The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-04
LABOR DAY ADJUSTMENTS.
PROGRAMME or DoIN8S AND tx
CURSIONs FOR TO-DAT.

Instead of ParadinE the Combined Trade,
Unions viii Hold q Big Picnic in
SulIer'S Westohester Park-Msdal for
Irish Veterans of the spanish War.
Labor day 10 to be crowded with holiday cell
ebrations this year Although there ia to be
no general parade OF labor organizations to-
day. there will be several lesser parades in diff
ferent parts OF the city There are excursions
to suit the time, tastes and pockets OF the most
varied population. and outdoor contests and
exhibitions to entertain old and young OF most
diverse interests. The Central Federated
Union concluded to omit the usual labor
parade because so many laborlng people. in
oluding tailors and workmen In the building
trades are on strike. As money lie necessary
for tho assistance OF all those, IL was deemed
best to save the $4,000 which II was estim ated
would be the cost OF a general parade. The
combined unions are instead to have q big
picnio at Suffers Wsstchester Park. be gin min e
at 2 O'Clock In the afternoon.
The Sxty-ninth Regiment and the First Reg
iment OF Irish Volunteers are 10 parade In the
afternoon, starting from the Grand Central
Palace Al 2 o'clock and marching up Fifth
avenue to Harlem. They are to hold a festival
there in Suffers Park. The Irish Volunteers
are to present medals to Irshmen who volun-
GugEenhsimer is to make an address
At 10 80 O'Clock this morning Chief Croker 10
to review the North Shore Fire Department OF
Port Richmond. Staten Island, the mem bere OF
which will turn out In parade.
Lafayette Post, $50 strong and In uniform.
will leave the city to-day by special train over
the Royal Blue limo for the encampment OF the
G. A. r. at Philadelphia. There 10 to be q
parade at Philadelphia in the afternoon Of the
naval Veterans aud jaekies from the warshlps
in that harbor. although the military parade in
connection with the encampment 10 to be held
on Tuesday.
There will be parade Of letter carriers soon
after the morning rounds Of the postmen are
completed to-day. Fifteen hundred Of them
from Manhattan and 600 from Brooklyn will
assemble at the Cox statue at Aston and La
fayetts places after the morning delivery. and
march through Eighth street and Clinton
place to Fifth avenue, thence to Washington
Square. and on to the ferry. whence they will
start for the convention OF the National Letter
Carriers Association at Scranton. Pa. Post
master Van Colt will review the parade at the
Brevoort House.
Branch 3. United Post Office Clerks. will hold
picnic to-day at Ulmer Park. Gravesend Bay.
The Veteran Association OF the Fifth Volun-
teer Infantry Duryea Zouaves). will spend
Labor Day at Round Top. Gettysburg. where
they are to assemble at tho foot Of Warren
statue. They leave for Gettysburg at 10
O'Clock.
The Chicago Platform Democrats are to hold
a rally at Cooper Union this evening.
John p. Altgeld. Judge Tarvin. Of Kentueky y.
Congressman Lentz. Of Iowa, and State Com
mitteeman Throop. OF Connecticut. are among
the men who will address the meeting.
Besides tho familiar nearby excursions to
Coney Island, Staten Island Long Branch. the
Roekaways. various other Jersey shore re-
sorts and Long Island Sound points. and
nearby points Of attraction along the Hudson
river. the advertisements announce excursions
by rail and water to numerous places distant
from the city all the way from twenty milcs to
400 or 500 miles. The east end OF Long Is.
land. Sag Harbor. or Greenport. or Shelter la
land. may be reached by water. tho holiday
makers returning by rail. The Lehigh Valley
and the Erie Railroads advertise eI-
cursions to Niagara Falls. the. former
also offering excursions to Mauch Chunk.
Glen Onoko and the Switchback. There are
excursions up the Hudson River to West
Point and Newburg and beyond. out the Sound
to ROTOR Point and beyond, to Saratoga, the
mountains and elsewhere.