The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-07
Take New Haven Crowds by storm in Vast Ceiebra- tion of Labor Day. OUTSHINE 10000
 OTHERS ON MARCH Wake Up, New Haven Girls'' Has Inspiring Effect on
 Assemblage.
OTHERS ON MARCH

when many hundreds Of local siIls and women vent to the EslIsa.sss1s all s.Iia bTafton of 1sasor Day. t "a
 Ten thousand persons were Tn nne and with all that competiti on the Bridgeport girls were by far the most y attractive ad enthusiastic group ID ! the sproeession. It is admitted in New I Haven and 1t must be so.
 Cheer after cheer went up all along the line of maTchM crowded with t fhorfsaaA@s Of residents and thousands Of visit tes. Everywhere, the Bridge ' port girls were greeted with acclaIna- f 5de,r,s They received more applause | and more 1a.udatory comments than any other section of the n1archers.
 Psrsons from all over the state ! were, there and they had heard Of the winning fight put up by the Bridgeport young women for the as srhf houf day and better working fconditions. They Joined in with D will in the girls celebration Of vic fl tory and looked with admiration on thesgirIs who had the pluck to take xh efinitiative and fight powerful men | Tor their rights.
 A pIacard borne by 9 group of the f-xgarner girls emphasized the spirit in : which their parading was taken. It #vvss ssvvake Up, New Haven Girls!' ! I and the New Haven girls are thinking of waking up-
 | Tne warner Brothers girls led the Brfdseport delegations with march erS and after them, floats Forms wearing the Warner products were carried on the floats. The La Resista}I Efris had their factory's prod dnst on a, 5ig auto truck, hapdSozaely decorated and the George C. BatchE1ie4s Co girls made a hit with a Hf E floral eight.
 ght hours seemed to be in the I air where the Bridgeport delegations walked. Placards, signs, the floral figure and various decorations helped fo impress the number on the visi-z tors and New Havenites.
 Mrs Mary Scu1ly and James E. ' Roche, organizers Of the A. F. and L. rode in an automobile Only the Brtdgeporters recognized them how l ever, and when they did there was I much cf1eeFing. 2ak3
 Although the parade began to move within 10 minutes after the fire bell sounded, the starting signal, the. last organization had only just jassed the reviewing point at 12:30, fulfilling the prediction of the grand marshal to d minute that the procession would take an hour and half It is pos sible that the ranks ofzsome of the organizations coming from a distance were thinned by the overcast skies of E the early morning, but this Iessening in numbers was made up for by the 3Belnarkab1e precision and esprit de Hf1Lh W11ICn-= all the arrange 1nents were carried out Mayor Rice who stood uncovered head all through st the parade, closely observing the light uniforms, the banners and the float decorations, that kept coI1tinu- ally passing. remarked at the close that it was the best parade of the kind in New Haven since New Haven week celebration. The mayor added that he was extremely gratifled at the exceuert showing made and the evi- dent ex&ei1ent showing maj nd the evident excellent nature of the ar- rangements- Major Louis M Ullman expressed the same view as did Lieu tenant Governor Wilson, the latter be- ing almost equally interested in the parade as the local officials, inasmuch as the Bridgeport organizations in the. ranks were quite strong, in mum hers AHds{R theaeRth thuEasHa they put into the event .l-srzs4
 After an hour of earnest delibera- " lion regarding the awards for the va rdous classes, the judges arrived at the unanimous conclusion that the Hartford Plumbers had the best ap-9 bearing out-of-town delegation in line but because they had violated a rule of 1Ofmation, marching four abreast instead of eight, as was ordered, it was felt they must be disqualified First award for best. appearance as 3. s Consequence was given to the Hart
  again. won honors when her carpen-s ters we're awarded the first honor for having the largest humber of men in line First for the largest number from the longest distance went to the Danbury F1atters. First award for the best float was captured by the Mephisto Bit float, entered by the Po1ishers and Buffers local, No. 73 Of WaIlingford.
 The awards for home competition
 
 best appearance in line, Brick Layers union; Cigar Makers, first for the largest number in line; best float, Iron Workers, which portrayed a. work shop in 70 peratfo11 The judges de- sire to give special mention to the To- cal electricians, for having the most unique float in the parade.
 The weather man smiled on the la bor mems program and made it a gala. day for all Long before Il o'clock, the hour at which the parade had been announced to move, the abutting streets on the line of march were crowded with items of thousands of spectators. The automobile was Tn re- quisition more sthan Lever and, hun dreds of families adopted the plan of stalling their machines at points of vantage on the side streets and from their seats witnessed every feature of the parade in comfort and with abso- 1l1te enjoyment. No doubt the central idea that most people obtained from the parade was the appearance of strength that organized body Of men and women can present, when they are marshal1ed in an orderly and pleasant manner. and, of a certainty, Ifhere was not mary in yesterdays crowd who did not look upon the pa geant with a feeling of pride and ap- prove Of the satisfaction with which all of the paraders seemed irnbued
 Business places were abundantly decorated with flags and efnb1ems, the weather was of the midsummer order. permitting everyone to be out-of-doors in the lightest and best attire; flags were unfurIed from many verandas.