The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-04
LABOR DAYS BIG TURNOUT.
The Organizations Make a Fine Dis
play on Parade.

Between Five Hundred and Six
Hundred Men in Line-Crowds of
People View the Procession-Many
Buildings Decorated in Honor of
the Day-The Festivities at Thun-
derbolt.
Labor day was celebrated yesterday
by the labor organizations with eclat.
The turnout in the parade was even
larger than was anticipated The or
carnations assembled at their halls early
in the morning, some Of them as early as
6 o'clock. The day was all that could be
asked for the GSplay, and all Of the or
CARNATIONS in the line had fun ranks.
The rendezvous was at Bull and
Liberty streets, where the procession
formed. The streets within the vicinity
were filled with people to witness the
parade. II started at $50 O'Clock. and
made a showing Of which the organiza-
tons may be proud. Grand Marshal
Driscoll led the procession, mounted with
his aides. The members Of the typo
graphical union ia linen busters and
white helmets was the first organization.
The original printers devil, horns hoofs
and pitchfork, was at its head.
THE MEN IN BLUE.
The Workiugmens Benevolent Associ-
alton had the largest turnout At its
head was carried the green banner of the
association. The members were in blue
uniforms and wore the green sash, the
badge Of the society. The colored organ
izations followed, the Workingmen's
Union Association first and then the
Naval Stores Association and the cotton
stage gangs. All of the organizations
carried banners. The line Of march was
through the streets indicated in the
MORNING News
The procession was to have been re-
viewed from the City Exchange, butowlng
TO mistake in the invitation to the
mayor and aldermen as to the hour at
which the procession was to pass the ex-
change none of the officials reached there
in time
The procession was expected at the ex-
change at 10 o'clock Instead 1t passed
there a little after Q O'Clock The ex-
change building was decorated with flags
and bunting, and all of the buildings in
the city toatcd their flags in honor of the
day. Along the route of the procession
numbers OF buildings were decorated and
the streets were lined with people as it
passed.
THE DAY WIDELY OBSERVED.
The day was generally observed as
holiday The banks, the exchanges and
the city, county and state Offices were
closed At the postoifice the day was OBJ
served as a part holiday. The custom
house was about the only public office
that was open, and even there very little
was done. A number of stores and bust
ness houses closed during the forenoon.
but at noon there was a general closing.
After o'clock all business was prac-
tically suspended
There was no demonstration in the af-
teTnoon In fact, the labor unions parade
was the demonstration Of the day, aside
from the picnic at Thunderbolt. The
crowd that went there was larger, if any
thing. than that on Thunderbolt's fete
day last month. At night the place was
tnronged. The car lines HAD more than
they could do to handle the crowds, Tn
to 10 o'clock the people were still going
out and few were coming in. After that
they began coming in though and the
cars were packed to overlooking, and
hundreds hung on the sides and ends the
pest they could, any way TO get into town.
THE NIGHT At THUNDERBoLT.
The principal festivities at Thunder
bolt were at the Tivoli garden. The living
pictures last night drew the greatest
crowd. 1t was a free and easy gathering.
Beer and ioliity ruled. The crowd staid
late, and it was long after midnight be-
fore it was back in the city.
In the city the afternoon and evening
were as quiet as Sunday. There were
comparatively few people on the streets
even for Sunday, and they were quiet and
seemed hardly to know what to do with
themselves. Taken as a whole the day
was a very successfully celebrated one.
The parade of the labor organizations and
the picnic made everybody in sympathy
with the purposes of the day feel that it
mad attorded-what it was intended TO
ahord-recreation for the laboring people