The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-06
PICNIC AT CALEDONIA
Speaking On Labor Day Subjects and
Sports Entertained About
1000 People.

stopped yesterday 10 allOW the ceieOIatt0h
Of Labor's annual holiday, and the signif-
canoe Of the day was observed in every
line wherein labor figures and that means
practically everything The granite sheds,
the quarries, the stores, the offices, the
banks, the post office were shut down for
the totlers to take their respite on the day
particularly set apart for them. The
grand event of the day was the usual pie
mic at Caledonia Park, whittier at least
two two thousand wended their way dur
| ing the afternoon. Had the weather been
more propitious the crowd would have
been double
At the picnic grounds the intervals of
rain interfered 10 some extent with the
pleasures Of the day, but the events were
run OFF as usual. There were speeches
on labor matters, one address in English
| BY Thomas d. Nichols Of Scranton, Pa,
and another in italian by Pietr0 EsteYe
from Paterson, N, ~, 70 appeal to the In
tellectual side; dancing and minor amuse-
ments for the pleasure side athletic events
to furnish the spectacular; and stands
/ loaded with delieaeles to strike the inner
man straight home Taken all in all It
was aswell rounded picnic and reflects
great credit upon the Central Labor I'm
ion Of Barre and vicinity. which had
charge Of the arrangements.
The rain which had been falling for a
half hour before two o'clock, the time set
set for the speeches, finally snbslded a
few minutes after two and the speech
making was promptly started. Thomas
D. Nichols Of Scranton, Pa, president Of
the Mine workers Union, and Pietro Es-
teve Of Paterson, N. J. were the speakers.
Both spoke on 1.-THE Labor Ini0n--Its
Main Object. Both speakers were
obliged to close their remarks before they
had finished as the rain again began u
fall. Mr.. Nichols said In part: Il don't
expect to tell anything new to the people
of Barre because have found that you
are well posted and well organized and
! have the best union city iu the country
We have to consider the necessities oi
the working people. Few men can real
! lie the fact that well fed and well housed
! labor is the best labor that can be had IL
: the world, therefore In order 20 get livlnl
: wages we have to strike. Our union meet
ings bring US together and we learn Il
: talk business and in way become bust
ness men. In discussing and solving ou
problems we learn to be thinking men.
The great trouble, be said, why tn
= labor question Is not settled Is because W
= do not try to settle IT. We read som
Z great magazine article telling how til
labor question can be solved. Th
people read it and say we have grea
question before us and let II go at that
The laboring men, believe, will solve
in time, but they are not willing to soly
& it now because they think they have M
Z, the time to spend
D. There are many working men who thin
le as long as they get enough wages to elk
ie out bare existence they ought to be sa
st isfied.
want to say right here, gentlemen
that while am no Prohibitionist, ! al
glad to see that there are no lntoxieatin
ct LIQUORS on these grounds and | want
y congratulate the committee on their wis
N judgment, as there Is nothing 80 destru'
81 tive to our workingmen as drink. | 6n
% that 10 our strikes 1t is the drinking ma
that has TO be helped first, and bis befud
died mind Is OF no use In helping TO soly
the trouble.
10 want to say of organized labor that
II has the same effort as the churches hay
It will help the churches to uplift mar
q kind We stimulate charity and beliey
g. that our systematic way Of giving charit
is even better than the putting the han
4, into the pocket. The time Is coming whe
q we shall not have to bow down to charity
we are educating the people to help then
= selves and not to be obliged to bow dow
TX to charity. Why is It that you worklnl
men do not have the nice things that tbs
g make In the shops Ia their own houses *
their own comf0rtg IL Is simp,y that the
do not recognize the fact that they are :
III good as the people who do not work W
iia have got to educate this working class
~ raise the estimate Of themselves. 1t
III Just as wrong for man to abuse b
i5l body by hard labor as by any other mean
i5 There are men simply dying every ds
80 In their endeav0r to live 10 the next. III
only way we can stop this is 10 educa
q the workingman to raise the estimate
4. himself. It Is only matter of educatiC
the world over and the only way we ca
< succeed Is to educats the men 10 recognii
n. their true position.
The results Of the sports and gam
s. were:
g. Throwing hammer w. B. Scott, i
It. In. G. Keith, 106 IT, ! In. n. M
Il Leod, 103 It. in.
ils SHUTTING l0 pound stone. N McI4eo
3S It. / III. N. Mathewson, 81 IT. / In.
Keith, 81 IT. s In.
ct. Running high jump N. Mcleod, IT.
81 in. D. ]. Murray, 4 it. II Ia. g. Ph
90 lips, 4 ft.9 1-2 in.
81 Hop, step and Jump n. Mcleod,
59o IT. in. d. J. Murray, 3S It, 2 in. Har
81 ChambeTlin, 81 It. In.
292 vaulting with pole. n. Mcleod, 5