The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-03
LAB0RS HOLIDAY.
How the Anniversary Will Be Celebrated
in This Vicinity.

Au niS NlclniGYs
Monday Will be Labor Day, and organ
lied labor throughout the State and
country will celebrate it with games, pie
MICS and general festivities. This will be
the sixth year the day has been eele-
brated in this State, and from present in
dications, the anniversary will be the
most successful yet celebrated The
business men generally throughout the
country recognize the occasion and sus-
pend business in order that their en-
ployes may enjoy the day. The commit
tee having charge of the arrangements
for the celebration have decided to aban
don the parade and hold games at Gale
donian Park
While the parade has been laid aside,
extra events have been added to the pro-
gramme OF the games and eutertainmenI
at the park, and no expense has been
spared to provide plenty of amusement
for those who attend.
The picnic will open in the afternoon
and continue through the evening. The
committee extend to all employers an in
vltatlon to be present and take part with
the employees in the festival.
The athletic games will be conducted
under the rules of the A. A. u. Hand
some clocks will be given to first and
second winners in each event and many
well known amateur athletes have been
entered for the events The programme
of the games is as tollows:-10O yard run,
"a mile run. mile runs mile run mile
walk, and 600 yards novice race. There
will also be creased pig chase and pole
CHM ping for prizes open to all, bag piper
and hddler for breakdown platform and
dance music will be furnished by Dam
rosch Musical Union.
The committee would take the occasion
to congratulate the business men of Hud-
son county upon the friendly feeling
which has existed between them and
their employees and for the peacea BILE
manner in which all differences have
been adjusted.
While strikes have been occurring in
all parts of the country and efforts have
been made by com bined capital to crush
and disorganize the associations of the
working people. forced by them TO protect
themselves against unjust discrimiua-
tion. the business men of Hudson have,
to great extent, upheld the rights OF
their employees to organize, and have been
even willing to listen to the demands
made by fair labor, and to submit to set
tlement of all disagreements to arbitra-
tion.
1t has been recognized that the organi-
cations OF the industrial people have done
much towards elevating those who
would otherwise have little care for the
upholdipg of the dignity of labor. Then
too, much has been done to secure the sale
of the products of fair men and fair
women.
The dav will be utilized by number of
societies in various ways.
The Mozart Association of Odd Fellows
will go on an excursion to Willow Point.
Green nwood Lake.
The Building Trades Association expect
to spend the day at Berg's Oriental Park
at Ogden avenue and Franklin street
where it will hold it's third annual picnic.
One Of the chief events of the day will
be the grand carnival of sports which the
New Jersey Athletic Club will hold on it.
football, athletics and baseball in which
some of the leading athletes of the
country will compete.