Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-02
IMPRESSIVE PARADE
Of WORKING PEOPLE
LABOR DAY FEAT ORE
Thousands of Workers Marched
Through Business
Section.
SPEECHMAKING TONlGH

Iahor DaN WIS ushcrcd M IN Whining
ton this morning Under the auspices OF the
Central Labor mon with an impressive
naraCc. IN which il is estimated that ~"
persons participated
The formation al the parade was aS
follows.
FIRST DIVISION
t'hlct Marshal and AIDES
AIetnbcr~ ot the Central Labor mon
Band
House Painters mon
Letter Carriers ASSOCIATION.
Rand
Bartcndcr> | mon.
Printers.
Nachinlste | mon.
Shin Filters
sr,o>p DIVISION
Band
Calpcnte,~ and lolnc,s.
Band
Railroad Organizations
Rand
Roiermaktts Ne @ta
Sheet Metal Workers
Tuinp DIVISION
Rand
FlcctrIcal Workers.
Band
He'd srrlcrS
Ntuu,ot Workers
Tho para4, ge1 under way promptly.
Til. various dtviS,ou~ were ready hall
hour lcfofr th, appointed time lu3o
O'Clock. and thcro uaS no delay
hccrc4 N her l,vcll music piaN'd
It, e score oi h3udS he men wh" are
tAat> supporting orr toN~ oN't N""~.
u4tI. thrIr.rle1, d"N effort n hnuc made
!. tndli showing Is tbs, pa>sci along
thc lr.ncIpal str,rrS q the ,tt>
NIo,t ii the vurt DC elected ~ march
ui.hou. coat. and fho>c vino d,I nrt
rarr, \ncrtcan tiao~. carried ponnani~
,r.i,rattn- tie ialof dnlan ,Nth w'a.h
.l.,., were atliIIaf.a n.ajNtuN ot Them
,,4fr white hats ~ .apS. anI white iheTt
va~ no effort II uniform o. vaI' >hTt>
4nd hradgrar of the mcb pr,>%"t"d \
uatf1 appearance
The Shcc, Metal Worhcr~ appcarcs' n
,nlc shirts trc>hiS aundrreG and M
sit 81 color hended weil with TIE "hi,'
az ,he othor marcher~
The ho.lcrmakcrS fron1 he Harlan
plan, headed hv The Harlan band. made
a rubI, appeal ~ various vaN> i"r
Sundsv baseball for which the a'hi'ii'
management oi the plant Il cndeavor'nl
ia rs,n permission from the scEai uth"Ti-
t,e 4 r,inahout drawn by horse
and rounded hy workmen carrying
Amcrlcap flags. bore the inscription
M want sunday baseball other banner.
carried IN the parade demanded the
elimination oi tho Blue Laws. hat ap-
parerfh arc standing IN tho way q
SUNDAY sports
The effort of these snipworkcrs brought
ro,nd after round of cheers along th'
roitc ana called attention q the SpeCta
tor~ these mcn waa arr huldIuC SHIN
io carry supplies and mon across TN
Atlantic
III. house painters made . tlnc sho~ns
ca. man carr 1n1 small pcnuant m
dlra.,f.c the ualon 10 winch he wa
alta. nei-
Ise { ;. rforo<mon; Service. tha
is Gtrrc:tng the vore Of supplying vs.
.n.,!>f,ley w5th iaNor. was ~eprcsenteI
!, IT,, clerks ana oHcialS, ico by JohI
savior, the chict. N charge OF thu
Ci~,r-,'t
IA c'cct-.cs. workers were OF, IN force
n made t.f' Showing.
1',~o uv-c ..- score ~ .6;tnT carriers
VI. ct....r,,ctia.. t-ar routcs carly thu
f--.-~..1.l. 5o.nc.I v.'l ~ o't"r mon OF 10
b. =. riah uc fitting demonstration o
the da,
TIC uomcn 1nunllon workers garbcC
in u hitc Wesc ttW IA nun ter. hut VIVA
thcrr was If fhem marched with lhc dc
termination tla1 they are putting mt
.hclr work filing the places Of men wis
have been called III the draft o. into othe
industries considered more Important
where women labor cannot IN III
The TApograph!cal mon was Wei
rcnre~cutrd IL members marching 4,
tired in citizens clothes
Alr> Florence b IiiIeS VITO was IN
strumcntal II assembling the mnnltio'
worker ior the taradc. marched Wit
them m hc procession
In addition 10 promiLent labor ne-
many o4'c as were on ne TevIewIr
sta q. ncl ding senator >alls urN, Coz
gresS nan Polk. Naxor Lawson Preslden
I1ou and O. rcr me- nj ers of Caurcd. Ctl
~ C6rm - ouer 4 gyms and oth her>
In fhc evening there vll bc speech
making Ia from Of the Municipal Bui!c
INC. with Secretary of Labor Wilson q
the chiet spokesman There wifi ais
bc patriotic singing under the direction {
William 7 Nh.te