Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-10
LABOR PARADE.
A Line Nearly a Mile Long March
ed through Streets of
Capital City
SOME GOOD SPEAKING
Addresses by e. NJ. Harvey, w. j. Shields
and Rev. w. j. O'Su1livnn-Two
Base ball Games on the semin-
nry Campus in the Afternoon
celebration at Northheld.

Montpelier, Sept. 7.-Labor day dawned
clear and cool and throughout the entire
day the weather conditions were most
favorable for out door sports and cele-
brations. The third annual celebration of
the day In Montpelier was a plea SAINT sue
cess and compared most favorably with
those of former years, Notwithstanding
that the time for preparation was ex-
ceedngly short.
The parade in the forenoon was nearly
mile in length and the streets through
which it passed resembled a circus day
The parade was headed by the steam roll
Ter gaily decorated with flags and bunting
and this huge instrument of labor went
over the entire line of march setting the
pace for the organizations that followed.
John j. Glinny was chief marshal and
was assisted by John McIver and II. T..
Morse. Following Chief of Police Nc
Mahon and six patrolmen came the Mont
peler Military band, the granite cutters
union. the carpenters and joiners, the
painters, decorat tors and paper hangers,
the stone masons and brick layers, polish
ers and book binders. Among the floats
were those of Harry j. Bartoll, sculptor,
with a model of the monument the city
is to erect in honor of the late Joel Fos-
ter, +. j. McCuen with cloak and fur
models, Dillon &c Haley with a handsome
granite monument, Collins & Cotton, car
riages, G.. X. Bianchi & Co. with a huge
granite base. Eli Cattle. with carpen-
ters' benches manned by workmen. II. NJ.
Wheeler & Co., and Patch & Co. with
six cutters at work on a massive granite
block. Mather & Temple, dry goods
models. the BARRIERS union in which the
union shops of A. j. Alard and Kenny
& Ciau were represented, a tally-ho
coach provided by f. S. Meigs carrying
the lady clerks of the city, Alex Broad
foot, coal and wood, and the United
Clothes Pin company with workmen and
girls making pins.
These were followed by carriages con
tanning Mayor Cory and the speakers of
the morning. the members of the city
council and the labor day committee.
The exercises at Armory hall opened
with selections by the Montpelier Military
band. on the stage were seated the speak
ers; the mayor and members of the city
council and the Labor day committee.
John j. Eagan, chairman of the Labor
day committee, called the meeting to or
der, thanked the citizens of Montpelier
for their cooperation in making sue
cessful celebration of the day and intro
duced Mayor Cory as the presiding Of
ficer. Lawyer T.. NJ. Harvey. the first
speaker, referred to the significance of
Labor day and brought to the labor or
CARNATIONS greetings from the walks of
professional life.
w. J. Shields of Boston national or
ganizer for the carpenters and ioiners,
dicussed the labor question for nearly an
hour, The last speaker was the Rev.
Father w. j. Sullivan. Although it was
noon when he was introduced, hardly
person left the hall until he competed his
eloquent and stirring address
Father O'Sullivan urged those before
him to beware of the principles of so
calism and anarchy and in order to
avoid them to cling eternally to the prin-
ciples Of right and justice and at the
same time to be actuated by the broad
spirit of American liberaity Let our
principles as laborinG men and as mem
bers of organizations be IN keeping with
the principles of our country.
The afternoon was given up to base
bail. Two games were played on Semi
nary campus, the first between the Ma
tional Life Insurance company and clerks
of the city was won by the clerks by a
score of II to T. Six innings were played.
The second game was between the ma
chinists and stone cutters and was won
by the machinists by a score of 10 to II.
The Montpelier Military band was in
attendance throughout the afternoon and
the crowd filled the campus to overflow
ing.