Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
UNIFORMS AND FLOATS
Some of the Features That Will Appear
in Mondays Parade.
How Many of the Organized Labor
Bodies Will Dress and Illus
trate Their Trades.

Chief Marshal McHugh said yesterday
that there are a number of organizations
that intend to take part in the Labor day
parade the members of which have not yet
publicly signified the kind of uniform they
intend to wear on that occasion, nor will
they do SO, preferring rather to surprise
the thousands who will line the streets
along the line of march by their more than
usual attractiveness.
Among tie most attractive of the uni
forms whose makeup has been disclosed
will be that of the Horseshoers' Union,
which will have the post of honor, the
right of the line, In the first division. They
will wear black trousers, black silk caps,
blue flannel shirts and white neckties; also
white belts, with metal horseshoe badge.
On the front of the shirt there will be an
embroidered horseshoe, with the number
IT. well displayed. They will also have
a float in line,
The plate printers will have a uniform
consisting of dark trousers and coat, and
light Fedora hat, and they will wear as
badge a one-dollar treasury note.
The BoOl>binders.
The bockbnders will wear a uniform hat
and the badge of the union, and each menu
Der in line will carry a small cane. Their
float will consist of a large book mounted
on wagon and drawn by a pair of ponies.
The butchers will wear black trousers.
white apron, white shirt white tie and
black cap. Their badge will consist of two
linked sausages with red rose in the
center.
The plumbers will wear suit of white
duck and white cap, and each member will
carry a cane.
The st onecutters will wear such clothes
as may suit the fancy of each man, but
each will wear white hat and badge,
and carry q cane.
The plasterers' uniform will consist of
white duck trousers. blue serge coat and
white SLOUGH hat.
The tailors will wear a uniform which
craft. and they have selected their
mascot small colored boy, who will, it
Is expected, attract much attention. The
mascot is quite comieal in appearance,
very short and weighs about seventy
pounds. He is to be deckad out in very
elaborate full dress suit and high hat.
The Carriage Makers.
1t is not expected that the carriage and
wagon makers nor TIE marine engineers
will wear any particular uniform, but each
member will have badge, and the former
will have twenty-five carriages and two
tally-hos, and the latter sufficient num-
Der of carriages to accommodate all of
their members who may wish to partici-
pate in the celebration. This will be the
first time that the carriage and wagon
makers have taken part in Labor day
parade. but there is every reason for be-
Heving that their display viii be very fine.
The bricklayers will wear as a uniform
blue serge coat and trousers and light hat,
and each member will carry a cane.
The paperhangers will wear dark suits
with white yachting caps, and each will
carry Japanese fan, which will be adorn-
ed with red. white and blue ribbons. and
from which there will float a small United
States flag. ut.,
The l. p p U. will wear a uniform cap of
the golf STYLE and each member Will carry
a red. white and blue umbrella.
The cement workers will wear a uniform
hat and badge.
wear regulation hat and carry red, white
and blue umbrellas, from the top of which
there will float small United States flag.
Carpenters Local Assembly, No. 17S9, X.
of L., will wear the regulation working
suit, with white duck trousers and white
The Street Railway Union.
The members of the Protective Street
Railway Union will wear the same uniform
that they use when on duty on the cars
Local Union No 100 of Carpenters will
wear dark clothes, with black hat, and
each member will carry staff, from which
they will float a small United States flag.
The Star and Times chapels of Columbia
Typographical Union Will wear a special
uniform The other members. with the ex-
ception of the Post chapel and some who
do not desire to appear in uniform, viii
wear soft dark blue hat, light shirt and
badge, and each will carry cane. The
Post chapel will wear dark suits, Derby
hats. and each member will carry cane,
With the Post chapel there will march
a number of earnest members who do not
wish to appear In uniform, but they will
wear a badge.
Some of the Floats.
Among the most stirling of the floats will
~ SoI, fpio
which will represent job printing office
in complete operation.
The plate printers will have a press in
operation, and they will distribute souve-
Mrs along the line of march. These souve-
Mrs are beautiful steel engravings, one of
which is entitled 1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket"
In the picture a boy is seen in the act of
drinking from an old-time well bucket,
while near him are two fine dogs The
background shows an UNCOVERED cottage
and glimpse Of a river. The other repre-
seEts the marriage of the immortal WASH
ington and Mrs. Gusts.
District Assembly. No. sc, K. of L., will
have float intended to call attention to
sections. one of which will represent the
time when school books had to be bought,
and the other as it is now, when school
children are furnished books by the teach
err at the public expense.
The float OF the paper hangers will repre-
sent two members of the craft busily at
work at their trade.
The mosaic and encaustic tile layers will
In Their toat show all the different styles
OF tile laying.
An Immense CnpstOne.
The float of the Stone Cutters Associa-
ton will be the immense capstone for the
new Corcoran Art Gallery building, the
piece being of Georgia marble and weigh
ing ten tons. On the same wagon will be
an artistically carved Greek capital Of In
diana lime stone. showing the top OF a
fiuted column, richly nodded all around top
and bottom and artistically carved for the
four sides. This cap is one of the thirty
eight that will grace the interior Of the
Corcoran Art Gallery, which is a monu-
ment to the skill of the stone-cutting fra
ternty of Washington. Several stone cut
tiers in working attire will be diligently en-
gagged chiseing the stones. The float will
be tastefuly decorated with bunting.
The float of the Protective Street Railway
Union will be a street car handsomely
decorated with United States flags. 1t will
be drawn by six splendid horses.
The plumbers on their float will show all
the various kinds of tools used In their
trade
The Eccentric Engineers will have a
steam engine in operation.