The Portland daily press., 1893-09-05


union made article. The first float was
a union shop. Joseph P. Mullen was
boss of it, and sat at fine live oak roller
top desk, watching the work of his
skilled union crew, which consisted OF
H. Sherman of Boston, N. G. Thompson,
B. Stetson, Charles Meadows, Charles
Loman and G. P. Jones, with Mrs. Celia
Duffie of Boston to strip the tobacco
leaves.
The next float illustrated the filthy
tenement house method of making cigars
A slovenly family was living i'll single
room, with crazy stove, an old bed and
bare table. D.A. Carey, made up as
an old man with gray hair and beard,
represented the father of this cigar
making family. A.G Mullen, made up
with whiskers, represented the shiftless
son; ELS. Foley, made up as an old bag,
the mother Of the family, while j. E.
Hadzoi, represented an i'll kempt girl, an
adopted daughter Of the family. Little
Joe Mullen, aud Haley and Danny
Moriarty, were three children of this sad
family. The last figure was that of Thos.
W. Condor, made up with the harsh fea-
lures and hard heart of the tenement
house inspector
The third float represented the convict
cigar makers Mark Courant, Fred T.
King, Matt Bchman, Francis Stevens,
J.W. Cole and George Curtis, dressed i'll
checked jail suits loaned for the occasion
by Sheriff Cram, were shackled at the
tables making cigars. John W. Casey, in
the costume of a guard, fourished
sword over them.
the Chinese cigar makers. p E. Moriarty
and r. N. Frink, with Ernest Davis,
Oliver Lachance, T. Sharon, E. W. Pierce
and A. M. Johnson made this a success
by the excellence of the Chinese dress
and make up. While these celestials
made cigars others were enjoying
opium slumber in the hunks, as could be
understood by the pig tails sticking out
of the bed clothes.
The Lewiston Brigade band and the
Lewiston Fife and Drum Corps pre-
ceded the large and striking array of the
unions of Lewiston and Auburn. They
made fine impression, with about 200
an equal place with man in the unions,
two women and two men rode at the
head of this division. There were also
twenty-five women in the barge Fall
mouth.
The Harrison and Reid drum corps
1oo I,o cr,IQndiH orr of
the Red Cliff quarries of the Maine and
New Hampshire Granite company. Capt.
Marshal led forty quarrymen, uniformed
in white caps, and Captain Gilligan one
hundred and thirty granite cutters, in
white caps and aprons. The cutters had
handsome float bearing a huge block
of granite, which Messrs. Perry, Rogers,
and Peatti were dressing, with merry
clatter of hammers and chisels. The float
of the quarrymen also had a huge block
of granite, with Messrs. Odion and Dur
gan standing by it as quarrymen. These
floats were drawn by six handsome horses
each, but like the outfit of the Argus in
the Typographical Union, were not
eligible for prizes because furnished by
employers and not by the union.
In State street square reviewing stand
had been erected, and from it Gov.
Cleaves, Mayor Baxter of Portland.
Mayor Chandler of Lewiston, Hugh Nc
Kay of Boston, the orator of the day, S.
J.Tillison of Lewiston, president of the
State Branch of the Federation of Labor,
Secretary Hatch of Portland, Adjutant
General Conner and others, reviewed the
procession. The chief marshal presented
to Governor Cleaves a handsome basket
of flowers as the head of the column
came up.
The members of the various labor or
CARNATIONS, families and friends left
Portland Immediately after the paradefor
Sebago Lake where the picnic was held.
Dinner was served on the grounds and
about three thousand people were fed
with regular dinner while the number
that contented themselves with lunch
of Frankfurters and sandwiches could
not be estimated.
The list of sports was opened by a ball
game between the Portland Central
Labor Union and the Lewiston and
Auburn Labor Union. The contest was
hard fought but the Lewiston players
won Score 90 to 5.
The five mile race was entered by ten
members of the unions, and after the
first three miles was very close. William
Hayes of Lewiston, won the first prize OF
$40; Gus Guerriro of Bath carried off
second money easily. Prize SIS. David
Ferguson of Portland third. Prize $40.
The shell race was won by about
quarter Of a length by A. Frates OF
the Cumberland Rowing Association,
Portland. A. Bowling of the Suffolk
Rowing Association, Boston, second.
Both men gave magnificent exhibition
of fast rowing.
The hundred yards dash was won by
McManias of Lewiston, Hines of Port.
land second. The men were close tie.
Time IL seconds. Prizes IS and So.
The tug of war between the strong men
of the lewiston organization against
those of Portland proved walk over
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