Labor Day Parade Drenched Yet Defiant in Boston Crowning Event
In a heavy downpour 9000 unionists and thousands of spectators marched through Boston streets for Labor Day. Governor Guild reviewed 8654 marchers from diverse unions and newspapers while rain tested umbrellas and spirits. Gompers and Abrahams led delegations as bands played Onward Christian Soldiers.
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Commonwealth
City
Beacon Street
Union
Greater
Boston
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Solomon Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Henry Abrahams
Boston Central Labor Union
Martin T. Joyce
Labor
Copley Square
Boylston Street
Globe
the Record and Advertiser
Whitman
Whitten
Building Trades Parade Draws Cheers From Fans and Members
The Boston Building Trades Council parade featured about 3560 men marching along Berkeley and Newbury streets toward Copley Square. Governors, union leaders, and family groups watched as uniformed cement and asphalt workers stood out with white outfits. Governor Guild reviewed the line at the State House.
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Stone
Typographical Union
Norwood Typographical Union
Allied Printing Trades Council
Women’s Auxiliary
Salem
Herald Chapel
Journal Chapel
Uncle Sam
Wright & Pot
Union
Market and Commission Teamsters
Union 191
Hatters’ Union
Brewery Workers’ Union
Bottlers and Drivers’ Union 122
Commonwealth Band
Norwood
Building Trades
John E Potts
Union 3
Atlantic
Pacific
Carpenters’ Union 38
Electrical Workers’ Union 108
Boston Building Trades’ Council
Berkeley
Newbury
Copley Square
Boylston
Cement and Asphalt Workers
Labor unions hold gala and banquet in Brookline and Waltham
Members from multiple unions including cement and asphalt workers, wood lathers, marble workers, tile roofers and boilermakers gathered with guests from the Waltham union. Richard J. Getchell led as commander and Pres. Horn spoke as the event wrapped with a banquet, speeches, and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McGillivray
Brookline
Cement and Asphalt Workers’ Union
B. M. P. U. Drum and Bugle Corps
Waltham Union
Richard J. Getchell
John Nisbet
Albert Leavi
William Coyne
Peter Carter
Pres
Horn
Aids
Boilermakers
Boilermakers’ Union
Mayor Reviews Labor Day Parade Amid Rain
Mayor Fitzgerald reviewed the Labor Day parade as it passed City Hall at noon in steady rain. The mayor, in a Prince Albert coat and silk hat, later changed clothing and hosted parade leaders at a luncheon at Young's Hotel where he praised organized labor and forecast future possibilities.
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City Hall
Fitzgerald
Prince Albert
Young’s Hotel
Young’s
Organized Labor
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Thomas F. Keough
Labor’s Legion
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
State House
Moran
John B. Moran
Murcher
Governor Guild
Irving .Peabody
Station 3
Captain Peabody
Messenger
Boston Post Chapel
Universal Opinion
Boston Post
Niagara
Marlboro Band
Post Chapel
Mounted Police
Carter
John Regan
Roundy
Ter’s
Traveler
Transcript
New England Druggist Publishing Company
Boot and Shoe Recorder
First Corps of Cadets
American Chapel
Maud
Balch
John D. O’brien
Natty Mission Church
Electrical Workers’ Union 104
Lawrence
Coopers’ Union 58
William J. Bulger
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Michael O’meara
D. A
Knights of Labor
Boston & Maine
N. Y
N. H. & H. Union
O’connell Assembly
Charlestown
Building Trades’ Council
Lathers
Simon B. Trask
Franklin Monument
Building Trades Parade
John T. Cashman
Paul
Joseph Cashman
George B. Gunther
Michael McCarthy
C. P. Hauf
J. R. Keener
Edward M. Scanlon
Steamfitters’ Helpers’ Union
James Rehill
Ore
Edward Read
Drum Corps
Painters’ District Council
Eastern
Massachusetts
William Estabrook
P. H. Divine
Boston Union
THE
Choo
Graham, Pitman and Chandler
Boton
Walker Bidg
Boyls
Portland and
Sudbury
Sis
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