
a salute from Mount Washington, and the
city and church bells tolled
PITTSBURG. Pa, September 1S-The
mckinley funeral train passed through
Plttsburg at 9:35 am. No stop was made.
fuiiy $4,000 people lined the tracks as the
train passed through the two cities
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