The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-02
President Rides About 5O Miles
 in an Engine
STARTS ON WESTERN TRIP
Makes Short Speech at Harrisburg, In Which He Praises the Anthracite Coal Commission-Say the
 Award Will Do Good.

Pittsburg. Pa. April 1.-President Roosevelt viewed the scenery around the famous Horse Shoe curve this afternoon from seat in the cab of a locomotive attached to his special train, and after ride of about fifty miles, expressed him self delighted with the experience. When his special train reached Altoona at 4:50 p. m. the President alighted from his car and walked rapidly to the front of the train. Two locomotives were cou- pied to it ready to pull the heavy cars over the Allegheny mountains and the President shook hands with the crew of each He then climbed into the cab of the rear locomotive. In the cab with him were Secretary Loeb, Trainmaster A. Keiser, Special Engineer Robert Me- Laren. the regular engineer H. T. Me Cormick and Fireman H. W. Hunter. As he took his seat the President remarked. that being a member of the Brother hood of Locomotive Bremen, I think I ought to take my turn at feeding the fur nace," but he did not shovel coal. When Galitzen, the crest of the mountain, was reached, the front locomotive was de- tached from the train and the run to Seward was made with one locomotive. At Seward the President descended from his seat, and after shaking hands with the engineers and firemen, went back to his car, rather dusty and grimy
 Went Through Long Tunnel.
 While the Presidents locomotive occu- pied second place on the train, a tunnel nearly mile long, was traversed, and although the cab was protected by win dows and doors much smoke found It's way in. While the. President sat in the cab, the speed of the train. did not ex- ceed forty-five miles an hour
 Outside of his ride in the cab, the Pres ident passed an uneventful day, devoting large portion of the time to reading. Brief stops were made at Baltimore, Harrisburg and Altoona, but only at Har- risburg did the President make a spee-h.
 At Harrisburg he was welcomed by the president of the state senate and of the state house of representatives, and al- l though no speech was scheduled for Har- risburg, Mr Roosevelt appeared on the rear platform of his car and delivered a short address, which was received with many cheers by the large crowd.
 Makes Short Speech.
 He said: "Congressmen, Mr. Speaker, MT President and MT. Mayor and gen. tlemen and ladies: I am greatly touched and pleased by this greeting, a wholly unexpected one. l hadn't supposed that my speech-making would begin before to- morrow. There Is not much for me to say to you. I feel rather when I come here, like sitting at the feet of Gamaliel and learning
 '"The prosperity in which you of this state, you of this city. so abundantly shared, must come primarily from two sources-the individual skill and efficiency of the individual man, capitalist or wage worker, working for himself a founda- ton, and with them the superstructurs of the men who work not merely for themselves, but for one another.
 ''The president of the senate was kind enough to speak of what has been done for the wage worker, and therefore for l the citizens as a whole in this state. l go away from Washington with a light | heart, largely because of the admirable | work done by the gentlemen on the anth- racite strike commission. And surely no | publication by any association designed purely to teach moral lesson to our people can be better worth scanning and | learning than the document containing the conclusions of those men; and if as a people we will take to heart the lessons taught therein, it will be the better for l all of us.
 1 Fundamentally, our interests are the same. Fundamentally, you hurt or help some or our people and inevitably you hurt or help others. Fundamentally, the most Important lesson to be learned in our national life is the lesson of our sol | ldarity Of interests and that every man | of us, if he is it to be citizen of this republic, must pull his own weight, and must also do his best to help his brother at the same time" Cheers and applause).
 Train Leaves Washinoton.
 Washington. April 1.-As early as o'clock a crowd began to gather at the | White House to witness the Presidents | departure. As he entered his carriage to l drive to the station the men made the | historical grounds echo with cheers while women waved their handkerchiefs and many of them their hats
 The Pennsylvania station and platforms were crowded with people anxious to ex- tend to the chief magistrate their good wishes for safe and successful journey. | Notable precautions were taken to insure the safety of the President The police arrangements were under the personal supervision of Commissioner West and | Chief Sylvester. Uniformed officers headquarters detectives, plain-clothes men and secret service operatives sur rounded the President and covered every l point.
 As President Roosevelt alighted from his carriage he was joined by Secretary | Hitchcock, and they walked down the station platform arm in arm, the Pres ident stopping now and then to greet per- | sonal friends.
 He was attired in black cutaway coat dark striped trousers and wore a black hat. He was in the best of spirits and chatted enthusiastically to friends of the trip on which he was about to start
 Baron Sternberg Says Goodbye.
 The most notable incident connected with the Presidents departure arose out | of the presence at the station of Baron Speck won Sternberg, the German minis ter. He was the only member of the diplomatic corps who went to the depot to see the President off, and the Presi- dent greeted him most cordially, telling him he greatly appreciated the courtesy. During their chat. the President asked the 1 baron whether he would be here in i June, when he returned and. upon receiv- l ing an affirmative reply, the President