The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-31
BRIDGEPORT TO
 SEND THOUSANDS TOLABOR PARADE
Immense Throng Expected At Elm City Parade
 Women Will March.
MACHINISTS WILL
 SEND BIG CROWD
Many Bands and Drum Corps Will Take Part in
 Monster Procession.

Although the Labor Day parade will be held this year in New Haven, Bridgeport will probably be represent ed by more union workers than ever in the history of the city. For the first time in the history of Labor Day parades women workers will march. Plans are now in the making to have the women workers at Warner Bros., Bryant, and Harvey Hubben factories march together and to have in their division an automobile float repre- senting the workers of each factory The women will have a division of their own in the Labor Day parade and they will be headed by the Olym- pic band.
 These women workers will com prise the first division of the big pro- cession and union men prophecy that l this will be the biggest parade of it's character ever held in this state. The Bridgeport Central Labor Union led i by the Wheeler & Wilson band will head the division. After the women 1 workers will come the two locals of the Carpenters union led by the Con- necticut Coast Artillery Corps band.
 Next will march many hundred members of the Machinists' union l from this city led by the Eureka Drum and tBugIe Corps of New York. The Eureka corps has 40 members and is composed of apprentices of the New York local of A1achinists. All are employed at the Hoe printing press factory in New York city and all are registered with the New York union. i The Union Plumbers of the city 1 will be next in line. They have not I yet enga ged their music. Following { them will be the Sheet Metal workers all of whom will wear white hats and carry tin canes of their own manufacture.
 The Carpenters will wear brown hats, badges and carry canes and i banners denoting their local. If the
 manufacture can get them here in I time the Machinists will carry Japa- fnese umbrellas. Otherwise they will l carry canes and banners No at tempt to have distinctive form of dress will be made.
 The Buffers & Polishers will be led by the Moose Drum corps. They will be followed by the Bricklayers & Plasterers' Union and they in turn will be followed by the Hod Carriers
 Union. The Marine band will play
 march music for them. These unions j will bear white soft hats and white i overalls.
 Machinists at the Locomobile fac tory are arranging to have two Loco mobile floats in their division of the parade. Some of the members of 1.-the union at that factory will go to New Haven with the cars.
 The Typographical union will have a place in the first division of the pa rade. The Blacksmiths, Horseshoers and their helpers will also be repre- sented- The Bartenders' Union will be represented by delegation who will ride in an automobile. The Ba- kers and Confectioners' union will all so have a delegation and an automo- bile float.
 Local No. 50 of the International As sociation of Bill Posters from Bridge port will send 40 members to the pa rade besides a big float. The float will have on either side a paneled bill board with a 24 sheet reading: "It l Pays to Advertise ? The New Haven billposters will march with the Bridge port delegation. All will wear white overalls and Jumpers and white hats and will carry paste brushes
 All the members of Bridgeport un- ions with their music will meet at 8 o'clock in front of Central Labor Un- ion headquarters in Broad street next Monday morning. The line will be formed there and a. short street parade made before leaving for New Haven
 The line of march will be down Broad lstreet to State street, to Main street to Golden Hill street to the railroad, kstation.