The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-03

the afternoon nearly every place of business in the city closed in order to allow the employees to spend the holi- day as best suited them.
 As soon as the parade was over large crowds boarded cars at Court Square for Electric Park, and on arriving there found everything in readiness for the most successful barbecue that the union labor men have yet held. The barbecue was prepared with an idea of accommodating every laboring man and his family in Montgomery. and at o'clock 1t appeared as if every member of union in the city had participated in the cue. The attendance at the park was far in excess of what had been anticipated and many had to walt nearly an hour to be accommodated at the tables where the sayory meats were spread.
 Speaking in Afternoon.
 Shortly after o'clock the speaking was commenced in the dancing Davil- ion, which was not large enough to &C., commodate the crowd which assem- bled to listen to the orators of the day.
 Alderman James J. Sullivan, as mas ter of ceremonies, presided over the speaking, introducing Hon. Terry Rich ardson, as the first speaker. MT. Rich ardson begged that he be relieved of making a long speech on account of the extreme heat, He discussed. brief ly. some of the more important matters pertaining to labor organizations. and appealed to those present not to stop working for the interests of the unions, which was the interest of every man in the country who Iabors with his hands. He said 1t was more important now than ever that the laboring men should stand together against the expressions of the money powers, to meet the forced advaances of the commodities through moHy manipulations, by increased wages. The speaker was literally ap- p1auded.
 Chairman Sullivan introduced the or ator of the day, W. S. Weir of At lanta, with the statement that he was one of "the people" He emphasized the fact that MT. Weir is a member of the Atlanta typographical union as layman, and not discord maker, and he assumed the responsibility of guar anteeing a most interesting speech.
 In opening, MT. Weir did not over look the large crowd of women pres ent in the hall. and was most felicitous in his remarks concerning the beauti- ful women of Montgomery. He said he had come to this State to get a wife, and that he believed some of the best women God had blessed man with were right here in Montgomery.
 Branching into the more serious part of his duty, MT. Weir outlined the du- ties of the union laborer, his obliga- tions to his fellow workers, and the necessity for having workers and not shirkers He said that while 1t is true the labor unions are called rebels, that rebels have ever been the advance guard of civilization, and that the la- bor unions of America had the duty of reforming the labor situation in this country.
 MT. weir Is Bitter. MT. Weir was particularly bitter against those members of labor unions who go about seeking to make discord whereby they can profit, and pointed out the necessity for having good, re- sponsib1e level-headed men at the head of every union and every committee. Many times. he said the intent of labor unions as a whole is misconstrued by the conduct of few hot heads who, by right are not entitled to member | ship.
 The speaker was also bitter in his denunciation of the Pinkerton detec- tive forces as a result of the Haywood case in Idaho in which he intimated capital had employed the agents of the great organization to prejudice the world against organized labor and to crush the miners federation, one of the strongest and best managed organ nations of the kind in the world. He TeIeFreQ IO tue ElHhSEtOh men us "dastards."
 As soon as he finished his speech Mir Weir, accompanied by number of the prominent labor leaders of the city re- turned to Montgomery to catch the af- ternoon train for Atlanta.
 At the conclusion of the speaking Hoffman's orchestra took charge of the stand in the dancing pavilion, and those who cared to engage in the mystic mazes of the light fantastic did so to their hearts content The other events on the program were abandoned on nc-s count of the lateness of the hour.
 The success of yesterdays celebra- tion is largely due to the untiring ef- forts of the very efficient committed. under rGand Marshal R. D. LaMont
 All expenses were cleared and labor ing men generally are felicitating themselves on the showing made and the good time enjoyed by all who par ticlpated.
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