The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-09-06
A MONSTER DEMONSTRATION


The Parade of the New York Labor organi,
zations-Work-shops on Wheels and tho
Various Trades and Avocatlons APPLY
Illustrated-The Streets Jmpassable with
spectators-An Inspiring Yet Orderly
Pageant.
NEW YORK, September l.
Had holiday been ordered expressly
1t could not have been more favorable
for the grand labor demonstration. Long
before the hour announced the thorough
fares through which it was to pass were.
thronged vita esger and expectant.
crowds, till the sidewalks were almost
impossible.
Exactly at ten o'clock the head OF the,
line, preceded by a squad of police, COM
menced to move down Centre street,
above Canal, and as 1t advanced other
divisions drawn up in Canal aud White
| streets fell in. 1t took three quarters Of
an hour for the procession to pass a.
| given point
There was an extensive display of trade
handicrsat on wheels in the labor parade
| yesterday The tailors made garments on
wheels; the cigar-makers rolled up,
more or less desirable specimens of
the weed by the score and tossed
them into the crowd as gratuito uSly as
| circus circulars; the glass blowers bent
| over flaming Jets on wagons as assidu-
| ously as though laboring In their dingy
shops; bakers planted loaves of crispy
bread before the eyes of a hungry multi
tude; stone hammered away in
dustriously with mallet and chisel, and
butchers with long keen edged
knives carved steaks off huge,
joints of Chicago dressed beef
noticeable feature was the prefer
| Uiu 70 hnuoDtfip,Y
name of daily paper, and several of its
advertising patrons being blazonsd forth.
The Typographical unions were led by a.
wagon, in which were stands, eases and
| press; circu airs were struck off and
thrown broadcast as the procession adj
vanced. The hosting hod-carriers had
| an engine at work.
Every division had a brass baud or
drum corps. The brcklayers wore
aprons. Each organization was distin-
gushed by some peculiar piece of work.
mau's apparel.
The line of march was down Centre
street to Printing House Square, thence
to Park Row; to Mail street; to Broad
way; to Fourteenth street; to Seven
teenth street, to Fifth avenue; to
Twenty-fifth sti eet. There the line was
dismissed and the men took their fami-
lies TO a picnic at Washington Park.
The head OF the column reached Union
Square a; IL 20 O'Clock. Robert Blissart,
John Swinton, Henry George, Patrick
Ford, Alex Jonas, 2. J McG ulre, Louis
Post, DIR. Steibing, IL. o. Cole, Or. Donai,
Victor Drum, Seageants Blair and Wester-
welt, and half dozen officers, besides
artists from pictorial jouruals, reporters
and number of ladies' filed the grand
stand. From the stand the gaze encoun-
| far a IN nf heads Rrnud WAY i'm.
passabke.
The printers attracted more attention
than any other body in the procession.
Probably 1000 turned out. 1t Is es-
timated that there were ten thousand
men in line, and that the spectators num-
bered 40, After the parade was dis
missed the men finished the holiday at
the Empire Coliseum and Washington
Park In games, dancing, etc. The
demonstration appeared to have no
political bearing.
There was a great deal % warm talk at
the meeting of the Central Labor Union
on Saturday night about the at.
, tempt to turn the parade into vast
Butler demonstration, but the meeting
, did not withdraw the invitation asking
General Butler to review the parade
from the stand in Union Square.
A general invitation was extended to the
leaders of the NationalIsts and Socialists,
, and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. An ur-
gent request was made that the organi-
cations which threatened to withdraw
unless Buffers invitation was revoked,
> should reconsider their determination,
9 because such an action was liable to dam
J age free discussion and q settlement OF
, disputed questions purely on their merits.
0 Plans of the new workingmen's hall
have been completed, and a full circular
description of 1t will be at once sent to
the different trades unions.