Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-06
The Large Cities Are All
Agog To-day and Speeches
Rend the Air.
BRITISH LABOR CONGRESS
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Has Left
Cuba and is En- Route
for Home.
YELLOW FEVER IS RAGING

CHICAGO, LII september o,--Io
days labor day parade was the strong
est trades union demonstration yet se 1
in this city. For the first time the tw,
central labor unions, with one or thu
other of which all organized labor il
the-city is affiliated, buried their diff
ference and united in a grand display
The parade was In eleven divisions and
between 35, 900 and 10000 men and
women were in line. After moving
through the principal streets of the
city, trains were taken for River Grove
where Congressman Foss spoke on the
postal. savlngs-bank scheme and there
was an exhibit of scientific kite-fying
with six of the largest kites ever built
In accordance with the state statutes,
the day IS legal holiday throughout
the commonwealth.
SPRINGFIELD. H., September 6 -
Three thousand laooring men, includ-
ing all the striking miners of the Spring
fisld district, paraded to-day, in cele-
bration of the annual holiday. They
were reviewed by Governor Tanner and
other state officers, while the day was
generally observed by the business
houses closing. A large crowd is in
the city from Peoria, Alton, jackson.
vile and other places, made possible
by the railway rate war. After the pa
rade, speeches were delivered AT Krous
park by prominent labor leaders ard
the mayors of Springfield and other
cities.
ROCHESTER,, N. r., September 6 -
Since the establishment of labor day,
there has not been snch an ou,pourng
as greeted Senator .TilIman, tho orator
of the day, at Windsor beach, Roches-
ter's summer resort, where exercises
were held, this forenoon. Senator
Tillman was asked, this morning, II he
bad the manuscript copies of his speech,
for the use of the press: s'No, I have
rot written out a speech for thirty
years. You will have to take it on tho
wing, or shoot it as it tlies. | only
wrote half of that 'pitcbfork speech,
as they call it, aud did that so as to
say hard things 10 parliamentary
way
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September G.
The feature of tho labor day celebra-
tion in this city, was the speech of ex,
Gov. John P. Altgeid, of Illinois. which
he delivered at Washington park. |
The governor, accompanied by Mrs
Altgeld and B. S. Martin, of Chicago,
arrived in Philadelphia about noon,
aud tho party were met at the station
by delegation Of men prominent In
labor circles, and escorted to the Con-
unental hotel. The exercises at Wash
ington park were hold under the
auspices of the united labor league.
At A O'Clock the governor appeared
on the speakers stand AMI began his
speech. The day was fistiugly observed
throughout the city.
ST LOUIS, Mo-, September 6.-Wll I
liam j. Bryan arrived in St. Lou,s, this
morning, to assist in the proper csle-
bratiou of labor day aud is billed for
an address at Concordia park, at 4 p.
IN. Mr.. Bryan declined to be inter-
viewed further than to say, the cause
of free silver was never brighter. He
says his trip to the west and northwest
has shown him the cause he represents
to be prosperiog, there. Mr.. Bryan
will speak at the Illinois fair, next
week. Other speakers at to-day's lab or |
celebration are Ex-Governor Stone,
Mayor Zsigenheim, Master Workman
Sovereign and others.
DENVER, Colo, September La |
Dor day was celebrated here by a morn
ing parade, with 1000 working nen in
line. La the parade were two tons OF
fl our from Colorado farms, which will |
be sold for the starving coal miners
The entire proceeds of the day will go |
to tbs coal miners, and large sum |
will probably be realized.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, September 6.-l
The laoar UNIONS paraded the principal
business streets, this morning. The
principal exercises of the day were
held at Farmount park, this afternoon.
where addresses we're delivered by
Governors Stephens, Of Missouri. and
LeedY, of Kansas; Jerry Simpson and
others
New York, N. X, September --
LABOR day was generally but quietly
observed in this city, to day has,
were no labor parades, bp.~ene ioca'
workingmen who-~~c pretty well satis-
6es ma, no., prepared picnics.