The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-01
LABOR'S OWN GREAT DAY
Jersey City's Celebration
Promises to Be Worthy
of the Occasion.
THE PARADE AND THE PICNIC.
A Great Crowd Will Assemble to
Hear General Master Workman
P0wderlY.


In all the larger cities of the country the
day will be more generally observed than
ever before. Particularly is this the case
in Jersey City. Through the formation
of the Central Trades Assembly in this
city labor organizations that were dor
mant became imbued with activity; and
tomorrow will witness such a labor
parade as this city has never known
before.
In addition to the solid files<6f labor's
army the merchants and manufacturers
will augment the grandeur of the display
with their handsome floats, upon which
Will be exposed the principal products of
factories and workshops.
Among the many merchants who have
signitied their intention of assisting in
the display / noticed the names of Mar
shall x Bal. John Mullins, Turner &
Benell, Hoos q Schultz, r. A. Mcknight,
Barnes & Co. and Cole and Miller, the
florists
And to make the day more enjoyable
those who attend the picnic at Caledonian
Park will have the pleasure of listening
to an address by General Master Work
man Powderly, of the knights of Labor,
who will step over from Newark to speak
to the workers of this city.
The parade will be under the manage
ment of Grand Marshal +. r. Vreeland,
of Bayonne, who has done his utmost to
make it success. Here is the order OF
Grand Marshal vreeland
Chief Aids James A. Stuart and James f. Moran
FIRST DIVISION
Carl Sahm Band.
Marshal w. Ryan.
Carpenters Union 39l.
Marshal Rhody keeshem
Carpenters Union ASP.
Marshal William IL. Lee
Carpenters Union 4S0.
Stair Builders Union
Marshal w. McCree.
Painters Union j. G.
Marshal j. Loughran.
Painters Union, Bayonne.
Marshal John Callahan.
Tin and Sheet Iron Workers.
Drum Corps.
Marshal Kenneth Forbes
The JERSEY CITY NEWS Chapel.
Marshal William Smith
Surface Railroad Employees.
SECOND DIVISION.
Band.
Marshal c. j. Shugrue.
Jersey Association.
Pocahontas Association.
Early Closing Association.
Keystone Labor Club.
Steam Boiler Makers.
Argo Association.
Coach Drivers Union.
Liberty Association.
Santa Rosa Association.
William Lloyd Garrison Association
Axis Association
Stella Association.
Equitable Association
Eccentric Engineers Union.
Machnsts' Association
Floats and Business Wagons.
The line will form at Hamilton Park
| and will then march to Payonia avenue,
| to Grand street, to Fifth street, to Wash
| ington street, to First street, to Monroe
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 ut that time.
The painters of this city have hitherto
| walked in the New York parade, but
| President Stuart hopes that this year all
| painters resident of Jersey City will re-
port at Coopers' Hall at eight O'Clock and
march with the local organization.
THE BIG PICNIC
| The picnic at Caledonian Park will be
| monster affair and the games will
afford pleasure to those who delight in
| athletics, as oil the cracks are entered, as
| published in Fridays JERSEY CITY NEWS.
| Louis G. Gruber has charge of the games,
and the prizes are handsome alligator
satchels, which together with the hand
| some badges OF the officers are on exhibit
| ton at Grubcr's cigar store, No. 1903 New
ark avenue, Subjoined is u list of the
| committees having the affair in charge.
Committee of Arrangements.-Rich
Downs, director; Henry G. Gruber, secre-
! tary; William E. Alpe, treasurer; Charles
| A. Bruins, John 5. Gormley, Charles j..
| Shugrue, president.
| Floor Manager. William Cumaskey:
Assistant floor manager.-Charles Il.
Kelly.
Floor Committee. -Albert Nelson,
| Charles p. Friend, Jacob Knerr, James
b. Taylor, II. j.. Hennessey, Michael Len
non, William McGuire, Thomas Griffin,
| Michael Carney and Michael j. Byrnes.
Police Committee-Ira Bushey, captain:
John Mcdonald, Charles Il. Turner, John
| r. Burke, Frank Moulton, Robert Ed
wards, Edward Foster, William Deely,
James A. Stuart, Henry A. Martin and
Frank S. Mcdonald.
Reception ommittee-Richard j. Allen
chairman; John Mccain, Fred Demmrst
John Callahan, Frank X. Mulligan, John
Thorn, James j. Allen, Adam j. Zoller
George Smith. Herman Sethman and
| Thomas Sadlier.
| These gentlemen, acting as Field Mar
shals, viii exercise a supervision over all
| matters outside OF the dancing pavilion
Henry True, Edward Closterman, Ben
/ jamin Hohmeier, James Dow, w. b.
| GARDINER, Daniel Spencer, James Ander
son, James 4. Moran, Patrick Norton
| William Dodd, John w. Rumpf, P.O'Don-
nell, X. Schmidhauser, Duncan Mcleod
Charles Paul, Rhoda Keeshem, John
! Faulkner. Joseph Fullem, Theo. Daharsh
Henry Bossack, Frank Rush, Henry Mar.
| tin, Henry Obergfield, James Bowling
| Joseph Breillat, Alfred Il. Brown, Richard
Woods, George T. Foote, James McNulty
and Lawrence Ryan
| THE JERSEY CITY NEWS Chapel, under
\ command OF Kenneth Forbes. will march
| behind handsome new ban er and the
badges of the members are beautiful silk
affairs The 'comps" mean to celebrate
the day with vim and after the march
| will indulge in impromptu festivities, OF
which the features will be athletic games
| and music.
All the large stores of the city will be
closed and the day will be general
| holiday.
A PLEASANT LABOR DAY.
| old Prob. Thinks the Skies VIII BE Clear
for Forty-eight Hours.
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