Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — UNION HOST MARCHES. [ARTICLE]

UNION HOST MARCHES.

Chicago's Labor Day Parade the Biggest on Record. Organized labor of Chicago broke the record for industrial parades in this country, if not in the world, Monday. For four hours two great columns, each ten abreast, marched down Michigan avenue. From West Jackson boulevard, where the four divisions composing the western column formed, to Harrison street and Michigan avenue, where it joined the South Side column, which had been organized at Twenty-second street, the two columns marched through living wall*. Had these spectators, many of them toilers themselves and members of unions, entered the parade with their organizations, leaders of the Labor Day committee declare that instead of having 100,000 men in line the procession would have contained the 200,000 promised, and the street* would have been filled with a great industrial army that would have been marching when night fell. As it was, there were thousands more persons in line than were ever seen in a labor parade before. There were more union* marching and more trades represented, showing to what extent the work of organization had been carried in this city. For months labor leaders have been declaring Chicago to be the best, organized city In the world, and they believe the showing made more than justified their claims. Below is given the estimated number of marchers in line In the principal American cities: Chicago 100,000]Worcester .... 6.000 St. Louis .... 29,000'Indlanapolis .. 5,708 New Orleans. ;25,000 Fall River.... 5,000 San Francisco 23,388 Springfield ... 5,000 Cleveland ... 22,000 Ottumwa .... 5,000 Baltimore ... 18,000 Streator 5,000 Boston 15,733 Des Moines .. 4,100 E. St. Louis.. 15,000 Evansville ... 3,900 Louisville ... 15,000 Peoria 3,600 Philadelphia.. 14,500 Denver 6,500 Pittsburg .... 12,800 Memphis 8,000 Bridgeport .. 12,000 Lowell 2,500 New York.... 10,190 Salt Lake 2,000 Milwaukee .. 10,000 Joliet 2,000 Cincinnati ... 10,000 Moline 2,000 Kanaa* City.. 7,692 Terre Haute... 1,582 8t Paul 7.500 Lynn 1.600 Lincoln 7.000 La Crosse 1,228 Columbus .... 7,000 Sioux City.... 1,200 Detroit 6.500 Oshkosh 1,000