Evening journal., 1890-09-01
OBSERVING LABOR DAY.
About $4,000 Men in Line at
New York.
RIVAL ORGANIZATIONS PARADE.

The Police aIads Sure That the Marching
Hosts of the Central Labor Federation
and the Central Labor Union Did Not
Come Together Nm Route.
REw YoRK, Sept Forty five thousand
men in line celebrated Labor day ia two
monster parades this aftsrnoon-one under
tks auspices Of the Central Labor fedora
tion and the other under the banner Of the
Central Labor union. The parade was the
most formidable army of organized labor
which has ever turned out in America.
The business Of many employees is such
taat they cannot leave their work 80 take
part in such demonstrations, but despite
that fast the parade was Of immense pro
portions.
Division Of Labor.
Last year there was only one parade, but
ewing to certain factionnl feelings there
has been division, this year the Central
Labor federation forming an offshoot Of
the Central Labor union. There has been
good deal OF good natured rivalry be-
tween them, and each has done its utmost
to excel in point Of numbers.
The Central Labor union, ia order to
insure good representation from each or
ganisation, decided to impose fines ranging
ffon 81 10 s. ON members who failed TO par
hcipate. Typographical Union No. &
headed che procession with over 1900 men
Building Constructors' District Assembly
No @o5 was represented by every one Of fss
organizations in full force.
The Eadaraffo., Fpar.da
Th~ federation parade was without
doubt the larger OF the two The fedora.
tion men were reinforced By the united
Jewish trades, which really belong 10
neither organization. The cloaknnakers
lead the Central Labor federation parade
with $500 men. This was she largest rep
resentation OF any one union.
The Lines Of March.
August Delabar was grand marshal Of
the five divisions OF the federation. and
the line of march was up Second avenue
from Houston street, % Fifth street. to
First avenue, TO Fourteenth street, 30 Ave
nue. z, to Pitt street, to Broome street. 10
Norfolk street, TO Houston street., te Ave
nue. A, to Tenth street, to Stuyvesant
place.
The line of march Of the Central Labor
anion's parade was along RoHsth avenue,
from Sixth street to Union square, around
the plaza, where the women reviewed the
procession from the cottage; through Sew
enteenth street 10 Eighth aYcnua TO Thir-
ty-fourth street, to Fifth avenue, to Forty
second street.
They Did Not Come Together.
The rivalry between the two orqaniza-
tions caused the police authorities yester-
day to send for August Delahar. grand
marshal Of the Central Labor federation
and when he appeared he was informed
that he would have TO change fhs route Of
bis parade, as it had been discovered that
the two bodies of marchers would be IN
comfortably near each other The change
was made TO avoid any possible tEsubR.
Ne Red Flags Permitted.
There was a stormy meeting Of the Cen
tral Labor union OF Newark, ". j. held az
It's headquarters yesterday. One of its
members had invited the Socialistsc Labor
party TO join in today's parade Of the Cen
tral Labor union, and She marshal, 7. j.
MeManus, had decided against allowing
them TO participate if they insisted on
carrying the red flag.
The matter was warmly discussed IL
was at length decided that no union should
be allowed in the parade except it earried
the American Gag Unions woald be per
mitted 10 carry their own flags in addition
10 this, but the presence of the red emblem
of socialism was forbidden
Red flags, however, were permitted in
the parade Of the Central Labor federation