Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-29
LABOR DAY PROGRAMS
Local Organizations to Observe
Annual Holiday.
VARIETY OF ADJUSTMENTS
Public Fairgrounds Events Reproduc-
ed at Marshall Hall.
WRESTLERS AT RIVER VIEW
central Labor Union Outing at Luna
Park-The Several Com
mittees in Charge.
VARIETY OF ADJUSTMENTS
WRESTLERS AT RIVER VIEW

The several labor organizations of the city
have made arrangements for outings on
Labor day. The Central Labor Union will
go to Luna Park, the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners will be entertained at
River View and knights of Labor, NO. To,
will give an excursion to Marshall Hall.
The outing of the District Assembly No
&C. Knights of Labor at Marshall Hall, it Is
expected from a financial standpoint, will be
the banner one in the history of the or
ganzation. Already over 1900 tickets have
been Sold and it is stated that the men,
bers are striving to Guido each other In
disposing of the tickets in order to make
the affair a grand success. Arrangements
have been made for the reproduction of the
annual games of the children of the public
Fairgrounds at Marshall Hall. DR.. Curtis
assisted by Prof. B. ]. Wefers, will have
charge of the exhibitions and 1t is ex-
pected that 800 or 400 children will be
present and participate in the events.
The apparatus will be erected Sunday so
that there will be no delay The program
will open promptly following the arrival of
the afternoon boat. In addition to the play
ground events there will be games for the
grown folks. some of which are: A 75-yard
dash for men, 5O-yard dash for girls sack
race three-legged race, potato race, a tug
of war between members of l.. A. tbs anc
L. A. 114S, and prize waltz in the even
Ing. ARRANGEMENTS nave Deen mace lot the
boats to make five trips, so that those VINO
desire to get home early can do so.
The committee of arrangements consist
of: Executive committee-Thomas Shea
han, chairman; ]. F. O'Meara, l.. P. Wild.
E. j. Dakin. ]. ]. Deery, Thomas P. O'Day
J. E. Collins and H. Martin. Boat and
comfort committee-James f. Mitchell.
chairman; ]. H Mowatt, H. ]. Schutters
W. c. Champion. James H. whitemore,
Charles Lynch and j. T. Tressey. Sports
rommittee-E. ]. Dakin. chairamn: ]. F
Maloney. J. ]. Deery, John Sutton, James
Hall, George E. Susan, William Beha.
Dancing committee-H. A. Martin. F. II.
Mokes, j. Lindsay. A. Chids, William Bal
ser, A. F. Lengstack and H. D. d. Dig
pey.
Brotherhood Of Carpenters.
A meeting of the excursion committee of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Local Union No. 49, was held at the Hutch
Inson building Monday evening and ar
engagements were made for the annual ex-
cursion of the organization to River View.
1t was announced that the committee on
sports in connection with the regular games
had secured the services OF Charles +.
Ramsay. the amateur 145-pound champion
wrestler of New York. and Joseph Turner.
the 140-pound champion of the District of
wrestling bout. best two out of three falls.
1t is expected that there will be a large
attendance at the river resort. The MEM
bers of the organization report that great
many tickets have already been sold. Ar
engagements have also been made for
base ball game to be played between the
st. Peters and st. Vincent teams of the
Marquette League.
The other athletic events will be: One
hundred-yard dash for men. tug of war be-
tween the Amalgamated Society of
Carpenters and the Carpenters and
Joiners' Union No. 132. the shoe con-
test in which boys under fourteen years
will contest, the shoes of the contestants
being placed In a box and the getting
his shoes out of the box and his feet
first to win prize. There will be fifty
yard dash for the ladies, a three-legged
race and arrangements are being made to
secure the services of several professional
cake walkers. There will be dancing in the
evening.
The various committees are: Executive
committee, Joseph X. Potter. chairman;
+. b. Burns, secretary and treasurer; l..
w. Lloyd, T. E. Arnold and Thomas Wolff.
Sports committee John Piland, chairman:
l.. w. Matter, James Deery, Lewis d.
Luebkirt and j. w. Johnson. Order COM
mittee, NJ. ]. Deery. chairman; G. H.
Adams, A. F. Morrlsett, Jacob Nusbaum
and James Buyer.
Central Labor Union.
The Labor day program for the annual
outing of the Central Labor Union at Luna
Park next Monday is regarded as the best
that has ever been produced by that or
ganization. Many thousands of tickets
have been sold and it is expected many
more will be disposed of before Labor day.
The exercises at the park will begin at
IL o'clock in the morning, when the first
athletic event. which is a 1OO-yard dash
for men, will be run off. The order Of
events and prizes are as follows
Foot race 100 yards for men-First prize,
hat; second prize, pair of shoes.
Foot race, 80 yards, boys under fourteen
years-First and second prizes, fine dress
shoes.
Relay race, quarter mile-Ffrst and sec
ond prizes, silk umbrellas.
Bicycle race, one mle-First prize, pair
of bicycle tires; second prize. bicycle lamp.
Afternoon Events.
Three-legged race-First prize, 50; second
prize, 81.
Sack race-First prize. 50; second prize, 81.
Egg race, girls under 16-First prize,
$50; second prize. 81.
Potato race-First prize. 50; second prize,
81.
wheelbarrow race for women-First prize,
pair gloves; second prize. pocketbook.
Running jump-First prize, pair shoes;
second prize. hat.
Pole vaulting-Frst prize dress suit case;
second prize. military brushes.
Base ball, pm; prize, $50.
officers and Committees.
The committees In charge are:
General committee-Milford Spohn, chair
man: Chas. w. Winslow, secretary-treas-
urer; ]. F. Mccarthy. Geo. Adams. H. c.
LaClair
Dancing-C. A. Pau. chairman; H e.
Stein j. G. Bishop, NJ. A. Bowen, ]. F.
McKenna.
Sports-H. c. LaClair. chairman; c. +.
Mcclure, NJ. Snellings, c. E. Allison, ]. e.
Schmidt. l.. B. Diggins. H.. ]. Wells, j. b.
Dickman. ]. Colpois, ]. p. McGinness.
Law and order-Jas. l.. Feeney chair
man. and a corps of assistants.
The officers of the union are: President,
f. L. Adams Columbia Lodge Machinists;
vice president. John Colpois, carpet me-
chanics: secretary. Chas. w. Winslow,
structural iron workers; treasurer, Milton
Snellings. Engineers, Local No. 30; fnan-
cial secretary, c. e Mcclure, plate print
ers: sergeant alarms, Samuel Beckett, tile
layers helpers.
Stretched Broken Leg in Vain.