Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-04
LABOR DAY SPORTS.
Over Five Thousand Persons at
Virginia Beach.
Names of the Winners Great Interest
Shown in the sports : Good Order Pre-
served and Lively Contests waged-Nor-
folk Congratulated by Speakers From
Abroad.

was interesting and creditable from
start to finish.
The parade yesterday attracted
great crowd on the streets, while the
Athletic sports at Virginia Beach at
tracted about 5000 persons there.
1t was a national holiday. hence all
the public offices. State and national,
were closed. as were the banks and
nearly all of the stores after 1 o'clock.
The parade in this city was formed
on Commercial Place about noon and
marched through Bank, TO Freemason
street. to CRANKY, to Main and to the
Virginia Beach station, in Bramble-
ton. 1t was led by the National SOL
the Lambert's Point Band. Several of
the organizations were in uniforms
the Painters and Decorators in white
canvas suits, the Paper Hangers in
full white duck suits, and the Electrical
Workers in white caps, black shirts
and white trousers.
TRADES REPRESENTED.
Several of the trades unions had
floats representing their. branches of
employment. With men busy at work
in their various lines as the procession
moved along-painters, blacksmiths,
hoilermakers. and machinists. The
Portsmouth painters float was attrac-
lily of children enjoying their dolls and
toys. The Old Dominion Brewing
Company had a mammoth fioatArepre-
sentilS II hogshead of beer. while the
Consumers Brewing Company had the
handsomeSt feature of the procession
"a cask, and tableau around it rep
resenting the King of Beer in royal APP
parel, and four pages also in rich at
tire.
There were many carriages in the
rD6p q III Nv, % 10
cal labor organizations. Several com
mercial houses also took the opportu-
nifty to advertise their businesses
Messrs ~. Wrenn & Sons float repre-
senting double horse turnout" be-
ing one of the most striking features
in the whole line. l.. l.. HUFFMAN
painter and decorator had an attrac-
tive float in the parade, consisting of IL
tally-ho holding fourteen persons
There were four horses and they and
the tally-ho were decorated in national
colors.
There were large crowds along the
streets as the procession passed. the
custom house steps, as usual. were oc-
cupied by large crowd of the sight
secrS.
THE MARSHAL AND AIDES.
The officers of the parade were VIM.
y. Davis. chief marshal; John w.
Whelan. 5: l.. Knapp and G.. l.. Fow-
Ter, aides.
Trains going to Virginia Beach were
crowded. Many could not obtain seats.
but the interest was so great and the
day was so fine that they went any
how. The greatest crowd of the sea-
son was at the Beach. Consequently
all of the program was delayed. This
delay was made less tiresome how
ever, by the excellent music of the
National Soldiers Home Band. under
the direction of Mr.. Fl. A. Hail. The
band played many voluntary pieces
In fact. Prof. Hail is very accommo-
dating. so that he played whenever the
people asked him. But the program for
the day was as follows:
MUSICAL PROGRAM.
|. Overture-''Zampa" ..... Herold
,. Nalse-"I5lue Bells" . Waldteufel
--latest and most popuar)
j. Pas I3odouble-'A Frangesa". Costa
Crhe Patriotic March of Bourgeois)
L. Grand Selection from "The Run
away Girl ... Monckton
>. Moroccan la Schottische-
Charming Elaine. . Hall
CNew - Dedicated by Bandmaster
Hall to IIllalnc Elliott La Soeur
| charmante de La MaXime.)
g. Popular Melange-'The Sunny
south .........-........ Mackie
:. Governor Noodhn's March,. . Hall
Dixie"
SPEAKING AND SPEAKERS.
Smoking hegan in the hand stand of
The pavilion at 1870 p. m.
Mr.. j. .. Persons. president of the
Central Labor Union here. called the
meeting to order. lie gave a brief his
tory of labor unions here saying that
five years ago the organization was
begun with five small unions. Now
there are thirty.one unions and a
membership OF 5000
lie explained that Mr. James O'Con-
nell. of Washington, was unable TO he
here because of strike in Winncpcr
Manatoba on the Canadian Pacific
railway. Mr.. ID. j. Rearden. of Ports
mouth, was then introduced as a sub
stitute
Mr.. Rearden spoke in compliment of
'he large pageant in the street. of
| which the labor men might we'll be
proud. The cause of labor has adj
vanced magnificenty at Norfolk in
nNe years. He quoted Patrick Henry
ana applied his famous prayer to In :
bors cause. saying, Give us liberty or
death" He advocated an eight hour
work day; the union label for all mer-
chandise; the education of children
saying that we should take children
from the mill and send them to school.
He advocated woman's unions, espe-
cially in the cotton factories here.
where they should have shorter hours
and better conditions. He said the bad
condition at the South is that the
women of the cotton mills often show
envelopes with $3.50 in them as a
weeks wages.
MIR. WHEELER'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Persons introduced Mr.. Thomas
Wheeler. of Rochester. N. Y. Mr..
Wheeler congratulated the unions on
the celebration thew had made No
other city will eclipse it. 1t is the
working p eople who made the rail-
ways, steamboats,; who dug the mines
and who made everything that Is