Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-27
TURNER'S TURN OUT.
Arrangements for the Festival of the
Pittsburg District.
IT COMMENCES THIS EVENING.
Twenty Societies, Comprising 1000 Mem
bers, Will Attend.
GREAT CONTESTS At KINNEY's GROVE

To-day commences the great Turn festival
of the Pittsburg District of Turnveins.
Over 1000 Turner's will be here and the
festival will last four days It is given
under the auspices of the Southside Turn
verein Societies The visiting organizations
will come from all over Western Pennsyl-
vania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia.
The main part of the celebration will be
held at New Turner Hall, South Thirteenth
street and at Kinney's Grove, near Brad
dock: There will be hundreds of dollars
worth of prizes given away, and the affair
winds up Thursday with grand picnic at
Hummeps place.
This festival is to be the greatest one of
the kind ever held in this city. Most
elaborate. preparations have been made for
it. Kinney's Grove is already dotted all
over with tents for the accommodation of
the Turner's, the judges and the representa-
tives of the press There is also head
quarters tent for each of the societies and
one big tent for the ambulance and doctors
The organizations which will be represented
here are: Altoona, Johnstown, Jeanette,
Braddock, McKeesport, Duquesne, Home
stead, Wheeling, Steubenville, Beaver
Falls. Allegheny, Manchester, Troy Hill,
Central Pittsburg, Lawrenceville, South
side, Birmingham, Allentown and Mt
Oliver.
Mayor Gourley Will Welcome the Turner's.
The exercises commence at o'clock this
evening at Southside Turner Hall. Mayor
Gourley will make the opening address, and
will be followed by Gottfried Issen, District
President, who will deliver the address of
welcome. At o'clock the meeting will
break up, and there will be grand torch
light procession over the streets of the
Southside.
Tuesday morning the prize turning will
commence at Kinney's Grove and continue
all day. At 5 o'clock in the evening will
be the great display of the whole festival.
Then the massenstabuebungen will be given
by 218 men, accompanied by an immense
band of music. 1t is a very pretty exercise
with iron stoves and involves q large num-
Der of difficult positions and poses
At the conclusion Of their exercise the
Turner's will return to Pittsburg, and at 9
o'clock Thursday evening there will be the
will be delivered at the Southside Turner
Hail. The hall has been very tastefully
decorated for the occasion, and dance will
follow the completion of the programme.
On Wednesday morning over2, 900 Of the
Turner'S will form in line and parade over
the principal streets of Pittsburg. DR.. Arm
holt will be the Chief Marshal, Mr.. Ar
ras, Chief of Staff, and Police Magistrate
Succop, Chief Adjutant. After the arade
is over there will be an excursion to Kin
ney's Grove on the steamer Gusky and the
balance of the day will be devoted to all
kinds of sports.
Prizes Will Be Awarded Wednesday.
Wednesday evening at o'clock the men,
bers of the various societies will again as
semble at Turner Hall on South Thir-
teenth street, where the prizes will be given
out and the judges will make their reports
on the various contests. Another ball will
follow these exercises
On Thursday the festival will close with
a picnic at Hummers farm, Southside.
Several good orchestras have been engaged,
and dancing will be one of the leading
features.
This afternoon there will be meeting at
Southside Turner Hall at o'clock of all
the Judges of the various contests. The
Judges of the musical contests are Carl
Retter, Ad NJ. Forester and Charles Davis
Carter.