St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-05
THE LABOR PICNIC.
The Grand Demonstration of the
Eight-Hour League at the State

The Grand Demonstration Of the
Eight-Hour League at the State
Fair Grounds.
AS genuine Fourth of July celebra-
ton as ever marked Liberty's holiday
was the one of the Minnesota Eight
Hour league at the state fair grounds
yesterday. The best element of the
toilers of the Twin Cities comprised the
participatorS in this labor picnic and
patriotic demonstration, and one would
have to look long and search widely
before he found more thoughtful and
appropriate commemoration of the ma
lions birthday. There was a slight
damper cast on the spirits of the lead
erS of the enterprise by what appeared
an unseemly act on the part of the Man-
itoba railroad. The first train that
went out of Minneapolis in the morning
'unloaded its passengers at Hamline the
second carried them through to st.
Paul, and during the whole day they
came no nearer the grounds than the
"Y," making walk of nearly mile
for all the crowd through the soft
and number of societies that had in
tended spending the day at the ground
went elsewhere. Despite this there
were 1900 people at the ground at noon
and in the afternoon there were two or
three times that number. AS the au-
dience was not on hand in the morning
the programme was detained till later
than it was announced, but when once
commenced it was carried through with
a dispatch that kept the audience con-
Stantly interested. At $50 the indus
trial parade was formed, there being
about 600 men in line. George
w. MOry was grand marshal and
John A. Arnson headed the
second division. The procession was
made up of the different unions. asSO-
Citations and labor and eight-hour clubs
of the two cities. The divisions were
each headed by good music, and the
square-shouldered sons of toll, with BAN
ners flying and wearing eight-hour
badges and caps, formed goodly sight
as they paraded about the grounds and
before the grand stand. Immediately
after this parade E. q. Ives, chairman
of the day, addressed the audience from
a speakers stand, erected in front of the
grand stand, and introduced to them
cultural society, who gave the Eight
fair grounds.
j. P. McGaughey spoke. saying he
wished to call attention to the marked
contrast between the generosity of the
fair ground people and the Manitoba
Railroad company. Six weeks ago he
said they had agreed to carry the pic
nickers to the fair grounds. Last night
at the last moment, without giving time
for other arrangements, they sent word
refusing to carry the party nearer
than Hamline. AS a compromise
they had at last consented to
stop at the "Y." and then had carried
two trains to the wrong destinations.
He saw something back of this seeming
carelesSneSs, and thought the audience
would. He was roundly applauded.
Chairman Ives then announced base
ball game between the printers of the
West Publishing company and the
StOnecutterS, both mines of st. Paul and
a football game between Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
The players had been engaged during
the morning in clearing the grounds OF
the new-mOwn hay and were quite
ready for the games to begin. The
crowd assembled at the grand stand
parted to see the games or dance OF
take lunch, and wait in quiet enjoyment
of rest for the afternoon programme.
1t vas model assembly: there was nc
liquor allowed or wanted on the ground,
very little noise was made and every
one seemed contented and happy.