The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
LABOR MARCHES TO
REQUIEM OF KAISER
Wilhelm Consigned to Perdi.
ton in Great Win the War
Demonstrations.
TWO BIG PARADES HELD
Thirty-five Thousand in Line
in Fifth Avenue and $4,000
More in Brooklyn.

/ More in Brooklyn.
VI a certain more or less august per-
son whose address vc'ies with his agita-
ton behind tho battle front and whose
ideas Of l1bor would be rather abhorrent
to union bricklayer--if this person
had seen the choice collection Of banners
and representations OF himself in Fifth
avenue yesterday he would probably
have lapsed into condition that would
have worried the royal physicians.
Fifth avenue was no place for Kaiser.
- II was Labor Day and so the parade
differed externally from all the many
psrades which that much trod bit Of
pavement has upheld this year, but in
spirit 1t differed not a whit from all the
paseants that have marched down 1t In
twelvemouth. 1t was as noisy Of
patriotism and win the war spirit as
parade could be,Nand what the march
ers thought about Wilhelm was just per-
Missile to be carried on banner.
Apparently these men. who carried
4ffsgs bearing hundreds OF service stars
and who wore not the olive drab but the
blue jeans and shirts that are their
haust VI seTNlCe NJ nome, nad Cenrlte.
ideas about Wilhelms future and agreed
that the best kind OF a Kaiser is a de-
.funct one. Tho GLACIERS had prepared
n nice little glass house Tor hiu-some
thought It a coff1n-in which the Kaiser
lay in fun uniform. a Ho,enzoiiern
couchant. with a lily in his hand. And
for his final resting place the banners
suggested a location where there will be
mo coal problem.
Line Shortened by War.
, 1t was for these reasons that the
labor Day parade was a memorable
one, for in numbers il was not as large
as many have been in former years
Labor had subordinated its own aims
10 the primary necessity OF the war and
was proud of Il. II was an army Of
about $4,000, hardly larger than divi-
sion in France, but there was perhaps
q definite and significant cause. The
service flags which carried thousands
of stars and the spirit which led men
to work on their annual holiday ac-
courted for the comparative shortness
of the line.
. The paraders were proud of the Lib
erty bonds they had bought, but more
than all they Dragged Of the ships they
lad built and loaded, Of the supplies
they had prepared for the men over
seas, of the compactness of their or
CARNATIONS that were lined up behind
the Government as solidly as the regi-
,nents on the battle front. That might
have been the reason that army men on
leave, bronzed and hardy fighting men
on their way to France, found sufficient
interest in the marchers to stand in
review in little groups all along the
line Of march, for once not of the
parade.
we build the ways to build the ships
TO build the bridge to France" was the
proud boast OF one banner near the
head of the line. and another. DO we
look like slackers? Give Us the once
over" And then the bit OF Yankee
Cockiness that perhaps has much ITO do
with making the American soldier the
good fighter that he is, This time next
scar we'll be building docks in Berlin"
second Line OF offence.
No wonder Wilhelm the All Highest
may have cause for uneasiness when
he hears of this Labor Day and thinks
of his FESTIVE workers on the Rhine.
Even a couple Of husky doughboys witt
wound stripes on their arms whic'.
showed that they had first hand knowl-
edge of the German grinned a bit when
they saw those placards and It is GER
Tain that when they 60 back to their
regiments they will carry the word that
american industry forms good second
line of offence.
One OF the most interesting things in
the parade was the part played by the
New York fremer, 1000 of whom
marched for the first time as a labor
organization. behind their crack band.
Their trim figures in blue. carried with
military erectness. gave to the centre
of the line a snap and precision which
marked definite advance In labor or
sanization. They. were greeted with
considerable enthusiasm b. every one
along the line and at the reviewing stand
wrung a smile from Mayor Hyian.
Besides the Mayor was William B.
Wilson. Secretary OF Labor: Maurice L.
Connolly, Borough President of Queens;
District Attorney Swami. Frank L.
Bowling, President of the Borough Of
Manhattan; Major Alex Lancaster of the
British Army and Alfred f. Smith,
Democratic candidate for Governor, who
was hailed joyfully by many of the men
In line. Cries Of you know me, AL"
''Hurrsh for the next Governor" and
deep Irish brogue which hoped that
Al would live forever kept Mr.. Smith
much more in the limelisht than even
the Mayor.
Three Hours In Passing.
The head of the parade reached the
reviewing stand at about IL O'Clock
and for three hours its solid ranks flowed
BY. When about half the marchers had
passed the stand four airplanes from
the Hampstead fields circled about over
the avenue and then went on a Joyous
haunt up and down the air lanes over
Manhattan. one OF them even getting
rs far. down as the City Hall. where it
tlrcled low over the park. Over Brook
tyn six planes performed to the delight
. of marchers there looping the loop. side
slipping and nose diving in a way that
made spectators catch their breath.
The Manhattan parade was headed by
yohn Sullivan, financial secretary OF the
brewery Workers. the tails OF his coat
barted gracefully over the sides OF big
'bay horse that made one think OF Rode
heavens song. Behind him were aides
Ind automobiles containing union and
tity officials. Two companies OF infantry
followed them and next were COM
tany of navy men behind the Navy
Yard Band Then came the workers.
line after line of them. far down the ave-
hue as one could see, marching with the
precision which Is becoming instructive
fo>Americans in these days.
Good feeling and optimism was one of
HE most striking characteristics of the
barade. Aside from the somewhat grim
tIoxans addressed TO the Hohenzollern
tentry they might have been celebrating