Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-03
LABOR'S HOST IN
MONSTER PARADE
Tri- City Celebration Is to Be
Held in Rock Island Next
Monday.
COLUMN is TO MOVE AT 10
Speaking and Amusements to Take
Place in Afternoon at the Ex-
position Grounds.

Mondays observance of Labor day
in Rock Island by the tri-city labor
forces is to be one of the greatest af.
fairs of its kind ever held in the tri.
cities. The program of the day in,
cludes the parade at 10 o'clock in the
morning and the program of athletic
events and addresses in the afternoon
at Exposition park. Two thousand ex.
2ursionists from Galesburg and Mon
mouth and other places are expected
here to take part in the exercises. The
celebration this year is under the aus
pices of the Rock Island Industrial
Home association. Charles Block, pres
ident of the association, will be mar
shall of the day. All business houses
in the tri-cities will close tonight at
the usual hour and will not be reopened
till Tuesday morning.
Procession i'm Business Section.
The parade, which has always been
the real feature of the day, will be
even greater this year than formerly.
1t will be formed at 10 o'clock in the
morning, and at that hour will move
from Second avenue and Twentieth
street west to Sixteenth street, south
to Third avenue, west to Seventh
street, countermarch to Sixteenth
street, south to Fourth avenue, east to
Twenty-fourth street, north to Third
avenue, west to Twenty-first street,
where the marchers will disband. The
parade will be composed of six divis-
ions, and each division will be under
the direct charge of a marshal.
Formation of Divisions.
The following assembly announce
mcnt for the parade has been made by
the marshals:
First Division-City council and Wis
iting organizations will meet on Third
avenue, between Nineteenth and Tween
iieth streets, facing east. C. G. Biggs,
marshal.
Second Division-Silvis allied trades
and leather workers will meet on
Twentieth street between Third and
Fourth avenues next to Industrial
Home building. facing north. H. F.
Lamp, marshal
Third acknowledgements paint
ers and all of the building trades of
tri-cities will meet on Fourth avenue,
between Twentieth and Twenty-f1rst
streets, facing west. a. w. Johnson,
marshal.
Fourth Division = Machinists, mold
ers and all metal trades will meet on
Fourth avenue, between Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets, facing east. H.
T. Andrews, marshel
Fifth Division - Brewery workers,
cigar makers and miscellaneous organ
izations will meet on Twentieth street,
between Fourth and Fifth avenues,
facing north. Wilson Wolenschafter
marshal.
Sixth Division--Fire departments of
tri-cities and merchants floats to
meet on Fifth avenue, between Nine
teenth and Twentieth streets. Mar
shall to be selected by Transfers
union.
Ceremonies at Park.
The program at Exposition park in
the afternoon will include the princi-
pal address by Frank Maxwell of Dan
vile, ILL.,; talks by Mayors G. w. Nc
Caskrin, Rock island Andrew Olson.
Moline, and Alfred Mueller, Davenport.
No admission will be charged for en-
trance to the park. A program Of ath.
letic events, including races for girls
and boys, and a free-for-all, have been
arranged. Prizes will be awarded the
winners. A motorcycle race is being
planned, but has not yet been definite
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