The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-27

Members OF the Trades ana LABOR
Council in Kenosha are planning for
an old fashioned celebration of Labor
Day and this year there will be a
grand parade and picnic that will re-
vive memories of former labor days in
Kenosha.
Tt is going to be distinctly day for
labor and no one will be asked to take
part in the parade except the men who
are directly connected with the labor
organizations of the city. 1t is declar-
ed that every one of the 1900 or 1900
men connected with the fifteen labor
unions affiliated with the Kenosha
Trades and Labor Council will take
part in the celebration and in addition
to this the union men of Racine, Wau-
kegan and other cities will be asked to
Join with the Kenosha laborers in
making the day great success.
A committee Of seven headed by F.
A. Brown as chairman, and Matt Burg
as secretary, has been named by the
Trades. and Labor Council to have
charge Of the observance of the day
and these men have started work and
have been given the assurance that
the turnout of union men this year will
be the greatest seen in Kenosha in a
decade.
''The parade this year is going to be
strictly for union men," said Mr..
Brown this morning. CIT will be pure
ly an invitational affair and no one will
be asked to take part in the parade
who does not wear union button. It
is the plan of the committee to bring
out for the day the entire strength of
organized labor in Kenosha and in ad-
dition to this we hope to have with
us hundreds of laboring men who are
affiliated with the labor unions in Ra
cine and Waukegan. Kenosha has in
other years sent its labor hosts to these
cities to help swell labor day parades
and we are expecting that great
crowd of laborers will come from these
cities to Kenosha this year. The de.
tailed plans for the celebration have
not all been worked up but the parade
will be made the big feature and ii
will be followed with a picnic at An
derson's Park. If possible well known
leaders from among organized labor
will be secured to deliver addresses
during the day.
The program for the picnic will be
in the hands of special committee
and this committee will arrange for q
large number of events at the park
There will be a long program Of athle
tic events with baseball game be
tween the union men of Kenosha and
those of Racine and Vaukegan.
All of the unions in the city are plan
ming 60 enter into the celebration OF
the day with spirit and several Of the
unions have already arranged for floats
which will show their particular line
OF work.
Politicians will have no chance to
work in the parade or the celebration
and this was the cause for the decision
that the parade be limited entirely to
union men.
The committee on the program fol-
the day is now busily at work and il
is expected that the formal program
will be issued within the next two
weeks. The celebration is to be adver.
tised all over this section of the state
and the Trades and Labor Council
hope to attract to the city crowd of
at least ten thousand people and it is
declared that most OF them will be
men who wear the union button. This
is the first time in years that Kenosha
has arranged for Labor day parade
and celebration and it is certain that
all the union men will work to make
! it q great success