Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-03

no means composed solely of men. for tl,,
government printing Office had a number O.
gorgeously decorated floats, and these wer,.
| all manned" by pretty girls. IN daint,
ana attractive costumes. They were al
hard at work their floats proceeded
elong the line OF march, and they seemed
10 have many enthusiastic admirers In the
crowds that lined the streets.
| Ine second division was plentifully sup
piled with music and there was also hand.
some stands of colors borne by many a.
the sections. The following branches o.
inDoe Ia were assigned to the second division,
| James j. Burke. VIM. Z. Shields and w. N
| brockwell, assistant marshals In charge:
Mount Pleasant Band Cboys).
PUBLIC Printer T. Z. Benedict
Bookbinders Union.
Pressmen's Union. l. +. u.
Stereotypers' Union.
| Knights of Pythias Band
Typographical Union, No lO1
| Pressmen's Union. l. p. p u
| Tne second division formed on 9Th street
with the right just to the north of In
diana avenue. The members composing 81
were comparatively prompt in gathering
ana they were marshaled into line as wei
| as II they were used to drilling every dak
CT their lives. There was no confusion OF
| any sort and everything moved as ~ by
| clockwork. As they wheeled into Indians
| avenue about $50 O'Clock to Join the main
| parade they were the recipients of rounds
OF. OF applause from the crowds gathered about
| the streets A large number of officers OF
| the dinerent unions represented In the
division rode in carriages at the head OF
| the line. Besides these there were about
| dozen wagons from the government print
| ing Office and about half a dozen different
| floats representing different branches Of
the typographical and kindred trades
Mammoth Record Book.
As the division paraded down the avenue
IL was headed by the Zouave Band of
| Mount Pleasant, and the way the boys
who make up this popular organization rat
/ Had che,
in the best Of trim and had not the slight
est objection TO the introduction OF child
labor in a Labor day parade. They were
| led on by a drum major. who showed that
| ne was a past master in the use OF the
baton. Directly after the band came q
miniature pony cart all draped In flags and
driven by small boy. On Il was one of
| the largest books ever made. II looked
| something like a mammoth ledger bound
| IN calf. but IL was about four feet square.
| The members Of the Bookbinders' Union,
| who had made this great volume as q
specimen of their craft, claim that IL is the
@ ,arsest BOOK ever made On the back IL
Labor Day. 1884" Hereafter Il win occupy
prominent position IN the Office OF the
government printer. as Mr.. Benedict d
said 10 have made a special request that a
| De deposited there for keeping
The Bookbinders' Union, Branch No T. I.
3. r.. carried at the head OF their line Q
| beautiful banner Of silk Handsomely em-
| broidered. and bearing an inscription, that
| All who ran might read. TO the effect that
| II was presented to the Union by the ladies
OF .ne iolding room OF the government
| printing office. The bookbinders were conn
manded by Edward p. Pumphrey, az as
| slstant marshal. and each platoon was in
charge OF non-commissioned ofilcer, q
| sergeant or corporal, the exact DESIGNATION
| being a little uncertain. They had about
10 men in line.
Floats With Handsome Younw wo~e>
Following the bookbinders came q man.
moth hoat. from section q, part 2, OF the
foiding room. government printing ONCE
On 1t were . number Of hand some young
women. prettily gowned In white. win
dainty lace caps on their heads. They were
foiding papers and distributing them
through the crowd. among them = printed
history Of Labor day and Q protest asaiust
| the occupation Of such q dangerous ana
rGmshackle old building as the pres ert eov-
ernment printing ONCE. The float WA
drawn by eight horses. all gaily capar-
isoned. On the hoat were Miss Rosa Ser
rtn, Miss May Linhart Mrs. Belle Metheny.
Mrs. l. Babcock. Miss Barbara Nebb Miss
Hannah o'Keefe. Miss Anorma Stephens,
Miss Lena Pitts. Mr.. Sakers. Mr.. Murray
Sothwald. Mr.. @. ID. Rode and Mr. John
Murray
On the float from the ruling division OF
the government printing ONCE were Mira.
Lanman. ruler. and Mr.. Alfred Welsh. as
| sistant ruler.
The float which showed how the work of
sewing books and pamphlets Is done at the
government printing Office had on II Mr. A
w. Reynolds. Mr. Norris WEIGH, Miss
Spetser, Miss Simms. Mrs. Burke, Miss
| Speier. Miss Sheridan and Miss Curr
Pressmen's Union. No. 1, I. r. u. J. d.
Mckinnon. president, had in the neixhbor-
hood OF eighty men In line marching TO
the music OF the National Guard Drum
Corps. Charles Parsons was the assistant
| marshal of this section of the parade
The stereotypers and eiectrotypers were
| In the parade. repres ented by about fifty.
| five men, Thomas Heffernsn was the mar
shal. assisted by Edv ard Keefe and Chas.
| Russell.
Typographical Union, No. IOI.
Typographical Union. No. lol, was led on
by the knights Of Pythias' Band In fun uni
| form.
The Washington Times chapel carried q
handsome banner and made a fine showing
in the parade. as the men all wore a uni-
form suit of blue cloth. with double breasted
| coats and gray soft hats. In the front rank
walked Representative Conn of the Times.
The members Of this chapel were command
ed by w. E. Dix. and the chapel turned out
10 the number OF about forty-three
Following them came the Washington
Post chapel. with thirty-two men line
VIM. F. Dunn was the marshal of the
chapel and he had his men In the best Of
| marching order.
The National Economist chapter had
| OF Frank Hall as assistant marshal
| -Four OF the foremen of the government
printing office rode In a four horse carriage.
| with coachman and footman In livery The
four occupants Of this stylish equipage were
| Capt Bryan, Charles Young J. K BRIGHT
| and ]. NJ. A. Spottswood.
The government printing office. OF courua
made the largest showing In this section Of
| the parade. The various divisions and their
| officers were as follows:
w. @. Glenn. sevcnty-flve men: 2 James
| A. Power. sixty-five men: 8. p. J. Haltigan,
| forty-hve men; Job room. NJ. A Nolan.
| nifty men: specifications room, VIM. r. Dor
| sey. 100 men; night bill force o. s. Shawen,
| sixty men; Congressional Record, q. n
| Iohler. seyehty-five men.
| The Printing Pressmens Union, No. l. L
p. p. u. had about fifty-five stalwart and
| fine looking men in line. They were COM
manded by +. A. Baulsir.
| In this second division were a couple of
| floats, which were fitted up complete as
printing offices. AZ the parade passed
| along the streets a large number Of copies
OF two publications were distributed through
| the crowds. One Of these was a petition
| from the employees OF the government print
| ing office to Congress. asking for a new
| building, compiled from the Typographical
Il divisions of the Office On one of the four