The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-04
LABOR'S DAY OF REST.
Parade, Sports and Ball for To-
mOrrOw's Celebration.
FINE FLOATS IN PROCESSION.
Athletic sports 1t Madison Street Ball
Ground and Ball In the Evening
MANY Good Prizes.

The Labor day committee was busy last
night concluding its arrangements for .
grand celebration tomorrow and. with IA
vorable weather. everything looks prom
ising for one of the greatest demonstra-
tons ever given in the city.
The exercises will begin with the firing
OF national salute in the morning. and at
O'Clock grand street parade will take
place. There will be a number of fine
floats in the parade. The Western Cen.
trail Labor Union. the Carpenters
Union, the Longshoremen's Union
and the Bakers Union have
gone to considerable expense in fixing up
be fine display of the city fire apparatus.
At the conclusion of the parade picnic
will be held at the Madison street park,
where an address will be delivered by
John Lamb, ex-labor commissioner Of
Minnesota, and fine programme of ath-
ietic sports will take place on the ball
ground. In addition to these there will
be dancing in the pavilion and another
programme of sports at the Laurel Shade.
Admission to the ball grounds will be
only 25 cents. The celebration will close
with grand ball at Armory hall in the
evening.
All the bands In the city have been en-
gagged to participate in the parade, and it
is expected that some Of the visiting dele
cations may also bring bands with them.
A large number of visitors are expected in
from the surrounding towns, and mining
prospectors are coming in from all parts
Of the state and have applied for q place
in the parade.
Western Central Labor Union hall has
been tastefully decorated with evergreens
and bunting, and line of sixteen large
flags will be strung across Front street
from the building. A neat arch is to be
constructed over the sidewalk on the cor.
ner today. Several of the merchants have
promised to decorate their stores, though
owing to the burning in the Schwabacher
fire of lot of the old bunting belonging to
the city which it was proposed to use, the
decorations will not be as elaborate as it
was proposed to have them.
Nearly all the leading business houses
will be closed in the afternoon At least.
The banks and public library and reading
room will be closed all day and the post
Office will be open only from to 10 O'Clock
in the morning, the letter carriers making
only one delivery.
Grand Marshal w. G. Armstrong and
his aides will have charge of the parade
and there will be prizes for the finest float
and the union presenting the finest ap-
pearance in the parade. The judges ap-
pointed to decide these questions are:
Mayor J. T. Ronald, Chief Of Police An
drew Jackson and Chief Gardner Kellogg
Of the fire department.
The parade will form on the west side of
Third street, with the right resting on the
corner of James street. Each union may
form where it chooses, provided it reports
through its division marshal from its al
lotted place in line at $50 O'Clock on the
morning of the parade. The order to
march will DO given at o'clock sharp.
The members of the Western Central
Labor Union will meet at the hall at
O'Clock in the morning to look after de-
tails and form in line for the parade.