Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-04
Newport News, Norfolk and Ports.
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serve Holiday.
BIG PARADE IN THE MORNING
Crowd Spent Pleasant Day, Marked
by Absence of Disorder, and Started
Homeward Early = Speeches by
Prominent Men-Holiday Passed
OFF Quietly in This City.

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Ten thousand people journoycd to
Pine Beach yesterday afternoon and
last night to participate In the joint
Newport Ncws-No rrolkPortsmouth
Labor Day celebration. 1t is cstlmat-
ed that at least four thousand went
from here during the afternoon and
evening and six thousand Is the low.
est estimate put upon tho crowd fur
nishcd. by the cities on the other side
of Hampton Roads.
A Good-Humored Crowd.
A distinctive feature of this years
celebration was the excellent order
preserved on the grounds. One of tho
members of the committee said last
night: j"This is tho first time we have
held our celebration at Pine Beach
without ono or moro fights occur
ring ~
a large number of special police
men had been sworn in for tho day,
but the crowd seemed to be cxtraor-
dinarily goodthumored and the scrv-
ices of '"coppers" were not often re-
quired. *.
" parade In Norfolk. e,
The celebration began yesterday
morning at II o'clock with street
parade In Norfolk. Delegations rep
resenting the local unions went over
early and joined with tho Norfolk
and Portsmouth organizations for the
parade. The line formed MS follows:
Squad of police, marshals. band, tail
ors. typos" boilermakcrs and iron
shipbuilders, band, bartendcrs in car
riaSes plumbers, officers In carriages,
electrical workers, carmen. Citizens
band. Of this city: carpenters, stone
masons and brick layers.
The line formed at Bank and Court
streets, moved down CRANKY to Caro-
line, out Caroline to Church, down
Church to Main, from Main to At
lantic to the Norfolk and Atlantic
Terminal Companys depot. At the
depot the paraders boarded special
cars for Pine Beach, arriving there
shortly after / o'clock. The hour set
Tor the beginning of the celebration.
Athletic Events.
! The athletic ccvEts began about
! 1880 o'clock and continued through
out tho afternoon All kinds Of events
were pulled off: Gordon Robinson. OF
this city. winning first prizes In the
standing broad jump and fancy roller.
skating contests. Mr.. Robinson also
took second PRIDE In tho 22O-ynrd dash
and could easily have won the race
F, had he not fallen. One of tho other
runners appeared to foul him.
Miss Nettic Wayne, of Lambcrts
Point, was chosen as the PROTEST wo-
man on tho grounds, the judges
unanimously agreeing upon tho sub
icct. A prize OF SIS went with this
decision.
In the baby show, Mary Burrows, of
Norfolk took first prize as the prct-
test baby, and Ada Frances Belch of
| this city, was close second. Gil
, bert Lowery, of Bramblcton, was by
all odds, the latest baby in the
show.
Three Prominent Speakers,
About S o'clock in the afternoon,
when there were more people on tho
grounds than ut any other ono time
during the day, ZION. Harry l.. May.
nard. Colonel George c.. Cabcl and
Hon. w. II. Gum, of Norfolk adj
dressed large crowd on tho lawn.
None of the speakers touched on pol
tiles, but all three discussed Labor
Day and matters OF interest to organ
lied labor in interesting and able
fashion.
With a great crowd gathered In
the pavilion. the usual prize waltz
was held. Mr.. Crtcndcn and Miss
Owens. of Norfolk, were warded tho
first prize and Mr. and Mrs. p. Foley,
OF this city, took the second.
Started HomeYiard Early.
For once, the crowd started home.
ward early and by 1.:30 o'clock tho
Pine Beach grounds were practically
deserted. Nearly four hundred poo
pic returned to this city on tho last
boat, arriving here after midnight.
MT. j. NJ. Brown, of this city.
was chairman of the joint committee
which had In charge the celebration
The other members representing this
city were Mcssrs. Frank S. Lyons,
, w. s. Roth and III. l.. JJulIer Tho