Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-04
The Greatest of all ParadeS
Seen in Butte.
THOUSANDS WERE In LINE
The Sons of Toll Presented an
Imposing Appearance
APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES
Made BY President Mcdonald of the
Western Labor Union and
President Boyce.
ADDRESSES

Never before in the history of organ
lied labor in Montana has a day for the
observance of labor's cause been more
propitious than today. The morning
opened clear, cool and bright, and at no
time during the period which separates
the rising of the sur from the darkness
of the evening We're there signs of inter-
ference from the elements. 1t was a day
in striking contrast with the appearance
Of those who participated in what might
be termed the %grandest Labor day cele-
bration Butte has ever known. Although
the parade was scheduled to start at $3.50
o'clock, as early as 8 the marchers could
be seen in bright regalia preparing for
the event that was to demonstrate the
numerical strength of the various organ
izations in Silver Bow county and their
fidelity to the cause, but it was not until
10 O'Clock that the order to march was
sounded by the officers in charge of the
column. Then, to the rhythmic strains
of the Boston e Montana band, the pa
geant began to move south on Main
street while thousands of persons lining
the sidewalks ana z portion Of thu. streets
through which it moved looked On i'll adj
miration. The procession was headed by
the Boston & Montana band. About the
middle Of the line was the Butte & Bos-
ton band. which at intervals en- route
demonstrated its ability as a producer Of
first-class music. Some of the organiza-
tons We're largely represented, their
members marching five abreast. Among
them We're the Iron n Brass Founders.
Clerks. Tailors, Bakers, Cigarmakers,
Expressmen. Typographical, Brewery
Workmen, Mill and Smeltermen. Black
smiths and Helpers. Workingmen.
Butchers. Painters and Decorators, Jour-
| neymen Association of Plumbers and
Gas Filters, Lathers, Building Laborers.
Boilermakers, Carpenters and Joiners
several small rusty looking vehicles rep
%resenting the result Of noil-unionism
There We're several distinct features in
the procession. One was a correct imi-
boilermakers perform. 1t consisted of a
large boiler on a wagon. Beside the
boiler was a forge in full blast and about
a dozen men hammering away at the
rivets of the boiler joints.
The blacksmiths had a similar repre-
sentation Of their shop duty. A large
anvil stood in the center Of the wager
and on it four men We're pounding away
with sledges at a chunk of redlot iron
fresh from the fire. 1t was a real anvil
chorus in the open, with an hour for
lunch attachment. Each of the black
smiths marching behind the float carried
a hammer.
The line of march was as heretofore
published.
The exercises of the day We're held at
Columbia Gardens during the afternoon.
beginning shortly after 2 O'Clock. A
splendid programme of sports had been
arranged and was carried out to the let
ter. Addresses Were mad during the
afternoon by Dan Mcdonald. president
Of the Western Labor Union and Ed
Y1--1z --.l- &C A.
ton of Labor. Mr.. McDonald's address
was as follows:
Ladies', Gentlemen and Fellow-Work
men: 1t affords me much pleasure on
behalf of the various labor organizations
OF this city to welcome you; in doing so I
but voice their sentiments when l say
that it is their wish, their desire and
hope that his day will only be one OF
pleasure and enjoyment to you all. 1t is
pleasing, indeed. gratifying in the ex-
treme, to see this vast, magnificent null
titude assemble to indulge in a day of
recreation, bathing in sunshine, drinking
in the moonlight of day, kissed by the
refreshing canyon breeze from the deep
ravine, and gazing upon the hillside.
rObed in its brllliancy and clothed in it's
splendor. We welcome you BECAUSE We
appreciate your presence, which adds to
cause. 1t arouses the spirit and stimu-
lates the determination of those who
have borne the burden of the day, with
new life, vlgor and confidence; it in
stills hope, 1T reneWs courage and
strengthens the will, revlves the decaying
heart: it inf1ames the dropping spirit: it
gives force and tirmness to the purpose:
it encourages the Indifferent; it despairs
not with defeat, and wins victory whei.
fair play is given. Gathered as you arc,
from every avocation in life. represent
ing the different labor elements as you
do. whose cause is just and purpose holy.
you have laid aside today your cares and
worry to participate in labor's celebra-
ton, which was properly and timely set
aside for labor's Indulgence. Through
sound of your approaching footsteps, the
gates of the garden swung inv ard. and in
response to your presence we extend to
you the key of friendship. the hand of
fraternity.
" From the shores of the Atlantic to
the sands of the Pacific the voice of labor
is penetrating the irapositions imposed
upon it. and entering its complaint and
registering its protest against a system
of wage slavery that makes the wage
Garner absolutely dependent. This has
turned to ashes the hopes and aspira-
tons of thousands of men, and blighted
their career and on it's vicious mission of
destruction has turned it's whitening
breath of decay upon the possibilities of
the future. Men bent in age before their
time. bearing the burdens of d cruel in
dustrial world. on the sunset of life find
themselves in mourning ard tears Over
the enc Of their lost liberties. Will
our ~unbounded natural resources nj
wealth. assisted by the most wonderful