Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-20
LABOR DAY.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THg EVENT NEARLY
PERFECTED.
Il is Thoaght -Four Thousand Men viii Be IN
Linz Saurday-A Meeting o. the Anass-
nsri Committee Yesterday.

Next Saturday is Labor Day 10 West
Virginia. and the event In Wheeling
gives promise to be an Auspicions one.
The Fair Grounds will be put In eI.
cellent shape for the event, aud the big
street parade will be one OF the leading
features.
There are to be delegations Of work.
ingmen to swell the parade from Steu.
benyille. Wellsbutg. Lsurelton. Bridge.
port. Martins Ferry, Benwood, Bellaire
and from many other OF the surround.
INK places. The steel workers and
glass house employees are now 10 better
shape, II is said, TO turn out strong than
they ever were before. IL is thought
that there will be over (. 600 persons in
line. Riverside Assembly No. $40 Of
the Knights OF Labor, the new
organization among the workmen OF the
Riverside Iron works, alone is to have
in line over 500 persons. There arc
more members who belong TO the new
lodge, but they cannot get OF, as the
furnace at the plant will have to be
kept ia operation. All the mills Of the
locality, except the furnaces. which
cannot be closed. will be idle on thai
day.
John Norrington is 10 be the Chief
Marshal, and the route Of the parade
will be ready for publication In the
morning.
The General Committee OF Labor Day
held a meeting yesterday, beginning Al
1870 o'clock, at Trades Assembly Hall.
The object OF the meeting was 10 trans
act general business, aud 10 hear the re-
ports from the sub-committees These
committees were heard from, aud 10 was
found that all the major arrangements
were completed, and that everything
had been progressed In most satisfsc-
tory manner, giving promise that the
celebration will be one long 10 be re-
membered in Wheeling. The Committee
will hold meeting on Thursday even
ing at the same place, and at this meet
ing all the minor details will DO ar
ranged.
There are to be three horse races;
one running contest, one trottlng, aud
one iree.for.sll. IL has not yot been
decided what ngnber l9liiu 9iu hhss'so VII
SIS. The trotting race and the free
for.al are to be the best three out OF
five heats TO decide the winner, aud
the prizes for each are TO be the same
az la the running race. There Is TO DO
a bicycle race, and three elegant prizes
are offered. The first Is ine gold
watch, the second diamond cluster
pin, aud the third a diamond ring.
| These prizes can be seen Ia the show
window OF the "llub" clothing store.
| There Is 70 be q candle aud potato race,
and the prize 20 the winner OF each ~
! 10 be a fye-dollar hill. There Will
| he no entrunce fee TO these two races
and only boys under sixteen years OF
age are eligible. The cake walk, 40
/ has been mentioned Ia tho REGISTER,
| is 90 DO stellar attraction.
| stage IS 20 be erected sixteen by
| 60 feet In front OF the grand stand Tor
tho walk" Already there are twenty
couples entered for the event. The
prize is 70 be an immense cake, which
will weigh twenty pounds, aud IL will
be on exhibition this week al Iiegen-
felder's confectionery on Market street
near the REOIsrEE office. There are
TO 90 two dancing platforms, one Tor
the eolored people and one for tho
white folks
Crescent Lodge No 3, A. A. OF ]. &
s. W., OF the Whitaker iron works. held
their frst meeting last Saturday night
for seven months. and all the workmen
OF the plant decided TO turn out
n swell the procession. They
think that they will be able 70 turn out
l5O persons alone. All the workmen Of
the lodge who are in toe parade Will
get into the grounds free, aud tlckets
can DO had OF Petes Walton, Of the
| leland .nd Ioaaph Durrnll