New-York tribune., 1901-09-03
A QUIET LABOR DAY.
PARADEs. MEETINGS. PICNICs AND OUT
INGS LESS NUMEROUS THAN ON
PREVIOUS SIMILAR HOLIDAYS.

1.-The less work the more noise, the more
marching, the more speaking" said labor
leader Yesterday. Times now are prosperous
Those who want 10 work have work Accord
,nplv the laboring man this year is glad TO rest
on Labor DAY. and has time for vigorous
demonstrations. II is quite different from what
II was six years ago The labor unions then
wore themselves all out advertising the fact
that they weren't working"
And so it was. Labor Day was observed yes
,erdav in p quiet. cheerful. contented way in all
parts Of the city. There was no general dem
onstration. The Central Federated Union had
no celebration and what parades there were
were had by affiliated unions independently OF
one another The chief procession was that OF the
Structural Iron Workers who remained true 10
their traditions As one onlooker expressed IL
..7-be habits Of those ironworkers are as hard
as the iron they work in They will keep nav
ing parades after everybody else has forgotten
what parade is"
However much the parade may have been
criticised bv those too lazy TO take part In
IT, the ironworkers presented fine appearance
ON their line Of march They did not march
,,.itb q military step or turn the corners with
the airy grace Of ballet, hut they won the
s5r,iration Of the multitude by their huge
frames and brawny muscle. The parade formed
AT Ia a m IN West Thirty -second-st' near
F-igbth-ave. There was only one general union
=, .t,e ,,,,ocassion the United Housesmiths and
Fridrenaen's Union Of New-YOrk and Vicinity.
More than three thousand men were in line.
The grand marshal Samuel Parks, chleI
,zelaoa,a NJ the union and the marshals were
Jobn Kelly and Patrick Flynn. number ol
the firms well known in the structural iron
,rada were rerresented by ponderous trucks
taorirp exhibits the weight of which can only
he expressed IN tons. These were ironically
called floats" Among the companies mus
represented were the Eastern CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY. the George A. Fuller Company Har-
don Rrorhers the Hecla Iron Works. the
ScbratUieser Sheet Metal Works and the JACK
son Architectural Iron Works. The line OF
march was up Eighth-ave. 10 Flity-nlnth-sO-'
thence 70 Fifth-ave and south to Washington
Square.
The regiment Of Irish Volunteers had parade
and picnic at suffers Harlem River Park. The
regiment. under the command of Major Crowley
LEFT its arnlorv in Forty-fourth-st. between
Eighth and Ninth aves. early in the afternoon
and marched u Fifth-ave- thence TO one-huh-
dred-and-twentieth-st ana thence to the park.
A big crowd had gathered at the park TO wei
come the regiment
There was a dress parade at o'clock and an in
spection followed by a shooting contest for
silver cup between teams representing the
Ancient order OF Hibernians and the regiment.
The cIp is now held by the Volunteers, being
won by them in a similar shoot on July from
the Ancient order Of Hibernians. There was
dancing I'm the evening.
The EXEMPT Firemeu's Association Of the
Borough Of The Bronx had outing at Zelt-
GERS Casino. at One-hundred-and-seven
ST. and Third-ave. The 101 members Of the or
ganization were Joined 10y visiting hremen from
nearby towns This brought the number in
line up 10 40 There was also delegation of
loo firemen from Yonkers. Among the guests
were 'Old Chief John Van Horn, who attended
IN spite of his eighty-two years and his blind
ness; eX-Chief Adam Wright, eX-Chief Alexander
Campbell and others
The Brotherhood of Painters. Decorators and
Paper Hangers Of America, the Central Labor
Union OF Brooklyn. the Greenpoint Lodge OF
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders and
humber OF other unions held reunions and pic
MICS. Three thousand union carpenters in The
Bronx had a picnic at the Bronx Casino. One
hundred and fifty -fOurth-sJ. and Thrd-ave. The
mechanics who belong 10 local lodges Of the
United Brotherhood Of Caroenters went from
their headquarters in a body to the Casino.
The principal celebration among the labor
onions in Brooklyn was the picnic Of District
Assembly No. DO, IN Timer Park. The assembly
represents about seven thousand Knights Of
La Dor.
The boys OF St Josephs Union. Of St Ga
briefs Church. in East Thrty-seventh-st.. spent
the day in outing 10 Classon-On-the- Sound.
where they held games. The boys numbered
three hundred IN all They contested for prizes
presented by Captain F. Norton Goddard. the
Republican leader, and James p keating. the
Commissioner Of Highways, the Tammany
leader Of the XXIst Assembly District, and by
Captain Delaney, Of the East Thirty -fifth-st.
police station.
The threatening aspect Of the weather de-