The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-07
Union Laborers in Kenosha Make
a Great Display Of Strength in
Their Annual Celebration
GREAT HOLIDAY FOR ToILERs
Nearly Thousand Men March in
the Big Parade, Which Was One of
the Largest Ever Known in Ke.
nOsha.-A11 Day Picnic

Monday was Labor Day in kenosha,
and right royalty did the toi1ers of
the city celebrate their annual holi-
day. Shops and factories, stores and
Offices closed their doors, and the Ia
borers and their wives and children
went out into the country for day
away from the smoke and dirt of the
factory and returned home in the
evening tired and happy.
Notwithstanding the threatening
weather that marked the day, it was
one of the greatest demonstrations
ever given by the 1aboring men of Ke-
nosha, and it showed that the old
principle of unionism is again coming
back to claim it's place among the
1aborers.
The central feature of the ce1ebra-
ton was the big parade and picnic
given under the auspices of the
Trades and Labor Council. The par
ade was the greatest ever seen in Ke-
nosha on Labor Day. There were
bands Of music and hundreds of
marching men in line. The unions
We'd with each other in finding make
ups for the parade, and the result
brought out one of the finest pageants
ever seen on the streets of Kenosha.
1t was evidenced by the crowdslthat
thronged the streets that union labor
still has a warm place in the hearts of
the people. When the big parade
moved up Main street there were fully
5000 people packed along the street,
and the union men we're received with
cheers all along the line,
The parade in itself was a great
success and made a magnificent show
ing for union labor in Kenosha. It is
estimated that there were fully 1000
men in line, and it would have been
hard to find cleaner and better look
ing crowd of American 1aboring men.
The showing made by the toi1ers was
a powerful example of the fact that
the Kenosha 1aboring men are pros
porous and happy.
The big parade movedS at $50
O'Clock with platoon of police lead
ing the line. Then followed Marshal
August Rudd, with his aides, Frank
Murphy, Ben Leutritz and H. E. Cos
lin, on horseback. Then came the
Jacoby band, and following came the
iordes of the 1aborers. The Polish
ers and Buffers had the right of
the line and there were near1yn2OO of
the members of this organization in
line. Every man was dressed in a
white shirt and dark trousers, with a
natty cap of white, and carried red,
white and blue umbrella. Next came
the members of the Lamp Makers
Union, thirty strong, all dressed in
suits of white and carrying red, white
and blue canes. Thenscame the mem
bers of Typographical Union2No. 116,
with the ladies of the union in car
riages.
The second division was headed by
the Kenosha Military Band, In this
division the BARRIERS of the city
showed their strength by appearing
in a float. The BARRIERS in the parade
numbered over twenty.
Then came bartenders, cigar max
ers, painters and decorators, all wear.
ing pretty uniforms. The plumbers
showed their opu1ence by riding in a
carriage.
One Of the main features of the sec
ond division was the splendid turn
out of the Carpenters Union, there
being more than 200 of the members
in line. All of these union men wore
blue shirts and carried canes. The
lathers we're also we'll uniformed, ap-
pearing in canvas suits and carving
1aths for canes.
The machinists had one of the best
uniforms in the parade, the men of
this union wearing uniforms of blue
and white bingham, and carving
cases of bent brass.
The new Transfers Union was out
in force with twenty wagons repre-
senting the different lines of business
of the men of this union. A touch of
color was added to the parade by the
fact that the teamsters had two wag-
ons loaded down with women and
children.
The parade was fully mile in
length and every sort of organized
labor in the city was represented.
The parade moved about the prin-
cipal streets of the city, after which
it led the way to Anderson Park,
where the big picnic had been ar
ranged for the toilers. Sports and
games were started early in the morn
ing and continued during the entire
day. It is estimated that fully 10, 900
people attended the big picnic during