Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
Nearly All of the Business Houses Were
Closed and Many Represented in
the Procession.
The Entire Celebration Passed Off With
out a Hitch and Rejects Credit
on the Committees.
FINE SHOWING MADE BY THE UNIONS

The Labor Day celebration of 1898 has
come and gone. The excellent pro.
gramme for the occasion was carried out
the gentlemen having charge of the ar
engagements. Although the skies were
cloudy and showers fell about noon, the
ardor and interest of the people were not
dampened, and the immense parade was
witnessed by probably larger number
of people than OH any former occasion.
The parade was success in every respect,
the marchers conducting themselves in
military style throughout the whole route.
Chief Marshal Humphrey Knecht and
the vast number of men in line were the
recipients of cheers and praise from the
starting point to the finish for the splen-
did appearance and precision which was
displayed by them. Each of the twenty
unions participating is entitled to credit,
but the printers, statesmen and stone-cut-
tiers are entitled to special mention. The
printers made an excellent showing,
though not as large as they expected,
because the members of their union who
work on the afternoon papers we're un-
able to take part The Salesmen's Union
turned out In one of the prettiest uni
forms ever seen on the streets of this
city, and they proved themselves the best
drilled body in the procession. The
parade and line of march we're carried
out in the order announced in our last
weeks issue.
A new and imposing spectacle in the
Labor Day celebration was the industrial
feature of the parade, and one which
demonstrates the friendly relations exist
| ing between the employers and the EN-
ployes of this city. With nearly every
trades union were the floats of some of
the employers and business houses. These
we're elegantly gotten up and were far
above general expectation. Levy Bros,
the Market-street clothing dealers, ex-
hibited their public spirit by furnishing
the handsomest and most attractive float
in the parade. The aoats of the Frank
Fehr and Sem & Alderman Brewing
Companies also made neat appearance
in line with the Brewers Union. The
following are the firms and unions who
placed floats in the parade:
Evening Post.
Louisville Dispatch.
Courier-Journal Job Printing Company.
Levy Bros.
Mammoth Clothing Company.
Loevenhart Clothing Company.
Crutcher & Starks.
Frank Fehr Brewing Company.
Sem and Alderman.
Phoenix Hill Brewing Company.
Union Brewing Company.
Schaefer & Meyer Brewing Company.
Christ Brewery.
Nadorff Brewery.
Union Cigarmakers.
Etheridge Furniture Company.
William f. Mayer.
Louisville Trotting & Fair Association.
Swiss Colony Wine House.
Finer Tobacco Company.
Straeffer & Son.
Wolff Grocery Company.
Sawyer's Grocery.
Pacific Coal Company.
Herndon & Carter.
Ross & Mccall.
Button Grocery.
Hughes Lumber Company.
A float that caused general comment
was that of the Cigarmakers' Union,
showing the difference between the
union-made product and that of the scab-
shop and tenement-house disease-produc-
ing article.
The industrial parade was great sue
cess and will be long remembered by all
who took part in or witnessed it.
After the procession disbanded the
workers and their friends took possession
of Phoenix Hill Park, where the balance
of the afternoon and night were devoted
to recreation and enjoyment. In addition
to an excellent. concert in the park there
was fine dance music in the large hall,
anu NuC nOOA was OOnSldntiJ tuiOnSCu
with merry young folks until late hour.
The main feature of the evening was
the address Of Mr.. Charles N. Jacques,
the well-known labor student and writer,
who was introduced by Mr.. Herman
christen, the Chairman, to one of the
largest audiences ever assembled to listen
to Labor Day Grafton in this city. Ow-
ing to recent illness Mr.. Jacques was
unable to speak as long as was desired;
nevertheless his speech was received with
enthusiasm and was frequently APP
plsuded. Owing to lack of space we are
compelled to omit it from this issue. 1t
will be printed in full next week, and
we commend its perusal to all classes of
our citizens.
The large crowds remained until a late
hour. and as they Withdrew from the
park were loud In their praises of the