The evening times., 1895-09-02
MANY UNIQUE FLOATS.
Various, Trades Aptly Illustrated by
Handsomely Arranged Pieces.

various Trades Aptly Illustrated Dy
Handsomely Arranged Pieces.
a feature OF the parade this year, which
excelled all other parades on Labor Day.
We're the floats and embicmath pieces
Great ingenuity was displayed III their de-
sign, and many OF them were most original
and unique, aptly Illustrating the calling
of the organization to which they beiongd.
The most effective OF the floats attracted
general attention and ei icited frequent
applause along the line.
The Plate Printers Were preceded by
platform float drawn by four horses, which
contained a fuil-sized printing press with
plate printers at work.
The float provided by Typographical
Union No. 101 was reproduction OF the
form OF construction and order or archi-
lecture of tie home for disabled printers.
founded by the late George ". Childs and
located at Colorado Springs, Colo The
idea OF building such a home for aged and
decrepit members of the craft was con-
ceived at the Buffalo, n. Y, convention
OF the International Typographical Union,
held in SS7.
The painters had handsome float.
sho wing scaffolling. ladders. hooks and
ropes OF their outfit, with a man aboard
ready to begin his days work. The
wagon. which was gaily hedecked with
flowers and flags. was drawn by fine
team of grays owned by James G. Bowl
ing.
Another fine display was made by the
Progressive Street Railway Union. Their
float consisted of street car mounted on
a wagon. 1t bore an inscription reading
A. !, nj t,ar tuYuA
and sugg estive: Ninth Street Up to
Date"
John C. skiIIman served ar driver for the
outfit, and Conductors A T. Stewart and
Richard Rose were In charge of the car.
On top Of the car was all electric street
railway in active operation. the design
of A T. Stewart. The mascot, yclept
Snow ball." was on the diminutive pat
tern, dressed in the regulation uniform
Of a street car man
The street car decorations were fur-
nished by Needfeldt & Joans.
The United Bakers dispensed rolls from
their float as the hne passed down the
Avenue. The outfit consisted of q bake
shop, with ba rreis O I -four on the rear end,
and shelves for the rolls, all well filled.
The float was appropriately placardef-
the banner having on one side Il. u, rs Z
on the other, *. of L., 23S9,'' with two
hands ella sped in a fraternal grip, and a
sheaf of wheat conspicuousiy displayed.
The Stonecutters had two floats, each
bearing unfinished work. The banners
had these words in view: "Scabs Can
not Be Depended Upon Either in Peace
or War" and I'VE Are the Pioneers of the
Eisht-hour Movement in America" One
of the wagons was drawn by eight horses,
the other by two.
The Book kbinders repeated their display
of last year. 1t was a huge book, hand
somely bound, and drawn by Eddie Schnei
der's ponies. Eddie also occupied the
drivers seat, and had with him Willie
Rockwell.
ranks was a genuine printers devil. He
was attired in red, had the orthodox
hOofs and tail. and measured probably
three feet in height. The name of this
imp was given as John McEiroy. This
division was led by st. Johns Drum Corps.
The educational feature of the float
display was that supplied by District
Assembly, No. 66, K. OIL
1t represented in two sections the ancient
and modern methods, respectively, in
the matter of supplying SCHOOL books, the
first depicting the period when books
were. purchased by the parents and guar
dians, the other the free book era. 1t
was Handsomely decorated, and each SEQ
ton had a school teacher in charge eur
rounded by the pupils.