Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-01
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION TO BE
MAMMOTH AFFAIR.
PARADE BIG FEATURE
L.Urck, President of the Iowa State
Federation of Labor to Deliver Ad-
dress of the Day-Many Visiting
Unions Assigned to Places in Parade

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Dor assembly held in Labor hall yester-
day afternoon the program for the La
Dor Day celebration was practically
completed. With few minor eNcep-
tons, the plans for the day are all ar
ranged and nothing now remains for
the various committees except to see
that the plans as laid down, are sue
cessfully carried out.
John w. Kitto has been appointed
chairman of the day and j. F. Stevens
marshal. The program will open at
1870 o'clock in the morning with
concert by Schwabkey's Union band at
the corner of Market and Main
streets and there will be no lack of
entertainment from the first note
blown till the last strain of the Home
Sweet Home" waltz at the grand ball
which is to be held at the Armory hall
in the evening.
The Morning Exercises.
The morning exercises will be upon
the main streets OF the city, Two plat
forms will be built one at the corner
of Main and Market streets and the
other at the corner of Main and Green
streets. The band concert and the
special performances given by the Jug
glers, equilibrists, and trained dog
troups will take place upon these plat
forms The slide for life and the bal
loon ascension will take place on West
Main street, between Main and Wash
ington streets.
The big prize industrial parade will
start at IL o'clock in the morning and
L Io1 IF Jo1, will
be in chief authority. In addition to
the local unions which will practical
ly all be represented in the line of
march there will be representative
bodies from the trades and labor as
semblies of Fairfield, Seymour, Oska-
loosa, Charlton, Creston. Hedriclk, FL
don, Mt. Pleasant and Osceola.
, There will be five bands in the par
ade, with the possibility that there may
be several more brought by the visit
ing delegations Those already engag-
ed are the Fifty-fourth Regim entail
band, Schwabkey's Union, the two
Gentry Dog and Pony Show bands and
the Seymour band, which is coming
with the Seymour Trades and Labor
assembly. The local committee is al
so trying to secure the services OF the
Fairfield band
The Afternoon Program.
The afternoon exercises will all be
held at Caldwell park The program
will open with band concert and
will be followed by the speech-mak-
ing of the day. Mayor T. H. Picker
will deliver the address of welcome
and the responce will be given by G.
A. Hagberg. j. F. Byrne will speak
upon "Unionism' and be followed by
the address of the day by the president
of the Iowa State Federation of La
Dor, A. l.. Urick of Des Moines.
The Prize Contests.
With the exception of the baseball
game all the afternoon contests will
take place in the park. These will con-
sist of barrel raising, horse shoeing,
tug OF war, throwing the hammer and
one hundred yard dash contests, all for
cash prizes ranging from SIS down.
The baseball contests for prize OF
$3.50 will be held at the baseball
park.
The Celebration Committees.
The credit for the prompt and sat,
lSIacIOTy MANNER III WHICH lue pFeum'
mary work of arranging for the special
features of the celebration has been
done is due to the following commit
tees to which the work was assigned
by the local Trades and Labor assem-.
bly,: ee3e
Finance communications W. kitto
chairman; E. B. Jones, John OFT.
On uniforms. F. Byrne, chairman
John Pritchard, John Boyd.
On grounds-Samuel Hawks, chair
man; Daniel Gallagher, H. E. Rowe.
On music-George Barnum, chair.
man; George Pickett, c. D. Watson.
On speakers. F. Byrne, chairman;
VIM. Lewis, H. E. McCowen.
On privileges-E. B. Jones, chairman
j. f. Stevens, Thos. Sheehy.
On advertising and transportation
J. F. Byrne, chairman, w. A. Whitney
j. H. Boyd, E. B. Jones.
Opening Concert.
1880 a. m.-Assembling concert by
Schwabkey's Union band on Main
street west of Market.
S:15.-Neola, corner of Court and
Main streets. Music by Schwabkey' s
Union band.