The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-09
LABOR DAY PARADERS.
Marshal's Aids Appointed and the
Route Selected.

Twenty-Five labor organizatio Ms were
represented by delegates to the Labor
Day Conference at Coopers' Hall last
evening. Daniel Spencer, of the Build
ing Trades Council, acted as chairman,
and James F. Moran filed the post of
secretary.
After a completion of the roll call of or
ganizations, Grand Marshal Frank Vree-
land, of Bayonne, announced that he had
of the Tin and Sheet Iron Workers,
and James A. Stuart, of the Painters.
Then the following section aids
were announced by the various
organization:-Pain William Nc
Cree; Printers, Kenneth Forbes;
Carpenters. 4S2. Rhodey Keeshem; Car
penters, 391, William Ryan; Carpenters,
1856, William H. Lee; Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers, John Callahan; Surface Rail
road EMPLOYEES, William Smith, and
Painters, of Bayonne, James Loughran.
A great many of the organizations rep
resented were not prepared to name their
aids, and the secretary was instructed to
notify all those who desire to take part to
forward to the Chief Marshal informa-
tion as to number of men they will parade.
whether they will have music or not and
the name of the section aid selected, be-
fore August 25, in order that Marshal
Vreeland will have time to properly assign
them place in the parade.
r. j. Allen. Henry G. Gruber and Charles
Hudson were appointed as advisers to the
marshal and chief aids in the selection of
line of march, with instructions to re-
port as soon as possible. This committee
was in session for half an hour and then
reported the following route, which was
adopted:-The line will form at Hamilton
Park, and will proceed thence to Pavonia
avenue, to Hudson street, to Newark
avenue, to Grand street, to Fifth street, to
Washington street, to First street, to Mon
roe street, to Grove street, TO Eighth street,
to Jersey avenue, to Grand street, to Hud-
son street, to Montgomery street, to New
ark avenue, to Caledonia Park, and dis
miss. The procession will move at nine
O'Clock sharp. without fail, and all unions
must be at their stations at that time.
The Conference extends through THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS an invitation to the
Merchants Protective Association and
the manufacturers of Hudson county to
have their various industries represented
in the parade, and it also hopes that there
will be general observance of the day by
all classes in the community. The follow
ing gentlemen were appointed to inter
view merchants and manufacturers in
regard to the matter:-Patrick Norton,
William Ryan, James Faulkner, John c.
Anderson, j. p. McCann, r. J. Allen,
William Kelly, John Callahan, p. J. Hen
nessey, Joseph Fullem, John McManus
and William r. Vreeland.
Those merchants and manufacturers
whom the committee do not visit, and
who desire to be assigned place in the
line, can have this done by forwarding
information as to the number of wagons
and nature of display to Grand Marshal
Frank r. Vreeland, No. 572 Avenue B.
Bayonne.
The Building Trades Council an
nounced the following gentlemen as its
selection for the various picnic commit
tees:-Reception - Frank r. Mulligan,
Michael Garyey, P. j. Hennessy and John
Howe.
Floor-Albert Nelson, Hermann Lett
mann, Thomas Flanagan, Michael Byrnes,
Charles A Kelly and Frank S. Macdonald.
Police-Frank Moulton, Henry A. Mar
tin, Robert Edwards, Wendell p. Carroll
and Thomas Sadlier.
Then ON motion all further arrange
ments were left in the hands of the Chief
Marshal and staff of aids and the Confer
ence adjourned.