Brown Brains and Beauty of Boston's Labor Day Parade
A massive Boston Labor Day parade showcased 20 unions led by Vice-President Hynes. Floats featured Capital and Labor with Justice Nellie Degrasse, while numerous unions including Teamsters, Hatters, Bartenders, and Carpenters displayed banners, uniforms, and marching bands. Officials praised the turnout as among the most successful in the city.
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Brown
Boston
Louis H. Sullivan
Prince Albert
Capital
Labor
Justice
Nellie Degrasse
Union
Marshal Maloney
George Curran
Boston Teamsters
General Teamsters
Lumber Teamsters
Team Drivers
Teamsters
Harry Jennings
Teamsters’ Council
Cigar Factory
Dominick d’Alessandro
Park Square
After the Parade Boston Labor Unions Hold Smoke Talks and Banquets
After the parade in Greater Boston, numerous labor groups hosted gatherings and smoke talks. Main events included Boston Journeymen Barbers Union 82 at Barbers Hall with notable speakers, and field day baseball for Boston Sheet Metal Workers Union 17 at Franklin Field. Other unions held lunches, picnics, and entertainments at multiple halls and halls across the city.
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Greater Boston
Boston Journeymen Barbers’ Union 82
Barbers’ Hall
Dover and
Washington Streets
Michael J. White
Dover
N. H
Philip H. Sweet
State
A. F
Patrick Maloney
Boston Central Labor Union
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
American Federation of Labor
Dominic D'Alessandro
Building Laborers’ Union
A. F. of L
Boston Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Franklin Field
Harrison Avenue
Anthony Lawrence
Union
Eliot Street
Union 72
Hanley Grove
Hough’s Neck
Boston Journeymen Horseshoers
Union 5
Wells Memorial Building
New Haven
Union 70
Union 119
Wells’ Memorial Building
Pavers’ Union 1
Stationary Firemen’s Union 8
Sanitary and
Water Workers’ Union
Stablemen’s Union
Sanitary and Cleaning Department
District Council of Teamsters
Appleton Hall
Paine Memorial Building
Dwight Hall
Redmen’s Hall
Tremont Street
Hatters
Ideal Hall
Clarendon and
Tremont Streets
Hebrew Bakers’ Union 45
Salem Street
Canal Street
Italian Laborers’ Union
North Street
Carpenters District Council
Hanover Street
Boston Bricklayers’ and Stone Masons’ Unions
Harrison
Smoke Talks Highlighted by Trade Union Meetings
Avenue venues hosted Bricklayers' Union 27 and Knights of Labor assemblies with educational meetings and smoke talks. Boston area halls such as Concord Hall and Hi Bernian Hall served freight handlers and clerks groups, with O'Reilly and St. Omer Halls featuring freight assemblies as leading gatherings.
Hearst Attacks Gompers On Labor Politics
Hearst criticizes Samuel Gompers and the labor movement stance on political involvement in Davenport Iowa. He argues unions should engage in politics differently, questions Bryan’s treatment of labor, and condemns Haskell as hostile to labor while treasurer of the Democratic campaign fund.
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Davenport
Hearst
Gompers
Kerrymen Field Day Showcases Fine Sport at Rugby Grove
The Kerrymen's Association held its third field day at Rugby Grove Matapan featuring Irish dance and music, speeches by Hon Joseph A Conry and John L Donovan. Hecla Dorchester beat Institute West End 10 to 5 in baseball, while the married men defeated the single men 2 to 1 in Gaelic football. Event winners included John J Tohey in hop, step and jump and 100 yard dash, Daniel P Shea in 50 yard dash and shot put, with David Fitzgerald taking standing jump and noting Quinn and Connors placing in distance events.
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Kerrymen's Association of Massachusetts
Rugby Grove
Mattapan
Joseph A. Conry
John L. Donovan
Hecla
Dorchester
Institute of
West End
Heclas
Benedicts
John J. Tohey
Daniel P. Shea
David Fitzgerald
D. P. Shea
L. Kelly
Patrick Quinn
P. J. Connors
Costly Garage Blaze Under Official Investigation
An official inquiry will probe a Sunday morning fire at 171 Huntington Avenue that destroyed 120 automobiles valued at about $350,000. Investigators will determine cause and responsible parties.
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Huntington Avenue
Labor Day Tribute to William J Bryan in Chicago
On Labor Day in Chicago, William J Bryan received massive cheers from workers as he stood on the Auditorium Hotel balcony. A labor parade passed by, workers doffing caps and shouting for their next president. Cigarmakers’ Union members even threw him a badge he caught from the crowd.
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Jacob Goldstein
George A. Pettibone
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Edward Roots
Union
Michael J. McCormick
John Buckley
John O’neil
George Williams
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Joseph Gibson
Fusiliers
Union 3
Solomon’s Temple
Atlantic
Pacific
Stone Masons’ Union
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Chicago
Ill
Organized Labor
William J. Bryan
Auditorium Hotel
Bill
William
Cigarmakers’ Union
Bryan on Labor Share of Profits in Modern Industry
William J. Bryan argues in a Chicago Labor Day speech that the wealth produced by factories and farms requires cooperation. He notes captains of industry tend to claim too large a share, leaving workers with too little recompense amid organized labor.
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William J. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan Draws Crowds as He Praises Labor Movement
In Chicago crowds surround a hotel to hear William Jennings Bryan speak on labor issues. He addresses the abuse of injunctions in labor disputes and promotes a Department of Labor with a cabinet position. The speech echoes at Brands Park with moving pictures filmed for campaign use.
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Bryan
Forest Park
Brands Park
Labor Organization
Department of Labor
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Carpenters
Daniel J. Coogan
John W. Connolly
Martin T. Joyce
Louis R. Sullivan
Edmund Ward
Joseph W. Boyle
John J. Cunningham
Edward Byrnes
Dennis J. Sullivan
Michael J. Young
Colin W. Cameron
Harry Descarean
John C. McDonald
Arthur Morse
John F. Kennedy
Andrew Johnson
E. F. Moorhouse
John Ogeliere
Max Biller
G. H. Dunderdale
Theatre Men’s Float
Dennis D. Driscoll
State House
Driscoll
James Russell
Union 11
Thomas Callaghan
International Stage
Hatters’ Union
Fiatters
Horseshoers’ Union
Robert Valentine
Robert Coughlin
John Keefe
Timothy Gargen
Spic and Span
Boston Bartenders’ Union
Walters’ Union
Richard W. Garrity
The
Bartenders’ Union
Wage Earners’ Club
Laundry Workers’ Union
Arthur M. Huddell
Engineers
Stationery Firemen’s Union 3
Buffers’ Union
J. J. O’hara
Building Trades
John J. McLaughlin
Joseph Co. Hurley
Electrical Workers’ Union Mne
Carpenters’ Section
Carpenters’ Unions
Carpenters’ District Council
H. Walsh
Tf Taft
Standard Oil
Dennif D. Driscoll
State Branch
Kerrymen’s
Iroquois Club
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Mr. Bryan
Hebrew Bakers
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