Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-02

Two Hundred Floats to be In Line, as Well
as the Various Unions and City OficIals-
Sixteen Organizations From Rock ISL
| and-Exereises at Schuetzen-PIcnIc To-
morrow at Onermans.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the Til city Labor day cell
ebration at Davenport. A gala day
for the work men Is assured. Rock
Island and Moline will be we'll repre-
scented.
j. III. Garstang, chairman of the ar
rangements committee, says that the
Labor day parade this year will be
three miles long, and that 200 floats
have already been promised. The
following Davenport organizations and
| unions have promised to take part in
| the parade:
Veteran Firemen, Cedar Camp, NJ.
w. A, 500, Carnival Camp No. ]. w.
o. W., together with Riverside Camp
and the East Davenport Order of
Woodmen, 500 men, Glucose en-
ployes to the number of 400, Carpen-
Iers' union. Bricklaycrs' union, ,Plas-
terers' union, Stonecutters' union,
Blacksmiths' union, Horseshoers'
union, BARRIERS union, Brewers I'M
ion, Molders' union, Steamtitters'
union Bicycle association.
Beside the above there will be 16
unions from Rock Island and IA from
Moline in the parade The Fedora
ton of Labor will also be represented.
Strasser's band of "a pieces has been
engaged and will escort the parade
through the streets of the city. Fol-
lowing the band will be the police,
city officials, fire departments and
other public bodies.
Another assurance that the parade
will be large is that all of the floats
and organizations that took part in
the Moline street fair have been in
vited to participate in the Labor day
parade. The parade will be at 1880
O'Clock.
Alex Lindsay will be marshal of the
day. His assistants will be w. E.
LYMAN, of Rock Island; A. +. Lock
hart, OF Moline, and j. w. Garstang,
of Davenport.
Business Houses to Send Turnouts.
The arrangements committee has
been hard at work for three weeks
past making preparations for the cele-
bration. The members of the COM
of the business houses, and nearly
every business house apr cached
promises to put float in the parade.
In the afternoon celebration will
be held at Schuetzan park. The gov
ernor's proclamation will be read at
the opening exercises. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Mayor
George L. Baker. julius fischer and
l. - 80,
best speakers, will be orators of the
day. There will also be races and
games and a musical concert by Stras-
ser's band. Following is the list
of events for which prizes will be
awarded:
Cake walk, first prize for the lady,
cake basket and cake. for gentle
man, s. pair of shoes; second prize,
for the lady, hat; for gentleman,
not given); third prize for the lady,
n pair OF slippers; for the gentleman,
a fine shirt. Fat mans race, first
prize, cane; second prize, one pair
of shoes. Bicycle race. two miles,
first prize, a Bundy lamp; second
prize, saddle; third prize, a hat;
fourth prize, a sweater; fifth prize, a
pocket knife.
The Rock Island postoffice will close
at 10 a m. Monday. There will be
two deliveries in the morn ing.
Picnic at Onerman's Island.
The Rock Island Industrial Home
association will give a picnic at Offer
mans island tomorrow. With favor
able weather an imm ense crowd is ex-
pected. The association lost money on
its recent picnic and will endeavor to
catch up" financially. 1t is for a
good cause. as the proceeds from
these enterprises so toward raising
the Indebtedness on the associations
home here.
Police Points.
a-I ooot.