East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-04


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Soutli--In Most Canadian CITIES Pa
radcs ana Celebrations Are Held.
New York, Sept 4.--Nearly $4,000
members of labor unions marched in
the great Labor Day parade, which
formed the principal features of to-
days Labor day celebration. Among
the strongest unions were those of the
teamsters with about 10000 men, the
United Housesmiths with about 5000,
and the Carpenters and Joiners with
nearly 5000. The parade marched up
and down Fifth avenue and disbanded
at Union Square.
Another interesting feature of the
celebration was the laying of the cor
ner stone of a new East Side labor
temple which is to be erected on saith
street, near Second avenue. 1t will
occupy lot 6Ox102 feet, will be five
stories in height and will cost $135,-
600.
In Boston a big parade was held in
the morning, while the afternoon was
given up to picnics and outings.
The principal feature of the day in
Washington d. c., was a labor outing
on the grounds of the Washington
Jockey club, with automobile races,
athletic and gymnastic contests and
other outdoor entertainments. Thous-
ands went on an excursion to River
View and other points in the vicinity
The celebrations in Philadelphia.
Pittsburg, Harrisburg and other large
cities of Pennsylvania included pa
rades and outings with speeches, out
door games and athletic contests.
The labor organizations of Indian
apolis held n big celebration on the
Fair grounds. and several prominent
labor leaders addressed the crowds
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held in Fort Wayne and many other
cities of Indiana.
Cincinnati and Cleveland, as well as
several other cities in Ohio. report
large labor parades, followed by out
ings in the afternoon.
Chicago had an enormous Labor
Day parade and a number of outings
and excursions. There We're also a
number of meetings which were ad-
dressed by prominent labor leaders.
Albany. Buffalo, Binghampton and
other cities in the state of New York
report unusually large Labor day pa
rades and the customary outdoor cele-
brations.
( In Galveston rowing and yacht
races under the auspices of the CAL
weston Boat and Yacht club formed
| the principal feature of Labor day.
| There were no speeches. The parade
in the morning was quite imposing.
| Little Rock. Ark, had no parade,
| but merely a large labor celebration
| in Forest park Owing to the quaran-
| tine conditions the program for the
Labor day celebrations in many cities
of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
/ had to be changed. There were no
parades and only in few instances
| limited excursions were possible.
Santa Rosa. n. NJ, had a big pa
rade and in the afternoon large out
| ing and barbecue with balloon ascen-
sion. races and athletic sports.
San Jose, Cal, had fine parade
with Industrial floats and in the af-
ternoon a barbecue and general cele-
bration. r..l....
There was no parade in Knoxville,
Tenn, The principal feature was
! grand celebration with speeches, ath-
letic contests. races and other forms
Of entertainment Eugene " Debs
vas the orator Of the day.
Oklahoma City had big parade in
the morning followed by numerous
Outings in the afternoon.
A monster picnic at Spring Park,
| Minnetonka, was the principal feature
of the Labor day celebration in Min
reapolis, MINI. William Templeman,
president of the Federation of Labor,
and Albert II. Hall were the principal
speakers of the day. ....
Ottawa, Ont, and Winnipeg, Man,
had parades in the forenoon and out
ings In the afternoon. one of the feat
ures of the celebration in Ottawa was
vaudeville show In the evening.
On account of the yellow fever the
celebrations in New Orleans and other
cities of Louisiana and otner southern
states were not as elaborate as orig
inally planned. AS rule there were
no parades. and outings with speeches..
races. athletic contests, etc, formed
the features of the celebration. u
Atlanta. Ga, had big day with a
celebration in Grant Park. Charles
s. Barrett, of the farmers Co-opera-
tive and Educational Union, and
Judge C. N. Ramsay were the prin-
cipai speakers of the day. The pa