The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-03
WAGE FARMERS CELEBRATE
PARADES WERE HELD IN VARIOUS
 SECTIONS or THE COUNTRY.

I
 There Was Riot in Philadelphia 1T Which About Two Hundred Men Plum
 melled One Anotber-Dissension in the
 Chicago Ranks-Day Generally Observed | in New York.
 New York, Sept. 2.-This was the first
 Labor day that had not witnessed 2
 general parade of all the trades in the
 city and vicinity. As result there was
 a sudden exodus from the city in every
 direction. Picnic parties, great and
 small took advantage of the fine weath.
 CT and travelled to the sea and to the
 various pleasure grounds and parks
 about the city.
 | The holiday was generally observed
 throughout the city. Many of the larg- est houses closed for the day and few which opened this morning closed at
 noon. Most of the state and federal offices of the city also observed the day. The fourteen hundred letter carriers of the city had parade of their own. A stand had been erected in front of
 the post office, from which Postmaster Dayton of this city and Postmaster Sul- 1 livan of Brooklyn, accompanied by their staffs and number of distinguised guests, reviewed the parade The car riers marched down Broadway to Cort- landt street and down Cortlandt street to the Pennsylvania depot, where they took train shortly after II o'clock for Philadelphia in order to attend the let ter carriers convention in that city.
 The labor organizations which have been engaged in the recent strike on the East Side were the only ones to cele.. 'brate the day after the manner of pre- vious years. The members of the Knights of Labor clothing trades, in |cluding fully ten thousand men and wo- men, formed in line early this morning at their headquarters at Liberty hall, 257 East Houston street. The workmen Icarried great variety of gayly-colored banners, and these, together with a number of bands of music which march ed with them, lent military air to the parade.
 The leaders arranged a mass meeting at Union Square for the purpose of de- nouncing what they term as the perse- cution of Eugene V. Dobs..
 Brooklyn, Sept. 2.-Labor day in Brooklyn was generally observed by a cessation of labor. There was no great parade as in former years.
 Washington, Sept. 2.-The parade in honor of Labor day occupied the prin- cipal streets of the national capital all the forenoon. Many thousand repre- sentatives of organized labor turned out in procession, making display which for diversity and attraetiveness has never been equalled on a like occasion in Washington. Fully two-thirds of the trades in line were uniformed. Just be- fore the procession started resolutions by the Federation of Labor in conjunc- tion with District Assembly No. 66 of the Knights of Labor were read at the foot of the Lincoln monument in Judi ciary Square condemning the imprison- ment of Debs and demanding of con gress such legislation as will make clear the status of the organizations of labor engaged in the carrying trade, the interstate commerce of the country, and that the powers and the duties of the federal Judiciary in all matters at issue between the corporations on the one hand and their employees on the other be clearly defined"
 Providence, Sept. 2.-Labor day was celebrated here by parade of the va rious workingmen organizations This was distinguished by the fact that it was the largest parade of organized la bor ever seen in this city
 Philadelphia Sept. "A riot occurred here this morning in connection with the national Labor day celebration.
 As $50 Knights of Labor, who are enl- ployed in clothing factories, were marching up Fifth street on their way to join the labor parade, and when they had reached Market street John Preole, the driver of heavy wagon, attempted to drive through the line. Several Of the Knights seized the horses and Pre- ole, becoming angry, jumped to the ground to free the animals AS he did so a score of the paraders surrounded him and a fight began. A number Of other drivers who were in the vicinity went to Preole's aid and in a short time about two hundred men were pummel- ing one another with every available weapon. The riot lasted for twenty minutes and battered heads were nu- merous. A platoon of police finally suc- ceeded in dispersing the crowd. M. Fox, one of the paraders, received serious scalp wound and was taken to the hos pital. Preole, who Is alleged to have struck Fox with an iron bar, was ar rested and held without bail for hear ing tomorrow, there being doubt as to the extent of FoX's injuries.
 Chicago, Sept. 2.-Dissension marked the celebration of Labor day and two rival organizations of labor marched in separate parades. This was the re- suit of the long pending dispute be- tween the Labor congress and the Trade and Labor assembly.
 The honors of the day rested with the Labor congress. Twelve great divis- ions. numbering some 25,000 men, as- sembled on the Lake Front and Michi- | gan avenue at II o'clock and half an hour later commenced their march, | The route was south to Twelfth street, | west to Ashland avenue, north to Chi | gago avenue and south to the turning point. At Union Park the parade was | reviewed by J. Kier Hardie and Frank | Smith of London and John Swinton of | New York