The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-06

John Benore & Son, Builders, -Four
Wagons.
Foote & Shear Co., Four Wagons.
Scranton Bedding Co., Three Wagons.
Jonas Longs Sons, Department store,
Three Floats, Nine Wagons, Two
Loads of Female Clerks.
Sauquoit SILK Mill, Four Carriages.
Cough Jumpers"
j. w. Guernsey, Music Dealer, Two Car
riages, Three Wagons.
u. w. Fritz Harness and Leather Goods
Three Wagons, One Float.
Charles Cooper, Scavenger. One Wagon
Mulherin & Judge. Contractors and Build
ers.
Scranton Fire Brick Company. One Float.
l.. II. Powell & Co., Music Dealers.
keystone Plaster Company.
Clarke's Cut-Rate Medicine store.
Standard Sewing Machine Company.
W. II. Pierce, Produce Market.
FRANK Carlucci Stone Contractor, One
Float.
NEARLY TWO MILES LONG.
The procession was nearly two miles
long and required about three-quarters
OF an hour to pass a given point. There
were many interesting features to note
in both the labor and industrial parts
of the parade. Many of the organiza-
tions were in uniform. The painters
).
The hats Of the timers were surmount-
ed with ''stovepipes" of tin and they
carried canes that had been coated
with silver. They We're followed by a
dray which bore miniature tin-shop
with apprentices at work.
About the nattiest body in line was
the Typographical union, whose mem
bers wore linen busters and helmets of
brown hn tnh
makers rode in carriages, as did the
master horseshoers. The latter were
followed by twenty-one members of the
Horseshoers' union mounted The float
which ended the labor divisions con-
tained six girls in white costume and
two men in miners garb. 1t was the
| idea of A. Langerfeld, marshal of the
industrial division.
Space does not permit detailed mem
| ton of all the industrial features, al
though all were good. In the Lacka-
| wanna laundry display a cart labeled
1885, Our First Delivery Wagon" was
followed by the laundrys modern tri-
cycle delivery vehicle
The Goldsmiths Bazaar float con-
sisted of a pair of swans made from
| handkerchiefs and driven by a little
| miss in shell boat, also a handker-
| chiefs. The whole was carried on the
| top of one of the firms delivery wagons.
| Clarke Bros. made a substantial and
sensible display of their wares the five
| two-horse and two one-horse wagons
| carrying respectively loads of flour,
canned goods pals, tea chests, brooms,
| washtubs and copper boilers.
| A miniature Statue of Liberty, on
| which stood pretty girl, was a most
| popular float. 1t represented The
| Leader dry goods store. A group of
brewery hands were seated inside the
beer garden float of the Lackawanna
| Brewing company. Throughout the line
| of march they were supplied with am
ber-colored fluid from the mysterious
| depths of the vehicle. The Backa-
wanna Steam bakery exhibit included
a four-horse bake-shop float.
| THE OLD WAY.
An ash wagon Of genoraIy decrcpit
| appearance carrying a grotesque look
ing young colored man dressed in
| female togs and washing clothes in the
"old way" was followed by a nicely
| appointed outfit containing an illustra-
ton of the "new way" of washing, the
whole the display of The 1900 Washer
company.
Jonas Longs Sons was represented
by a float carrying a cloth model OF
"the big store" a shoe float, a float
with girls, five single delivery wagons
two double delivery wagons and two
band wagon loads of girl employees
The float of Frank Carlucci, stoneworR
contractor was large and deliberately
arranged stone yard exhibit.
Nearly every business firm or indi-
vidual represented in line had one OF
more floats containing articles peculiar
to the trade represented. Many of the
proprietors of these concerns rode in
carriages. President Luther Keller ant
Secretary d. B. Athsrton &C tie board
of trade. occupied one of the carriages
in the industrial division.
Several thousand persons visited
Laurel Hill park during the afternoon
An admission fee of 10 cents was ex-
acted and quite sum realized to helG
defray the expense of the celebration
An open-air meeting followed a de-
lightfui concert by, Bauer's band
which organization had been divided
into two parts during the parade.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
Other attractions at the park robbed
the meeting of much interest. Not
more than seven or eight hundred per-
sons heard the speakers. p. j. Thorn
as introduced C. Ben Johnson as the
presiding officer. The latter spoke
briefly complimenting organized labor
on its record and its principles. He
introduced Frank Morrison. of Chi.
cago, secretary of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor.
Mr.. Morrison explained the inabil.
ity of Samuel Gompers to be present
owing to an engagement and the neeC
of his presence at Omaha, Mr.. Nor,
rson illustrated the growth of trade
uniOnism. He said it had for many
years brought the workingmen into
closer communion, had enlightened tn,
public as to labor's reasonable re
quests, had bettered mankind and ele
waited labor. If labor had accom-
plshed nothing else, ii had done mucl
in its thirty-year fight for not NOR,
than eight hours work per day.
LabOring men We're urged by tn
speaker to join a union Of their Graf
or to organize one. 1t meant strength
and training.
Labor is getting its dues slowly be
cause of it's union of S50,000 men. Civ
en- 2,00O,0 900 it would be independent 0
the schemes of any political party
There would then be no repetition o
the action on the eight-hour bill whicl
a passed congress, but was held up Il
! the senate. Representatives and sen
ators even now, however, dare not re
pudiate labor, although they too fire
, quently shirk going on record in it
behalf