Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-04
LABOR DAY
FITTINGLY OBSERVED.
Labor Unions Turn Out 800
Strong in Line of March.
MANY FLOATS IN EVIDENCE.


Was Great Success in Every Way
Business Was Generally Suspended
People in Great Numbers Attended the
| Sports ut yirsinin Beach
| Yesterdays celebration of Labor Day
was carried out on u scale such as has
never before been witnessed in Ports
mouth. Eight hundred people, repre-
senting twenty-eight trades unions,
were in line in the big street process
sion which marched through the town.
The display OF labor's strength and its
skill. as represented by the various
floats. was imposing.
| The parade was to have assembled in
High street at o'clock. but on account
of "a series OF delays it was after 10
o'clock before the column started The
line of march was from High into
Washington street, to Harrison. TO
Fifth. to Lincoln, to First. to Crawford
and to the ferry. The parade went to
Norfolk and continued its march. The
| line was made up as follows:
| Platoon of Police.
| Soldiers Home Band.
| brotherhood of Boilermakers and
Iron -builders( with 1loaO.
Plumbers.
| Cigarmakers.
| TailorS.
| Painters (Norfok).
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers tNorfoll0.
Retail Clerks (Norfoll<).
International Association of Machn-
| lists PORTSMOUTH.
brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen
| (Norfoll).
brotherhood of Blacksmiths with
noaO.
brotherhood Painters and Decorators
| Q2ortsmouth).
Slate and Tile Roofers with noaD.
Paper Hangers Union with noaD.
| brotherhood of Electrical Wire
| Workers.
International Association of Machih-
lists (Norfolk).
brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers (Norfoll).
Theatrical Stage Employees with
Drum and Fife Corpse.
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemcn.
Lathers Union.
Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union.
brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
erS Qortsmouth).
Brewery Workers Union with noaO.
Table Knife Grinders Union.
| brotherhood Railway Carmen.
| AmalEamated Association of Street
| Railway Employees.
| Iron Moulders Union.
Speakers in Carriages and Floats.
All along the line OF march the
streets were filed with crowds, who
cheered the marchcrs collectively and
as individual unions. Each union
marched under its own banner, and
everywhere the national colors were
seen either in flags or in the gay deco
rations of the iloats, some OF which
We're gotten up by different unions.
while others represented the displays
of business firms.
The procession of floats was headed
by that of the brotherhood Of Boiler
makers and Iron Ship builders, con
sist!nS of a forge and boiler mounted
on handsomely decorated car. drawn
by four horses. ~ novel feature was
the anvil and forge float OF the black
smiths. y brawny smith presided upon
this outfit, heating iron at the forge
and hammering it into different shapes.
| Another float which attracted much at
tention was that of the Brewery Work
ers on which Bachus sat enthroned
on beer key and looking red hot in
: his long wig. CROWN and CAV plush
robes. The September sun looked down
on Bachus with precious little regard
for the jolly parsonage or the mem
hers of his court. which consisted of
four gaily dressed pages. Still an
other attractive float was that of the
international Association of Nachin-
lists.
All of the unions represented had
large delegations in line the Carpen-
tors ana Joiners having as many as
sixty The Painters and Decorators
wore spotlcss white. They We're ac-
companied by float representing II
newly painted house. The Electrical
Wire Workers struck the popular fancy
by their uniform OF white duck trous-
ers black shirts. rcd ties and yachting
cans. Tho Cisarmakers wore long
green ribbon-like union labels as
badges. The Table Knife Grinders
Wore silver fruit knives tied with rib
bons.
1t was noon before the parade reached
the ferry, and the expeditions transfer
Of the outfit enabled n speedy forma-
| ton of the line OF march on the Nor
folk side. The ferry steamer Twin
City was temporarily transferred from
the Berkeley route TO assist the steamer
City Of Portsmouth,.
Labor Day was generally observed as
a holiday. The banks and city Offices.
navy yard. railroad Offices and shons
were closed and business houses. with
few exceptions, closed during the at
tcrnoon. when great numbers of neoplc
attended the Labor Day sports at V!r-
ginia Beach
MARROW ESCAPE.