Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-05
TRAMPING TOILERS.
Labor Days Great Dem
OnStratiOn.
THE TRI-CITY OBsERvANCEs
Rock Island Does Honor to the
Occasion.
THIS MORNINGS PARADE.
The Picnic aud Celebration Mt Harper
and Robins on'> Grove s-Speeches
and Other Features.

and Robins on's Grove s-Speeches
and Other Features.
Kindly nature was in thorough sympa-
thy with the sons of toll in the celebration
of their holiday today. She smiled her
prettiest in honor of the occasion. 1t has
truly been lovely day for what has all
ready become to be regarded as one of
our few American holidays-Labor Day,
and before many years it will be in truth
a great national holiday. being already
fittingly SO recognized in many of the
state Of the union, including Illinois.
TRI CITY DEMONSTRATIONS.
It is a splendid idea. that adopted by the
Rock Island, Moline and Davenport of
celebrating Labor Day, jointly and al
ternately in each of the cities. The first
of these celebrations was held in Rock
Island three years ago. Then it went to
Davenport, last year to Moline and this
year it came back to Rock Island. Each
year has seen a larger and more elaborate
celebration than the year preceding, and
this year was attended by the greatest
of ALL
Rock Island put on her best appear
ance in honor of the day. Gay colored
bunting was everywhere displayed. flags
f1osted from the roofs of buildings and
from windows, and throughout the city
there was the appearance Of gala day at
, tire.
THE PROCESSION
with which the DAYS festivities were in
augurated, formed at Twenty third street
and Fourth avenue at y o'clock this
morning under the direction OF T. A.
Fender, marshal of the day. and his
aides, r. G. Lloyd. Frank Wiegand. U.
w. Battles, Hsmlin Hull, Matt Lamb, II.
Jacoby and T. F. Wheean. The column
was made up with little delay, the So
cieties and floats coming from Moline and
Davenport in good season, and the COLI
umn proceeded over the line of march
heretofore published in THE ARGUS The
procession wound its way through the
principal streets of the city, and termin-
ated at the Harper and Robins IN groves in
the east part of the city. where the cele-
bration was held, the line being made up
as follows:
THE MARKING SOCIETIES.
Twin-City Cycling club 20 sheelmen.
Police DEPARTMENTS of hook Island and Moline.
with patrol wagons
Rock Island Fire department.
Speakers, carriages and Rock Island city council
Moline Corn Planter works employees-0 men.
Iron holders Union No: l, Incline - men:
Light Guard Band, Moline.
Iron aIoldeIs' Union No: 2s7, Mo ine-9o men
Germania workm.n's Aid sectety, Molinc-65
Carpenters Aid society, Moline. No 1910 men.
Brotherhood of Machinery moders, No. rs Mo-
lne-6U men
of l. Moline-150 men.
Moline Manichoir-. 80 men,
Moline Dispatch-l5 carrier boys.
Moline Butchers mounted-10 men.
strasser's band, DaTenport-15 men.
Stone Cutters Union ock lsland--So men.
Carpenters and Joiners' Union of Davenport, No
554-125 men,
Stone Masons' Union Ne, s. Davenv ort. 25 men,
Davenport Sir gng society--5 men.
Great Western band, Davenport.
Cigar Makers Union, Davenport 154 men
Painters aud Paper HANGERS Union, No. 1879, Dav-
EXPORT 40 men,
Bleuer's band
Iron MoIders' Union, No. $50. Rock Island--15
Twin-City Typographical Union, No, 1910
mer-
Plow Company Bands men:
jour neymen Tailors' Union, Rock Leland, No. 81
Rock Island Carpenters Union, No. 166-14o
international Paper angers' Union, No. 1890
Plumbers Gas and Steam Filters Union, Rock
Island, No. $50 NEIL
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, No. ISL
50men-
Cigar Makers Union. NO. 81, Rock Jsland-4o
Otto's Band, Davenport
Stone Masons' Union, Rock lslano-59 men.
THE FLOATS
Industrial Home, one float.
/. Huber, one allegorical float.
Carse & Ohlweiler, two floats,
Morris q Lewis, scrap lron one float
Paul Thiesen, Twin-City CARRIAGE works, one float.
Psaf Bros. plasterers one float, eight men, three
little girls
Nj KIohn, cut flowers, one float.
e. Schneider, grocere, one float.
Moeller Bros, grocers, one float.
j. M. Schaub, Cyclone Mills, one float.
Davis Co., plumbers, one float
D. Noftsker, cornice works, one float.
M. Arnold, grocer, one float.
Standard Sewing Machine company, one noat.
e. G Frazer, Rock Island, coal and wood, three
Tvin-City Ice company. three wagons.
H F. Lamp, coal and wood, one wagon.
National Cracker factory, one float.
M. & 4, one aIlegorlcal a9 aHs.s
w. H. Carpenter Company, Aohhe' coai anu
wepandt Bros ;, groc rs, Moline, two floats.
Deere Plow company, Moline, Two Toa floats.
U. s. Clothing company, ony hoat-
e. L. Mclaughlin, Standard Slate company two
floats.
Moline Brass works one hoat.
Peters d Day grocers, Moline, one float.
Chase g. Eff.and, Moline, grocers, one neat
W. A. Dierolf, Moline. wall paper. one float
Gripp g. Dohm. grocers, Moline. one hoat.
Moline Plow company, two noats.
Moline Malleable Iron works, two hoate,
Moline Wagon company, two noafs
George w. Aster Co., flour and feed, one noat.
@ r Iarkin stone contractor and builder, one
float.
Kickapoo Indian camp, one hoat
Penn Tank line. Two fioats.