The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-09-04
Union Men Celebrate Labor Day in
Kenosha in a Most Successful
Manner.
PICNIC HELD AT scHEND's PARK
Five Thousand Workmen and Friends At
tend the Big Event and Make Merry
From Morn till Late at Night.

It was an ideal Labor day in Keno.
sha. Every factory in the city closed
its doors, stores laid aside the cares of
business and the toiler spent the day
with his family and his friends in a
jolly manner.
Labor day means much to the Keno
sha laborers, for in this city the
wheels of industry seldom stop and
during the past year the laboring man
has had little chance to take a day off.
The celebration in Kenosha was one
long to be remembered among the la
oorers. The unions of the city made
good display of their power in the par
ade, which took place in the morn
ing, and in the afternoon a great
crowd gathered at the picnic grounds
to assist them in making the day a
memorable one.
Early in the morning the people be.
gan to gather on the streets and when
the parade moved from Market Square
at half past ten O'Clock the streets
were simply damned with people.
The parade was representative one
and the i've hundred men in line rep
resented every body of organized labor
in Kenosha. All the unions made
good displays in the parade, but the
Polishers always 1oya1) took the front
rank and their numbers and appear.
ance was one of the main features of
the parade. Another feature of the
parade was the appearance of the
Clerks Retail Union. Both the ladies
and gentlemen of this union turned
out and it was the first time that thew
had ever taken part in a Labor dav
parade in Kenosha. The bricklavers.
carpenters and machinists also had a
goodly number of representatives in
the parade. The police and CITY
Council turned out to do honor to the
day, and in the rear guard was the
Fire Department and a large number
OF friends of union labor in carriages,
All along the line Of march the
marching men were received with an.
plause and many of them were given a
hand pat as they passed in review,
The appearance of the men in the par.
ade spoke volumes for the 1aboriug
men of Kenosba and a finer looking
set OF men never marched to the music
Of Labor day in Kenosha or in anv
other city.
After the parade had visited the
principal streets of the city it led the
way to Schend's park, where the an
nual picnic was held under the aus
pices of the Trades and Labor Council.
1t was jolly family reunion and the
toilers took their families with them
and spent the day under the trees in
lazy luxury. Songs and the dances
were features of the picnic and until
late ia the evening there was merry
clatter in all parts of the park.
The day was remarkable one, and
while the city was thronged with Wis
itors not single disturbance was re-
ported among the Kenosha 1aborers
and only few arrests of an unimport-
ant nature were reported. Following
the usual custom the culprits were all
given their liberty as soon as possible.
it being the rule that no arrests shall
be counted on Labor day.
It is estimated that more than five
thousand people visited the picnic dur
ing the day and in all the picnic was
one of the most successful ever held by
the laborers of the city.
AS result of the efforts Of the Ke-
nosha 1aborers to raise funds for the
coal miners the collection boxes carried
in the parade Monday netted S21.51.
This money was taken in hands by
committee consisting of Messrs. Jas.
Ferris, W. F. O'Hare, w. E. Swartout
and Frank Holderness. 1t will be
forwarded at once to the relief fund
for the miners.
The committee in charge of the picnic
desires to express its thanks to the
people of the city for the liberal pat
ronage accorded.