Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-09

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Federation Of Labor.l
More than 1880 men and women will
be in the grand street parade to be
given as a feature OF the mammoth
to be given in this city on
Labor Day, Monday, September Z.
Beginning with the meeting next
Sunday of the Trades and Labor as
lsembly active preparations will com
mence for the celebration, which it is
assured will eclipse anything that has
lever been attempted along that line in
| Ottumwa The committee on arrange
lments has the promise of Samuel Com
ipers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, to deliver the Labor
DAY address, and other prominent
speakers will also be here. All labor
organizations in cities adjacent to OF
tumwa will be invited to join in the
celebration.
May Be in Caldwell Park.
The line of march will be through
1.-The principal streets and the forty-sev-
ZEN local organizations will take part
in the grand parade The grounds on
which the celebration will be held
have not yet been selected, but in all
probability Caldwell park will be the
choice. A feature of the parade will be
the uniforming of all the crafts. A
large number of floats will also be in
1.-THE parade Arrangements have been
made with the National Actors union
for free vaudeville performance on
THE streets and the grounds.
4 The Committee.
4 Already large number of business
men have signified their intention OF
having floats in the parade, and it is
the desire of the committee in charge
of the arrangements that all the manu-
featuring and business interests of the
town be represented in the parade
The committee on arrangements con
sists of ]. F. Bradley, J. F. Hale, Johr
OFT and j. r. Byrne.
Assembly to Meet.
Sunday afternoon the Trades ant
Labor Assembly will hold its regular
semi-monthly meeting. The plans fol
the Labor day celebration will be dis
cussed further and many other impor
tant business matters will come up be
, fore the meeting. All delegates arr
, requested to be present.
e Gompers Talks.
In the April issue of the American
Federationist, President Samuel Com
pers, of the American Federation 0
: Labor said:
: Here is a grouping. The New 4orl
Sun, the New York people, the social
its organ, Parry and Kirby, president!
: of the manufacturers associations, Mr.
Debs and Mr. Grady, all agree that thu
; trades unions are worthless and thei
: officers dishonest. They all urge thu
: workingmen to vote right for thei
particular political party and eithe
turn the trades unions into politica
!. partisan machine or abandon them
Il They have no objection to trades III
:. ions, provided they are run right an
!. their conception of running them RICH
!; lis to abandon. for the ignus fatuus G
:. partisan politics, the course which ha
q demonstrated their efficiency in secu
q ing for the wage-earners materia
$ moral and social Improvement. Their
Is is an old maxim, Scratch Russia
and the Tartar appears Somewha
paraphrased, it might read, Scratch
political socialist and union hater al
4. pears
IS Three Conventions.
e The following three conventions IL
d, the forming of national unions will /
IS held shortly:
IS Building Laborers, April 10, at AZ
n 425 G street, N. W., Washington D.
~ Railway clerks convene at Brigs
House, Chicago, April 49,.
1 Railway eXpressmen are now in Sc
lie sion at S3 Madison street, Chicag
ly having convened March 80.
ir Arrangements for holding these co
MENTIONS for the formation Of the n;
to |tional unions were made by Preside
Or Gompers during his visit to Chicag
III On the trip he. with the assistance
Id Treasurer Lennon, brought about {
as agreement between the National Ga
ne ment Workers of America and the SIP
of Icial Order Clothing Makers.
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