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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1900

Page

9

Labor Day Union Parade Endorsed by Thousands In Boston

A vast Labor Day parade of U I L allied unions wound along Huntington Avenue with bands, floats, and banners. Chiefs Kneeland and Murphy led a diverse assembly of crafts and building trades, including Bartenders Cigarmakers Carriage Makers Horseshoers and many more, with 1800 plus marchers and 50 plus bands marching in disciplined order.

Horseshoers’ Union Carriage Makers’ Union Bartenders’ Union New York Globe Chapel Boston Typographical Union Mephisto Meyer Hart City Hall William B. Murphy Fusileer F. M. Lynch Fred Kneeland Peter Collins Frank McCarthy J. J. McCarthy Ingineers’ Union 16 J. Frank O'Hare Printing Pressmen’s Union James Crozier Carriage and Wagon Workers’ ‘Union D. D. Driscoll Francis McGuire M. J. McKay Lathers' Union James Neill Carpenters’ Union 383 John Lee Plasterers’ Tenders’ Union First OR Central Labor’ Union Division

Features of the Labor Day Parade Highlight Uniformity and Cheers

The parade emphasized labor lines with chief marshal Kneeland leading in black attire and sash. Delegates from Central Labor Union and multiple unions marched, including horseshoers, bartenders, brewery workers, and Carriage and Wagon Workers, showcasing banners about unity and ongoing disputes, with displays from Boston unions and the Boston Water Workers.

Marshal Kneeland Bartenders Union Richard W. Garrity Patrick H. Shaugnessy Sanitary Workers’ Union Aldes M. F. Athridge Brewery Workers’ Union David B. Flynn Electrical Workers’ Union William H. Murphy Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union L. WW. Murphy Water Workers’ Union J. M Nickerel Workers’ Union Michael D. Collins Cambridge Employees’ Union Central Labor Union James Buchannan The Machinists’ Union American Watch Company Land Horseshoers P. J. Lally Ambrose L. Kelley Jeremiah O'Leary William Ross Globe Chapel Devil Bearing Stewart's Tallyho Allied Trades Printing Councill United Hatters of North America Robert Boyd Ides Michael Mulligan Edgar L. Smith Woburn Brass Band United Hatters L Brewery Workers’ Union Edward B. Ward Working Boys Velsal Union Toston Bottiers Robert A. Callahan Alfes Joseph Smith Richard W. Kennedy Henry V. Corcoran John O'Brien Foward Witzgibbon John J. Mahegaun Jehm Barry Linleher’s Rags New York Boston Water Workers Boston Union 627 Hachman Columan

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Hsst Tae Adams Square United Labor American Federation Fred J. Knepeland U. I. of L Fergears Murphy Mlore Than Gon Bch Tuntington Avenue Trinity Church Bernard McIsaac George Rowe John Hennessey Charles H. Goodwin John Glynn Otto R. Frank John Smith International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen Peter Welch John Quinlan John Reidy Patrick Whelan Joseph Kearns Francis Meagher Angus McGrath Braintree Cigarmakers'’ Union Sim Meyers William Standsome R. Stever Carey International Brotherhood Electrical Workers M. Punningham T. H. Howe Edward Hogan T. R. Mellville Library Bureau Sanitary and J. J. Downing J. J. Burns D. Donlan T. Gallagher T. Mannan Cambridge Boston Water Workers’ Union 6356 James W. Hurley John Barry Charles Parks Timothy Casey John McGuire Edward Pine John Cashill Braintres Building Trades Council Daniel H. Deegan Charles McDonald Carpenters’ Union Joseph H. Post Wire Workers’ Union A. J. F. Murphy Painters’ Union William Taylor Carpet Upholsterers’ Union William J. Fitzgerald Sheet Metal Workers’ Union Charles J. Gallagher John J. McLoughlin George N. Juntner Woodworkers’ Union I. Young Elevator Constructors’ Union John Kenney Steam Fitters’ Union Lyons Mark LB. Mulvey Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners Arthur F. Hart John Crossman John Steele Granite Cutters’ Union Lb. C. Sullivan James M. Neill Kneeland James R. Crozier, Aid Chickering Hyde Park George Lynch Brookline Fife and Drum Corps Lathers’ Union Thomas Fanning Paul Revere Cadet Band Allied Printing Trades J. Frank O'Hartd Council United Hatters of America Brewery Workers Edward Ward Callahan Siasm America Bartenders’ Union of Sagan John Hickey Boston Union Daniel D. Deegan Dennis D. Driscoll
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