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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1901

Page

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Miners Union Day Celebrated in Butte With Parade and Show

The Butte Miners Union marks Union Day with a 1000 member parade from Miners' Union Hall to the opera house, featuring the Clerks and Stationary Engineers unions, the Montana State Band, and speeches by Hon. Joseph Calloway. A 10,000-seat program at the Grand opera house includes an orchestra, vocal solos, arias, and tableaux celebrating labor unity and arbitration over strikes.

Iners Butte Grand Republic Wall Street Montana Miners’ Union Hall Quinn Miners’ Union Boeton & Montana Band Clerks’ Union Horseshoers Montana State Band Old Alice Band Opera House Grand Opera House John J. Quinn John Murtha John M. Sullivan John Coggins James P. Murphy Frank O'Connor Houston & Montana Band J. J. Quinn Joseph Calloway Mr. Calloway Plains of Bethlehem Land of Ours Butte Miners’ Union West Brother Witter Cause of Labor Clark Montana Ore Purchasing Company Calloway Pennsylvania New Zealand Hutte Amalgamated Hennessy Company Woods Scallon Anaconda Company Gowan Ohnhaus Peterson Rooney Alice Mooney Kerry Dance Miss Hamann Ethel Dillon Fitz Butler Matlack Argall Miss Hest Loretta Hannah Courtney Charles Dillon Clare O'Donnell Frankie Dillon Stella O'Donnell Miss Dillon Bert Greenway John Hughes Mildred Hughes Liberty Thornton

Clever Talent Shines at Grand Opera House Show

Following speeches at the Grand Opera house a fine program of music clever sketches dances and abseaux was presented under Mrs Ignatius Donnelly direction. The long programme continued until the fee number was announced.

Grand Opera House Abseaux Ignatius Donnelly

Marching Bands and Soldiers in Historic Pageant

A vivid scene describes mud smeared grounds as clerks win a prize from a 1,000 young ladies committee. The blacksmiths’ hammer wielders shine as a formidable army. Montana State band impresses in gray uniforms while Boston and Montana contrast in blue. An old graybeard solos the march, guiding younger miners toward the finish as father and son brace for the finale.

Montana Boston & Montana

Parade crowds flood Main Street as celebration rolls on

Spectators lined Main Street from Granite to Park to view the parade. Crowds from all sides heard bands and watched marchers pass slowly. A planned baseball game between the Butte Regulars and the Montanans was postponed over gate receipts dispute. After the procession, many rushed to the opera house but were denied entry for lack of standing room.

Jimmie Main Street Walkerville Butte Opera House Granite Park

Thousands Visit Columbia Gardens for Holiday Outing

Immense crowds rode streetcars to Columbia Gardens with an estimated 12 000 visitors carried to and from the pleasure area. The day offered chutes swings and a ballroom while miners and families enjoyed a June holiday as mild weather and festive chatter filled the big pavilion.

Columbia Gardens Street Railway Company Labor Day

Annual Ball at Miners Union Hall Keeps Spirits High

The Miners union hosted an evening dance at its Main street hall with Dillon & MacNamee orchestra providing music. Promoter Edward Hughes and committee members Nicholas Drummy Maurice J Keefe and D J Dunn organized the event which drew a full turnout and lively dancing.

Miners Union Main Street Waas Pleasant Dillon & MacNa@emara Nicholas Drummy Maurice J. Keefe J. Dunn Tion Edward Hughes

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OPERA Ture Coeur d'Alene Patrick Reddy Miners Union Mall SH Ornosh Columbia Gardns
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