The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-08
JOSEPH

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Private Waterman. who lost his life as :
result Of a riot at ForsE Park High
lands
sions, each urder the command Of q di-
vision marshal Over all vas Lewis Tep-
fer. grand marshal.
In the first division marched the carpen-
ters. the steam filters and helpers. In the
second were the fathers msntel. marble
and tile settlers and helpers the stone
masons and laborers, The pIssterers. bod
carriers and pipe eovereTz-
In the third division we're the painters.
stonecutters and derrick men. and in the
fourth division we're the electric workers
plumbers and plumbers Isborers, the
slate and tie rcofers. sheet metal work.
eTs. sprinkler filters. iron vorker and
hosting engineers
By an arrangement with the 81 Louis
Transit Company the msrchsrs were fur
nished sixty-hve cars At Grand and La
ciede venues. in which 10 go to the
Highlands
Fully 1.Ga persons were at the High
lands yesterday afternoon and evening By
a special arrangement with the manage
ment OF the Highlands. to the children
were given free the pleasures Of the scenic
railway. the merry-so-rcund. the -airship
and the Ferris wheel
At 4 o'clock several amateur races took
place. The prizes we're awarded as fol-
lows:
Fs; meas race. prize. E-5eJ- ?. StuksS
burg. No. SIS De BzHviere avenue
Hundred-yard dash. prize. NGeorse
Kelly.
BOYS race-First prize. g. Leo Chatz-
man. No. sl3l St Vincent avenue: second
prize. IS cents. Edward Gossling. No. III
BiddIe street.
Girls. rzce-First prize. 81. Anna Cook.
No. ss1 Montgomery street: second prize.
20 cents. Nav Roadhouse. No lA4 South
Compton avenue
Eight members Of the Plumbers Labor
e-s' Union and eight members of the Elec-
tricai workers Union engaged in q tug
OF war. in which the plumbers laborers
we're the vietors. winning a prize Of S5-
The committee having the celebration IN
charge was composed Of William S Paris
]. W. GiIreath. H j Duny and John W
Neal
Labor Day was appropriately celebrated
by the Central Trades and Labor Union
YESTERDAY. The parade. which formed a.
Twelfth and Market streets was the
largest in the history of the union TIE
celebration al Lemp's Park was attended
by thousands OF persons
Long before the starting time Of the
parade spectators formed a living avenue
along the line Of march. Promptly al ID
O'Clock the parade started
A squad Of mounted police cleared the
way. Following came Grand Marshal J.
G Hcppenion and his aids. Charles Kin
new. Richard Debarey. L Reed. Angeiin
Yanro. L. Knees and H Meyer
Following the grand marshal and MS
aid. came A band. and in turn J. Wade.
marshal who was at the head of the
Central Trades and Labor Union dele
gates. delegates from the Building Trades
Council Hack and Cab Drivers Union
and R~artenders' Union. Local No. 81
TEN DIVISIONS IN LINE
After this vanguard came the ten d.
visions of the parade zach in charge OF a
marshal. Many bands enlivened
the marching with popular and martial
eirs. Each division was a long one. as
each union had rent a large number Of
their representative
OlNa<iDI W. J Ee-
II was composed OF nine locals OF the
Boot and Shoe workers Union. the Mill
wrights'. Upholsterers'. Mattress Makers,
and Bill Posters unions The feature OF
,his division was the showing made by
the boot and shoe workers Over 100
men were in lire and with their bright
they presented a very natty ap-
pea-ance.
Division No. . was lad by j. c. Shanessy
was mainly composed of retail clerks-
The feature of this section was Typo
graphical Union No. s. They were head
I'd By Seymour,s Band. and more than 300
men we're in line They made a good ap-
with their long linen busters.
.aps 20 match, canes and badges. The APP
Society. which has recently been
marched behind the typos"
They presented a very natty appearance.
uniforms were the same as those
Typographical Union The Bsrbers
.nIcu also marched in this section Grand
Hoppeu5on said that they made
he bes; showing of any union
Division No. 3 was led by W. J.. Kenny. |
md vas mainly composed of the Wood |
xorkers and Electrical Workers unions.
A vehicle on which rested a miniature rep |
OF a telephone booth was at
he head OF the Telephone Workers
gr.eu. The men were CARRIED in brown
lats and white uniforms.
Division No. 4 was led by j. ?. Ccnnor. |
was composed OF tine several unions |
to the Metal Trades Council
maehinlsfs presented a neat appear
TRANSFERS IN MAJORITY.
Division No. 5 was led by John J. Boy
and was composed entirely OF mem