The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-09
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
IS THE BEST EVER HELD
Parade in the Morning Witnessed by Thou
sands of Spectators Organized Labor
Makes Magnificent Showing and Pulls
Off Days Program Without a Hitch.

The evil Vaccinations of the weathe
man failed to dampen the ardor of tn,
union people Labor Day nor did they
keep the people at home. Long befor,
the time set for the big parade. Hewitt
avenue was lined ON either side witt
spectators anxious to see the men il
the ovcralls 90 by. Never before in tn,
history OF the city has the street pag
cant been so Impressive nor so success
fully conducted. Promptly at 10 the
head of the column swung into Hewitt
avenue and with iaunty stride the Ions
line of men passed in review before th'
people of the city. At the head wa
Grand Marshal Gibbs and his chief aide
+. J. Edney. Then followed a platoon
of police, Acting Chief Swanson of the
fire department and the speakers O
the day in carriages. Three divisions
of unions. each headed by band, made
up the main body of the parade Sew
eral organizations had floats in line an
all were meritorius but the cassest
float was the one belonging to the
Electrical Workers. Beautifully deco
rated with scores of electric lights anJ
electric gongs. it made beautiful spec
tacle and we'll deserved the award OF
first prize at the hands of Messrs. Bro
deck. Haferkorn and Ward, the parade
Judges. The float of the Plumbers or
ganization was fine one and received
tsecond prize. Other floats, deserving
of mention were those of the Stage
workers. Carpenters and Brewery work
era
Each union in line turned out nearly
its full strength and many of then
were in uniform. The shingle weaver
with 800 men in line and the carpen
ters with nearly 200. might have held a
good sized parade of their own. The
printers made a hit with the Grove
with their red devils" though the lady
spectators in many eases We're puzzled
to know what the ''devils" represented
\ conservative estimate of the num-
ber of men in line places it at 1900
but it was probably nearer 1900.
The parade from Rucker to Chestnut
and back to the Fair Grounds was
pulled off without hitch or nntoward
incident and drew commendation from
the thousands who witnessed the con
crete demonstration of the strength OF
organized labor in this city.
Shortly before the hour set for the
beginning of the orations and sports at
the Fair Grounds the people began pour
ing into the grounds. BY 1880 both
grand stands We're packed and tho
crowd overflowed onto the grounds
around the track The Everett concert
band of sixteen pieces furnished excel
lent music throughout the afternoon
! The Hon. William Black man, of Spo
kane, and the Hon. Paul X. Mohr. OF
Seattle. We're introduced to the audience
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Journal. and spoke for about twenty
minutes each. The speakers were un-
dec i fearful handicap as they were
able to make themselves heard by only
a small percentage of the vast throng
! The irrepreEsihle small boy and his
equally irrepressible larger brother were
present in force and the din ant con
fusion would have taxed the lung power
of William jennings Bryan. Botl
speakers abandoned their previously
prepared speeches and spoke entirely
mpromptu. Each dealt with the sub
ject of Labor Day and its political and
economic significance to the men OF t,i
and the applause ensuing from thosC
able to hear the addresses showed thai
the thoughts expressed found ready
sympathy.
The long program of sports was car
ried out like elockwork and held the
big crowd in their seats until the very
end. Events were reeled off in RAPID
succession and as the circus spielel
SAYS, mo waits, no delays"
1t would be hard to say which event
pleased the crowd best. The auto
Ievcle races were undoubtedly the most
spectacular while the shoe race wai
the most novel.
Charley Mannings ponies furnished
an amusing event and the kidiies whC
rode them had The time of their young
lives. The ladiet contests furnished
amusement galore and each fair cen
testant had plenty of enthusiast,
hackers
If there We're any Kids on the grounds
that didn't get into the boys 5O-yarl
dash they must have had sore foot oi
something. Some of them are running
yet
Oh, yesl There was tug of wa
between teams from the machinist-
carpenters. electricians and shingl
weavers It's a sad story. Arthur bu
the electricians won. The craft t,
which the writer belongs, had thei
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