El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-22
UNVEIL STATUE
ON LABOR DAY
Replica of Liberty in New
York Harbor Is Hoisted
Safely to Pedestal.

The Labor day celebration being
planned by the Central Labor union
promises TO eclipse all other patriotic
demonstrations OF the year. accord
| ing TO the union mems committee.
Every effort is being made 10 have
every labor. fraternal. war work and
military organization in this city take
part in the parade which viii mark
the opening Of the demonstration The
unwilling and dedication Of the Lib
erty statue on Pioneer laza VIII close
the days activities
Present plans provide for the pa
rade to be in three sections The first
section will be composed OF the labor
organizations, the second Of traternal
organizations. clubs. Red Cross work
ers. war saving stamp workers, the
Knights Of Columbus. y. ~. C. A.
Jewish war welfare board Y. y. c. A
and other organizations; the third OF
military units.
To Practice War Economy.
The committee will impress on all
who participate the need for economy.
The several societies VIII be asked
not to spend much money In prepara-
tons for the parade. but rather to
save the money for the governments
needs.
II was announced Monday that the
military authorities had not been
asked whether they would partici-
pate in the parade. but IL is believed
that they viii be willing TO have the
soldiers at Fort Bliss take part
Hoist Statue to Place
The statue OF Liberty. a replica OF
the famous statue in New York har-
Dor. was hoisted 10 its pedestal IN
Pioneer plaza Sunday morning at II
o'clock by volunteer man power
Those who pulled the rope that
hoisted the statue I'm place were
Leigh Clark. district attorney; z Lar
kin. Fred Schilling, secretary Of the
Central labor union Charles W. Fss-
sett Z. r. Davis, W. II. Pelphrey, w
J. Moran. F. C. Standish and A. p
Webb. county treasurer.
Carpenters Prepare Pedestal.
The wooden pedestal that supports
the statue was completed Saturday
The union men who aided I'm the work
OF completing the pedestal and who
were present when the statue was set
IN place were T. C. Standish, W
Highsmith. NJ ~ Hughes. W R.
Walsh and r. Campbell Iron work
ers who assisted were Lester Farley.
Joe sullivan r Oropoza, ]. Penrod.
F. HubbelL. R. T. Davis =. NewburEh
L. Shorbacker. J. c. Gist and p Mar
quez.
Finishing Work on Statue.
owen Pittman, superintendent OF
iron workers at the smelter. was in
charge Of the hosting. and superin-
tended the setting OF the ropes that
pulled the statue up 20 Its place He
also guided the immense plaster Of
paris replica 10 its place. After the
statue had been set in place JimCy
Penrod. Of the Iron Workers unitul. 7
TO the top Of the statue and
draped an American flag around the
head and over the body. The statue
will be wired by members OF the Fl
Paso Electricians union. Roy n wal 7
ker I'm charge OF the work The
plumbing VIII he done By the Plum
bers' union. and z c. Smith. Of the
Painters union. viii paint the build
Ing
Union Men Lay Bricks.
The following members OF the
Brlcklayers' union assisted I'm laying
the bricks that form the base OF the I
statue; Harry COOPER. Teddy Bartlett. I
Frank Williams, II Wright and g. A I
Quinlan.
During the exercises Sunday morn
inE lemonade was served the work I
ers by Mrs T. Farley. Ralph Ashley I
was the mascot Of the raising exer- /
cises
Central Body Pays Bills.
All OF the work. including the final I
hronzinE OF the statue. is being do
mated by the Central Labor union Of
this city. The men engaged IN the
work are being paid by the union
body.
The statue faces west on Ssr Fran
cisco street. and can be seen from the [
union depot When complete and the
lights installed. IL viii be a beacon
readily seen by incoming passengers
as soon as they emerge from the de-
pot building