Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-05
LABOR DAY MEMORABLE
The Weather Perfect and the Observance
More General Than Usual.
River View and Marshall Hall Crowd
ed With ExcursiOnists-The
Program at Each.

Labor day. 1899. in Washington will long
be remembered not only as an ideal one
as regards weather, but also as one
which the la boring people of the District,
their families and their friends enjoyed to
the fullest extent. Outings down the river
and at points in the country were INDUCED
in to an extent never before known on a
like occasion. and the circus and the thea
tiers were literally patronized as WELL In
the District labor and business were almost
wholly suspended.
River View and Marshall Hall were the
principal objective points of the members
of organized labor. The trades unionists,
representing the Central Labor Union and
the Building Trades Council. spent the day
with their families and friends at River
View. the Knights of Labor and the organ
izations aft lated with the local Federation
of Labor, with their families and friends,
spending the day at Marshall Hall.
At River View Mr. ]. l.. Feeney acted as
master of ceremonies. and very success
fully. a long program of events was car
red out, much to the enjoyment and
amusement of the many thousands of ex-
cursiorists. the events ranging from the
national game to cake walk. Handsome
mad valuable prizes were awarded the sue
cessful contestants.
The Results.
The events were won as follows:
Base ball game-Tile settlers, E. Wilson,
center field: r. Thompson, shortstop; Fred.
Richardson, first base; ]. B. Coren cap
tain), second base; c. Eisenger, right field;
e. Cline. third base: Grant Dobson catch
er; NJ. Clark, pitcher; l.. Z. Eisenger left
field; runs, IA. Cigar makers, p. Kraft.
slrrtstop; l.. Hoben. left field; Charles
Campbell. catcher: Bob Sullivan, pitcher;
A Dahler. second base; Lewis Brown.
third base; w. Dahler, center field; Walter
Whitehead. right field; F. Dahler, first
base; runs, T.
One-hundred-y yard race for men-Won bv
Selden Whitney, Harry Glotzhach second.
Boys race. 100 yards-John Martin first,
Tom Gibson second.
High jump-Harry Glotzbach first, Harry
EueIl second.
Boys sack race-Corbin Bullock first,
Frank McNey second.
Creased pole-George Ashford. Walter
Stockton, Corbin Bullock, Joseph Turner.
Lewis Edgar, Joseph McElfresh. Henry
Sullivan, Joseph Sullivan and Joseph Hen
lein.
Tug of war-Won by Building Trades
Council captain, John McVey. Central
Wolfe.
Wheelbarrow race for ladies-Miss SEE
gedy Won, Miss Christine Hueler second.
Bicycle race-First prize, L. MCGEE; sec
ond prize. j. J. Barnes.
Chasing a creased pig-L. Naylor
Fancy dancng-Miss Gertie Ferguson,
fist prize: Miss Florence Boswell, second
prize; Miss Mary Wise, third prize.
Fancy cake Weaknesses Gertrude and
Alice Hurdle
Cake walk for championship-Won by
Richard Curry and Miss Margie Sightlin.
At Marshall Hall.
a similar program was the feature of the
day al Marshall Hall, where another great
crowd spent the day. The sports were IN
augurated early in the day by a game of
ball between mines representing the car
penters and painters. the plane showers be-
ing defeated by a score of Is to 8, but five
innings being played. An amusing feature
The participating couples danced around
a pole fifteen feet high. on top of which
was a coop containing about sixteen roost-
ers. From the pole arm extended out
ward at right angles and supported glass
filled with water. The couples danced
around the pole three times in unison with
the music, and at a given signal all stopped.
At this moment the man under the arm
would grasp his fair partner and endeavor
to lift her a. to bring her bonnet in con-
tact with the stick and upset the tumbler
When the man succeeded both parties, of
course. had to dodge the falling water as
speedily as possible, after which they were
entitled to one of the live ROSTERS, pro-
vided the mans partner was possessed of
sufficient courage to climb ladder and
extract the fowl from the coop. The ladies.
however, possessed the courage, and in
time the coop was emptied.