The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-06
LABOR PARADE.
Grand Demonstration
in the City This
Evening.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE.
Mass Meeting in Mechanics
Hall, with Speeches by
Prominent Labor Men.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE.

Worcester will have the biggest pa
rade of labor Organization that ever
marched through the streets of the city
tonight, unless the preparations made
last night fail
| The general committee in charge of
the parade and mass meeting in Me-
chanics hall met in labor Headquarters
last evening, and Chief Marshal c. o,
Blake received the report of sub-eom-
mitters. Fifteen LEGAL labor unions have
Sent notification of intention to be rep
resented in the parade this evening.
Fac Cigarmakers union will have the
right of line, and its follower in secur-
ing an elgnt7hour working day, the
Journeyman Plumbers union, will
be next. Other organizations viii
De assigned to places previous
TO the formation of the parade
IN Salem square at 7.3O o. Clock The
column is scheduled to move at 3
o'clock, and the, line Of march will be
through Salem square to Front street.
% washington square, returning to
Az ain street, Main to Myrtle, to South
orldge street, back Main to Lincoln
square, countermarch to Mechanics
held ~
Chief Marshal c. o. Blake of the Car
penters' and Joiners' union and Assist
ant Chief Marshal NJ. f. Garrett of the
lSteamftters' Helpers union will he
mounted. The aids will be M. F. Ca
sey, Journeyman Plumbers union: J.
T F. Frey, Moulders' union; William
Iunn, BottlerS' and Drivers union: T.
Z. Brown, Bricklayers and Plasterers'
Tnh o.
UNION; j, w. Mara, Coremakers' union.
Each organization will be headed by the
president, and the aids will wear white
groves and carry canes. An invitation
mas been sent to the local Letter Car
riers association, but no answer has
been received. The gray uniformed
men VIII have prominent place in the
line II they decide to turn out
JEFFERSON ID. Pierce, president of Cen
tral Labor Union, and ex-president of
the state branch, American Federation
of Labor, will preside at the meeting
in Mechanics hall, and the speakers
VIII be leaders in the trades union
movement. President Samuel p. Com
pers of the American Federation of La
Dor is expected, and Vice President p.
J. Mcclure, who is also general secre-
tary or the national organization of
carpenters and joiners, has notified the
DOSlIlNRIV
appear.
Other speakers will be Frank K. Fos-
ter OF Boston Typographical Union, who
represented Boston Central Labor I'm
ION in the state convention in North
adams, John J. Connolly, organizer In
| ternational Association of Machinists,
William Strauss, representative of New
York Cigarmakers' Union, who is lead
ing the fight against Carl Upmann ci-
ion
land organizer of the Carpenters and
JOinerS Union
Whlle dlstinctively under labor union
auspices, the mass meeting speakers
will not cOnfine themselves to trades
union principles. Vice President p. j.
Mcclure is speaker whom local
labor unions have tried repeatedly
Frank K. Fosters presence insures elo-
quence. AS brilliant, entertaining
speaker, Mr.. Foster has few equals in
the political or labor union movement.
Cnce candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor against John @. A. Bracket, he
possesses oratorical power in plenty,
which Is now expended in the interests
OF trades union movements
w. j. Shields, ]. J. Connolly and Will
liam Strauss are speakers who appeal
to the wage earners. One hundred
seats will be reserved on the platform
for guests, speakers and officers of To-
cal labor unions. The reception COM
mittee will be the ushers, and the bal
cony will be reserved for ladies and
their escorts
After the mass meeting there will be
banquet in City hotel, for which 100
plates will be laid. Entertainment will
be provided, and there will be an in
formal reception. officers of local
unions will have an opportunity of
meeting the speakers and guests
The meetings of local labor unions
last night were productive of steps
being taken to insure the success of
tonight's demonstration. A special
meeting of Granite Cutters union was
held, and it was voted to march in the
parade. The Journeyman BARRIERS
union voted to hire the Boys club drum
corps, and local barber shops will close
at o'clock this evening. The Steam
Filters Helpers union voted 10 hire a
drum corps.
At the meeting of Machinists union,
the report of Addison W. Barr. delegate
to the state branch convention. was
read, and Delegate Barr was rendered q
vote of thanks for his earnest work as
the first representative of Worcester s
youngest labor union. Mr.. Barr was
chosen to act as member of the re-
ception committee from the Machin-
ISIS union tonight. A committee, con-
sisting of ]. F. Shea, William Wash
burn and William Standish will arrange
for social and dance under the au-
spices Of the union in few weeks.
The Bottlers' and Drivers Union vot-
ed to accept the invitation of Brewers
Union, No. 1856, to march in the parade
tonight. Delegates to the Central La
Dor Union will be Instructed to ask
through that body that all buyers of
bottled goods ask for the union card.
The secretary was authorized to in
struct all local unions that they may
act upon it. 1t was voted to appoint a
committee to visit those eligible to
membership and invite them to Join.
President r. B. Keefe of the Car
penters' and Joiners' Union has APP
pointed John F. Callahan and ]. d.
Taylor lieutenants in the Carpenters
division in the parade. MartePs Brig
ade Band which has been engaged by
the Central Labor Union, and Building
Trades Council, win give selections in
Mechanics hall during intermission,
and will head those bodies in the pa
rade
The return Of j. D. Pierce will give
local organizations an opportunity of
showing their appreciation of his SER
vices as state president. Mr.. Pierce is
attending the convention of the New
England Blue Label League in Fall
Riverand is booked to return this after
noon.
DYSPEPSIA IN ITS WORST FORMS
will yield to the use OF Carriers Little
Nerve Pills, aided by Carter,s Little Liver