Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-13
OVER 700 IN LINE
Parade Of the a o. U. w. Lodges
Great Success.
SPEECHES IN HARTmAN'S HALL
By rsonisenr Members az an. ossier
Iistsn~d "a bs Over 35oo rvssosas.
Program of she Esessns.

Last niRhr marked an epoch la the en-
istencs II the A %. T. W. fraternity in
Grand RapicsI fhe entertainment
gssea foe the purpose u strengthening
the bond offeiio~shlp was a magnificent
success. and one II the most elaborate
affairs ever attempted by any fraternity
la the elky. There acre over s00 mem-
ber- q the order in tho parade. and
2aO psfsoo= packed Hsrtman's hall 10
listen 70 the literary portion d
the program. Although the pro-
gram xas long. yet il xas re-.
eeivess with unstintsd applause. the
greater portion a the audience remain.
lng until the eloss- The entertainment
~as prepared under the supervision 10
the following general committee,
Thomas Wash, William J. Mckay. j , H.
Case, j. kopf. r. A. Fletcher. John Doan.
A. ". Buchanan. j, r. Hartman. W. T.
New Kirk. JOHN ,,-stliss. George T.. Best.
Nilllam Dobbelaar O. &. Erb. George
l.. fioan. r. h. Cross- Many members
81 the order frQal outside the city we're
present. and the entire entertain ment
Il this esty.
Marching Workmen
The parade formed az the corner of
West Bridge and Mt. Vernon streets.
S,lon " H=xter acted a. marshal II tho
day and I'll A. kshler was assistant mar.
shall The line u parade was headed by
Sergeant Mccarthy and a squad Il pa
tfolmen. Next came Wurzburgs band.
followed by the Select Knights in full
dress uniform. They were under tho
command ~ William Dabhelaar and act
81 a. escorts 20 the several lodges which
foiia2e. Zach lodge carried a stand
ard upou one OF hich Was the legend:
We are the \. a. L. W boys. l.aO in
The city, -soro IN the state. and 10000
m tne fraternity" Goldsmith and fIar-
mony lodges proudly displayed elaborate
silk banners. Following the Select
Knights came the local lodges. Gold
smith. Ne. I67. wa first. Lodge. No. i6i,
came next. followed by Harmony. No.
~. Franklin. No. l5T, Washington.
Ne. ftl. Valley City. No. lilo. and
Grand Rapids. No. ;.
The Polish band brought up the rear.
The nne ~ march extended up Bridge
street o. Canal. along Canal to Monroe.
up Monroe to Division aud thence 90
hartmau'= ball. There were 700 men i'm
hne'ard they presented highly cred
table appearance.
Al Hsrsns.sn's HALL
Long before the PROCESSION reached
the hall the crowd was thTongipg the
entrance Ways. Before s O'Clock there
vas not standing room either in the
main fiouT of thc balconies The front
rows n seats in the main body u the
hail were occupied by members IL the
H. 4 fxxIf h&.
81 aSers % the evening. the Select
knights aud the officers - the local
los;ge. The stage had been prettily
trimmed and decorated an honor ~ the
event. Upon eithef side werc massive
LaBks Of ferns and above the arch were
oraped American Hays and the embiens
Il tie order
Just before the services began an ae-
cieicnt occurred which had IL been de
layed might have proved fatal. Over
tie SPEAKERS table Mas a heavy electric
fan which wabiled rather uncertainty
upon its shaft \ few minutes after tho
knights tiled upon the stage the fan fell
with crash aud tho heavy iron was
Iarily hurried IN the foor 81 the stage.
Hat the accistent occurred half al hour
isirr whoever had been speaking must
surely have been fatally injured.
Presented q banner.
Edward Tagl,art called the meeting
g. cfder and Said u wss the cuStagn of
thc United Workmen o. recognize the
supreme master workman. He called
uron the Rev. Or Campbell Fair who
offered an eloquent invocation Ia the
throne q grace. The Weber quartet
composed * r. A. Benskcr. " 4.
isr5niiS y -. Morrison and q. X. vii
u,8sth sang 30 Happy Day and 2..So
prisons enthusiastically gave them an
encpr.'. AMI they responded by singing
- Catastrophe
Ar. Taggars stated that The first order
- the - L. " was instituted IN this
c.fy n i-s7 with Ten members John
g.. hl-u4ith xaz thefir-t master workman
a,si the lodge vas named In his honor
% ha,' --ene,l fitting 70 present a ban
nrr ~ me so<lge upon tins occasion and
IaJx.s burlingamr was called upon tn
df,iver the prees tatinB address
Judge 5uFlinganse recalled the history
q the !D.ice Among these who wer.
first i.isnfifiej wiih the order were Allen
f,arfrc. John Goldsmith. Sidney j, Is
= .sf Henry A formby. =. J Mont
gtmery ! Inward Tsggart. q. l.. Goyoi.
thsf.t. \ Wiachrster. Judge Buriin-
eame rerapitniated tho growth % the