Denver labor bulletin., 1915-09-11
DENVER'S GREAT LABOR DAY PAGEANT GREETED
BY THRONC OF $4,000 ENTHUSIASTIC CITIZENS
More Unions in Line Than
Ever Before
Bricklayers, Painters, Walters and
Bookbinders Win Parade Prizes;
Lakeside Scene Of Sports and
Fun Afternoon and Mebt

The largest and most interesting La
bor Day parade ever held in Denver
was the unanimous verdict of 50,O00
people who greeted and cheered 10000
union labor men and women as they
marched thru the downtown streets
Monday morning. And the weather man
helped nightly by giving the labor hosts
a perfect day Tor the annual celebration
After the parade in its entirety had got
ten under WAY from the starting point
al Eighteenth aud California streets IL
stretched out a distance Of twenty-five
blocks and required one hour and fif-
teen minutes to pass given point.
marching thrcc. four and six abreast II
Na- a complete revelation to those who
only take casual interest in labor
uuions More unions were in the parade
aud q greater number OF people lined the
sfrcct- than ever before in the history
oi p Labor Day celebration in Denver.
There were numerous floats and scores
of organizations wore distinctive new uni
forms symbolic OF their respective crafts
Aa interesting feature OF the parade
aud onr that brought forth much APP
plnu-c WAS the newly organized Cracker
Bakers and Confectionery Workers. Sew
rnty-fixs OF the male members walked
and wer. re-plendent in snow white linen
coats. trousers and caps, each with an
cxtr, large cracker for badge. The
women members, OF equal number. occu-
pied sin. decorated flosts furnished by
the Lindqui.f Cracker company. and
handed out 10 the people generous sam
pies OF their product
Unions Have Large Turnout
Hrirklsyer' Union No. I. PaintrrsF
Lninn xa ~. 1&ncklAjsozs Unin No A..
brewery Workers Union and Ciearmak-
cr-' Union No. Iep. zach had over 2Do
members In line. the Brirkiayer- winning
the prize for largest turnout with 2s9.
n Four grand divisions made up the
parade. and there were two bands OF
music 10 each division When the parade
turned into Sixteenth street from IAri-
mcr. the platoon Of police leading the
procession had difficulty in opening the
way. 30 dense was the throng. II was
n good .natured crowd and their were
cheer and hsndclaps for every orgn gnnixa-
fson Il passed along. The crush
ai,ont the reviewing stand In front of
the courthouse ON Sixteenth street. where
moving pictures of the parade were
taken, was 40 great that for time il
threatened TO swamp the marchers. The
countermarch ON Broadway Of five blocks
only gave those in line an opportunity
Of seeing about one third Of the parade
Judges Have Hard Task.
The parade judge. composed of news
paper representatives Of the Express.
News. Times and Post. had the hardest
job OF the day. for they had to wrestIc
with the difficult problem OF awarding
prizes. They were. Fay King. Richard
Milton. Ronald Millar and Dclcs Walker.
Especially WAS this true sn picking the
prize float where 50 many claimed dis
tinciivr honorr.
Thousands Of badges and buttons bear
ing the well-k known likeness Of John X.
Lawson. executive board member of the
United Mine Workers Of America. in the
count, Jail at Trinidad under decree OF
Judge CRANKY {. IIillycr, were worn by
paraders and those lining the streets. A
large banner bearing the inscription, "A
Message 10 Labor-Rcmembc lawson"
had q conspicuous place In the parade,
borne by woman and two men Of the
Colorado Justice League.
large American flag that stretched
ont from -urb to curb and born by
forty eight men representing the states
of tho union formed a striking feature OF
the Typographical Union. and was the
signal for continuous cheering al! along
the II = Of march.
The recently organized Vegetable Ped
,ller,' Union had a big turnout of deco
rs,cd wagons. bearing fruits aud vcgc-
tables which were later donated to the
Crnig Consumptivc Colony and the jew
ish Orphans Home.
Handsome Floats Win Praise.
Among the numerous handsomely ar
ranged and decorated floats were the
following:
Moving Picture Operators. with ma
chimes IN operation representing the
earliest and latest devices. together with
Iitbogsaph pictures aud pennants of the
leading film companies and movie houses
IN Denver.
Stage Employees with miniature
stage and background of Colorado sccn-
cry On the stage were little boys and
Girls. dressed IN white.
Walters Union. with a couple Of tables
representing cafe. and pretty waitress
cs serving meals TO regular customers.
United Ii,borcrs with beautiful
flower float from the city parks and
living. nirc-cnough Queen Of Beauty ar
the ccntcrpiecc.
Garment Workers. with a throne Of
flowers and rcgnl Queen Of Peace, repre-
scented by Miss Mabel Cornelius.
Bindery Women. decorated automo-