Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
UNIONS ON MARCH,
$4,000 IN COLUMN
Demonstration on City Streets Is
Said to Have Been Great
est in the State

What Stanley B. Wilson, editor of
the citizen, declared to be the great
est labor demonstration ever held in
California occurred last evening, when
approximately $4,000 union men and
women paraded through the streets OF
Los Angeles, from the Labor temple
to Fiesta park, where mass meeting
was held.
Marching four abreast, the parade
stretched over nearly thirty blocks, the
head of the procession having arrived
at the park at Grand avenue and Pico
street before the final columns had
formed at Fifth street and Maple
avenue.
the parade, hardly a car moving from
7:30 O'Clock. when the start was made
until $3.50 o'clock, when the last sec
ton arrived at the park.
During the entire evening there was
no trouble of any kind. Along the
line of march crowds thronged the
side -alks, and occasionally little
scattered applause was given as a
body of men actually on strike passed,
but that was all. For the most part
there was not q sound of any kind
except the tramp of mems feet on the
pavements.
OVATION FOR j. STITT WILSON
At Fiesta park cheering and ap-
plauding were INDUCED in. When the
big arena was filed to overflowing
and the late comers were being forced
to stand down in the interior field, j..
Stitt Wilson, principal speaker of the
evening and Socialist nominee for gov
ernor, arrived and was given an ova-
tion. AS Mr.. Wilson appeared at the
edge of the bleachers the crowd arose
to q man and cheered wildly.
Although escorted by several ponce-
men, it was impossible for the speaker
to make his way through the crowd
until he was hoisted on the shoulders
of several friends and carried to the
speakers stand in the center OF the
field. AS he stepped upon the platform
wild cheers again broke out Whlcn
lasted for several minutes.
The parade started at 1880 o'clock
from the Labor temple at Fifth street
and Maple avenue. Led by a brass
band the line of march was west to
Main street, up Main street to the
Temple block, thence south on Spring
street to Ninth, west on ninth to
Grand avenue and south on Grand
avenue to Fiesta park. Each one In
the parade carried a small American
flag and wore the emblem of the par
ticUlar organization of which he or she
was a member. Each union was head
ed by its officers and the members fell
in behind. There were seventy-six
organizations represented.
SOCIALIST ISSUES DEFINED
At Fiesta park Stanley B. Wilson
was chairman of the evening. When
he was introduced to the crowd Sec
rotary Grow of the Labor temple
spoke of him as the next mayor of
Los Angeles and the crowd broke into
cheers. Mr. Wilson made short ad-
c4ress, gonig over several recent hap
penings and denying the connection
of organized labor with any of them
He then introduced J. Stitt Wilson,
who was given another ovation. Mr
Wilson turned the mass meeting into
a Socialist political meeting, taking
up Some of the questions which are
before the laboring public and be-
speaking the vote of those present for
the Socialist ticket on November 8.
Owing to the lateness of the hour
when the speaking began, the crowd
dwindled rapidly and before the meet
ing was over half had gone home.