The morning news., 1899-09-05
LABOR ENJOYED ITS DAY.
CROWDS AT TYBEE AND AT ALL OF
THE RESORTS.

Were Closed Etther Tor All OF LOT
Half the Day and Nearly All the
working People Got a Holiday.
Nearly 1000 People Visited Tybee
where Lengthy Programme OF
Athletic Events Was Enjoyed.
Good order Was Preserved and the
Crowds Returned Last Night in the
Best of HumOr.
Yesterdays labor day celebration was
tbe most successful Savannah has ever
Known. The day was more generally OBJ
served both by employers and employees.
and more interest was taken in the cele-
bration than on any previous occasion of
the kind. The weather was just right a
little warm. but not too hot TO make exer-
else uncomfortable and just warm enough
to make the sea breezes at Tybee enjoya-
BILE
Tybee was the headquarters for the day
and the people focked there in scores and
hundreds. The morning and noon trains
carried down a good many people, but it
was the 3:05 train in the afternoon, which
caught the big rush. In the neighborhOod
of !. 600 people gathered at the Tybee depot
TO take this train, and the crowd on hand
was so large that some forbore to make the
trip. The conductors reports showed that
900 went down on the S:O5 train, and with
the eco who had gone on previous trains,
this made !, 800 people from the city on the
island az 4 o'clock. Later trains took down
200 to 300 more, and ii is safe 10 place the
crowd on the island during the latter part
of the afternoon at nearly 1000.
In the city the day had the appearance
of partial holiday. The city exchange,
courts, banks, Cotton Exchange and Board
of Trade were closed. With the exception
of the lumber firms, few of the houses on
the bay were closed, practically all of the
wholesale houses and the factorage firms
remaining open. On Broughton street,
and in the retail section generally, the ma
jority Of the business houses closed at
noon or shortly afterwards, giving their
employees a half holiday. As to-day Is the
Jewish New Year and will be observed
by the cessation of business on
the part of all the Jewish
firms, it was quite a concession
on their part to agree TO make half hol
iday of yesterday. Some few did not feel
that they could yield so much and remain
ed open, but even in these cases many en-
ployes were let off for the afternoon.
The large crowds which left the city for
Tybee and Thunderbolt showed how gener-
ally the day was being observed. The
railroad people were largely represented
among the holiday makers, showing that
they had been literally dealt with by the
heads of departments, The colored peo-
pie had their share in Labor day also.
There was quite large parade of the col
ored brickmasons, plasterers. carpenters,
and other organizations during the morn
ing. Headed by a brass band the organ
naralad tbrOnph the nFinCin9l
streets and made quite respectable ap-
pearance. Bolton street park was their
headquarters for the afternoon. a game
between two Of the local baseball teams
being the principal attraction.
The crowd at Tybee spent very en-
joyable afternoon. Hotel Tybee was head
quarters, and there was a large gathering
in that vicinity. The temperature of the
water was just right for bathing, and
hundreds INDUCED in their last surf bath
for the season The programme of games
was pulled off all right with the excep-
ton of the tug of war which was to take
place between the teams from the Cen
tral Railroad and Plant System shops.
There was a third team made up from
the city at large, which wished to engage
in this contest, but as no entry from
the team had been made by o'clock Sat
urday night, which requirement had been
paid down by the committee, the railroad
team.
There was considerable discussion of the
matter, and, as a result, it was decided to
postpone the contest until Saturday after
noon, when II Will be held in the Park
extension Owing to the rivalry which
has been aroused between the teams,
there is considerable interest in the re-
suit, and il is likely that a large crowd
will be in attendance.
Mr.. Gordon Saussy, who desired to run
In the l0O-yard dash free for all, had
also failed to make the required entry
but was allowed to run under
protest. Mr.. Saussy won the race
with Sigmund Berg second, hut the judges
ruled out Mr.. Saussy on account of his
failure to enter. and awarded the race 20
Mr.. Berg. Mr. Berg also won in both
the running high jump and the standing
broad jump.
Considerable fun was gotten out of the
greasy pig race in which there was a num-
Der of contestants each of whom was evil
IDENTIFY determined to get the pig. IT. Nc
Alpin was the winner, and brought the
pig uD on the train last night in a sack.
The programme of events was begun at
! O'Clock, and concluded about o'clock
Prof. A. f. Martinez. physical director
of the Savannah Athletic Club. acted as
judge, and gave general satisfaction py
his decisions, only one decision being dis
puted. There were "a number of contest
ants in the various events, and the crowd
seemed to get considerable enjoyment out
of the programme. The results in the
events We're as follows:
Bicycle Races-Two-mile championship.
union men only First prize, w. S. Harris
second prize, c. C. Crovatt
Two miles, open to all. First +. p. Con-
merry, Jr.; second, II. Beckett; third, L. NJ.
Fairchild.
Two miles. boys under 10. First, E. Pu-
der; second, w. Carrick.
Foot Races-One hundred-yard dash
open TO all. First. S. Berg; second j. H
Monroe S. A. c.; third. r. Pedro, S. A. C
One-hundred-yard dash for 200-pound
men ana over First j. Mullen; second
A. j. Hermes.
One-hundred-yard DASH boys under 15
First, J. Sack; second, C. IL. Hobart.
Effty-yard dash, girls under IA years
First, Sadie Hearn; second, Jennie Wilson
Miscellaneous Races-One- hundred yards
blindfolded. wheelbarrow race. First j
ii. Monroe, S. A. c.. second, Charlie Davis
100-yard sack race open to all, Ed Ryan
So-yard shopn1ixfpe contest boVs undal