New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-17
NO ROOM FOR MOURNERS
Requests for Seats Swamp
Gaynor Funeral Committee.
CITY TO HALT FOR BURIAL
Honorary Pallbearers Include
w. H. Taft and Other Per-
.sonal Friends of Mayor.

The committee on arrangements for
Mayor Gaynor's funeral were busy yes
terday working out the details for the
public service at Trinity and the final ar
rangementsfor the lying-in-state in tne
City Hall One OF the most difficult prrb-
lens is to find room for the many or
ganizations and individuals who have ap-
piled for seats at the church. Only small
delegations can he accommodated from
the various organizations, more than one
hundred Of which have so far requested
seats.
Robert Adamson announced yesterday
the names of the twelve men who VII
act as honorary pallbearers at the fu-
neral. They were selected by Mrs Cay
nor from among the personal friends OF
the late Mayor, he said. The list is as
follows:
William II. Taft Mayor Ardolph L.
Kline, Justice Martin j. Keogh Herman
Ridder, Jacob II. Schiff. Robert Adam
son, r. A. &. Smith, James Creelman,
Archibald r. Watson, Edward NJ. Grout,
Rhinelander Waldo and John ID. Grim
MINIS.
The Board Of Aldermen met in response
To the call of Mayor Kline in special SEES
sion at noon yesterday. and resolution
was adopted on the death OF Mayor Gay
nor. The board voted to attend the fu-
neral in body, and adjourned without
further business as a mark of respect to
the late Mayor. The Public Service Com
mission met and resolved to adjourn until
ffr no dina Il
Mayor 1t was announced that the Met
ropolitan Museum Of Aft will be closed
to the public until l o'clock on Monday.
the day Of the funeral.
Among the requests received by mr.
Adamson for seats at the funeral In Trim
ity were those from all the foreign con-
suls In this city The Sons OF Oneida or
which Mayor Gaynor was president
asked to attend the funeral In a body, hut
because of the limited seating capacity
a delegation of twenty-five members VIII
attend. The judges and court officers ard
attendants in all the various courts in
the city and county will be provided fDr.
The members Of the Public Service
Commission and members Of all the com
missions which were appointed by the
late Mayor will attend in body. There
will be delegations from each OF the local
regiments. The Interborough Women
Teachers Association, OF which Grace
Strachan is president, will be represent
ed by a delegation. Mayor Gaynor signed
the bill which helped them In their fight
for equal pay.
Thomas w. Churchill. president OF the
xxyhn
the committee on arrangements, an
nounced yesterday that memorial services
will be held In all the public Schools at
the same time that the ceremony Is TAX
ing place at Trinity. A delegation OF
school children will attend the funeral
Commissioner Edwards of the Street
Cleaning Department issued an or1er
Yesterday that there will be no work In
his department on Monday, between the
hours of 1920 a. IN. and 80 p. M, except
where special details OF sweepers are
made. William McAdoo. Secretary or the
Treasury, communicated with Secre:ary
Adamson yesterday and said that he had
issued an order to facilitate the removal
of the Mayors body from the Lusitanla
in every way possible.
The board Of governors OF the STOCK
Exchange appointed yesterday COMMIT
tee TO attend the funeral consisting OIL
James b. Mabon. president OF the eX-
change; Charles NJ. Newcombe, Henry q
Swords. r. r. II. Halsey and William II.
Remick. The Chamber of Commerce VIII
be represented by a delegation OF I'VE
members.
po,ico Commissioner Waldo will be in
charge OF the funeral procession the de-
tails of which have not been coinpIe.eu'
Details for the police guard when IS 10
march in the funeral were completed last
night by Inspector Schmittberger. VINO
has been working on the arrangements
for several days. A force OF seventeen
hundred men is TO be drawn from the
various precincts The list has been ap-
,roved bv Commissioner Waldo II viii
include 40 captains. $50 lieutenants' @o
sergeants and 100 patromen.
The attention OF Collector Mitchell
fusion candidate for Mayor, was called
Yesterday to the fact that the nass OF
the Custom House were not at half-mast'
like the flags in the city. out OF respect
for MAYOR Gaynor Mr.. Mitchell explained
that the federal regulations did not per-
NIT him TO lower the flags except at the
death OF a federal official unless he first
obtained permission from Washington He
said he sent yesterday the following let
tor 10 William McAdoo, Secretary OF the
Treasury:
'I respectfully request that authority be
granted to half-mast the flags on this
building the day on which the BODY or
Mayor Gaynor arrives in this city and
until after his funeral. IL seems 10 me
proper and fit for the local federal offices
70 toin in this tribute to the chief magis-
trate OF this city and I would suggest
that such an order be issued TO the Gus
todians Of all federal buildings in this
city. The flags OF all other buildings are
flying at half-mast, the federal buildings
being conspicuous exceptions"