Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-06

ZatlonS-W Ork-Snops on WneeIs and the
! Various Trades and Avocations APPLY
| IIlustrated-rhe Streets impossible with
| spectators-An Inspiring Yet Orderly
I Pageant.
NEW YORK, September
| Had holiday been ordered expressly
| it 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 eager and expectant
| crowds, till the sidewalks were almost
| impaSsable.
EXlctiy at ten O'Clock the head of the
| line, preceded by a squad of police, COM
/ nIv need to nl<Suo nft,v,r--r-.lrrrra s.ras.r
ABOVE Canal, aud as it advanced other
| divisions drawn up in Canal and White
| streets fell in. 1t took three-qu rterS of
an hour for the procession to pass a
given poi t.
There was an extensive display of trade
! handicraft on wheels in the labor parade
yesterday. The taiiOrs made garments on
wheels; the cigar-maker, rolled up
| more or less desirable specimens of
| the weed by the score and tossed
| them into the crowd as gratuito as
| circus circulars; the glass overs bent
| over flaming jets on wagons as assidu-
| ousy as though laborlng in their dingy
| shops; bakers planted loaves If crispy
| bread before the eyes of a hungry mulli-
tude; stone-cutters hammered away in
| dustriousiy with mallet and chisel, and
butchers with long keen edged
knives carved steaks off huge
| joints of Chicago dressed beef
! A noticeab e feature was the preler
/ ence given to boycotting banners, the
name Ola daily paper, and several of its
| advertising patrons being blazoned forth.
! The Typographical unions were led by a
wagon, in which were stands, cases and
| press; circu arS were struck of and
| thrown broadcast as the procession ad-
vanced. The hosting hod-carriers had
an engine at work.
Every division had a brass band or
drum corps. The bricklayers wore
aprons. Each organization was distin-
| guished by sume peculiar piece of work
mans 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 stl eet. There the line was
4 ulSUulSSGu duu lllt IutI LOOh luClI
lies to a picnic at Washington Park.
The head of the column reached Union
Square at IL 30 O'Clock. Robert Blissart,
John Swinton, Henry George, Patrick
Ford, Alex Jonas, p. J. MEG uire, Louis
Post, DR.. Steibling, H..O. Co!e, DR.. Donai,
Victor Drum, Seageants Blair and Wester-
welt, and half dozen officers, besides
artists from pictorial journals, reporters
| MI nf Iah fitlph 40 nd
stand. From tine stand the gaze encoun-
tered sea of heads. Broadway was i'm
paSsable.
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 10000. 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 great deal of warm talk at
the meeting of the Central Labor Union
on Saturday night about the at.
tempt 10 turn. the parade into a vast
Butler demonstration, but the meeting
did not withdraw the invitation asking
! General Butler to review the parade
| from the stand in Union Square.
general invitation was extended to the
leaders of the NationallstS and Socialists,
and ack-anti-monopolists. An ur-
gent request was made that the organi-
cations which threatened to withdraw
unless Buffers invitation was revoked,
should reconsider their determination,
because such an action was Liable to dam
age free discussion and a settlement OF
disputed questions purely on their merits.
Plans of the new workingmen's hall
have been completed, aud a full circular
description Of it will be at once sent t9
the different trades unions.