Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-15
labor DEMONSTRATION
Three Thousand Sturdy and Wig
orous Workingmen
JOIN N Az IMPOSING PROCESSION
hss . sisSis Iaesasst Mars the Quiss
and Order Of The Dsy-spssehss
Delivered by Msssrs- DsrAn,
Mcbride Frye aud Hastsa

MsHrids. frys aud Has,sa.
Thursday, May Ia. viii be . well re-
membered day among the united labor
ingmen OF Grand Rapids, IS 1t witnessed
parade, while gotten up on less than
two days notice, yet one of the largest
demonstrations ever seen IN the city.
Soon after dinner the various unions
began To assemble in the neignborhood
OF the corner of West Bridge-s.- and
Summer-st-, and from that point IN ali
directions. The marshal Of the day
was Louis Dustin. aud his aides Were
A L. Christy, or the Carpenters Union;
Richard Richards, OF the Painter .
Unlon. aud +. III. Gill, organizer, of the
Central Labor Union. For once In the
history of the world parade took
place on schedule time, for at the tick
of $50 p. m., Wurzburg's band COM
uenced march, and almost instantly
nearly 1000 feet went tramp. tramp
over the rotten pavement OF West
BrIdge-st. The order Of the parade
Was as follows:
How They Marched.
Grand Rapids Wheelmen.
Forty Men on Bicycles and Tricycles.
Marshals and their Aides, Mounted.
Platoon OF Sixteen Police under Ser
geant Webb.
Eighteen carriages. containing the
sheriff and deputies, speakers and
prominent citizens
Street Car Employees Union-F. H.
Gill IN command: 425 men. Aides:
+. b. NelIlst, James Paul and John A.
McGowan.
BARRIERS Union,-H. Cramer COM
manding; l25 men; followed by Soo-
beske's full band in uniform.
Cigarmakers' .Union-l50 men; CON-
manded by George Martin; aide, James
Carpenter.
typographical Union. No. 39-Pres-
ident, Ill. j. AIKEN; l55 men.
Valley City wheelmen-Captain Ed.
Emmer and 10 men on bicycles.
Iron Moulders' UDion-Commanded
NJ. C.. McRobert, aide; K. Holsworth
% men.
Carpenters Union No. 65-Command-
or Joseph Curtiss. aides, Alexander c.
Fyfe and f. Probart $50 men. Ban
ner reading "An honest day for honest
pay"
Plumbers Union-Commande Dan
lie! Connors; aide, Andrew Eagan; 2l0
men.
Circus band.
Bakers union; 50 men.
Brewers union-Commander Fred
Schmid; 20 men.
Wood Carvers' union-Commander,
George Dean, aide T. Burnette; 90 men.
Painters and Decorators union No.
ll9-Commander George Thomas; aide
Roy Noble; 96 men.
smiths opera house band.
Saiesmen's union-Commander, G.
Mckay; l02 men.
Retail grocery clerks union No. 49,
Commander Holloway and aides
Lehman, Marshall and Schenkleberg;
80 men.
Butchers union-E. Beebe, aide; 80
men.
Brick and Stone Masons, 10i men.
Drum corps.
Banner reading: "You can put on
your scabs. but you can't have our
nickles; we have our boots tapped"
Grand Rapids Cycle Co.; IS men,
with banner reading: "Save your car
fares and buy bicycle"
Machinists' Union, Joseph Tantler,
COMMANDER; 80 men,
Bissell employees, George Wright,
commander; so men.
Furniture Employees and Band Saw
yers' Unlons-Commander Il. Cham
plon; $40 men.
BoiIermakers Union-Commande
Joseph Lambrix: ls men.
German Csbinetmakers' Union
Valentine Waiter, commander; so men.
Switchmen's and Brakemen's Union
Charles Siegrist, commander; AZ men.
Carrysll line of ten, with banners
"Ride Home IN Carryalls."
Transfers UnlOn-Commander, Jas.
DeVries; los men.
Friends and sympsthizers of union
labor in carriages and on foot, TO the
number of hundreds.
Where They Marched.
The procession marched to Canal-st
thence south To Lyon-st. thence east TO
North DivIsion-st. thence south to
Monroe, on Monroe and East Fulton-st
TO sheldon, south to WesIthy-ave, west
~ South DivIsion-st. north to East Full
ton. west 90 Spring. north to Monroe
81, thence on Monroe 10 Campau Place.
winch soon filed fuller than house
full of wind and overfiowed IN every
direction. At Csmpau Place the line
of street car employees divided IN open
order and saluted ali the rest OF the
Unions "a they passed through. Ii
took 30 minutes for the procession to
pass given point. At s.5s VI. c. Duffy
secretary of the Central Labor Union,
from platform raIsed on two drays,
called the crowd to order while the
street car officials looked down upon
the surglng crowds from their windows
near by.
Deran Makes TsIk
Mr.. Duffy then introduced Peter
porsn. Peter the Duke Of Kent, said
II afforded him great pleasure To speak
- the boys and congratulated them
npon their honest, straight forward
cause. Ten hours e enough for any
man 20 work. Great cheersI. The
street car men IN Detroitw we're nos gwen
the same good treatment that the
horses received. Yonr demands sre
"Houest Pay for Honest Labor" You
want no iron-clsd contract. IL you
continue your orderly course you will
have the people On your SIDE. We
wSns no slavery Ike that of
the middle age. Arbitration was
good enough for the company
At Detroit. You want 30 provision
sSainst unions. They have worked ali
tne benefits thst you have gained. The
street car company q not an individual
hut 4 corporation that has received
franchi=ss ard benefits at your hands.
They owp it 90 you 20 leave this trouble
e. e,,s.arnaftee OF arbitration. Use no
xiolerre and ven vii have the respect