The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-02

and cinders, they filed fne windowless box<cars
10 the pofnt Of sussocation, they were laid
several tiers deep 10 snail csbo0ses with spoio.
ffes for windows tier covered the high sxsysnx
toys Of box-cars - the water once covered the
earth. they hang On By their teeth from every
projecting step, brake and beam, and thsy
syar1ned over the engine Ike erasshoppsrss %
that each train was q urlthsng mass Of human
fty. Bat Is was LABOR dag, aud nobody eo1a-
planned
when once The trials Of the journey were over
and Esnfon was safely reached, the procession
wound over the short Bit Of road 70 tfse pretty
Iifsle grove by the Black river. There the rest
Of the DAP was spent in eating, drfakinz ard
making merry. An excellent luncheon had
been provided By COMMITTEES from the Cooks
and Walters union. corr posed Of spixh Mr.
ply. Louis siebert, H. Hsrr0p. 8. Rogers aid =.
Hawkes. At two paviiions the dancing went on
af furious rate from noon till dewey eve. The
committee had not only secured the rsgu sr pic
mic grounds, but a. well large lot adjoining fof
the sports. and an adjacent piece OF land 70 &C.
eommodafe the overflow. The COMMITTEES had
. % tbougbs.ully arranged tnss no intoxicating
liquor should Be sold on or near tns grounds.
So OF the thousands there. scarcely man was
intoxicated or dis0Tdefiy.
The picnic grounds presented q very lively
sigHt The young man and his best girl we're
prominent features Of the OCCASION wnfls fs.h-
ers, husbands AMI broshers wives. mothers and
sisters, with children OF every age from the babe
In arms 70 the boy whose hair was gray bus
heart was young, psraded the tswn. There were
pretty siris in pretty dresses, n1<n gorgeous
with bright-eolored badges and ali the other
pareyherqaIia OF an outing. While the
gallant swain treated the biusninx maiden to
ice cream, the fruit stands did rushing btsf-
LESS with the small boys vino were innumess-
BE. Il IL needless 70 say that the men with
'jee-coid lemonade, here y0u are, 5 cents
glass;" gathered in prInceiy fortunes. strong
men patronizsd the shooting galleries. and with
the nauzzies Of their gEns held close 70 the tar
gets missed, eoasecutiveIy, DuIis-eyes as big as
their heads. Weak women danced for hours
and hours, scarcely stopping TO take breath.
Little girls sbyly eyed little boys and siggled,
while the latter vainIy tried TO make out that
their scoro for small girls was unspeakabie.
Between 900 and 500 people were spressnt
The afternoon was given up to the sports.
which attracted much interest The ball game
between the printers and the painters was
handliy won BY the former with q score OF 3to
8, tut the prize, box of cigars given By VI.
Hendelsonn. was shared oy all the competitors.
James Callahan captured q diamond pin given
By Gus Marks. by winning the hundred-yard
race for boys under IL, and Gift Hsweliyn q
pair of sleeve buttons from the same source By
winning the race for boys between IA and %.
The prize for the hundrsd.ysrd race for girls
under IL was fancy paxaso. from Dohauy Il
Marum. Ella Booth TOOK it. She also went
into tie race for giris besEeen IL and Is and
took the FIR prize, . large bottle OF periumery
given BY w. A. HasDrouck, while Marina Ter
wiIiiger took the second prize, pair Of vases
from the Golden Rule Bazaar.
The regular hundred yard race for q silver
medal By J. X Basye was carried of by A. B.
ellis, and August DelseI was second. ellis
further distinguished himself By coming ont
first in the hundred yard race for young men
and getting q silk umbrella from the GolSstein
Hat Company. Alexander Murray took the gee
ond prize. white wsisscost from the Golden
Esgis elosaing mouse
In the lO0-yard race for union hod carriers y.
Kennedy came out first. and was entitled 10
pair CT trousers from the Imperial clothing
house. Tie second prize. boz of cigars, By D.
Z. Au.lsgau, went 20 G. Dunbar.
The pIasterers aud bricklayerS had a 10o-yerd
race for S. hat from the Simms Clothing Com
psuy, and A. Murray won It. W. Prtchard
came secoad. getting box of cigars, BY 4 VIII
store went 10 Charles Barry. VINO cleared nine
feet By single jump; A. B. Gs.lis fell two feet
short
The champion running jumper was Ed
Richards who covered seventeen feet and took
q pair Of shoes from the Popular shoe store.
George Van Alsiyne, who was second with six
teen feet. took coffee pot from z. q. Miles
Inc mop, sleP ENC jump prlzSr . sci o. caEFef1
By the Gordon Hardware Company. was won
By Charles Wood who made thirty six ieet Mr.
Sezbstt IVES second, with tnirty-five fee<
The Eeayy weight, stone weighing forty
three ANA one-Aalf pounds, was pat tne long
distance OF - feet 10 incnes by Pa-rick Kirby,
who thereby secured . pair of blankets IRON
Kline 4 Rosenberg Charles Van AIssyne did
well at 10 ieef tncles, and won dress snirg
given by Hyams, Pszso1 Co. NJ
Muse put the light weight, . II pound stone A
feet inches, and LaHznlIn Doyle put Il - feet
4fEches. TIE frss prize was pair OF Douglass
shoes given b. l. A Treea, and the second q
pair OF suspenders from Gus Marks
The hOd carriers and plasterers won the tag
of-war between them and the bxlckIsyars and
stonemasons The SPOTS were box Of cigars
rom Bridges & Co
After these sports came the prizes for dancing.
Among the str-aetEes young women Miss IDA
Hamilton was judged 20 De the best Walter
and was therefore entitled TO lamp from
Schsde & Woodruff Miss Kate MeInsyrs, who
came second, pair Of shoes from the Popular
shoe stofe.
Emil ssisbury, the best Walter among the men,
secured a. his laurel q nat from Toklas,
singerrasn & Co. John p. Kevanaugh,
whose grace was second TO that OF Mr.. Salisbury
took cup. saucer and plate given by ". Seller
l. ca.
John Conueli. the best jig d snee r. got as his