The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06
LAb0R'S HOLIDAY
WILL Be OBSERVED
All Business Houses viii Close
at 10 a. m. Monday.
BIG PARADE IN MORNING
Exercises viii Be Held in
Park in Afternoon.
BIG PARADE IN MORNING

Monday is Labor Day. and it will be
dttinglv observed in Wichita as holiday.
The mayors proclamation asked all bust
ness houses to close at 10 o'clock. and
from that hour business in this city will
be generally suspended AM the entire
day given TO celebrating with the laboring
man. a large number OF stores will not
open during the day. but grocery stores
and meat markets viii remain open until
10 O'Clock. None of the banks will be
open. The postofice win be open from
to 10 o'clock The city and county offices
will be closed throughout the day.
There win be plenty Of entertainment
during the day The exercises will be
held in South Riverside park. bleecher
has been erected along the north side
OF the park. and a speakers stand in
front of this This bleacher will seat
1900 people. and from this one will get
good view OF the races and other sports
of the day, and it will also afford an ex-
ceptional opportunity to hear the
speakers.
The track has been treated so that the
dust viii not interfere and arrangements
have been provided to keep the people off
the tracks. A large number of entries
have been made to the various events
and some of the best athletes of the city
have agreed to take part in the events,
$50 that good entertainment is assured.
The parade will start promptly at II
O'clock from the corner of st. Francis
and Douglas avenues. There viii be no
waiting, as the march must be taken
up on time. The parade will move west
to the corner Of Main and Douglas,
where the front division will open ranks
and allow the rear ones 10 march through.
The parade VIII then go IN reverse orders
to Central avenue, thence to the park.
The parade Will be in the following
order, many Of them in uniforms:
Mounted Police.
Wichita Fire Department.
lines Union Band.
Cement Workers.
stonemasons' International No. Z.
Express Messengers.
Tailors.
Laundry Workers.
Sanford's Band.
BARRIERS.
Carpenters.
Bakers.
Plasterers and Lathers.
Plumbers.
Clearwater Band.
Painters and Decorators.
Printers and Freshmen.
Stationary Firemen.
Boilermakers.
Jsborers.
Leather Workers.
Robinson's Circus Band.
Retail Clerks.
Electricians. Il
Musicians.
Cigarmakers
Transfers.
Sheet Metal Workers.
Brick and Stonemasons' International
Union.
Building Trades Helpers.
The floats in the parade Will be as fol-
lows:
Trades Floats
Painters.
Pressmen.
Carpenters two Unions.
Stationary Firemen.
Stoncmasons.
Boilermakers.
Manufacturers and Merchants Floats
II. W. Noltemeyer. cigars.
A. c. Husey, cigar factory.
Ratliff y Co., cigar factory.
G. r Follett & Co, hardware
Rowlee & Co., hardware.
Golden Eagle, clothing.
Musicians Float.
Domestic Laundry
Young Bros, painters and paper
hangers.
Parrett & Sons, painters and paper
hangers
J. Fl<neis. painter and paper-hangsr.
Greenfield Bros.
The newspapers of the city employing
union labor viii be represented by their
employees in each department.
Aerated Water Co.
The Innes band viii furnish the music
at the park Mayor Mclean will deliver
the opening address The other speakers
ARE as follows: Congressman Victor
Murdoch, Rev. Father Then, Judge c. &. !
Stanley.
Immediately following the platform ex-
ercises viii come the sports. There viii
be coyle dazzle, in which bicycle riders
will come the sports. There win be a
cycle dazzle in which bicycle riders will
overcome gravity.
The electricians viii have contest of
their own in cable slide. in which the
men VIII slide and climb one-hundred-
yard cable.
There are q number OF good scullers in
this city and they have entered for a
boat race on the river.
EHnCT HOAInHc