Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-06
LABOR CELEBRATES.
Bryan and Roosevelt Talk to Wage
Earners At Chicago.
ATHLETIC COXTES1SAT KANSAS CITY.
The Two Candidates far 0overnoe Of Mjs.
souri, Also Make Addsessss-Lett@r Car.
riers Mavch 1T Detroit = Cslehra.
tiOns vt Other Placea

of Chicago yesterday passed in review
before Col. William J. Bryan and Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. Hour after
hour the labor unions marched down
Michigan avenue past the Auditorium
hotel, on the loggia OF which stood
the democratic nominee for president,
the republican vice presidential can
didate, together with Charles A.
Towne, William L. Mason and dozen
other political leaders, Both Bryan
and Roosevelt were heartily greeted
by the men as they marched past the
hotel. When the last man of the
long line of marchers had swung
round Michigan Avenue into Jackson
boulevard, Col. Bryan and Col. Roose-
welt went inside the hotel, where
soon after they sat down to
luncheon given by labor representa-
tives. 1t was flag of truce
luncheon, for the trades union men
had declared that in the celebration
of Labor day there was to be no pol
tiles While the parade was moving,
a host of people, mostly the families
of workingmen, gathered in Electric
park, where the speeches of the day
were delivered. Both Bryan and
Roosevelt spoke on labor topics and
subjects of interest to wage-earners.
Athletic Contests nj Kansas CRY.
Kansas City, No, Sept. 4.-Joseph
Flory and A. NJ. DoclSery, respectively
republican and democratic candidates
for governor of Missouri, spoke in
Kansas City yesterday from the same
platform at the Labor day celebra-
ton at Helm park. The athletic con-
tests of the day were keenly inter-
esting to most of the people in the
park, and the women's contests were
especially so. They were most of |
them held in the morning, when the
visitors We're fresh. When the women
ran their races either with eggs in a
spoon, which they carried, or an out
and out foot race, the crowds cheered |
Justify.
Letter Carriers March.
Detroit, Mich. Sept. 4.-Twenty-
five hundred of the men who deliver
the mails in the various cities of the
country appeared in Detroit yester-
day, marched at five o'clock in the
afternoon in an imposing parade,
lunched together in Light Guard
armory and last night took part in a
public reception and listened to adj
dresses of welcome, commentator
and encouragement. There are but
$50 delegates to the annual conven-
ton of the National Association of
Letter Carriers, which begins to-day
and many of these in the city yester-
day returned home last night.
Parade Over Two Miles Long
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 4.-The
seventh annual celebration of Labor
day was engaged in with great en-
thusiasm yesterday by over 1900
union men and thousands of citizens
of all classes. The parade was over
two miles long and included the fire
brigade, rs unions and five bands and
the military, many floats of business
houses, gaily decorated. The popu-
larity of the day among all ranks is
plainly on the increase.
statutes Adequate to Destroy Trusts.
Columbus, O., Sept. 4.-Former At
torney General Monett, in a speech
delivered at the Labor day picnic in
this city yesterday, declared that the
state and national statutes were ade-
quate to destroy all trusts if en-
forced.
A Large Parade at Dss Moinsa.
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. labor
day was observed here with general
of business and the
largest labor parade in the forenoon
ever seen in this city. A picnic, lit
srary exercises and field sports occu-
pied the afternoon at Greenwood
park.
The Day Celebrated 1t sioux City.
Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 4.-The Labor
lay celebration was the greatest in
Sioux City's history. A big parade
vas followed by picnic. Thousands
Tiewed the procession.