The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-03
P0STMEN IN THE LINE.
Review of Letter-Carriers by the
Postmaster = General at
Philadelphia.
SOME DIssENsIoN IN CHICAGO.
At Terre Haute Senator Voorhees,
Denounced the Federal
Supreme Court.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept 2. - Ma
tional Labor day was generally celebrated
in Philadelphia. The big event of the day
in this city was the parade this afternoon
of the letter-carriers of Philadelphia and
the neighboring cities and the informal
opening this evening of the convention of
the National Letter Carriers Association.
The letter-carriers' parade included not
less than 1000 men. The reviewing stand
for Postmaster-GeneralW Wilson was at the
Union League. The United States marine
band, which was detailed from Washing
ton for the purpose, was at the head of the
letter-carriers' parade. In the procession
were delegates from New York, Brooklyn,
Baltimore, Washington, Wilmington, Del.
Chester, Pa; Newark, N. j.; Albany,
n. Y; Passaic. n. j., and New Brunswick.
n. J. Postmaster-General Wilson arrived
shortly after noon to-day under the escort
of Postmaster Warfeld of Baltimore and
tbelIetter-carriers of that city, 275 strong,
The convention, which will continue
during the remainder of the week, will
practically open tonight, when public
reception Will be given the delegates at the
Academy of Music. The convention proper
will be called to order tomorrow morning
in the Philadelphia Bourse building.
The fight for the convention in 1896 will
be spirited one. Already eight cities are
in the field as aspirants for the honor, and
the delegations representing these cities
are on the ground buttonholing others as
they arrive and laying their lines to cap
ture the convention. The cities that have
so far put forth claim for the next con-
vention are: Buffalo, Rochester and Syra-
cuse, n. Y; Grand Rapids, Mich; Denver,
Colo. New Orleans, La; Dallas, Tex, and
Atlanta, GA.
CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 2.-Dissension
marked the celebration of Labor day in
Chicago. Two rival labor organizations
marched in separate parades. This was
the result of long-pending dispute be-
tween the Labor Congress and the Trade
and Labor Assembly, and the honors of the
day rested with the former.
Twelve great divisions, numbering some
25, 900 men, assembled on the lake front at
Michigan avenue at IL o'clock. Half an
hour later the march began. At Union
Park the parade was reviewed by J. Kier
Hardie, Frank Smith of London and John
Swinton of New York.
The parade of the Building Trades Coun-
Gil, which is affiliated with the Trade and
Labor Assembly, included seven divisions,
numbering about 5000 members. The
Bricklayer's Union, which is one of the
strongest, refused to participate in either
parade, but held a demonstration at Blue
Island.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Sept. 2.-Labor
day was celebrated here with parade in
the morning and amusements at the fair
grounds in the afternoon. There were
10000 persons on the grounds, many of
whom listened to the speeches of Senator
VOORHEES, and Colonel Mclean, ex-deputy
Commissioner of Pensions. When the latter
commenced to speak there were calls for
the reading of letter that he had received
from Eugene V. Debs, and so persistent
was the demand that the speaker had to
pause and suspend his remarks to permit
the letter to be read.
Senator Voorhees, referred to this Incl
dent later on, and said it was natural that
Debs' fellow citizens wanted to hear from
him. The Senator said:
''I consulted with Debs' counsel when
the case was before the Supreme Court,
and 1 know that Debs is suffering pen
atty that the constitution does not war
rant. A lawful conviction must be pre-
Ce0eQ DIV all l1UICIluGllb anu Lildl Nv u Jury.
A ranker piece of injustice never blotted
the pages of our Federal judiciary. l am
the last person to be responsible for Will
liam A Woods, because l opposed his con-
firmation by the Senate. l did so because
he is a narrow man. He has plenty of
ability, but he lacks the underlying princi-
pies of honesty. 1 have no fear in de-
nouncing the decision of the Supreme
Court. 1 denounce its decision in the in
come tax case"
The Senator advised his hearers that
they must not violate the laws, but should
elect men to make laws that would be ac-
ceptable to them.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 2.-The
parade in honor of Labor day occupied the
principal streets all the forenoon. Many
thousand representatives of labor turned
out, making a display which for diversity
and attractiveness has never been equaled
on like occasion in this city. Fully two
thirds of the trades in line were uniformed.
They marched in the bright sunshine to
the music of bands, each industry being
illustrated by gayly decorated float show
ing the operations of the trade represented.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 2.-Beautiful
weather contributed to the success of the
Labor-day celebration. All the banks, ex-
changes, courts and city Offices are closed,
and many retail stores gave their clerks
holiday. The labor organizations united
in a parade of the principal streets at
noon, and afterward assent bled at Concor-
dia Park, where the remainder of the day
was spent in alnusements of various de-
scriptions. Nearly 1000 were in line.
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