The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-03
GOOD TEMPER PREVAILED.
The Larger Cities Present Mon
ster Parades.
In Many Others Picnicing and
Athletic Sports PrevaiItd-Ab-
sence of Red Flag Demonstrations
or Expressions-In New York the
Postofice Employees Participate,
Led by the Postmaster-Busine
Houses Generally Were Closed.
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houses Genera1Iy were CIOSeu.
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BUTTE. Mon, Sept. 2.-Labor day was
celebrated in Montana with great dem
onstration in Butte. Laboring men from
every part of the state participated.
Senator William V. Allen, of Nebraska
delivered the address of the day. His
speech was Populistic all the way
through. In speaking of silver, he said
he did not expect to see it remonetized
before 1900, and then it would come
through the Populist party. He said he
was opposed to an independent silver
party and that its advocates were MAX
ing great mistake.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2-The labor
day parade here was the most imposing
the District of Columbia. There were
over 5000 in line, all neatly uniformed
and each division headed by band of
music. Columbia Typographical union
parade was the participation in uniforms
of the chapels of some of the local news
papers.
Labor day being a holiday in the dis
IE.CL dlI OIL Tie executive QSpdt
were closed for business. Very few of
the officials were at their desks There
was a lack of official advices from any
quarter.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The weather is
perfect today and nearly all the labor
organizations of the city are celebrating
for the first time IN years. Central labor
union did not parade. The excursion to
Coney Island was deemed a better way
70 off hOT
ever. there were arranged parade of
the striking garment workers, and de-
monstration at Union Square of knights
Of Labor, with which the garment work,
ers are affiliated The New York letter
carriers, headed by Postmaster Dayton
and staff, marched to the postoffice on
their way to the Letter Carriers Asso-
citation convention in Philadelphia.
TORONTO, Ont, Sept. 2-Labor day
was generally observed as a holiday
throughout the city and in Ontario today.
Over four thousand workmen marched
through the principal streets of the city
and wound up with programme of
Lieutenant Governor Kirkpatrick and
Secretary of State Montague were among
the speakers.
celebrated by the workmen in this city
IN the conventional way by parade of
the trades unions. Nearly 5000 men were
In line.
BOSTON, Sept. 2.-Organized labor to-
day observed the ninth annual holiday
in the city of Boston with the usual par
ade. and almost innumerable sports and
amusements. The spectacle of the day
was the parade of the labor organiza-
tons. in which over 5000 fen partici-
pated.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. Mot more
than 1000 paraders turned out to take
part in the Labor day demonstration. In
this state the first Saturday in Sep@em-
Der is observed as labor day.
The United Labor league turned out
about 500 men, but there was no display
of red flags, as tie police authorities for
bid it, Each one of the paraders, how
of his lodge printed upon it. What was
evidently used as substitute for the red
emblem was a banner with The words:
1.-THE powers that be fear the red flag on
one side and Socialist ideas are progress
sing nevertheless" on the other.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-Two separate
and distinct celebrations marked Labor
Day in Chicago. The labor congress. so
cialistic in tendencies, held mass meet
ing and picnic preceded by a parade, the
principal speakers being Kerr Hardie,
Frank. Smith. and John Swinton. The
building trades council had counter at
traction in a parade, picnic and mass
red flags in the congress parade, Mayor
Swift having issued strict orders against
such action
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Sept. 2.-Labor Day
was fittingly celebrated here today by a
monster picnic at Phoenix Hill park, over
25 600 tickets being issued for the occa-
sion. Addresses were delivered by Wal
ter Darby and other we'll known men.
The parade was suspended.
INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 2.--Labor Day
was duly observed in this city The
weather was perfect. Two thousand mem
bers of organized labor paraded in the
thousand people gathered at the state
fair grounds and were addressed by Pres
ident John Mcbride of the American Red
Grafton of Labor. Most of the business
houses were closed during the afternoon.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. Labor Day was
generally observed The parade of trades
marched through the business part of the
city to the park, where speeches were de-
livered by prominent laborites. A SINH
lar parade was had at East ST. Louis.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. l.-While the
coat pressers union was marching to the
labor lyceum hall today, it came in con-
tact with JOln ET6lle. an 9NpTSSSTIlan,
who attempted 10 drive through the
ranks and a small riot ensued.
One of the coat pressers. who was
nearly a Russian Jew, seized Prelie's
horse by the head. Prelie jumped down
from his seat and attacked the man. This
was a signal for general fight, and not
only the coat pressers but outsiders took
a hand. Max Fox was struck on the
head with an iron bar, receiving frac-
uied skull
BALTIMORE. Sept. 2.-Lahor Day and
Sedan Day were fittingly celebrated here
today and business was practically sus-
pended.
The ranks of labor paraded a noon and
had picnics and speeches The German
associations and citizens marched in
honor of the fall of Sedan and coneratu-
1atorv cablegrams were sent to Emperor
William and Prince Bismarck.
GEL EBRATE SEDAN DAY.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Twelve thou
sand German veterans of New York,
Hoboken and Brooklyn celebrated the
anniversary of the battle of Sedan to-
day under the auspices of the German