The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-08
UNION LABOR IN
 SOLID PHALANX
 PASSES IN REVIEW
Monster Parade Of Workers Marks Biggest Observance Of Labor Day Ever Known In State===Grim War E Tn Europe Forgotten For The Day
 While Toilers Celebrate

{ IJnton labor did itself proud in I aBrfaxeport yesterday at the largest and most ideal celebration that .ne { workingmen,s organizations of tnls state have yet held Even rSatuIe
 herself smiled as thousanos ing the brains and brawn that creates fHhe wealth of the state marcneu through the streets of the lnduslr1ai E Capital of Connecticut. Not slnce ll,e I big Labor day parade of 19oo hau suel. -. t as cancourse lined the sidewalks to pay s,ovvoa era to a marching throng. The { <itv5 and tits citizens, were all Tn gaia l attire Thousands of pretty women IT summer attire with Httle ciiilo emu lt. sl. waved flags and handkerchleIs as oiiS marchers passed ana thoustates ss t,.s or- knen evidently not members or the oi- k wanized trades displayed their. syInPa- I +hv with their brothers in toll ! oy E cheering and applauding- Lapor DAy, L,ets usuafly,a a day of Sabbath Ike qulssl s 9ios uee E in Bridgeport. WAS made the occa1sioi o. Eofs B mon stels alenlons stration in honor R of the holiday which has come to oe sort of sabbath for the toilers or son son necticuts 4sa Eserrible war raging in Europe which ks.as held the center of news lnteresl E .fo,- weeks was forgotten. Manufaetur- CTS and merchants aided in ma nlal klng i tns E day as pleasant as posslple leH lasl- s'Ta RYnDlOVGS. Many DQS411Ss'7 etories and private residences were
 handsomely decorated.9
 gIt is estimated that the celebration ea5rought 15oO strangers to BridgePort EofBcials said nearly half came by raii sEvlaile most of the remainder came Dy i It was really three days observ- auce beginning with a concert at the ks13oii theatre last night and concluolns hall which 6TQ- Eed early this morning Great ereule Ads sS4re the committees of the various Eorganfzations who arranged the ceie- Esibration.S While fonowing usual vo- sscationss day by day, it was their func- fiar Id uerfect the almost endless de- 4siIs cf the monster parade and the en- derfatnment Of the thousands Of vlsl- ktors who came from every corner ano
 section of the state That they .cll eoulp | carry to a successful conclusion such | a great undertaking and at<the same i sfir1e pursue their daily work IS an
 exllfbitlon of executive ability of the i highest caIiper-
 i Trbe parade was marshaled ana
 moved with military precision. Like i all parades it was a httle late in star.- ing but once under way 1t moved with ;ss-brit few flaIts over the line of march and pasesd in splendid order lne re- slvieviTag stand at the city hall
 Grand Marshal Esdway J. Joy and ms chief Of staff James A Coates, deserve EspeciaI credit for the expediency with ESyf1ich the procession moved and the
 closeness of it's formation. The pa wade took a, little more than an hour ao pass the reviewing stand
 In an automobile near the head of the procession were Governor simeon BE Baldwin Congressman Jeremiah | Toonoyan and Thomas l.. Reilly Tor E,1,er- Mayor E. T. Buckingham and oth- CT invited guests. Mayor Wilson ana E members of the city government re f viewed the parade from the stand In ;s.fronr Of tl1e city hall
 The head of the big parade reached E the corner of Fairfield avenue and # Main street at 12.O5 a. m. M otorey- Ecle Patrolmen BuIness and Hoffman frode in the lead to notify the patrol
 the approach and to Clear the street of ! tranic and vehicles Presenting E solid front, in platoons of six, three < ranks of patrolmen marched in ryln- sznatics step. led by Superintendent or E Police Eugene Birmingham, and ofn- E cehed by Lieut. Sanger and Sergeants OsNeiH and Ramsay
 Closely following the escort of po- x J3ee came Grand Marshal Edward Joy i heading the Trade and Labor council of Bridgeport and various labor dele
 gates from unions throughout the
 etate. The local mennb CTS of the Gen.
 traI Labor union each wore the dis tinctive uniform of the union with < which they are d11l1alSOs Y The grand marshal, his chief of staff < and aides wore white hats, shirt { waists, white duck trousers and car wied black whips. The marshaPs aides were: Emil J. siefert, John Doyle, 3 Tirnonthy A. Flanagan, James J. Fftz- patrick and Thomas Dougherty-
 Automobiles bearing the guests ot honor brought up the rear of the double escort
 The first of the locals from about the Es.r- xzyaS ne Takers E EConfectioners Union. headed by FsuI- kston's American band The organiza-
 tion made a good showing with their E white outing hats and green flags at is tached to canes. They were led by tst1re delegates of the Central Labor EUnfon of Waterbury.
 Whene the Kflties Band of Waterbury espassed Main street turning in Fairfield
 unique Scotch costumes was such as tc inspire marked applause from the big crowds which lined the stretes on both E sides. They headed the Waterbury
 Building Trades council The Bakers
 and Confectioners of Waterbury, fol EtdoMed They presented an exceed 1ngly fine appearance Leading the <. delegation was an automobile bearing
 the officials of the union. They were
 a,ttired in white suits, white yachting
 caps, and bore banners of blue. About one hundred were in line.
 The Painters and Decorators Un-
 don of Waterbury, was the only loca ,s with women marching in line. With
 easa1 women in the line of marct
 and the white htas and suits Of the
 delegation standing out prominently
 they were noticeable in the front ranks
 of the big columns that were ltaer tc
 follow One of the noticeable features s of the big Waterbury division was the
 fact that each subdivision walked under one of the letters of the towr
 which they represented The Brick layers and Plasterers of Waterbury
 were represented 40 strong. The Brew