Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-03

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Speeches Are Made by Prominent Citizens
-Hardie and Swinton ut the Auditorium
at Night-Some Notes on the Professions
md the Banners Characterization of
the Day Elsewhere.
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.-Christopher Colum-
bus from his perch on the Lake front saw
the parade of the Chicago Labor congress.
Ten thousand people in addition to Chris
locked at the marching hosts Of labor.
They lined both sides of Michigan avenue
from Lake street to Twelfth. 1t was a dis
tinctly Dcbs parade, for the banners and
floats which led il Were worded in express
ions Of sympathy for the man now con-
ilncd in Woodstock jail. There were at
least a dozen Of these, and the people on
the sides of the boulevard cheered them
as they passed. The most conspicuous
were as follows: THE constitution has
been stabbed In the back by the federal
Judges Government ownership of tele-
graph" Government by injunction is
dcspotic md will not be tolerated" Trial
bv Jury don't go now" "Debs is In jail
the railway managers are ut large by
order of the courts. Qaccr, isn't III"
Horseshoers' Union In the Lead.
Preceding all these statements was a
banner upon which the face Of
Eugene V. Dcbs was printed. The
parade was tickctcd to move ut 11:3O
sharp, but /, did not-which is character
istic of all sorts of pa!glcs. But the start
was made at last and there was a long line
of men of brown for Kicr Hardie to review.
The Horscshocrs' union was the first Or
ganization to coinc by. Its members wore
red shirts with big h~orscshoes on their
blhsts. They looked pretty well and there
were d good many of them, perhaps 800.
They had one float which bore a peculiar
inscription. 1t read: ITO the dead we
bcstow a Christian burial" One man in
the crowd Of spectators suggested that per-
haps the float rightfully belonged to the
undcrtakcrs' union. II there is such On or
ganization, and 1t puzzled him to find out
what such IA declaration had to do with
horscshocrs.
Under Red, " hife and Blue Parasols.
The tailors were next. They made a
| good appearance by carrying red, white
| and blue p~arasols, and they seemed to be
! able to ''lt" In all right. There was a
wagon among them which carried about
twenty little girls industriously engaged
in sewing. On the wagon wa n big piece
Of canvas with the words: This is what
We want to abolish with the assistance of
| all fair-mi1ded people, On another BAN
| shops. long hours, low wages, and child
labor" The cigarmakcrs came after the
| tailors. The typographical unions, Us
nsIro1 prnsanfp1 q good ovYpaaronCn and
| they were heartily chccrcd as they came
| along. Among the other divisions were
| tho lfpholstcrers, wood carvcrs. box max
crs. clonk makers, and miscellaneous Ia
Dor organizations. The black horses of
Kinks soap company We're utilized Nc
cording TO the custom of past years. This
year eight of them, driven by one man
with reins thirty feet long. haulcda wagon
bearing a hydraulic engine with the me.
han on board
Not as Large as Us1al.
The parade was not rs large as 1t has
been in past years To m observer who is
used to seeing long professions 1t was evil
den that fewer men were in line han ever
before. Without making an actual count
it appeared to some of the spectators as if
there were not more than 1900 men in
line on Michigan avenue, consequently
the showing made was no IS good as
usual. The procession moved south to
Twelfth street. thence west to Ashland
avenue. At Union park 1t was reviewed
by Kerr Hardie, Frank Smith and John
| Swinton, of New York.
kicr Hardie and John Swinton, the New
York socialist, addressed a large audience
last night at the Auditorium and ex-
planned why they believed socialism to be
the best system Of government.