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197 UNIONS TAKE PART IN LABOR DAY PARADE' V ;__Ca»iSmif[J .froiri Faire Op*.rrhoort of Railway Tfninmep, four railroads boln^: represented.The nct*inlst^T Upion, -with approximately 400 marchers.The AutnmobUe Mechanics' Local No. 136, with 2% in ember a in line.Hoilermakdrs' Union Nlt;j. 3#4ft, wlt'a TXK), marching. find a float depicting* a boiler tsictnry with a Di£ toiler ana forpc. around which men were nt work.Sheet metal workers nnd blacksmiths In . handsomely decorated automobiles.Shoe Repr-Ircr*1 Union, each worker wnarln^ blue overalls and jacker. (iAR.1IE.NT WORKERS BIDE l.V BIG LIMOUSINES Nest in. the Hne of inarch eamc a delegation of wpmen garment, worker» rifling in limousines that were 'colorfully decorated. Each garment worker waa garbed In: white. : *Other unions taking: part !n the pnrartft were the Express Division of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, the Musicians* Society N o. 23 Ha automobiles decorated !n 1 purple streamers and w:th a T)j£ wooden harp pracing tlie side of. each car; tho electrical workers, an army of jitney bus drivers in a fleet of fliwer9; negTO Car Cleaner** Union No. .1C,S38, led hr 3 “Jaws' hand gartfdd In jcaily-colored shirts: strm-•ttiraj iron workers. PJumbers* Union No. 12, each, marcher clad fn while from 1ii»:lrl to foo.t: the Carpenters* rind Jnlnrtffc’ Union. riding in automobiles: members or tb^ Klertricnt Workers’ Union.Tbo Brotherhood of Painter? ftnfl Bec^ nralors No. 127 was leit hr an elaborate float depicting a hU£n ariUt'fl pnl«Utn witlt brushes and pnint ns a bacftjrround. In the line of march were abtfiit 3o0 workers uf thla organisation, /The ? Leu in Engineers1 Union, Sn autos* wiR fallowed by rhe Hod Carriers’ Local, Which marched, more than 1,000 strong,.One of the ijtosb entertaining features »f the raradc was r flont filtered by the Carpenters1 union. As the float started from in front of tfte PostoffJce building in the line of march, skilled wotfcerH started the construction of a iplnlature houHe, The construction of the house was continued ns the float passed before thou* sands of wateherF, and the last nail completing It was driven into place ag the float passed before tlie reviewing stand on Alamo PIa2S.Ever? float in. the parade vag embl** matical of some form ox skilled art’eansbfp ainon* tbo organized workers.ORATORY, SPORTS ONPROGRAM AX PARK fiii* ti a •**, n ip« ?n m. Kl lt;t I
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San Antonio Evening News
San Antonio, Texas, US
Mon, Sep 05, 1921
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