Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04
LABOR AND IT'S DAY
Complete Program for Tomor-
rows Celebration
LINE OF The GRAND PARADE
N. Garland Of ths AmzIgamased Assoela-
ton and the Rev. w. a. Frye WIZ
DeIivsE Eloquent speeches.

ever neid Ia Gr8nt Rapids For weeks
the ioint COMMITTEES from Central Labor
union snd the Building Trades coan-
ca has been AZ work preparing the pro-
CRANE sud making al necessary ar
rangements for daY that Will mark
az epoch IN the history Of Grand Rap
IDS labor Organizations.
Labor day as dlst.nct festival ia
Grand Rapids IS Dut six years old. In
tne fall OF 1886 the day Was celebrated
under the auspices Of the then power
ful Knights OF Labor. Al that time
there vas not 10 exceed twenty labor
unions ~ the city and the total num-
Der OF union men Was less than /, DO.
Now there are forty-LwO labor Organ-
lLau0us ln the city with an aggregate
membership OF 300. The credit for
this rapid increase 10 the number OF
unions and Tor the almost quadruDled
strength OF organized labor n the city,
ls due 20 A great extent % the efforts or
Central laoor union. 10 WAS organ
zed n lssJ. and It's growth has
been rapid from u inception. IL was
cosed a. tTst principally OF the differ
ent assemblies Of Knights Of Labor
and toe local unions. In 1858, after
tne Knights Of Labor mad sadly de-
creased IN strength. Central Labor
union decided 20 take charge OF the
LABOR dav program. The convenience
add PRACTICAL value OF the body be-
came evident snd from thar time TO
tnls Central Labor union ms been the
backbone OF al labor organizatlo rs IN
Grand Rapids.
Recognized Authority.
It is the recognized authority in all
cases ana IS the arbitrator or al dis
putes and Engagements that take
place % the different unions compos-
iEg u.
The present officers are; President,
William A. Byde. Knights OF Labor;
vice president. Michael Murphy. cabI-
netmakot. treasurer. III. A. Cramer,
BARRIERS: financial secretary, John
MsuhlIng, printers and musicians;
recording and corresponding secretary,
Paul Marin, cigarmakers; sergeant-at-
arms, G.. ID. A.tson. BARRIERS. The reg
ulkr meetings are held on the second
and fourth Monday evenings of each
month, at c. l.. u. hall, No. 81 Canal
street. which IS occupied nearly every
night Ia the year oy some one OF the
variOus Organizations.
There are three knights OF Labor as
semblles and tventy-Slx trades unions
that send delegates 10 the Central Labor
union, making l46 delegate that are
entitled 70 seate.
Building Trade Council.
Last year the Building Trades coun-
eli was organized. Tnis Is another cen
tral labor BODY and - coequal with the
Central Labor union IL u composed
OF all the building trades organizations
ia the city. There are nine different
unions, comprising thirteen bodies, as
follows The brick layers and stone
masOns' union, the carpenters OF which
there are four unions, the painters and
decorators, the plumbers, the steam
and gas filters, the tin. sheet iron and
cOrnice workers and the plasterers.
Tue permanent OrEsnlzation was
effected ~ March. 1891. Each union
- entitled 10 tive delegates. where only
one union exists to a trade. When
there are mere. each union mas three
delegates There g now a representa-
ton of thirty-seyen delegates. and the
officers are as follows. President,
john j. Williams, hrlcklsyers; vice
president, William Bullock, plumbers;
recording secretary. Thomas Edwards.
carpenters. financial secretary. Jacob
Tazeiaar. painters. treasurer, Alfred c.
Becker. cOrnlce works; sergeant-at-
arms. John Ten Hope. cornice work
rrs. trustees. ~. l.. Brdssil. chairman.
Frsdy Cathey and John Hovinga.
A01g tne labor organizations OF the
city the rypagraphicsl union takes
precedence 10 point Of age. II was
organzed In 1855. aud Capt. Charles
Eatou, nov president OF the firm OF
Baton, Lyon & Co., was its first treas
urer.
The Youngest Of the organizations =
the Mason Tenders union. which was
organized June i3. 1872.
Program 81 the Parade
Everything = now completed for 10
fnorrows celebration. and the revised
program Of the parade follows
fESrEAL IAB0B rSIoN.
The column vii move promptly At
1880 ADD lae following arrangement
Of unions viii be observed n the for
nation of tne parade
sheriff Mcqueen and Escort.
JuuOn Eant.
NsrSrs w ilhsnt r Tea.
Aides-W. Hann william Crews.
~peake- ISL r-M. Garland.
The Rev. l4 President OF the
Day. and E- william A. hyde.
tlrst Dtvi-ion.
Wood Csrvers' Union.
German Cabinet Makers Union.
NcW Cabinet Makers Union.
Holland Furuturs Workers Union.
Machine Workers [ mon.
Valley CitY Assembly. K. OF L.
Stevens Assemble. 4. of L.
Hone Assembly X. Of [.
Ruicners Union. Tom horses
Team Owners fuon on horses.
secepd ntvisfon.
Union Band.
Marsha w Wlifsm DeYoung.
Bakers Union.
Rtrbers Jnion
~a.ssnlens zion
Grocer Clerks Un.1n.
Brewers MON.
faliors infon
Harnessit asers Union.
r Absorbed Bsnd- Hssdi1g Divisions
thtrt n1vtsssn.
LrGu band
Marshal Char williams
TvpcuraU hical Hnlon
Printing fre-swens union.
Eigsruskers union.
Nac8fn |-ts UNION.
Aaldefs lnon.
H0rspshcsrs n.cn.
MsCe sne0us.
fnutt.acks Union.
Tntausudsnt Athletic club.
Holland CtV Cenusi Labor arion.
ard ua-cns represented therein
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