The times., 1899-05-30
CENTRAL LAnoR UNION.
Committee Appointed to Arrange for
the Labor Day Celebration

At the meeting Of the Central Labor
Union held last evening the Committee an
pointed some time ago to arrange for the
celebration of Labor Day reported that it
was decided to give an excursion on that
day and that the Building Trades Council
had been invited to participate with them
in observing the occasion
AS is usual on such outings a programme
of amusements will be arranged for the
enjoyment of those who join in the cele-
! 0ratlon OF the wage-earners national holi-
day.
communication was received from Col
| William Dickson Grand Marshal of the
civic parade during the Peace Jubilee fes-
tival, thanking the union for the interest
shown in the celebration and the excel
lent appearance of the unions float
The special committee which called upon
President Mckinley and petitioned for a
half holiday on Wednesday May 81 for the
members of organized labor employed in
the different departments of the Govern
ment service, made the following report:
Your committee holiday for Peace Jubilee
begs leave to submit the following report:
We called ON the President Tuesday morning,
! May %, and, the Cabinet was in session, was
unable to see him, but his private secretary,
| Mr.. Cortelyou, who informed US that the Presi,
| dent had decided not to issue executive order
| TO close the departments. We argued with him
and assured lim that if at least one halfholiday
| was not given Wednesday. the civic parade would
| be failure, as the employees of the navy yard
/ Government Printing Office, and Bureau of En-
| craving and Printing could not afford to lose
| their time in order to participate Mr. Cortelvou
| kindly presented argument to the President,
! who. in turn, presented il to the Cabinet They
/ Immediately took up the matter. And it finally
| left in the hands of the President. We called
lpaiu ont he mo n. alqtit
! . p. M, and before we left the White lIouse,
were well satisfied that executive order would
| he issued closing the departments "Wednesday
| afternoon. which, as you all aware, was done.
| We would recommend that the Secretary OF tho
| Central Labor Union be authorized to thank the
| President in the name of organized labor OF the
/ District of Columbia .or the consideration shown
| them, and that vote OF thanks be also rendered
to Mr.. Cortelyou, the Presidents acting private
secretary, for his assistance I'd the able manner
in which he presented this matter TO the President
! and his Cabinet
| mick, j. l.. Feeny. r. Henry Lewis, and
| Henry W. Szegedy.
| The committee in charge reported on
! the part the union took in the Civic
J parade during the Peace Jubilee. In this
! connection it WAS stated that the two little
girls, Lille Gregory and Louise McCor-
[ mick, who were accidentally injured by the
| overturning of one of the floats, were
doing as well as can be expected under
! the circumstances.
| special committee was appointed to
! investigate the matter and II possible de-
] termine the cause of the accident and fix
| the responsibility. The committee was
also instructed to learn to what expense
the parents of the injured children have
been put to as the result of the accident