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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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In St. Louis on April 17, delegates from trades unions including the Knights of Labor met at Central Turner Hall to finalize plans for a grand May 1 parade commemorating the eight-hour workday, adopting a resolution for American flags only.
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ST. LOUIS, April 17.—A convention composed of delegates from all the trades unions in this city, including the Knights of Labor, was held at central Turner hall this afternoon. The business consisted chiefly in completing arrangements for the grand parade of workingmen to take place May 1, in commemoration of the establishment of eight hours as a day's labor. It is intended to make the parade the grandest thing of the kind that has ever taken place here. A resolution was adopted that none but American flags should have place in the procession.
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St. Louis
Event Date
April 17
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arrangements completed for grand parade of workingmen on may 1; resolution adopted that none but american flags should have place in the procession.
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A convention composed of delegates from all the trades unions in this city, including the Knights of Labor, was held at central Turner hall this afternoon. The business consisted chiefly in completing arrangements for the grand parade of workingmen to take place May 1, in commemoration of the establishment of eight hours as a day's labor. It is intended to make the parade the grandest thing of the kind that has ever taken place here.