The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-09-02
To-day's Parade an Inspiration to Men and
Women in All Departments of Human
EndeaVor.
Fifteen Thousand ToiIerS in Line. UNFOLDING the
Banner of Organized Labor Made
Great Spectacle.

I Jauntiness was a characteristic feature
of the brewers, coopers and beer bottlers
Black was the prevailing color, and except
| for a spot of blue, furnished by the ties
! they were sombre enough for funeral
] The coopers had one CT the few floats in
| the parade and made barrels on the street
or pretended to. There were several
unions Of coopers. One was headed by
four men carrying a suspended barrel be-
! tween them, another was headed by a big
| barrel wagon.
Boiler makers were out in force and
were appropriately attired in black with
white caps and blue ''galluses' to re-
lieve the sombre darkness of their cos
! tunes.
They were followed by the workers in
the flour mills of whom there were about
! 1000 in line, nearly equally divided
among the general flour mill employees
the packers and nailers union, and the
! flour leaders. The first named were all
in white, while the packers and nailerS
wore big white aprons used in the mills
! only those to-day were new, with the
brand on.
P. n. Wingren looked like field mar
shall leading the tailors, and he had a
stylish lot with him, including the tall
man with the silk hat.
SulElS OF rNINlu nue. uldQ6 the
metal polishers visible ten miles away
They were stunning
All the building crafts were assembled
in a division, by themselves, with the
Building Trades Council and the Wood
mems band at the head Following came
the steam and hot water filters, attired
in costume consisting Of black shirts,
white pants, black crush hats and sun
flowers on the breast
Tho thrif
with white hats and canes the rest of the
uniform being simply clothes.
Plumber ''PIufOcrats" We're There.
Much attention was paid by the plumb
ers to marching and they made an excel
lent appearance from a military stand
point. The same may be said of the sheet
metal workers, whose alignment was ex-
cellent and whose general appearance was
very trim. The plumbers had bright red
Jackets, and white trousers Mason ten
ders all in white, almost like bakers fol-
lowed the gay plumber boys and, from
force Of habit, listened for the cry Of
mort
Gray shirts, gray fedora hats and white
pants covered the manly bodies of the
lathers. The costume was more business
like than startling, but was neat. The
electrical workers had the honor Of
marching ahead of The Journal band,
which as usual attracted more attention
than any other band in the street The
newsboy musicians escorted about 25O
bricklayers in white shirts, gray felt hats
and black belts. The union was com
pletely uniformed, every man in line
wearing suspenders, ties and even col
lars just exactly alike.
Big scarlet ties marked the iron work.
ers and as they came nearer it was seen
that they had gray hats, and white shirts
with black stripes.
Nearly every one apDlauded the sheet
metal workers, who appeared in trim suits
consisting of white sack coats, white caps,
white trousers and carried canes of tin
or brass, marching with much precision
Caps, shirts, susDenderS and pants of
the whitest whitehall was the uniform
of the plasterers, who appeared in great
| numbers although they were not nearly SO
| numerous as the carpenters. These had
| the biggest union in the line. They wore
| their Sunday trousers, but were alike as
| to shirts, which were white and suspenders
and caps, which were black. The tail of
| the building trades consisted of the paint
/ erS and 1t was a flaming one. Leaving out
! the head piece, there was not a great deal
| to the uniform but those 'lids" would
| scare hearse horse into blind staggers''
| They were called 'untrimmed Porto Rico
straw hats, but when party of civilized
! A4OlA SOI tnSn Iu0y are quickly con-
/ verted into party of Fiji canEibals forag-
ing for lunch. They were by far the fierc-
est things in the parade-those gay
| baskets called hats. The most variegated
! flower garden could never look at those
| hats and call itself a blaze of color again.
"Prints" Were Gorgeous.
A separate division with a couple OF
bands was allotted to the allied PRINTING
| trades and they needed it. The bookbind-
| ers started off with an immense book, toe
big to be real, while the binders trailed
| behind in white shirts, black caps and sus-
penders and their best trousers
| No attempt will be made to describe the
| prints" If they calculated on making q
| hit with their Gutenberg coats" they
| did not fail. 1t was a long, loose robe
with monks cowl, and was very unique
If any colors were left out in that motley
crowd it was doubtless an unintentional
oversight. The committee did the best il
| could. The devil and his imps kept uI
| the traditions Of the craft in a wholly sat
isfactory manner
Last in the parade came the team own
ers including the sprinkling cart drivers
and the drivers of every sort of vehicle
used in the transportation of goods and
| in work.
1t was a noble sight from beginning to
end, not particularly from the bright cos
tunes and the gay music, but from the
| cause that those fifteen thousand mer
represent. They made creditable show
| ing and Minneapolis honored labor ard
! exalted it's dignity by turning out en-
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