Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-08

brighter end happier faces The occasion
mas been IN every way worthy of the men
IN whose honor II was undertaken and n
credit not only TO those who have taken
part IN ~. but to the whole city. We ought
10 mako Labor-day legal holiday and
will be glad to assist you in securing tho
needed legislation. Then oil our working
people could take part in these joyous
exercises. The brightest feature in to-
days celebration has been the presence of
80 many charming ladies. May we not
hope that they will DO with US next year
IL we may, then
MANY an eye will mark their coming
Ana look brighter when they come"
Chairman Richard l.. Farrell presented
Mayor Ellyson to the audience.
PROMINENT CITIZENS.
Among those on the grounds not con-
nected with labor organizations were tho
following Congressman George ID. Wise,
Judge Samuel Il. Witt. Hon. Joseph b.
i, Davis; member Of the House Of Delegates
from Henrlco; Commonwealth's- s-Attorney
H.. NJ. Smith, Jr., Sheriff ID. s. Gates, re-
splendent In badge OF the Typographical
Union; Alderman Preston Belvin,
Captain Charles II. Epps, City Ser
geant, and Messrs. Ferney Enough
and Claiborne Epps. his deputies;
Clerk w. p. Lawton, of the Hastings
Court; High Constable f. G. Garrison, and
Messrs Redwood and Pusey, his deputies ;
Sergeant-at-Arms Ralston, of the Council !;
Dr. L. L. Stratton, ex-president of the
Board OF Health; ex-Councilman John X.
Molloy, Messrs. John S. Bethel and j. J.
English. ex-presidents of the Common
Council; Councilmen John II. Grimes and
Edgar II. FERGUSON, Mr. A. d. Landerkin,
Justices-of-the-Peace g. w. Tyler. of Rich
mond, and Barney Frischkorn, of Henrico (;
Mr.. Sam. Smithe. of the Secretary Of the
Commonwealth's Office. and Mr.. George
Duncan, of the post-office.
THE BALL GAME.
IL was in the struggle between the Brook
land and Elba ball teams that the most
interest was centred. All day long crowd
hung around the ground where the battle
was to DO fought. This was IN front of
the offices of the Agricultural Society near
| the railroad entrances. The game was
| called at Ais O'clock. Five innings and a
half were played in one hour and thirty
| five minutes. About an hour of the time
was taken up IN kicking and thirty-fv
| minutes was consumed bv the game.
Ulnplres were changed with no success,
| and at last the Brooklands refused posi-
| lively to play longer and the game came
| to an end, much to the disgust of the spec
| tators, who had been led from the first
two innings TO expect good exhibition of
| ball playing.
The score by innings was:
! 2 3 4 8 .
Brooklands s..................0 l o o 0 O-1
Elbas.. .........................O o o 3 2 x-5
ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
At o'clock in the afternoon the crowd
was at its height. There must have been
between 5000 and 5000 people on the
ground at this time. OF these probably
| one third were ladies. Dancing was going
on IN the Music Hall. and the concert was
in full blast outside. The pic-nickers
| surged backward and forward across the
\ grounds, which were delightfully."- cool ut
this time. The girls looked happy and the
| boys were as attentive as could be. A
| few of the crowd were little
| disorderly, but so admirably had this
been provided against that the least dis
| position towards a disturbance was nipped
IN the bud. All the police on the grounds
| had been sworn IN as county officers, and
| Squire John T. Lewis attended to the few
| who were arrested. In one or two cases a
| slight fine WAS administered, in others
| an adInonltlon was given. Considering
| the crowd on the ground the labor unions
are to be congratulated on the splendid
| order preserved. In every case where a
man was the least disOrderly a fine was
also imposed by the union TO which he be-
longed.
DANCING AT NIGHT.
As darkness began to settle on the merry
throng hundreds of lamps were lighted in
the building and immense fambeaux were
placed IN the doors and along the walk
ways. The scene was brlliancy itself.
| Gradually the big Music-Hall where the
dancing was going on, filed up. BY
o'clock there were hundreds of dancers on
the floor enjoying themselves as only those
who earn their holiday can. This kept up
until II O'clock, when, like oil things, the
celebration of Labor-day, 1891, came to an
end.
That it was satisfactory to all concerned
in view of the facts as above related, goes
| without saying.