American Flint Glass Workers' Union - 1899 Convention - Muncie, Indiana

Delegates Beginning to Arrive - Order of Parade

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Daily Times

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 24, no. 117, p. 1, col. 4


THE VANGUARD IS ARRIVING


Delegates to the Flints Convention

Are Coming.


The Line of March and the Order of

Parade for Monday Afternoon's Big

Demonstration.


The vanguard of the flint glass army that is to invade Muncie next week is beginning to arrive. Two Canadian delegates were among those that came in this morning. The big parade with which the meeting of the flints will be opened, will move promptly at one o'clock Monday afternoon. The program of the convention as previously published in the Times will be carried out. The committee requests that the members of the Woman's Label League be at Union Labor hall on the afternoon of the parade, before the hour assigned for the movement to begin, in order that they may occupy the carriages that will be sent for them.

LINE OF MARCH.

The line of march for the grand parade will be as follows: The parade forms on High street, head at the corner of High and Main. In marching the procession will move in this order: south on High to Jackson, east to Walnut, south to Willard, east to Grant, and thence south to Heekin Park, where the exercises will be held.

ORDER OF PARADE.

The order of the parade is the following:

Chief of Police and Platoon of

Patrolmen.

Police Commissioners and City

Council in Carriages.

Speakers in Carriages.

Women's International U. L. L. in

Decorated Wagons.

Committee on Arrangements.

Indiana Band.

All Visiting Delegates to the Convention.

Secret Societies and Orders.

Red Men's Band.

All Muncie Labor Organizations.

Visiting Labor Organizations.

Green Glass Workers.

Window Glass Workers.

Flint Glass Workers, from Unions

Nos. 2, 23, and 91.

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Keywords:Hemingray Glass Company : Labor Relations
Researcher notes:Hemingray Glass Company employees belonged to Local Union No. 23.
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr
Date completed:April 23, 2006 by: Glenn Drummond;