The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-07
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION.
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c-rs - Isfor. IL is tine thar we shoald take
our hezrsrgx and ascertain II poSs1ose,
xenfther Ne are drifting. Twe OPPOSITE
views are tsnscioEsly maintained N tnls
country One class sees Ia the princ3p.eS
Of s1riouszrn arhe enunctatiou Of ideas sub
ysrssve o. all sIcceSs in the sn2IslFlh
world mother class believes that bless
irzs viii follow the Introduction OF trades
union principles This Is a vital prtnct-
rls IN American politics today Car.tSi =
valueiesz without labor. and labor wsfnoa,
capital Is deprived Of lis chief and ESSENTIAL
opportunities
aI.abcr has made mistakes IN the past.
but 20 has capital Yet all the reforms,
from the dawn Of history 70 the present
day, are the fruttson Of the agisaf ton Start
Ell BY tire common people 10 redress taslr
grievances and to obviate their wrongs
The American workman does not fare 50
well as the trusts ard combines would nave
~ believe. He il not 50 wei paid as his
brother in Great Britain. or even n ItaIy.
Statistics show that the American ianorer
receives Il per cent OF his product wafle
tne british iaborer receives % pr cent. OF
his product and the Italian 20 per cent OF
his The growth OF monop0lIcs is increaS-
ing hourly and the necessity for curling
their power IL becoming more apparent
The fact that the army has been twice
used In favor Of corporations against ne
workiagmau, and the sncroachmenis or
the courts into the realm OF government
by injunction, are startling events and
cause the greatest anxiety.
Let US maintain our principles and our
administration, Tut with the power OF our
ballots reform our administrators" cloud
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Large Crowd nj the Games.
During the delivery Of the Grafton light
shower fell and caused the crowd to thin
considerably before the speaker closed. but
those who left repaired TO the shelter OF
the grand stand at the grounds where the
hal he eos hes n a
tie after 3 O'Clock and from start 10 finish
were watched with the most intense inter-
est. Some Of them caused great deal or
amusement. A heavy rain marred the con-
Guiding events. but they were just as holly
contested as any Of the others. The boys
and girls. when their turns came for races.
lined up IN such numbers and came into
the finish In such close order that IL was
very difficult 20 decide who were the ac-
tual winners after the first The ne~sboys
tug-of-war was very closely contested, and
a hard. steady pull of four minutes gave
the victory 10 the afternoon lads. In the
tug-of-war between the longshoremen and
the sailors the word had scarcely been
given before the handkerchief was long
way over the line towards the sailors and
In less than a minute the iongshoremen
were triumphantly dragged half the length
OF the grand stand. The old mems race
had to be abandoned. and so had the greas-
ed pig contest. the latter because the boys
had chased the pig over the grounds until
the grease was gone and the animal so
tired that he refused TO bulge. Summary:
Tug-of-war for Observation-Disclosures
gencer, Capt Fred Wright. VS.. Times,
Capt. E. NJ May. Times boys won by Is
inches.
Foot race for men, 100 yards-A D. Frew
won. Allan Esplin second Pete Stein third.
Foot race for newsboys. 70 yards-E.
Nichols won, Il. May second, A. Pomeroy
Ladies' race. 80 yards-Mrs. Mulryan
won, Mrs. Gehrsng second, Mrs. Jessie Sni-
Running high jump for men-Allan Es.
inches, second; W. Prattiey. feet 4
| inches, third
| Foot race for girls under Is IS yards
| Ora Carroll won, Sadie Mayrock second.
| Amy A.ahon third: Alice Hooper fourth.
Running race for boys under Is. 70 yards
| John Laban won, Raymond West second.
| Otto Trcil third.
Running. hop. step and Jump for men
| FTew e feet 5Is inches, second. W. Pratt
J tiey. IS feet I inches. third.
Running race for married ladies', 50 yards
| second. Mrs. Gehriag third, Mrs. Minnie
l Stanley fourth.
Foot race for union men only 100 yards
y. Frew, miners union, second: Frank
] Norton. miners union. third: Mike Lam
! bert iron moulders' union. fourth
| ug-of-war-sailors. Capt. william Be-
| hoer. IS Longshoreren. Capt. John Cum
| mtngS, won by former.
otto e ah ar Wiz q Kot ed fSr srs
!, place; Frank Schultz. Ben Parker Carl
! Lewis; Carl Teater, Fred Wallace and
Foot race for girls under 10. 50 yards
Mabel Dixon won. Rose de Martini second.
| Rosa Frankfort third, Maud Leftwich
| fourth Carrie Dixon 9th, Gertrude Starr
| sixth. Fern FTeener seventh.
| High kicking contest for men-Tom Dut-
| feet ? inches. second. The other contest
! ants thought Dutton should be barred. as
| he rested on his two crutches while he
! Hop, step and Jump for boys under Is
| Sam Hunles. 81 feet inches, won: Al Pom
sTroy, = . feet : inches. second; Raymond
.Three.ieeyed race for men. 3 yards-Es-
| pin and Frew won. Benson and Alexander
Running broad jump for union men-A
=. Frew won Fred Alexander second. w.
| Prattlcy third.
Pole vauit-Allan Esplin won. A. D. Frew
second.
Prize winners at the Ball.
The ball in the evening was as great a
| success as any Of the other exercises of
thu day and the floor Of the pavilion
contained about 800 couples OF merry
| dancers. all of whom enjoyed themselves
/ thoroughly. Everything was orderly
and one dance followed another I'm quicl,
succession. IA soon as the door was
4 cleared from the waltz the sets were
made up for a quadriile or the partners
! we're ready for a schotusche. a mazour-
! ka or a polka. and the dancing continued
until early morning During the inter
| mission the door prizes were drawn, and
Miss McGregor drew the FIRST prize with
| check 2a This was a table valued at
s. The second prize. a rocking chair,
| fell 20 z n Dorfner. Cor check Ia. The
winner OF the third prize. a silver perfume
! case. who owned check as. failed 20 sQ-
pear. and the fourth prize pair Of slip
pers which fen 20 check "a. was aisc
/ unclaimed Mrs. Lindsay McGreEor got &
| toilet case with check ~. and the other
| four prizes for ladies were unclaimed
| Check la viii bring the possessor FIVE
pound box OF candy 10 green tur-
ban hat. l07 q bedspgead. and 81 g
/ fancy alcohol heater. only the frs
! check In the Rentlemens series. ~. found
an owner in the person OF Joe Meyer
wro secured a SO macintosh. Checi
Az won a $40 banjo, 4Ss pair 81
trousers. HIS q pair OF shoes. asa ho'
of cigars and le6 anotAer box ot cigars
The owners of these checks can obtaii
their orders by applying this Afternoon
between ard g O'Clock 10 the secretary
Fl W whigfcTd s7ls Third avenue.
Five. Thousand Parade Kansas city
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