The Washington times., 1901-09-03

their brethren. Today we extend
our hearty sympathy to the striking stee
| workers in Pennsylvania. and / am proud
to say that part of the proceeds of thi:
days outing will be sent to President
Shaffer to aid him to win the battle that
| he Is now waging against the powerful
| appreciation and thanks for your attend
| ance and patronage of our outing.
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Feeney's ad-
dress Miss Laura Black was presented.
and rendered song. entitled. Capital vs..
| Labor" in splendid voice.
| j. l. Rodier was next introduced and
Power of Our Earnings In his opening
| remarks he stated that organization
among workmen has been met by the
combination of capital, the strike. by the
| Rodier declared has been found with
| which to combat the lockout
| With all apologies to the papers, he
| said, this was due to the fact that the
| age to mold the public opinion, and from
| the very nature OF affairs the policies of
the papers as matter of necessity are
| dictated by the moneyed interests.
| In order to counteract this. he said
I'VE Will be compelled tortake that por-
| tion of our product which we receive as
wages and establish a new species of
reciprocity by confining the spending
| power of our money to organized labor
wherever possibss."
Speaking of confiscation of property,
the speaker reminded the people that they
We're extremely forgetful' of the fact that
just as soon as a surplus of production
occurred ersanizat ton prccesdealto confis
cate the workingman 5 property, which is
labor. without any regard to rights, pub
lie opinion or anything else. All that the
workingman got was sympathy. -
Labor. organizations, he declared,
have for their purpose the reduction of
the hours of labor and better wages,
which means that they are going to claim
larger proportion of the product of their
a nd hn rNaNT trsN hav rnd
and II the present complex state of civili-
zation will not permit this then We had
better discover new civilization, because
this one is a failure.
The athletic games were held on the
broad lawn Immediately to the west, after
entering the main gate The pole vault
ana other Held games were given in plain
view of all of the spectators, while the
track events took place on the road south
of the west annex to the grounds. which
afforded as good a. view 1ld as level a
stretch for the purpose as could be found.
A most pleasing feature of the exercises
in the amphitheatre was the singing of
patriotic and labor songs by a chorus
composed of over half hundred young
girls representing the different unions
affiliated with the Central Labor Union.
The little ones sung with spirit which
evidenced their enthusiasm for the cause
of labor, and We're justly entitled to the
hearty applause accorded them.
After the exercises in the amphitheatre
the field games commenced. The events
were contested Win nucn spirit, ana In
many instances the result hung for a long
time in The balance. The most amusing
of the games, perhaps, was the wheelbar-
row race for ladf1 Climbing the greasy
pole was advertisement in which o great
number of small boys strove for the
prizes hung At the top of the pole. In the
wheeibarrow race each of the contestants
was blindfolded while they endeavored to
steer the wheelbarrow to a fixed objective
point. None of the contestants succeeded
although some came very near the goal.
In twelve purses hung at the top of the
creased pole was So divided into prizes
varying from % cents to 81. None of the
competitors was able to reach the top
of the pole, and the committee in charge
divided the purses among those who had
made efforts to do so
The other contests resulted as follows:
First event, 1880 p m, 1oo-yard race,
open to members of the Central Labor
Union-First prize, silk umbrella: second
prize comb and brush First, G.. H. Glotz-
boch; second; T. c. Sommers.
to ah-First prize, silver cup; second
second. r. W Richardson.
Third event, 1:3e p m, 1co-yard race
second prize, silk suspenders. First, F. |
McVey; second, 7. Manning.
Fourth event, p: m, loo-yard sack race |
for boys-First prize, hat ts3) seco:d |
prize, pair of gloves First f. O'Connor: |
second. f. McVey
Fifth event, 2:30 p. m. grand relay race. |
Ev ydruS, open 10 dll-FlESt prize, ufnDreI-
la; second prize, box Of cigars. First, H. |
s. Whitney; second, r. l.. Mack.
Sixth event, p. IN, running high Jump |
for boys sixteen years and under-First |
prize hat ($2 500; second prize merchan- |
disc from Ballantyne. First +. McVey;
second, George Boyd.
Seventh event, $3.50 p. m, running high l
jump. open 10 all-Eirst prize tennis :
shoes: second prize, merchandise from
Kneesi. First, ]. Fewkes; second, r. L.
Mack.
Eighth event, p. m, pole vault for
boys sixteen years and under-First prize
umbrella; second prize, catching glove |
First, Jack Moss: second, Louis Pride
Ninth event. 4:30 p. m, pole vault open
to members of the Central Labor Union
First prize, umbrella: second prize, box
of cigars. First. T. c. Sommers; second
ID. II. Ross.
Tenth event, p. m, putting sixteen
pound shot. open to members of Central
Labor Cnion-First prize. fountain pen;
second prize, bottle of wine. First r. {. |
Sommers; second. Ii. T. LaClair
Eleventh event, $50 p. m.-Ladies'
lblindfolded) wheelbarrow race, 80 yards
First prize. lady's hat. won by Miss Lottie
Houchens: second prize, butter dish Miss
Essie Reed; third prize, lady's slippers |
Mrs Ballinger.
Cake walk in the amphitheatre at
D. IN. Winning couple. Miss Katie Fell
graft (as NAM and Miss Beulah Suit
Fancy dancing at 30 p m. First prize,