Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-30
LABOR DAY PARADE
The Line Of March and Bodies to
Participate.
CHIEF MARSHAL MHUGH'S ORDERS
Expected to Move Promptly at
$50 O'clock.
SPLENDID DISPLAY EXPECTED

There Is every reason to believe that the
Labor day parade, for which the represen-
tatives Of the societies of organized labor
in the District have been preparing so
earnestly for more than a month past, will,
unless there should be such a heavy rain
as to prevent marching, which is not prob
able, be a most unqualified success in every
particular, and the exercises of the day
generally be of such a character that the
workngmans Fourth of July" as Labor
day is sometimes designated in labor cir
cles, will be remembered for long time.
The idea of having a parade on Labor
day is of quite recent origin. so far as the
workingmen in the District Of Columbia are
concerned. and 1t wal not until last year
that any general turn out Of the members
Of the societies of organized labor was at
tempted. That parade proved quite a sue
cess. but the harmony of the occasion was
somewhat marred by the attempt Of Fresi-
dent Dunlop of the Washington and George
town Railroad Company to run his cars
through the line of the procession. The
effort created, as was stated in The Star
of the same day, an intense excitement, and
resulted in the arrest of Mr. Dunlop and
bis being fined in the Police Court. 1t Is
quite certain that the. experience of last
Monday. II a
VIII BE n Success.
It Is believed that the appearance of the
men in line will be such as to reflect credit
upon all concerned, and. while there may
not be so many thousands taking part In
the march as are expected to in some
of the larger cities. there Is no reason to
think that the Washington parade will not
in every respect be an honor to the MEM
pers of the societies of organized labor in
the nations capital. The great variety of
uniforms which will be worn, the different
banners and trarsparencies to be carried
and the floats in line, together with the
music produced by the many bands, will
combine to form beautiful panorama that
cannot be seen to the same advantage in
any other city than Washington.
News comes from every part Of the coun-
try that organized labor intends to OBJ
serve Labor day of this year with greater
enthusiasm than ever before, and, as has
already been stated, advantage will be TAX
en- of the opportunity to send forth
mighty and unanimous protest against the
Imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs and his
associates of the American Railway Union
for their course during the great railway
strike of last year.
What will perhaps be the greatest demon
StfatiOn outside of Washington will be the
one at indianapolis. The committee be-
gan its work months ago, and there is not
a city or town in the state of Indiana that
mas a LABOR union tQdt mas not Deen invited
to cooperate. The feature of the occa-
sion will be the grand parade, and the COM
mittee predicts that there will be 10000
men in line All the labor unions in the
city will be in the procession, while i'm
mense delegations have been promised
from almost every city and town in the
state. An address is to be delivered by
President John Mcbride Of the American
Federation of Labor, after which there will
be a conference of the labor leaders who
shall be present for the purpose of con-
sidering questions that affect the cause of
labor.
Tie Chief MarshnPs Work.
Every detail for the formation of the
parade here and its successful operations,
from assembling to dismissal, has been
worked out by Chief Marshal McHugh and
his assistants with mathematical precision.
1t is expected that every assembly or
union will be In it's assigned place promptly
at am, ready to move when the COM
mand is given.
The appearance of the chief marshal,
with his two assistants, as also the mar
shals Of divisions, will be strikingly at
tractive. especially as all will be mounted
on fine horses.
The chief marshal will wear a magnif-
cent red. white and blue silk badge. trim
med with gold, and also a badge of ex-
tremely handsome design, which is in
tended as souvenir, and may be described
as follows: The badge will be a red, white
and blue curtain, with red background,
having a red, white and blue rosette at the
top. At the bottom of the curtain there
will be two gold tassels. Across the cur
tain there will be printed in letters of gold
marshal" and on the background "of
Labor day celebration, Washington, d. c.,
September 2, 1885," The assistants and the
marshals of divisions twill each wear a
rank of each will be printed on his re-
Spective badge.
The sash worn by each assistant marshal
and marshal of division will be distinctive
in its character. Assistant Chief Marshal
Stickels will wear white and blue silk.
trimmed with gold; Marshal Walsh, red,
white and blue silk, with gold trimmings;
Marshal Tracey, black and white; Marshal
white; Marshal Wells, blue. Each of the
sashes Of the marshals Of divisions will
also be trimmed with gold.
When all those who will participate In
the parade shall have assembled, the reso-
lutions in relation to the Imprisonment of
Eugene v. Debs and other officials of the
American Railway Union, which were
adopted by an unanimous vote at the meet
ing of the Labor day conference, Sunday
last, will be read.
Chief Marshal McHugh's Orders.
The official order for the parade is as
follows:
HEADQUARTERS CHEF MARSHAL
Labor Day Parade.
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 20, 1898.
General Orders,
No. /.
1. The following appointments are here
by announced for Labor day parade:
Chief marshal, James F. McHugh, as
sistant chief marshals, w. E. Stickels, w.
B. Hyde.
Aids-First division, Dominick A. Walsh;
second division, George A. Tracey; third
division, j. F. Whitemore; fourth division,
Michael P. Canty; fifth division, Charles
Wells.
Marshals of divisions will appoint two