The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-02
MINERS BIG DEWEY
DAY CELEBRATION
WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN
WEST SCRANTON.
Big Street Parade in Which Nearly
1000 Members of the United Mine
Workers of America Participated,
Followed by Monster Mass
Meeting on Farr's Heights-John
r. Farr Acted as Chairman and
Speeches Were Made by Several
Prominent Labor Leaders.

Inc United Mine W0fkerS OF TINS city
and vicinity conducted a labor cele-
bration yesterday afternoon on Farr's
Heights, West Scranton, In honor of
Dewey's day. The celebration proper
was preceded by a large street parade
over the principal thoroughfares of
that part of the city, which was par
ticipated in by a very large number of
the organized mine workers of this re-
gion.
The members of the various unions
participating in the parade formed on
Jackson street, between North Main
and Sumner avenues, and shortly after
2 o'clock start was made. The line
of march was over the following streets,
which were thronged for the most part
with spectators: Main avenue, to La
| fayette street, to Hyde Park avenue,
to Division street, to Main avenue. to
Eynon street, countermarch out Main
avenue to Fairs Heights.
The parade was headed by Grand
Marshal John NJ. Dempsey. and behind
him came three carriages containing
the following gentlemen;
Carriage No. Fired Dilcher of Mel
sonville, Ohio. member of the miners
national executive board: John r.
coke, district president; Bernard Fleig,
of the Brewery Workers union, and
| Benjamin James, member of the ma.
tional executive board.
/ Carriage No. 2-Organizer Courtright,
Organizer c. ]. Main; Chairman J. P.
! Kearney, of the national executive
board.
| Carriage No. sc. Gothier president
| of local Clgarmakers union; P. J.
! Moran, secretary of the Central Labor
/ union, and G. ]. Baxter. ex-district
secretary Of the Mine Workers.
THOSE IN THE PARADE.
Following the carriages came the
J Lawrence band of thirty soieces, and
behind them came some 200 of the
striking Mt Pleasant miners. compris
ing Local No. 1872. They carried a
banner bearing the legend, "All be-
hind are in sympathy with the Mt.
Pleasant strikers" Next came Local
No. 2lS, of West Scranton, with 22O
men in line, headed by President
Thomas Davis. They were followed by
Local No. 1912, of Pine Brook. 200 men,
President Alex. Phillips, and Local No.
S62, of Pine Brook, 300 men, John
Dempsey. president.
Then came Local No. 1852, of Pine
Brook, $50 men. President Patrick
Flaherty. The Taylor band was next
in evidence, followed by Local No. sos.
of North Scranton, 800 men, in charge
of President Daniel Coleman. Locals
Nos. $40, 151 and 143 followed, with 500
men in line. The last division was
composed of Local No. 1913 of Taylor,
and Locals Nos. BOG and 131, of Old
Forge, with a total of 400 men in line.
There was a profusion of American
flags in line, and the men marched
in an excellent manner. On Farrs
Heights a large platform had been
erected and on this seats were arranged
for the various speakers. The men
grouped themselves around this as the
parade was disbanded and were most
earnest in their attention to the vari-
Gus addresses and most liberal and
enthusiastic in their applause of the
sentiments uttered.
John r. Farr acted as chairman, and
was introduced in a few words by
Nicholas Burke chairman of the cont
mittee of arrangements. Mr. Farr in
his opening address said, among other
things:
MR.. FARR'S ADDRESS.
You men possess wonderful powers
and rights, and if YOU had all that
belongs to you you would literally own
the earth. You are the producers OF
everything in this great land of ours,
and you have a right to share in the
profits. Now that we have extended
the hand Of loving sympathy to the
Cubans and Porto Ricans, there should
be reflex action that would open the
heart of every true American and
cause him to mete out Justice to his
fellowmen.
, Before you get justice, however, YOU
must be organized, just as the forces
of this country were organized wher
we wrenched the isles of the sea from
the hands of tyrannical Spain. If We
felt towards each other as we SHOULD
feel, there would be no use for labor
unions. We want you to continue be
ing law-abiding citizens as you have
. always been, and we want you to re-
member that you don't need shotguns
= to get your rights, you have in you
hands the greatest weapon Of all the
g ballot with which you can control alb
solutely this great government o
ours"
= The next speaker was District Presi
dent Thomas ID. Nichols, who said tina
y il was the fault of the men them
= selves if their liberties had been taker
- away from them. He referred Il
Washingtons remark, eternal vigilanc,
is the price of safety, and said tina
this was the watchword of organized