The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-06
LABOR'S Big HOLIDAY.
Parade of the Building
Trades Councils an I'M
posing Demonstration.
WHO TOOK PART In IT.
Other Events of the Day That At
Z tracted Attention and Won
Applause Professions
and Picnics Had
the Call.

throughout Hudson county, and the
various organizations interested made an
excellent showing. The main feature OF
the celebration was of course the parade
of the Building Trades Councils. 1t was
an imposing demonstration. The length
of the routes, heretofore selected has had
tendency to discourage parading on the
part of the individual members of the
various unions of the association, who
having a holiday object to trudg-
ing eight or ten miles to reach scene of
festivity. AS result only the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, the Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers and Roofers' Association of
America, few OF the painters and
several of the laborers' unions were
strongly represented, others Only par
TALLY. The Tin and Sheet Iron Workers,
though well represented were mad, and
the rule demanding a 6ne of one days
FAY of the individual members who re-
fused TO parade will be enforced.
The parade formed at Washington and
Grand streets about ten O'Clock. The off
platoon and off section of the First pre-
cipct police, under command of Sergeant
Archibald, assisted by Sergeants Kelly
and Mclaughlin, headed the parade.
John +. Moran of the Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers, was Grand Marshal His aides
were Rody Keechen, of Carpenters Union
No. 4S9, and Miles Felix. of Laborers'
Union No /, of Hoboken.
THE PROCESSION.
The Carpenters and Joiners had the
right of liue. They were represented by
Union No 482, John Scanlan, Marshal;
No. 4S8, G.. A. Judge. Marshal; No. 564,
john Levy, Marshal; No. 39l, John Hiltz.
Marshal; No. $40. Harshal. They We're
headed by Williams Band.
Local union No. 1886, Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers and Roofers' Association of Hud-
son County, comprising the workers Of
that trade of both Jersey City and Hobo.
ken, came next III line. The union was
headed by the Van Houten Post Flute
and Drum Corps, aud was marshalled by
James Connors. with Albert SchlessinRer
as aide.
Next came Laborers' Union No. of
HobokeH, marshalled by President
Charles Cove; then Union No. of Jersey
City, marshallsd by President NJ. Gun
ningham; then Union No. 2 of Jersey
CITY, marshalled by Miles Hallgan.
Several of the unions had their own bands
and drum corps, and, with banners flown
to the morning breezes, moved over Dor
tion of the route in tine form, while thou
sands along the sidewalks admired and
cheered.
A LONE REVIEW.
Alderman McCoobery alone, of all the
CITY officials reviewed the parade in front
of the City Hall.
The route selected was as follows, but
many dropped out before reaching Hobo
ken: Down Grand to Hudson, 10 Mont
gomery, to Newark avenue. to Grove. to
Grand, to Pacific avenue, to Communi-
paw avenue. to Grand, TO Jersey avenue,
to Eighth, to East Hamilton Place, to Pa
vonia avenue, to Henderson street, to
Newark street, to Hoboken. to Grand, to
Fifth, to Washington, to Newark. to
Bloomfield. to Eleventh, to Franklin, to
Palisade avenue, to Congress, to Central
avenue, down Franklin to Berg's Oriental
PARK.
There was scarcely corporal's guard
left by the time this route was covered.
But during the afternoon and evening the
park and its pretty dance pavilion were
thronged with the paraders, wives, sis
ters, sweethearts and friends of the sons
of toll who danced gaily until this morn
ing.
WHO MANAGED THE AFFAIR
Lawrence f. Ryan was director aud Jas.
E. Moran, floor manager. assisted by
Gregory Judge. Floor Committe-Tames
James Connors, George Devne. Charles
Rupp, James Costello, john A. Lane. P.
T. O'Hara. G. Michellin, Amos Turley.
William Wamsley. NJ. Cunningham, John
Henry, Edward O'Rourke. Hugh
O'Rourke, Fred Ward, T. G. Kelleher,
Thomas Brady. Reception Committee
John Callahan, NJ. j. Walsh, A. Baxter.
John Leavey, John Heintz, F. P. Aolz-
schuh, Martin Fritz, Michael Murphy,
John Juers, Thomas Murray, Bernard
McDonough, Michael Lyons, A. Carroll,
Patrick Tuite, Albert Schlessinger, Miles
Ferrick and Owen Rowan.
Committee of Arrangements:-Fred P,
Holzschun, Rody Keeshan. l.. E. Ryan
John Scanlon, q. Mchelia. G. Judge, A.
Rowland. Jonn Leavy, Amos Turley.
John Callahan, Albert Schlessinger, John
F. Moran, John Heintz, Charles Rupp,
Frank Mooney, William Warmsley, viii
liam E. Ward, A. E. Van Sycle, T. T.
Keileher Miles Halligan, Miles Feerick,
Thomas Brady, Michael Cunningham,
John Henry, Ed. O'Rourke, Luke Ste.
phens, Anthony Hoben and James Cos
tello.