The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-29
BUTCHERS DAY
AT SHELL MOUND.
AN ENORMOUS GATHERING FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE CoUN-
TRY EXPECTED.
WILL BE A NOTABLE EVENT
The FIRST SIX LINES ~, NV.
PARADE WILL REPRESENT
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| The Butchers Board of Trade is nrarou-
ing for it's annual outing. Master ond
man, the big dealer in livestock whose
fortune mounts into the millions and tho
man who cuts up steaks for living. will
all stand shoulder to shoulder and attemnt
to make the event a notable one.
eve will have big parade" said one of
the wholesale butchers yesterday, "and in
the first six lines of the march we will have
men who will represent $50 ,000, 900 of capt.
tai invested in livestock and butchering.
We will have 1000 men in our line of march
and 900 of them will be members of the
Butchers Board of Trade of San Francisco
and Alameda countless
At a meeting held last night all the pre-.
liminary arrangements for the great out
ing were made. President Samuel C.
Hammond has the general supervision,
and the following committees were
appointed:
Ways and means-S. Silverberg, E. G. Ru-
dolph, /. Poly, Fred Carius, Fred Becker.
Grounds and refreshmeEts-J. Buttzenbach
L. Holman, j. I SHREDDER, Paul Friese, John May
Winters, H. Westphal, H. Welner.
Entertainment and amusements - p
Tagtphaus., j. Hall, J. Lacoste, J. schweitzer,
Invitations and printing-K. Wertheimer.
H. .Moffat, S. Solomon, Fred Croker, Fred
Carius.
1t is the intention to have one of the
| biggest gatherings ever seen at Shell
Mound Park. It will be purely invita-
ton affair and those who attend the gath
ering Will not be cent out of pocket ex-
cept what it costs them to cross and re-
cross the bay. Delegations from Sacra-
mento, Stockton, San Jose, Vallejo and
Los Angeles will all be there and partic-
ularly good time is expected.
The day will be begun with a parade of
the members of the Board of Trade and all
the journeymen butchers in San Francisco.
The delegations from the various affiliated
cities will meet them at the Oakland mole
and the joined forces will then proceed to
| Shell Mound Park. A bullshead break
| fast will start the festivities and trotting
and running races, vaquero races, foot
races, bicycle races, tug-of-war, and all
kinds of athletic games will enliven the
day.
| Interest in the various events is grow
ing. Every butcher who owns a trotter
| has put him in training, and every stock
raiser who can make tive-eights in :O4 has
made up his mind to win every event on
the running programme.
The teams in the tug of-war will be cap
tanned by K. Wertheimer and ]. Schweft-
ger. The former has a team of athletic.
young butchers in training, while Schweit-
!
ried men, who, he asserts, will win "hands
down"
For the bicycle race President S. C. Ham
mond is the choice of the Board of Trade,
and he can be seen nightly taking practice
spins in the vicinity of his home, on How
ard street.
The Butchers Board of Trade tool de-
cisive action in regard to the sale of dis
eased meat last night. To guard against
this no member can handle carcass that
has been killed and dressed outside of the
counties of San Francisco and Alameda.
A violation of this rule means a fine of $50,
and a second conviction will result in ex-
pulsion from the union. All livestock han
died by the Butchers Board of Trade must
be passed by the Health Inspector and
slaughtered in the Oakland stockyards or
Butchertown before it will be handled.
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FRITZ ScHEEL at the park keeps the Park
News presses rushing to supply programmes
The peace footing of the Russian army