Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-03
Parade Feature PredOmindted
But In Some Places Gave
Way To Concerts.
.BOSTON'S PARADE AHEAD
OF THE ONE IN new YORK
Why Should Organized Labor OC--
Cupy Entire Program of Day In
All Places Reported?

New York, Sept. 3.-I.abor Day Is
celebrated today throughout the coun-
try, and, judging from reports coming
IN from cities In all parts of the
United States, and even the Dominion
of Canada, the celebration Is more
general this year than ever before.
Owing to the prosperous condition OF
labor In every branch of industry the
celebrations this year are on a much
larger and more pretentious scale
than ever before attempted.
Here, as well as in all large and
medium sized cities parades form the
feature of the official celebrations.
Only in a few cities, like Knoxville.
Tenn, Reading, Pa, Nashville, Tenn,
etc, no parades were held, but in
stead there were band concerts, pic
MICS, athletic games, fire works and
other forms of pastime.
The parade in New York will be
neld in TIE afternoon and It is ex-
pected tnat there will be more than
10000 workmen IN line Many of the
labor organizations will hold picnics
in various parks and resorts after the
parade. Coney Island and the other
beach resorts offer special attractions
for the day and will undoubtedly be
crowded to their fullest capacity.
Boston has large Labor Day par
ade and scores of popular feasts and
picnics in the afternoon and evening.
II is estimated that $4,000 men march
ed in the parade. Many organizations
which have not marched for several
years took part in the parade this
year. The members of the city coun-
ell were not invited to take part, ow-
I In IN Ia-
tween the council and the labor or
| ganizations.
The parade in Baltimore was larger
than ever before, and included thirty
bands. In the afternoon there will
be athletic games and other enter
tainments, and an the evenig the fire
works.
The earthquake and destructive fire
which visited san Francisco materi-
ally interfered with the celebration
OF Labor Day in that city, but the
lcustomary parade was not omitted
this year. Some of the more pros
porous unions, like the building trade
unions, the painters, teamsters, rurn-
lture handlers, ETC., contributed
enough to make the holding of a pa
rade possible.
Los Angeles also had big parade
and employed not only every union
band, but also every non-union band
in the city for that occasion.
In Vancouver, b. C., Labor Day
was celebrated without a parade, but
there were picnics and other enter
tainments for all.
Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg
had large parades and entertainments
of all kinds in honor of the day.
Thousads of workmen of Lefiston
and other cities in Maine joined the
workmen of Portland, Me-, in their
Labor Day celebration, which sur
passed every celebration of the day
ever held here.
The parade in Pittsburg was unus-
ually large and every union was rep
resented by float. In Reading, Pa.
no parade was held. but there were
popular games. athletic contests, band
concerts and in the evening there win
be fire works.
An unusually grand celebration was
arranged in Birmingham. Ala, includ-
ing a parade and picnic, which were
attended by Governor Jelks, the
mayor of the city and other promin-
ent omcials.