The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-02
MONSTER PARADE BY SALT
LAKES KNIGHTS OF TOLL
Labor Day Demonstration Is Participated in by
Fully 1000 Wage Farmers.
Thour Unions Represented With Numerous Unique Floats
Day Ends With Games and Contests.

members IN line. This was the largest
percentage of membership which any
Of the organizations turned out. and
this fact had much 20 do in winning
for them the first prize to the union
making the best general appearance In
the parade, The timers, as they are
commonly called. made a very unique
display with a mammoth umbrella con-
structed out Of sheet tin and trimmed
with copper Several of the men car
ried smaller umbrellas made of the
same stun, and al wore caps OF tin
and copper. Every member Of the
union wore black uniform and carried
huge soldering sticks fashioned out of
copper and tin.
The Second Division
Marshal NJ II. Desmond and his
aides. ID. NJ. Cederstrom and +. Ander
son. headed the Second division with
the National Guard band. Then came
the Brotherhood OF Carpenters and the
Amalgamated Carpenters. nearly 200
strong. Following were the stone ma
sons. a couple of score; the brewers
and the brewery workers, about 100 al
together.
one of the very fine features OF the
parade was the section OF the electrical
workers. There were fifty men in line,
each wearing white duck trousers and
black shirts and caps. Their float was
a miniature reproduction OF a telephone
system. even to the ringing Of the bells
and the sweet-vOiced girl operator at
central The electrical workers were
awarded second prize.
The Building Workers and the Boil
eTmakers' unions had creditable rep
resentation in line, followed by the
Painters and Decorators fifty-One
members. The latter won much praise
for unique appearance in white can
vass suits and caps and Japanese sun
shades. Their marching was on the
military order with frequent changes or
position.
In the Third Division.
Preceded by Held's ban6Nand led by
Marshal Richard Baker and aides, Mat
Wilson and NJ. Mckinley, the third di-
vision doomed up with siXty-tive rep
3 resentatives of the Bricklayers' union
in white duck Overalls. followed by
score Of SmelteTmen and similar
number OF Lathers.
With thirty members Of the Plaster
ers' union in line. this section did it.
: self proud by exhibiting a float ,renre-
senting the plastering Of house The
miniature building was perfectly plas-
tered on the outside with rough coat
and a finishing coat BY two wOrkmen
during the progress Of the parade. The
s. Plasterers wore white suits.
Delegations from the Blacksmiths',
the Car Builders. the Horse Shoers
and the Leather Workers unions num-
! bered IN all about 100 A score of mem
/ hers Of the Structural Iron Workers
union displayed a typical float on d
! wagon. showing how structural iron is
/ put together.
] Marshal p L. DorkendOrf, with
/ Thomas Claypooi and William Young
as aides. commanded the fourth di-
vision, at the head OF which was a sec
D ton OF Held's band Nearly forty men,
{ bers OF the Bakers and COnfectioners'
/ union attracted attention as they
pessed in review. attired in their spot
/ less white aprons and coats and caps.
/ Several Of them carried huge lOaves OF
bread fashioned in fantastic shapes
and decorated with ribbons.
Twenty-six Of the BARRIERS union
were in line, and these were followed
BY a similar number of union Butch
ers and union Cleavers. About fifty of
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