Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
UNIONS HONOR
LABOR'S HOLIDAY
Organized Workingmen Are
Celebrating Today.
Miners and Other Trade
Unionists Parade This
Morning and Will Hold
Picnic This Afternoon.

The organized workingmcn OF Free
land and vicinity, under the auspices OF
the Central Labor Union. are today
celebrating In befitting manner the one
day OF the year which the law of the state
has decreed shall be theirs to enjoy. No
other town of Pennsylvania, population
ard circumstances considered, it NAV be
safely said will excel Freeland In pay
Ing homage to the Labor Day of 1902
The workngmen of the town and sur
rounding villages are gathered here as
never before and the day s outing
promises to be one that will be long
remem bered.
The exercises began this morning with
IA parade, followed by addresses at the
Pu bile park. The afternoon and even
ing will also be spent by the working
men and their families at the park,
where the Central Labor Union is CON
ducting picnic.
The change In the hour OF parade was
decided upon Friday evening and was
made necessary by tho scarcity of speak
.rs. Had the original hour chosen been
adhered to it would have been necessary
to dispense with the speeches, so great
is the demand today throughout the
state for men to address the toilers who
are celebrating In every city and town,
Those who spoke here this morning will
also speak at Hazleton this afternoon.
Early in the morning the town began
TO take on IA holiday appearance, flags
and bunting being displayed at major
ity of the business places on Centre
street. AT 0 o'clock the locals from the
outside towns began to come in and
were promptly assigned to their posi-
tions in the line by Marshal John f.
Boyle and his aids, Edward Doggett and
Charles Jacquot.
Ideal weather CREATED the paraders
aud induced many who were not in
clined to participate to join in with their
unions and march to town and over the
route. Several OF those who were in
line came quite a distance and showed
the effects of their long walk under a
warm sun.
The parade began to move at 10
o'clock in the order given in the pro-
gram published last week. The Cti-
zens' band led the procession, followed
by the miners unions of Halle Brook
Eckley, Highland, Sandy Run, Jeddo,
Drifton, Upper Lehigh, South Heberton
and Freeland, with the engineers, fire.
men and pumpmen comprising Local
1889, also of town, bringing up the rear
In addition to the band five drum corps
furnished music for the marchers.
The members of United Brewery
Workers Union, of town, rode in a
prettily y-decorated wagon with tapped
keg of their product displayed.
When the head OF the parade reached
Carbon and Washington streets the rear
Of the line was at South and Ridge, the
paraders covering twelve long squares
and numbering over $500 men and boys
Banners demanding arbitration and
asking that the boys be sent TO schools,
instead OF the breakers, were carried by
Jeddo local.
The speakers carriages, in the fore
part of the parade, were filed by d. j..
Mccarthy, ESQ.,, Matthew Long, Nation
| al Board Member p. e. Gallagher, Dis
| trict Secretary John Z. Gallagher, Dis
trict Board Member w. A. Dettrey and
| District Vice President Andrew Matti.
The speakers were preparing to de-
liver their addresses when the Tribune
went to press.