The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-08
LABOR'S GALA DAY.
AN IMMENSE TURNOUT IN CHICAGO
AND NEW YORK.
The Different Unions in Line-Printine
Paper While Marching The Social
lists Sunday Parade--The March
Down Broadway, New York.

CHICAGO, Sept S.-The great parade of
the labor organizations of the city, which
has been SD much talked of came up to the
expectations OF its promoters, and was evil
dently satisfactory TO the men themselves
In the fir, place, the weather was all that
could be desired 1t was a good day for
marching, wh.eI in Itself was boon.
As early a, 8 O'clock the vicinity of
Adams and De>plaines streets became
thronged with little knots of people, the
larger part of whom were the wives, chill
dren, aud aged fathers OF those who were to
take part in the parade. 1t was not until
nearly 10 o'clock that the chief marshal,
Marx l.. Crawford, arrived at his
headquarters, MasKell hall. Here he
met his aides, and soon after bands be
gan to play in the neighborhood and
bodies of men commenced to as
sembled in the ad iacent streets. Gayly dec
Grated wagons drawn by equally finely dec
Crated steel were to be seen. About 1880
O'clock Lieut. Baus of the Larrabse street
station, arrived with a force of twenty-six
men who were TO head the process sion
Then there was marching and counter
marching for mora than half an hour. At
last soon after II o'clock, C.iai
Marshal Craw:orl, wearing red
and-white sash, and mounted on
coal-hIark charger came dswa
the street and ordered the fr.t coIumu =,
move The representatives. Of the Ctl ..r
Trade aud Labor assembly, to the nu,ot-,
OF 100, came first These wers followed t,
distinguished guest in carria ,e>, au.aa.
whom were William = W"ud5y, u...t,
agent Of the national bureau of t...t.
statistics; NJ. Il. McAhea. seer r,
the committee of arrangements .t--'.
Power, pre-ilent of thn .a.-
union, and OF er> A. : Nachr 's
firm OF costumers ind We.
decorated wagon liiial w.lb 90 ..-.
and children dressed IN Aia,a ,., .
Then came the Uultri Stone i.r o..
strong marching fur abreast
had an elegant hammer anl
white hats AMI apron, As tue, ,..
along some of them sang the
selaise hymn. On banner; Nhic4 ga,
carried was the devices We Na-,a
Hand in Hand" A noticeable ieature va
the number # mnttoes which decar,a
against convict labor. and ON two Of lbs
wagons were men dras ed ~ coavict, garb
and guarded by Others representing t4e
guards at the penitentlary- This display
raised a laugh as it passed along. Other
wagons had men working at the stone cut
ters' trade.
The PIasterers union, 500 strong, came
next They were gay-looking company,
dressed rs they we're in white hats and
gloves and carrying canes. The Lathers'
union turned out $50 men. They had
wagon on which the frame of house had
been erected, and men were busily putting
lathes over the scantlingS Then came the
hox-makers and sawyers, who had numer-
GUS wagons
The second division was headed by Robert
koopman and his aide, A H. Mclaughlin.
First in it came Typographical Union No
IT, and a jalIier-looking set of men thaa
these printers never were seen 1t was
roughly estimated that there was !. 900 Of
them in line. The city papers we're repre-
sented. and on some of the wagons papers
were being printed and copies thrown to the
crow t.