The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-29
BIG CELEBRATION
FOR LABOR DAY
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE.
COMMITTEES WILL MEET JOINTLY
SUNDAY.

Labor Leaders Are Trying TO Get the
Merchants of the City to Agree to
Close Their stores All Day. In
stead of Half the Dag ms Has Been
Customary Observation-Disclosures Le-
giOns Will Picnic at Tybee and
Many Athletic Contests Will Take
Place-A Number of the Events
Announced, but Full Programme
Will Not BE Ready for Several
Days.
Preparations are being made for a
big Labor Day celebration in Savan-
nah on Sept. 5. Efforts are being made
to have the merchants close their stores
for all day, instead of half the day as
is customary. If this should be done,
the Labor Day picnic at Tybee Will be
probably the largest that has ever been
held on the island.
Committees have been appointed
and are now at work making arrange
ments for the celebration. All of the
various committees will meet together
Sunday morning at the Assembly Hall
when the programme for the day will
be discussed. Most of the features will
then be decided upon, though the COM
plete programme will not be definitely
announced until later.
Labor Day Committees.
The various committees, which are
now at work, are as follows:
Ticket Committee-G. NJ. Cohen
chairman; w. ]. Morse, j. V. Dadin,
w. o. Brushwood and Mrs. w. L.
Sherwood
Transportation Committee-M. j.
Heagarty, chairman; Charles Tousaint
Prize Committee-Charles Tousaint,
chairman; Mrs. w. S. Harris. Robert
Bensell and T. p. Eberhardt.
Sporting Committee-W. S. Harris,
chairman; c. e. Stephenson, A. L.
Collini, John Murrin, L. L. Burpee, w.
c. O'Brien and ]. H. Markey.
Printing and Advertising Commit
tee-W. o. Brushwood, chairman; ]. A.
Alleyn and Richard Tarrant.
Floor Committees. 1. Freshman,
chairman; Mrs. w. ]. Moffatt, S. ].
Eady, Richard Tarrant, T. B. Icard
Levy MyeIS, p \. COOh anu d. l.
Brewer.
]. K. Frizell is the general chairman
of all the committees, and will pre-
side at the meeting Sunday morning
H. w. Mccarthy is the secretary Of
the combined committees.
Picnic at Tybee.
The day will be celebrated by the
usual picnic to Tybee, where a num-
Der of interesting events will be ar
ranged. There is to be no parade in
the city by the white unions. The
negro unions, however, will give their
usual parade.
Among the athletic events to take
place at Tybee will be: Climbing the
greasy pole, 100-y yard foot race for boys
under 10 years of age, pie-eating con-
test, 50-yard foot race for girls under Is,
5O-yard shoe mixing contest, boys I'M
der 10, 50-yard egg and spoon race for
girls under 15 50-yard three-legged
race open to all, running broad jump,
standing broad jump 100 yard foot
race open TO all, 100-yard foot race
for union men only, 50-yard fat men S
race for those weighing 200 pounds and
over emile bicycle race for boys un-
der 10, 2-mile bicycle race for any
amateur, 2-mile bicycle race for union
men only, catching the greasy pig and
a tug of war.
Other events will be added to the
list. The labor leaders are working
hard to make this years celebration
the biggest that has ever taken place
here. If they are successful in get
ting the stores closed for all day. the
number of visitors at Tybee will prob
ably break all records.