The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20
Bright Outlook for tho Celebra-
ton Of September 4.
WILL BRING CROWDS TO CITY.
Conm1ttoo on Ararneeaents Es-
Inmates That 2,6OO Men WIN Ne
In PaRaae-Five hands VIII Fur.
nAsA Music for the Occasion-
Lavish Decorations OF Streets
Special Rates ~ Rail and water.

Two weeks from tomorrow the labor or
Plantations Of Seattle will celebrate la
boris holiday in . manner which. accord
ing to present indications. will break all
records since 1880. the year following the
great IRE in Seattle. Indeed. there IL good
reason to believe that in the number OF
visitors and In the size and character OF
the parade, the approaching celebration
OF Labor day will equal anything Of tho
kind ever seen in the city.
It IL a fact. as indicated by the statis-
tics Of the subordinate unions. that the
working classes OF the city were never
better organized than At present, and that
the allied organisations have full member
ship rolls as compared with two and three
years ago. One reason for this b the fact
that bread winners in every line OF in
dustry In Seattle are steadily employed
at good wages. their condition being better.
probably. than In any other city on the
Pacific coast.
There Is good reason for believing that
in the line OF parade On Labor day some
thing over $500 men will march. OF these.
1000 will come from Seattle alone. accord
ing to estimates made by officials OF the
Western Central Labor Union who have
charge OF the arrangements for the day.
Chairman Middleton. Of the general COM
mittee on arrangemen:s. has received ad-
Washington which indicate that delega-
tons from outside the city viii be larger
than for years and that tho towns repre-
umn to the aggregate Of 500 at least.
From the MINING Camps.
As In former years, the coal mining
towns Of the state will contribute largely
to the crowd Of visitors to Seattle on La
Dor day. The number Of visitors viii. it
!. b mot Evl's sua .ne
A special train will be run from Roslyn,
carrying, 1t Is estimated. between 800 and
500 people. This large delegation will be
has been secured from the Northern Pa
cifc by the committee, Of s for the round
trip. This IL less than one fare.
Rates Of one and a nth fares on all the
ran lines coming into the city. good from
points in Western Washington, have been
secured by the general committee This
3 regarded as very low rate and It Is
of visitors to the city on September I.
Black Diamond Is expected to contribute
100 marching men and many visitors. Is
while from kenton. = where the he mines are
owned by a cooperative association, dele
gates and visitors numbering over 100 are
expected.
Thursday Chairman Middleton met the
officers Of several Of the labor unions OF
Tacoma and invited them to participate
as unions or individually In the Labor day
discussed very favorably by the Tacoma
people and meeting of the officers OF the
Tacoma unions will be held In the next
few da sae 70 taks
city promised that their organizations
would come either a. q body or individ-
ually.
The committee has obtained low rates
on number OF steamer lines centering
in the city. insuring large delegations
from Olympia. Fairhaven. whatcom. Port
Townsend. Everett and other cities on the
Sound. There will be . special train on
the Columbia & Puget Sound railroad to
bring the visitors from the coal mining
camps on that line to participate In the
As Labor day is a legal holiday. the
banks and government offices Of the city
will close on that date. The committee
literally decorate their stores. Many OF
the business houses Will close a part OF
the day In order TO allow their employees
to participate In the celebration.
Decorations and Music.
Arrangements are also being made to
ton In q lavish way. Pioneer place will
be brilliantly illuminated at night al on
the Fourth Of July. and In Al probability
two or three arches will be erected The
council win be asked to appropriate 500
to help defray the expense Of street dec
orations.
The committee on subscriptions. includ-
OF the Painters Union. and n. A. Duke.
of the Cigar1nakers' Union. has nearly
completed its task Of raising 81 900 TO as
sist in paving the expenses Of the celc-
bration. They have not found much dif-
nculty this year In getting subscriptions.
To date they have raised $500.
Two important features OF the celebra.
ton will be the music which viii be sup
piled by five bands. and the athletic pro-
gramme at Madison park in the after
noon. The central feature Of this part
Of the celebration viii be n lacrosse game
between Victoria and Vancouver teams.
which have played In Seattle several
times. and always 70 big crowds There
will be no admission fee whatever to the
games and field sports. A grand ball viii
be given at Armory hall in the evening.
with separate dances at Madison street
pavilion and Germania hall.
Today at 1890 o'clock the committee on
arrangements will meet with Grand Mar
eha1 Ed Carpenter and his aides at Labor
Union hall to complete the nnai details
Of the celebration.
EYEGLASSES scientifically 0fted