Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
HOLIDAY FOR ALL
Unusually General Celebration
of Labor Day Promised
Monday.
PLoW CITY WILL ENTERTAIN
Rock Island VIII Have Two Ball
Games and a Racing
Meet.

NEXT MONDAY seems DIOIe SeHefdl III
the tri-cities than it has ever been be-
fore. With fair weather the celebra-
ton at Moline will have a record at
tendance, not only from the Plow city,
but from Rock Island and Davenport
also.
The suspension of business viii be
general, all factories, public offices
anGj nearly all business establishments
being closed. The Argus will make
holiday with the rest and there will
be no issue Monday. At the Rock Isl
and pOstOftice there will be but one
delivery of mail and that at Q a. IN.
The general delivery window will be
open from till 10 and the register
and money order departments will be
closed all day
Main interest in connection with the
lays t!oings will center in Moline,
where the official celebration of tri-
city labor bodies will be held. The
program has been arranged after the
usual orGpr with big industrial par
ade in the morning through the bust
ness streets and picnic at Prospect
park in the afternoon. Rock Island
and Davenport unions will participate
in the parade, and il has been requests
ed that those from this city meet at
Industrial Home in the morning and
proceed to Moline in a body, so that
there will he less delay in arranging
the order of the parade.
The Parade.
The procession will form on Fifth
avenue. between Thirteenth and Sew
enteenth. Parade starts at 10:3O
sharp. The line of march will be as
follows:
South on Thirteenth to Sixth. East
on Sixth to Twentieth. North ON
Twentieth to Third. West on Third to
Fifteenth. South on Fifteenth to pic
mic grounds at Concordia park.
The formation Will be in the follow
ing order:
band: speakers in carriage; mayor
and city council of Davenport, Iowa;
all Davenport labor unions.
Second division Mayer and city
council of Rock Island; Rock Island
labor unions and tri-city unions
marching together.
Third division - Band; city council
Of Moline; labor unions of outside
cities; labor unions of Moline.
Fourth division - Fire department
and floats. divided into three sections:
Davenport, Rock Island and Moline.
Ten dollars will be awarded to the
best appearing organization in the
parade.
Ten dollars will be awarded to the
labor organization having the largest
number in the parade.
Ten dollars will be awarded to the
finest indus trial float in the parade.
Exercises at Park.
The exercises at the park will be-
gin at 2:3O. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Mayor Skinner,
of Moline. who will be followed by
Hon. w. c. Crolius. mayor of Joliet,
who is orator of the day. Fred O.
Strickland. of Dubuque, will speak
from the laboring mans standpoint
After the speaking there will be
various games and sports. for which
good sized prizes have been offered
by the Moline unions. In the evening
there will be dancing. with music by
the Marine Light Guard band.
ID. y. Darrah Will be president OF
the Gay. and Andrew ellison marshal
of the day. The committee ON ar
rangements is composed of Alfred
Freed. Chris Dolan, ID. \. Darrah, p.
j. Carlson, Frank Blomberg. John
Mann. j. NJ. Hartzell. j. p. Warren and
Emil Coleman.
Attractions In Rock IsIaud,