Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-02
Scenes From the Starting Of the
Parade to its Close.
THE CARS At SEVENTH STREET
All Arrangements Worked Har
moniously and Satisfactorily.
MANY BODIES CHEERED

From the time the parade wheeled down
1st street at 10 o'clock until 1 o'clock, when
the last organization passed by the review
ers, there was entire harmony everywhere.
There was slight friction at points, but by
both sides giving away a little good feeling
prevailed even between the paraders and
the street cars. The day was not an OPP
pressiyely warm one, and the marchers
consequently did not suffer. Over the whole
line of march crowds lined the streets, and
frequent cheers and waving handkerchiefs
| marked the passage of different organiza-
TONS
Many Places Decorated.
Many of the business houses along Penn
sylvana avenue and F street were gaily
decorated with bunting and flags. 1t was
exactly 10 o'clock when the head of the
parade moved down LIST street and wheeled
into the avenue. Belt line car No. 81 was
halted and as the parade fairly turned into
LIST street the cable cars running to the B.
and .. depot were stopped at the Peace
monument and switched back. The Peace
the gay colors of dresses and parasols made
an effective decoration. The parade took
the north side of the avenue and did not
interfere with the cable cars. which ran.
carrying large crowds who in that way
obtained good view Of the paraders.
Federation of Labor Hammer.
Stretched across the avenue few blocks
dc wn was the Federation of Labor banner,
ard this was often cheered. At Az street
there was a dense crowd, and an interesting
point was the large number of ladies In the
windows and on the balconies. At Ith street
there was liable to be trouble, II any
where, with the cable cars. and slight
pause was made before crossing. Then
Marshal McHugh and his stan rode across,
rrir 4 O..
going south promptly stopped. The parade
reached 7th street at 1915. There was Q
dense mass of people at this point. and
many hundred little children occupied the
fro mt of the line. -
The float of District Assembly. No. GO.
repre- sentng the interior of a school room,
with little ones as scholars, was roundly
applauded at this point, as 1t was all along
the line of march.
The Cars mt Seventh Street.
After the parade had been passing 7th
street for about twenty minutes the police
and railroad program was divulged.
Superintendent Sailor was on hand, and
with the aid of the police he broke way
through the spectators, and after the steam
filters had passed the parade was stopped
| while several It'll street cars We're put
through. This process was repeated every
ten fifteen minutes, and an entire block
ade was prevented There was some growl-
ing among the paraders, but the delays
were TOT long enough 10 create IHuCH leel-
ing. The appearance of a hoy dressed as
a little red devil was received with roar
of applause as the government printing
office men went by this point, as was the
little colored youth in the dress suit at the
| head OF the journeymen taflors.
Big Crowds of Spectators.
From 9th to 18th street there was very
large crowd of spectators. and at 18th
street partial blockade of cable cars.
Here and there at this point when there
| was an opening car or two were sent
through, but there was trouble There
was a big crowd on the south steps of the
treasury, and much cheering as the pro-
cesson passed. The ne;gnborhood of La
fayette statue was also another rallying
| spot On reaching the avenue again the
parade took the south side and as soon as
the head of the line had passed around
Washington Circle there was a counter
| march, and many greetings and cheers
| as different organizations passed each
other
Countcrmarch Mt Washington Circle.
At Washington Circle from the time the
head of the line appeared there was a
complete blockade of car traffic. No cars
| were put through here until the last
| garization had turned the circle. The pa
| rade on its return passed around 18th street
ard into F without trouble from the cars,
and taking the south side of F street pass
| ed through a thick lane of spectators clear
to 9Th street The same tactics were
adopted at 9th and F and at It'll and F
| by the car companies, and only an occa-
| sioral car was put through. At 9th street
the parade turned and marched to
| the city hall, where it passed in review be-
| fore the marshal and his aids. and was
dismissed, ending the most successful and
| best arranged Labor day parade yet wit
messed here
The Line of March.
The route OF the parade as originally ar
ranged was fully carried out as follows:
Beginning at city hall. Indiana avenue.
east on Indiana avenue, to LIST street, to
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, to 18th
street. south of Treasury Department, to
Executive avenue. thence to Pennsylvania
avenue, to Washington Circle. counter
| march at circle. return east to F street, to
9Th, down 9th to city hall.
During the march a number of attempts
were made by teams to break through the
line, but were promptly checked by the
police. At 10Th street the Veteran Fire
mems Association had out their apparatus,
| and rang their bell during the passage Of
the parade.
NNAVERS, STRIkE ENnEn