The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-08
BUILpTNG TRADES DISPLAY.
Magnificent Spectacle Presented by
the Marching Thousands

Magnificent Spectacle Presented by
the Marching Thousands
The. parade Of the unions affiliated with
The Building Trades Council was a feature
az the celebration Of yesterday. Fully
1000 r1en who have to do with the cree
lion Of slzyscrapers. fats and buildings Of
every description started from the corner
OF Union street and Van Ness avenue
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock The
men who followed out for the foundation
were in line and so were also the men who
laid a.. Every trade connected with the
erection Of a building from the ground
10 the roof was represented and the spec
tacle presented was a grand one. They
are not military men. these builders, and
their start was a slow one, but what
they lacked in celebrity was more than
made up by the earnestness displayed
once they got started.
The parade rebounds greatly TO the
credit OF those who managed II. from p.
II. Mccarthy. president Of the Building
Trades Council, down 10 the guide in the
ranks Cf the unions that followed the red.
white and blue sash Of Mccarthy as
grand marshal
T. l. Nolan, president Of the Brick
layers Union. was marshal Of the first
division He practically led the parade
being followed by his union, 800 strong
and float containing a mammoth repre-
sentauCn Of a union card" The plas-
terers followed the float and they in turn
were followed by the stonecutters and
laborers. each member Of these unions
being becOmingly attired in a uniform
suitable 10 their labor. They were fol-
lowed by the Brick, Tile AMI Terracotta
Settlers and the Cement Workers The
Cement Laundry Tray Workers Union
closed the division.
The second division was under COM
mand 81 Marshal T. J. Farrell. II con
sisted Of Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fit
ters, Sheet Metal Workers unions and
similar trades. The plumbers distfn-
Euished themselves by appearing several
hundred strong, and the sheet metal
workers won the applause Of all the
spectators. Each one Of the metal
workers carried tin parasol and wore a
natty blue and white uniform. producing
an effect that won for them cheer after
cheer and hand-clapping galore.
The Bridge and Structural Iron Work,
ers Union was the feature Of the third
division, which was under the command
n J. =. Scuuy- The members wore
black, the sort OF clothes they wear when
working on the skyscrapers. The metal
workers were also in this division. and
iney escorted a float showing in opera-
uon a lying machine. The machine
however was stationary for the occasion.
d. Morton commanded the fourth dfvf-
sion, which consisted principally of
painters, decorators and paperhangers
me glaciers and ornamental glass work
eTs and carpet mechanics completed the
division. making il one Of the best IN
point Of numbers, in the parade
The NTH and sixth divisions were under
the command Of ". J. Holman and To-
seph Irumpower In those two divisions
marcheo the engineers. riggers and steve
cores, longshOre lumbermen. lumber
clerks building material team drivers.
horseshoers and labOrers. The Horse
shoers' Union was easily the banner ag-
gregauon Of these two divisions Tts
members wore blue shirts ana black
trousers and belt and black caps. Their
shirts were decorated with a white horse
shoe' making an ensemble neat, natty and
attra ctive