The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-07
LABOR PARADES.
LABOR PARADES.
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The Celebration of Working
mems Day in the East.
GRAND TURNOUT OF KNIGHTS.
The Professions In all The Big Cltles
War With Bandlts-HeaVy
RainstOrm - Etc.
GRAND TURNOUT OF KNIGHTS.
The Labor Associations, Grand
Display.
Grand

The Labor Associations, Grand
Display.
CHICAGO, September 6.-The annual
street parade in this city to- day was the
most noteworthy ever made by the
Labor Organization of Chicago. The
day was warm, but perfect in all other
respects for street display.
The column began moving at 1870,
and marching steadily was nearly three
hours in its passage. The column was
divided into nine divisions, ana close
computation puts the NUMBER and
marchers in line at between 5,OOO and
50 600. The feature Of the parade was
contained in the remarkable uniformity
. shown by each division OF marchers,
the latter all being equipped with canes
and generally wearing sloucn hats OF
gray or dark colors. All the trades
marched in columns of TOURS, well
closed up, and generally moving with
great precision, and regularity. The
column of 500 employees of the band
safe manufacturers wore white tiles.
The column of journeymen tailors
numbering 1000, wore white derbys
and presented probably the finest
appearance of any distinct body
of marchers. An American
flag was carried by each
division. One of the trucks in line car
risd the figure of twenty foot giant
stamping out cheap labor. idealiZed by
the figure of Cbinaman. The process
sion had an almost endless display of
manufactured goods. One of the
knights of Labor assemblies carried
banner inscribed avoid all politicians.
BALTIMORE, September 6.-The dem
onstration of the Knights of Labor to.
day, was the largest of the industrial
classes ever witnessed in Baltimore. In
many parts of the city buildings were
decorated. Gatherings took place IN
East Baltimore. The line was composed
of eight divisions.
New YORK, September 6.-This being
a legal holiday, set apart by the Legis-
lature for the laboring classes, it was
celebrated by monster parade by diff
ferent labor organizations, followed by
a picnic. Every trade was represen tel
in the procession, which was Consti-
tuted, it was said, OF between Is 900
ana 10000 Workingmen. The procession
started from Thirteenth Street and
Forty-eight Avenue, and moved to
Union Square, where it was reviewed
by Mayor Grace. The members then
proceeded TO Harlem River Park, where
a picnic took place, and various games
were engaged in.
NEWARK, n. j., September 6.-Most
OF the factories and stores in this city
are closed in honor of Workingmen's
Day" $4,000 workingmen took part in
The procession.
Boston, September 6.-The labor
day" which Is to be permanent an
nual institution in Boston, was inau-
gurated by the workingmen of this city
and the suburbs to-day, in an imposing
The feature of the morning
was the procession in five divisions, III
which it is estimated that 10 600 persons |
participated. The procession, in which |
were represented al the laboriDg in
tereSts of the city, was reviewed by the |
mayor on School Street, and was wit |
messed by thousands of people who |
crowded the sidewalks.