The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-04
LABOR DAY.
Big Demonstration Yes
terday in Jersey
City by Trades
Unions.
ONLY ONE DRAWBACK
Socialists With Red Flags
Refused to Be Reviewed
at City Hall.
STARS AND STRIPES EVERYWHERE
All Over the County People
Had a Good Time
The Events.
STARS AND STRIPES EVERYWHERE

Labor Day was celebrated by all classes
In this county yesterday. The laborer
was recognized as the man behind the
gun" Flags fioated from almost as many
fiagstaffs as they did when Dewey's VIC
tory in Manila Bay was announced. All
this was in honor of the day legally set
aside as a holiday in the interest of
American labor.
The parade of the various crafts of la
bor was one of the best ever seen in this
city. Labor is obliged to labor on even
such a holiday. Thousands who labor in
side the walls of brick and mortar erected
by labor's hands are only too anxious to
take advantage of the holiday to HE
themselves and family to the seashore or
sylvan grove. Thus the ranks of various
unions that paraded yesterday was some
what depleted. But taking these facts
into consideration the unions made a
magnificent showing. The marching
phalanx with banners waving and bands
playing wended its way through long
lanes of spectators who applauded each
union as it passed.
Only one thing marred the labor fes-
tivities of the day. Behind the thou-
sands bearing the Stars and Stripes was
a group of foreign born men who car
ried several red flags. They call them
selves the Socialistic Democratic party.
Their flags were taken for those of
anarchists. With them was huge
placard announcing their support of
Eugene V. Debs for president The pre-
sence of the red flags and political pla-
cards created a great deal of unfavorable
comment among spectators.
But their denunciation was nothing in
comparison with that of hundreds and
hundreds of men marching ahead under
the stars and stripes when they ascer-
tanned that the red flags were in the rear
and that those who bore them refused to
pass the reviewing stand at the City
Hall. So far as could be ascertained yes
terday the committee in charge of the
arrangements was not responsible and the
indications are that a hot time is
scheduled for the next meeting of the
committee
1t is presumed that Frederick Kraft,
who marched at the head of the Socialis-
tic contingent is responsible for it's re-
fusal to pass the reviewing stand. When
the parade was turning in from Hender-
son street to Montgomery and around
Grove, passing the reviewing stand, Mr.
Kraft and his Socalistic followers
marched on down Henderson to Wayne
and up Wayne to Grove, where it
wheeled again into the rear of
the procession. Mr.. Kraft looked
intensely pleased, as though he
imagined he had done a very clever
thing. No one among the thousands of
spectators or among th men in line in
front of Mr.. Kraft thought so. 1t is
against all rules and preeepts of organ
lied labor to affiliate with any party.
With this exception, the parade was a
magnificent demonstration on the part of
labor. 1t was formed in the vicinity of
Hamilton Park. A great crowd of men,
women and children assembled in that vi
cinity as early as ten o'clock. The or
ganization of the parade had been well
planned and its execution was carried out
without any confusion or friction The
various unions marched to the several
positions assigned them in the streets ad-
jacent to the park. They came from all
directions, with bands playing and BAN
ners flung to the breeze. But there was
ne confusion. Each body wheeled into
line in accordance with plans laid out.
The United Building Trades Council,
under whose auspices the demonstration
was arranged, took up a station on Eighth
street, between Jersey avenue and West
Hamilton place. Officers of the Council,
the Central Labor Union, and the Fedora
tion of Trades rode in coupes near the
head of the procession. which was pre-
ceded by a platoon of mounted police and
squad of policemen under Police
Sergeant Finnie. William Ward of the
Painters was the grand marshal His aides
were P. ]. Mulvaney of the Plumbers and
Stephen A. Roger of the Lathers'.
Between two and three thousand men
were in line. The organizations or locals
numbered from fifty to two hundred and
fifty men, and each was headed by a
band or drum corps. Behind the coupes
bearing officers they marched in the fol-
lowing order: United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, Local No. 2S2, Local
No. 1879, carrying American flag and a
float with mammoth square and COM
pass; Lo. Al No. 4Sz of West Hoboken;
Mil Wood Workers, Local 11S, with white
felt hats and tiny American flags;
Washington Union, Local 564, Carpen-
ters and Joiners: Local No. 482 of West
Hoboken, headed by juvenile band;
Local No. 391, with white felt hats and
canes; Local No. 467 of Hoboken, headed
by Fourth Regiment Fife and Drum
Corps; Amalgamated Sheet Metal Work
ers, Local No. 10, with white linen caps;
Brotherhood Painters and Decorators of
America Local No S6 with yellow linen
caps and headed by Holdens band; Local
No, 1869. brown felt hats; Painters, Local
No. rs of Hoboken. with white felt hats,
Laborers Union, Section No. 1; Plumbers
Union, Local No. IA; Cigarmakers' Union;
Operative Plasterers of America, neariy
three hundred strong and wearing white
duck suits and white caps; Typographical
Union No. o. with delegations from No.
a2s, Hoboken, and No. no. Union Hill;