The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-03
IN HONOR OF LABOR
GENERAL HOLIDAY BY THE LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS.
HOW THE DAY WAS SPENT.
cROWDs AT TYBEF, THUNDERBoLr
AND ISLE OF HOPE.


Afternoon-ProEra of Athletic
Games on the Beach-BicycIe Rid
ers Injured and Wheels Smashed.
Matinee and Night Performance at
Isle of HOpe--ThunderbOlt Drew
usuaI Large Crowd.
Labor Day was observed in Savannah
more generally than it has ever been
observed here. Not only did the retail
and wholesale merchants, with some
few exceptions, close their stores. but
the banks, Cotton Exchange and Board
of Trade closed in honor of the day.
1t was a general and popular holiday
and thousands of people visited Tybee,
Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope, where
there were attractive programmes of
entertainment. The morning was
marked by a parade of the labor or
eanizations, those in the carpenter,
bricklayer and building trades. These,
about 700 strong, white and colored.
met at Labor Hall, at Abercorn and
Bryan streets, where they were joined
by thirty Jacksonville bricklayers, who
came to pay a fraternal visit and take
part in the parade.
The Parade.
The procession, headed by a. brass
band, started at $50 o'clock. The
route was from the hall to St. Julian
street, to Barnard, thence to Brough-
ton. and to West Broad. There the
line doubled back on Broughton to
Jefferson street, which was followed
south to Henry, then to Bull and to
the Park Extension. The return to
the hall was through CASTOR street to
Bull; to Liberty, to East Broad, to
Congress, to Labor Hall, where the
parade was dismissed.
The officers were T. J. Naughtin,
chief marshal, and the following aides:
Harry Jackson, Bricklayers' Union No.
s; 1. j. Owens, Carpenters Union
NO 256: ]. w. Quarterman, Carpen-
tiers Union No. 31S; S. w. Brown,
Bricklayers' Union No. Il; David No
tice, Timers Union No. 20; T. A.
Battiste, Lathers' Union; Richard c..
johnson, Plasterers' Union No. Is, and
J. w. Powell. Labor Union No. 2.
The rear of the procession was
brought up by Bricklayers' Union, No.
8, in carriages. They, after the pa
rade, had a banquet at the hall.
The only unpleasant feature of the
parade, but one that came near causing
serious trouble, was the action of one
of the colored men in the parade. The
colored unions outnumbered the white
unions, and after some discussion were
allowed to head the procession. The
negro, who was mounted, insisted in
breaking through the line of parade,
riding between the white and colored
contingents. The whites objected to
this and the negro was warned not to
do it again, but he did, and the act
came very near causing him to be mob
bed. AS it was, the march was delay
ed for some time before the police and
the few cool heads that were present
could get matters Strengthened out.
Thousands at Tybee.
In the afternoon the majority of the
members of the labor unions, that is,
the members of the white unions, went
to Tybee to the South End pavilion,
where a programme of athletic sports
had been arranged, and where, also,
they enjoyed the bathing and dancing
the whole afternoon and until late at
night Not only did the men go them
families and friends, to such number,
that the trains were packed. The esti-
mate of the attendance during the day
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The first of the events on the pro-
gramme of entertainment was a pie
eating contest for boys under Is years
old. This contest differed from the or
binary kind in that the prize was
awarded not to the eater of the great
est number of pies. but to him that
ate one pie in the shortest time. There
We're fifteen entries The prize, a silk
scarf, was won by Clarence Carson. No
record was kept of his time.
This was followed by the "Shoe mix
ing contest" for which the first prize,
handsome umbrella, was won by
Alec Krenson, over large field of
competitors. The egg and spoon race
Tor girls under 16 years old, was won
over a field of eighteen by Lizzie Moi
felt. The prize was a parasol
Tug of War.
The next event, the tug of war be-
tween teams from the Fire Depart
nent and the Police Department was
one in which much interest was CEN
tered, but it proved the most disap-
pointing. In the first place each team
was to consist of twelve men, but the
flremen showed up short, and the po-
lice cut down their team by two men
to get on an equal basis. When the
pull was finally begun the police SEEM
ed to have the better
or 1t at first, then the firemen
hauled the rope their way, and the
game stopped with only one pull and a
wrangle as to who was entitled to the
credit for this, the first go
The police claimed they had won the
pull in the first few minutes but that
the judges had failed to see it in time
and that though the firemen had finally
outpulled them 1t was only by the aid
OF some of the spectators, who not
only braced the firemen's feet but even
took hold of them and assisted in the
pull. The judges have reserved their
decision.
The police feel sore about the whole
business and many of the members of
the team declared that each man on it
would put up SIS If the firemen will do
likewise and that they will then ar
range another match and pull for the
purse. The teams that took part in the
pull are: Police--J ernigan, Deignan.
Godbold, Guilfoyle, Ferrell, j., Hicks,
Fogarty, Smith, L., Risen and Miller.
Firemen-Hughes, Futch. Flynn, Nc
Mahon, Duffy, Rogers Goritz, Harrt-
son, Cleary, and Donnelly. M. Nc
Quade was captain of the policemen,
Observation-Disclosures