The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-05
POPULACE CHEERS
ORGANIZED LABOR
Day Is Celebrated With Great
Parade and appropriate
Exercises.
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10 salt Lake. and they accepted an invi-
! tation To march ia the Los Angeles LABOR
day parade In order that the structural
iron workers union might make a strong
/ showing In the city where the secretary
| treasurer of their International orGanlZs-
tion is imprisoned. awaiting trial on n
] charge ~ murder. Ae result the struc-
/ turHl iron workers made no attempt 10
make an attractive showing IN ms
years Labor day parade in salt Lake.
There wore only abou, thirty men IN line
ana these were not uniformed.
The street car men wore led by thelr
own band. They wore their uniforms as
| conductors and motormen OF tho street
railway. Every man Nnu was on dutF
was In line and an excellent SHOWING
was made.
Electricians Please.
The electrical workers who carried of
! the hunors OF the day. were next in line.
Their appearance was splendid and they
marched with n military precision. In
every respect they justified, the judginen,
OF the mon who awarded them the hrsl
prize. There were 200 men In line, each
| wearing n light blue shirt white trous-
"rs. white cap and tie. They Kept per
! feet line and never missed step. Ihcy
! were given great. ovation all along tnc
| line.
The tailors followed. and then came the
| laundry workers, This was the nrst tllnc
| that the laundry workers nave been rep
| resented In the Labor day parade and
their showing was excellent. The lnun-
dry workers union is composed largely
by the spectators. The laundry workers
| had the float which given second
| prize hy the Judges. The toat showed
four prettIly attired laundry girls at
work
4 band led the next division and the
band was Immediately followed by The
| carpenters and joners, who had the lar
| gcst number or men In line of any labor
union represented. There were 900 mem
bcrs OF this union In line. The fact that
| this union was not In uniform kept II
| from being considered In competition Tor
the prize. The butchers followed the car
pcntcrs aud joners. then came The iron
workers. the plumbers and the sheet
metal workers. Then came the bricklay-
crs. the painters and the decorators. al
I'm white uniforms.
Another band led the next division, of
which The Typographical union was uinS inc
printing trades council. tho pressmen. the
press feeders and assistants, stereoty-
pcrs bookbinders and maIlers All of the
unions in this division are members or
the allied printing trades council and
closely associated with the printing art.
The final division led by band. was
composed OF the neatly uniformed brew
cry workers and the cigar makers. The
rear OF the parade was brought up by
floats OF various Salt Lake business
| houses.
March Through City.
The line OF march traversed by the
parade was from Fourth South to Firth
on Fifth South. from Fifth South to
North Temple and countermarch on Main
street west on Fifth South street to
West Temple north 10 Second South.
where the parade disbanded.
The judges who selected the hest APP
pearing unions and the most attractive
floats OF the, parade. were a n. Mckay;
Chief Of Police :. NJ Barlow and Colonel
H. NJ H I.und The task OF selecting
the prize winners was hard one because
of the excellence OF appearance OF many
OF the unions and the nttraCtlveness of
many floats. However, their selections
met with the, approval OF the spectators.
Soon after the parade disbanded the
workingmen and their families. accompa
MED by a great many friends went TO
the Lagoon for the afternoons outing.
AT the Lagoon the entire resort was
turned over TO the labor orsa sani2attons.
Committees representing the salt Lake
and the State Fcderations OF Labor had
complete charge OF the entertainment, To
these committees and 10 the members OF
the various labor organizations much
credit is due for the success OF the out
ing.
The perfect order that prevailed was
noticeable The clement OF rowdyism
that sometimes mars labor celebrations
was entirely absent. The worklngman
entered with spirit INTO the celebration of
the occasion. but his celebration while
enthusiastic and merry was always or
The Younger members of the labor or
ganizalions entered with enthusiasm into
all Of the sports and athletic events,
They pursued relentlessly the creased
pig and finally captured him; they en-
gagged in the foot races. In the ball game
and In all OF the aquatic and other sports
with rare spirit The athletic enthusiasm
was not confined TO the men. 1t swept
over the women. too and many OF the
girls and women participated in the races
and other contests for women.
The children reveled in the various con
trivanccs for the creation Of mirth. they
shot the chutes. romped with the play
ground apparatus and plunged In the
. swimming pools.
pleasurable. was the plan Of the older
people for ENJOYING the outing: with
their families they lunched and rested
beneath the shade and the pretty bowers
so plentiful in the attractive resort.
The warm weather and the cool water
, | OF the Lagoon proved a combination hard
To resist. Hundreds OF bathers took ad
vantage OF their final opportunity OF The
| season 20 enioV the delightful bathing az
tho resort The boating too. at
tractve and many boats were on the
llttlc lake,
Sports Of the Day.
OF the athletic events of chief i'm
portance was the baseball game between
the Denver q Rio Grande federation and
the Brewery Workers for prize Of two
shares OF stock in the new Labor temple.
The game was won by the railroad team
by a score OF 10 4. Cooper and Dustin
composed the battery for the vlctors
!. while Ashman pitched and Dinter caught
for the brewery team.
The results OF the other contests fol-
low:
Contests for Men and Boys
Old mems race. for men Hfty wears and
/, ovcr-G T. Wick won. Il. Stirrat second.
Mems race 100 yards-Von Rensselaer, r
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