The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-20
Address of Welcome Delivered by
Mayor Bookwalter and John l..
FeItman.
RESPONSE OF JOHN MITCHELL
GREAT AUDIENCE GIVES CLOSE
ATTENTION TO HIS WORDS.
Meeting Preceded by a Street Parade
of Labor Representatives-An
Interesting Event.

The laboringmen of Indianapolis, the
business men of the city, the citizens of
the community, the fraternal organizations
with which he is affiliated and the MEM
bers of his organization united last night
in welcoming John Mitchell president of
the United Mine Workers of America, to
indianapolis in a reception at Tomlinson
Hall. The reception was all that had been
anticipated. A crowd of four thousand peo-
pie filled the hall to hear the addresses
of welcome to Mr.. Mitchell and his fellow
workers in the coal miners union. and to
hear and see Mitchell himself. The crowd
was a representative one. On the stage,
which was decorated with palms and flags,
were seated five hundred men and women
who live in Indianapolis. and who belong to
labor organizations and represent trade and
business interests here. In the front seats
were the guests of the evening-the national
officers of the miners and the invited labor
leaders of other organizations who arrived
i'm time to assist the laboringmen Of In
dianapolis in receiving the leader of the
miners.
The crowd was led to Tomlinson Hall by
a street parade. which formed at Capitol
avenue and Washington street at 1880
linson Hall to the music of band. a SINH
lar one in size and talent having never be-
fore been gathered under one leader in the
city.
THE PARADE.
The parade was composed of fifteen hun
dred laboringmen. The unions of the city
were all represented, and Edgar A. Per-
klns acted as chief marshal. He was ac-
;a1 hx- Sfaf incl
Butler as assistant marshal. His aids were
F. Falk. George p. Golfer, Charles L.
Coots. o. w. Dillman. j. A Donahue. w.
G.. Bertermann. A. B. Hanson. Saul
Munter J. B. Cameron. II. Arndt William
A Zumpfe. H. l. Scott, John Snyder, Chas.
Roster. Eden bingham. Henry Friedman.
Frank Kirkhoff. William Lawler. William
]. Berry, Henry Hedderich, Robert Land
graf, Phil Lendormi. G. n. Thompson.
Frank Columbia. John Thompson. Charles
w. Cork, Fred Pentske, James Kinney, j.
Z. Carroll. Michael Rafferty,. Arthur Con-
nors, Roscoe Barnett, James Endicott, Will
liam Froligher, William keeler. George
Frey. George Griffith. A. Babcock. Harry
Slough. Charles Mckinney. James Dagley.
William Freeman, Hugh Campbell, Patrick
Sullivan, Albert James. James Shea. Chris
Rohrer. Thad Gurley, David Mcclure.
Harry Brown. w. Collamore: f. E: Swift.
Herman Schiling. Mat O'Mara. William
Carey. George Gunnery. George Custer.
Dennis Meany. George NJ. Hockett. Frank
Ankenbrock. John Koch. Fred Schoeneman,
Ed Taylor Andrew Sweeney. Frank Beadle.
Otis Farmer, Frank Jared. Ben Greek,
Robert Kast. Arlie Condiff. j. E. Stuckey,
Simon Schmalholz.
Behind the staff guarded by detail of
it's members, John Mitchell riding in
carriage accompanied by Mayor Bookwalter
and John l.. Feltman. ex-president of Gen.
trail Labor Union. second carriage was
occupied by the other officers of the Mine
Workers Union and representatives of the
local lodge of Elks and of the business men.
In a third carriage the invited guests who
were to speak at the reception were seated
Following the carriages, the .laboring
men, In a hurried formation. marched to
the strains of the music which could be
heard by all. The parade was lighted by
red fre and other fireworks carried by the
marchers. The close formation OF the pa