Evening journal., 1892-09-05
THE WOREINGMAN'S DAY
Thousands Celebrate Labor
Day" All Over the Country.
DEMONSTRATION IN WILMINGTON.

A score of Local Unions, with Bands
aud Flags. Parade and Celebrate the
bay with other Festivities Dancing
and Music at the Sew shelipot PalI.
the largest OF the kind ever held in this /
city. There were only few Of the large /
shops closed but 10 was understood In /
most of them that the workmen could /
take the day of If desired.
The parade formed on Fourth /
street and moved at 2.30. The pro /
cessi0n was composed of the labor or
ganizations of this city and their guests.
The following IS the route which the
parade passed over:
Fourth TO Pine, countermarch to
French TO Front, to Market, TO St.
Johns church and dismiss.
The order Of procession was as follows:
Chief Marshal. John Doran. and aids, Frank
Kane and S. S. Curlett
FIRST DIVISION.
First Regiment Band. Is pieces.
Cigarmukers %; Plastercrs. 20.
stonenasons, 3D.
Painters.
Printers Float
City Council and speakers of the Occasion.
THIRD DIVISION
Fife and Dram Corps ij pieces.
Granite Cutters. Iron Mouldcrs, Morocco
shavers.
THIRD DIVISION.
Ncccacoe Band, u pieces.
/ Plumbers, 90 Boilermakcis ana Iron Steam
ship Builders. 80 Carpenters and joiuers
and Union No. eus, OF Chester, Pa.
There were many more workmen stand
/ ing on the corners looking at the parade
than there were IN line
sf.rs srf f.ts 1 f.faf.aI- NfUaIrnf
began to fiji up with the crowds that
had gathered TO witness the parade.
frequently woman could be
seen carrying one child and
child holding on 20 each hand, while the
baby coaches were numerous enough to
make travel on the pavements trouble
some
The street cars an did n good business.
particularly the RiverView cars, which
carried crowds of people TO the new
Shellpot park which was formerly opened
today.
Upon the arrival Of the unions at
shellpot grove the First Regiment band
will render the program already givcn Ia
the EvEEING JOURCAL and which will be
found to be one of the most popular Of
the season.
, The oratorical features viii be the ad.
dresses Of j. Alexander Fulton. ESQ.,. of
/ Dover. and James farnan. Of Penn Land
ing Council No 239, of Chester, Pa
, Both men are well known as holding de
cided views on the Labor question: auc
they viii express themselves plainly.
At tho close of the different speeches
, music of varied character will follow. q
: collation. win be spread aud the day
/ and evenings pleasure win conciud.
with dancing which win be participated
i'm 10y both old and young
r A number of councilmen and cit.
6 officers occupied carriages in the process
sion.
, Phnadelphia's Big Demonstration.
CBy Telegraph 90 the Evening journal
PHmADElPHIA, Sept 5.-Labor Da.
, was observed i'm this city with a demon
stration by labor organizations NO Rising
Sun Park, which was preceded by d
street parade.
Being a legal holiday the public Offices
generally, were closed the post Ollie
q made but few deliveries; the exchange
. and banks transacted no business, am
many business places either shut down
all day or at noon.
I- The parade and picnic under the an
10 spices OF the Union LABOR lca5ue tH'
6 affiliated bodies, the German Federation
~ oil labor and tine Amalgamated Buildn
. trades, werc participated i'm by sever.
y thousand enthusiastic workmen. The pa
r rade was formed at franklin Square an
y the procession started soon after I'D cloc
over Marshall street to Montgomery ay'
IF nue. go Broad street and thence TO tl
le park. where the day was spent
t. music, dancing and games of an kind
y Among the speakers were Thomas Phi
n Inns. once ihe wdrkngmen' candidate fC
g mayor; Charles III CLARK. of the Stca d
filters association. William il. Barret
20 ex-secretary of the Labor League Ton
y Burns. of the ShoemGkers association.
pr The knights of Labor although M
ie celebrating as a body had big picnic
at Menlose park The affair was IN charl
p Of assembly $50, composed of r'
workers.