The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-09-06
IN ST. PAUL
LARGEST DEMONSTRATION OF La
BOR HELD IN THAT CITY.
Fully 5000 Men in Line-o~er 10000
People Attended the Picnic at,
- Harriet. .Park--.Da niel w: .LaWler
:, and Gov. Van SAINT sspeak-UniOhs
Show Up i'm Increased Numbers.

Fine weather and vast crowds of en-
thusiastic friends of organized labor
combined to render the celebration OF
Labor Day at St. Paul a magnificent
success. The parade in the morning
was conceded to be not only the larg-
est but also the best ordered in the his
tory of the St. Paul labor unions. 1t
was marched by novel and attractive
features which made it especially in
teresting A close estimate placed the
number of workingmen and women in
the. line at 5000.
AS Soon as the parade had passed, the
spectators fiocked to Harriet island,
and from noon til late in the evening
the groves. walks. pavillions and beach,
es of DR.. Ohages resort were packed
with pleasure-seekers. It was we'll
conducted crowd, not a single instance
of disorderly conduct being reported
during the day. And the most charac-
teristic feature of the great assemble se
was the large proportion of family
parties at the island.
Harriet's Biggest Day.
The attendance at Harriet island dur
ing the afternoon and evening proba bly,
exceeded 10000. In other words, it was
the largest of any day since the place
was opened. The afternoon program
consisted Of speachmaking and athler-
les. There was a moderate amount OF
eloquence and an unlimited supply of
sport. The sport got under way first,
and four. or five numbers had been
pulled off, including the great log-roll-
ing contest. the speechmaking began.
Daniel w. Lawler was introduced by
Charles E. James, president of the St.
Paul Trades and Labor council
This day." said Mr.. Lawler, is one
OF the most Enthusiastically American
festivals. We meet to celebrate. not
feats Of war or statesma nship, but to
commemorate the achievements and
honor the worth of human labor. It is
especially fitting that we, in the capital
of Minnesota, chould be thus engaged
to-day, for it is labor that has made
our city, our state, and our great and
splendid Northwest
Product of Labor.
Other sections of our country have
been built up by the capitalist, and of
course we are glad to Nave the capital
list invest his money here, but in an
especial sense our state, as we'll as the
entire section of which we are a part,
is the product Of the hard work of the
farmer, the railroad workman and the
mechanic. And we are proud of this
fact to-day and proud of the men who
nave built up these mangificent West
ern communities
Mr.. Lawler reviewed the progress of
legislation in the interests of labor, and
declared that whatever had been ac-
complished in the direction of securing
the just rights of the workingman had
been done by the efforts of the labor
organizations. The great problem of the
future future in the United States, he
asserted, is the adjustment of the rela-
tions between employer and employed.
He advocated a court of compulsory
arbitration similar to that in use in
several foreign countries, and a con-
siderable part Of his address was given
to refutation of the claim that the