The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-05
DATE OF PARADE
HAS BEEN CHANGED
Firemen Will March on Oct. s Instead
Of 10 September.
WAS DECIDED UPON LAST NIGHT
New Date Was Selected to Enable the
Firemen Who viii Attend the State
Convention Mt Wilkes Barre to Par
ticipate in the Scranton Parade or,
at Least, Witness the Annual Re-
view ofOur Department--PIans for
Entertaining.

The imaginary clash between the
board Of fire engineers and the Volun-
teer Firemen's association did not ma
terialize last night when the associa-
tion's special committee formally asked
the board to change the date of the an
nual firema.n's parade.
As a matter of fact the board, after
q lot of gentlemanly talk, acquiesced
to the firemen's wish and the parade
this year will be held Wednesday, Oct.
s, and not in September as in former
years. This Is done to give an opportu-
pity to the firemen who will attend the
state convention in Wilkes Barre. to
see the Scranton parade.
The meeting last night was called by
Chief Hickey for the sole purpose of lis
tening to the associations committee.
1t was held in the common council
chamber and present besides Chief
Hickey, were: Schwass, McManus, Ry-
mer. Warnke and OMIalley, the district
engineers; and Common Councilman
Zeidler, constituting the board, and the
committee members, Isadore Goodman,
Max Zitzleman. John j. Kaufman, Jo-
seph w. Hall and F. w. Zitzleman.
RESOLUTION READ.
the reading of the resolution passed at
the last meeting of the association ask
ing for the change. Councilman Zeid-
Ter asked were there any objections.
He understood that the board of en-
gineers thought the expenses of en-
tertaining the visiting firemen would
be too much for the city. +.
w. Zitzleman then explained that
h. l1s,
held so near by 1t behooved the city to
exhibit its fire department in the
strangers eyes and to show them
what we have got" said Mr.. Zitzleman.
Mr.. Goodman said the firemen have
everything ready for time. 1t was
the intention. he said, to send print
ed blank to the several fire companies
in Wilkes Barre inviting them to par,
ticipate in the parade or to come up
and look on. His idea was to rent a
hall-say for $25-and have some beer
and sandwiches for lunch, making the
hall a sort of headquarters.
Engineer Schwass arose and put In
the objection that the city could not
afford to hire the additional bands
necessary for the foreign contingent in
the parade. ut would be a sick look
ing parade with only three bands and a
drum corps in it," said Mr.. Schwass.
Mr.. Zitzleman, Mr.. Goodman and Mr..
Hall explained that the visiting COM
panies would bring their own music
and Mr.. Hall dropped the suggestion
that some one pass around the hat
land raise 1925 or So" Mr.. Goodman
didn't like the idea
SEVERAL HEADQUARTERS.
Councilman Zeidler thought that
| the better idea would be not to
have hall but to make the
| engine houses in the central district a
number of headquarters. Mr. Good
mans single objection to this idea
| would be removed, he sead, if the
| board allowed "firemen's refreshments"
to be served. Engineer Warnke moved
that the date of the parade be changed.
| Engineer OMalley seconded it and the
motion passed An annex to the mo-
ton was that the city be not called up
on to bear any of the expense of the
additional paraders.
Another amendment was that the
parade start at o'clock p. m. The next
| thing in order will be for the associa-
tion to appoint it's working committees.
| 1t was suggested last night that the
outlying companies join with the
central city companies in entertaining
the visitors at the engine houses on
the evening of October g. This will
probably be done.
The councils will have to be notified
of the change of date of the parade
as it is fixed by ordinance for Septem-
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