The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-14
THE LINE OF MARCH.
Display of Numbers Rather Than Bril-
liant Ostentation,

uant OStentat1On.
The union men on parade, excepting
the butchers, eschewed uniforms. The
butchers, however, were conspicuous in
| their red shirts, white caps and aprons,
and their appearance caused fiattering
comment from the spectators.
PRESIDENT Dempsey of the Miners
union led the procession. Next came
platoon of police, with Captain James
Leyden and Sergeant McGrath in COM
mand. This was the really attractive
phalanx Of the grand division. This
body was followed by the Boston &
Montana band, which preceded the
Clerks assembly, numbering "a clerks,
Ihe Trades and Labor assembly next
came, with 70 members, followed by 40
members of the Building Laborers'
union. The Horseshoers union was
next in line with rs representatives of
the craft and behind them marched
the Butchers, union in uniform. The
Bakers union was represented by "a
men, and they led 26 members of the
Laundry Workers union. Next came
20 bricklayers, followed by 70 stone ma
sons. The plasterers came next, rs in
number, and the division was trailed by
"a members of the Hotel and Restau
rant union.
The Second Division.
Leading the second division came the
Copper Hill band, led by Frank Holly.
Behind this splendid musical aggrega-
ton marched, four abreast, the Mill
and Smeltermen's union. After its 800
members had marched past a given
point the crowds wondered if it were
possible for the Miners union to show
up in greater numbers. 1t was doubted.
The Transfers union, 30 in number,
followed the millmen, and these two or
CARNATIONS comprised the second sec
which n of nj
was small, but in length far greater
than the first with it's diversity of
unions.
The Powerful Army.
The third and last division of the pa
rade was made up of one organization,
the Miners union, headed by the Alice
band. Four abreast, these representa-
tives of the greatest union of the world
marched and marched and the crowds
stood aghast ait the magnitude of num-
bers Wonder was expressed: "Will
they never pass?' Still they came.
Extravaganza in enthusiasm placed the
number at 10000; some thought 5000
nearer the exact number. Even these
guesses were wide of the mark. One
thousand men afoot make big show
ing in any country when marching to-
gether. That is a regiment. There
were by actual count 1870 men wearing
Miners union badges in line at the cor
ner of Broadway and Wyoming street.
There are $500 members of the union in
Butte. According to these figures more
than one-half of the total number was
in line--more than ever before turned
out together in Butte. The majority of
citizens this morning no doubt believed
there were at least 5000 or 5000 in line;
such is the influence of impromptu con-
clusion. 1t wasa grand sight, never
theless. s.---.--+-..-- -.--.,
lit was said by an officer of the day
that at least 500smen We're anxious to
march, but declined to enter the line
because they had been unsuccessful in
securing badges. This was their own
fault. There were badges for all, but
those who didn't get them were negli-
gent when they should have pushed in
like their brothers did and get theirs.
Several suggestive transparencies
We're carried in the parade. The most
conspicuous among them were those on
which were inscribed:
Governor Steunenberg, the hog
statesman from the sagebrush plains
of CALDWELL
These were carried into the opera
house and planted on the stage. An
other read:
Sinclair, acting governor of Idaho,
and still crazy
I'VE stand by the men in the govern
ment bull pen at Wardner,' was an
other
Cartoons also had their place in the
parade. One represented a file of negro
soldiers holding in awe and terrible
humiliation a white miner. This was
intended to portray the conditions ex-
listing at the Wardner prison. Another
banner bore the inscriptions:
"Truculent governors go hand in
hand with military autocrats.'
Each union carried the flag and its
own banner The several marshal's
aids who commanded their respective
sections were M. j. Mccormack, Will
liam Walsh, j. B. Furey, Dan Boyce
J. r. Murphy, E. J. Bowden, John Do
herty William F. Brennan, James DON
nelly, Robert Boyd, Pat Peoples, Will
liam Hagerty, James S. Healy and Pat
rick Ferry. Jim Donnelly, jr., was the
mascot of the aides.
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