Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-29
THE FRIEND OF LABOR.
UNVEILING OF THE STATUE TO THE
LATE A. ]. STEVENS.
Interesting and Imposing Ceremony, Wit
messed by Many Thousands of
Citizens Yesterday.

Yesterday was one long to be remem-
bered by Sacramentans. 1t was not only
the National day of Thanksgiving-ha
lowed with memories that have come
TONS existence-but it was also the occa-
sion of grand demonstration in honor of
one of the foremost of modern champions
of labor, the late A. J. Stevens, Master
Mechanic of the Southern Pacific Com
spany's great manufacturing system. 1t
was the day set for unveiling to the world
statue to his memory, erected by the men
who had labored under his direction, and
who loved him almost as a father. No
greater honor could be paid to the memory
of any man than to be commemorated
thus by his fellow workers and associates
The day was somewhat raw and chilly
for this section, but the people turned out
by thousands to witness the interesting ex-
ercises attending the unveiling of the statue
in the City Plaza The demonstration pre-
ceding the unveiling was an attractive one;
the chief feature being a procession in
which the local military companies, several
civic bodies and the workingmen from the
several departments at the railroad shops
participated. About o'clock in the morn
ing the bodies that were to participate in
the procession began to form on Second
street, between and the railroad depot.
The streets meantime became thronged
with people-old and young-until the en-
tire line of march was marked by dense
masses of sight-seers in holiday dress.
By 10 o'clock the procession was ready to
march, and lead by the Hussar Band,
moved in the following order: First came
the Grand Marshal, Thomas Warmly and
Preidro, Henry Mosely and Antoine Schmitt-
gen; General Sheehan and staff; First Ar
tillery Regiment, N. G. c.; Italian Ber.
saglieri, No. 3, Captain Giuseppe; Sacra-
mento Canton, l. o 0. F.; Independent Order
Foresters; Pioneers; Carpenters Union;
Young Mems Christian Association; Drum
Corps; Grand Army of the Republic-Sum {
ner Post, Warren Post, Fair Oaks Post; in
vited guests in carriages; city and county
officials; Brotherhood of Decorators and
Painters, under the command of A. Ma
honey, President.
Then came the employees of the railroad
shops, some 500 in number, as follows:
machine shop No. l, James Steward, Mar
shal; machine shop No. q A. j. Vermilya,
Marshal; machine shop No. 3, William F.
Hunt, Marshal; blacksmith shop, NJ. J.
Burk, Marshal; rolling mill, Patrick Sulh-
van, Marshall round-house, Ed. Payne,
Marshal; locomotive engineers, A. G. Jor-
dan, Marshal; locomotive firemen, Thomas
Frazer, Marshal; boiler shop, John West,
Marshal. Albert Hooper, son of the late
Charles Hooper, marched at the head of
this division; spring shop, Geo. w. Smith,
Marshal; copper and tin shop, F. Gaesch-
lin, Marshal; iron and brass molders John
Hantzman, Marshal; pattern and uphol-
stery department, NJ. J. Scanlan, Marshal;
paint shop, Charles Joy, Marshal; car ma
chine shop, Benjamin Miller, Marshal; car
shop, Charles Pritchard, Marshal; car shop
sawmill, tin shop, shipping department and
repair shop, Fred Golden, Marshal.
The procession proceeded up street to
Sixth, through Sixth to X, up K to Elev-
enth, through Eleventh to J, and down
to the Plaza. Here platform had been
erected on the east side of the statue and
facing street, where seats had been pro-
vided for the Executive Committee of the
Statue Association, the representatives of
the several bodies participating in the cere-
mony, Governor Waterman, Mayor Greg
ory, city and county officials, choir, Presi-
dent Steffens. of the Board of Trade, Chap
lain, and many other invited guests.
In front and on all sides were vast
throngs of people extending all the way
from Ninth to Tenth streets and filling
half the Plaza. 1t was estimated that the
number of people gathered there to wit
ness the unveiling must have reached ten
or twelve thousand at least