Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08
PROMINENT LABOR ORATORS
TALK AT CALDWELL PARK
ADJUSTMENTS PLEASE
Juggling Exhibitions, the Performing
Dogs, Slide for Life and Other Diver
sions Given as Part of the Days Gel
ebration Attract Large Crowds.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
There were several thousand people
assembled at Caldwell park this .af-
ternoon at 1 o'clock when the program
proper of the big Labor day celebra-
ton was opened with concerts By the
regimental, ScbWahk9y's
Union and Seymour bands. This vas
followed by a vocal duet by the Rob 4
inson brothers. At o'clock the in
speech was made by John .
w. Kitto, president of the Ottumwa
Trades and Labor assembly. The ad-
dress of welcome by Mayor T. H. Pick
Ter, the response by G. A. Hagberg,
and address on the subject of Union
ism" by ]. F. Byrne and the Labor day
address by A. l.. Urick of Des Moines,
president of the State Federation of
Labor, were then heard.
A large platform was erected for
the occasion at the northwest corner
of the park Seats were constructed
for 1000 people and every seat was
taken. 1t was a happy assemblage
and the best of good feeling prevailed. &
The day was success from, hesianing
to end and never was this seen better
than at the park when the program of
addresses was being carried out and \
the events which followed seen.
At the close of the addresses the
crowds were entertained with perfor-
mances on the elevated stage by Ne
ola, the expert juggler; Johnnie Fox,
the equilibrist, and George Myers and
his troup of performing dogs. These
performances were of a most pleasing
character and were greatly enjoyed by
the crowds. Following this came
repetition Of the slide fer life by Miss
Dottie Williams. This was equally
as successful as the morning PERFORM,
ance and was winner with the
crowd.
Performances on Grounds.
A barrel raising contest horee-
shoeing contest and an exhibition OF
hammer throwing are to be contested
late in the afternoon. The program
for the afternoon will close with ball
loon ascension and parachute leap at 8
o'clock. This evening there will be
grand ball at the Armory at which the
visiting unionists, their wives and fam
lilies, will be the guests of honor There
are hundreds of out of town visitors
in attendance and every effort will be
made to make their stay in the city a
| pleasant one.
| A Successful Affair.
| From beginning to end the day haa
been a grand success. The entertain-
ment commenced at 1880 O'Clock this
morning and from that time until the
| ball ends at IL O'Clock tonight there
| will hon
join in saying that the event is one of
the most successful Labor day cele-
brations ever held in the state and the
visitors are loud in their praises of the
officers and committees from tho
Trades and Labor assembly for their
successful efforts in arranging for the
| celebration.
The Addresses.
The addresses at the beginning Of
the afternoons program did not con-
sumo more than one hour and they
We're highly entertaining. The intro
ductory address was made by Presi--
dent John w. Kitto of the Trade and
Labor assembly. He spoke as follows:
j. w. kitto's Talk.
Ladies and gentlemen: When the
governor of Iowa issued his Labor day
proclamation for this year he used
| this language: We are in the midst
of one of the most eventful struggles
| the world has ever Witnessed We
are glad that our public men realize
that revolution exists in this coun-
/ try, differing from the revolution Of
130 years ago only in being a peaceful
one. 1t is struggle for more educ&.
ton: more intelligence; higher and
brighter views of life; a struggle to
cultivate, develop and crystalline all
of the best traits of the human char
acter. l believe there does not exist
an organization that can claim a lgs-
tier purpose or that is doing more fS2
the advancement of the human race
than organized labor.
The Annual Review.
To-day is our annual review; how
does this celebration compare with
the last one? Have cur ranks been
augmented or depleted? Are we pro-
crossing, or going backwards? What,
il any, changes in the industrial sys-
TEN would be advisable for the coming
year? These and similar questions
will be discussed today in many cities
and villages OF our land.
Closing Words.
"And now as the exercises of the
day proceed let us forget our petty
cares and disappointments, Danish all
!, thoughts of our work from our minds
be sociable, be happy. listen to the
words of wisdom, information or en-
!, couragement that may fall from the
llips of the speakers and we hope that
as long as you live this labor day at
, traction will occupy pleasant place
! in your memory"
Mayor PickIer's Welcome.
At the close of Mr.. Kitto's address
, he introduced Mayor T. H. Picker /,