The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-24
LABOR DAY AT THE JAMES
TOWN EXPOSITION.


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An There VAN BE- No great
speakers and organized labcrs leaders
at tie JamestoNp Exposition aboT
Day, Monday, September ca Samuel.
Gompers, president 81 the American
Federation Of u abor and william Ran
doIpa Hearst Of New York Will make
speeches to organized labor at the
Terc Centennial on that day.
Union labor has occupied . prom.
inent place in the construction Of the
Exposition from the beginning, and
in fact, this Is the first great fair ex.
ciusiyely constructed by organized la
Dor and the excellence Of tie work
attests the value Of the Organization
in every particular.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
Federation Of Labor, has visited the
Exposition several times, and has al
ways manifested great interest in the
Ten.centennial, owing to the fact that
it was constructed by organized labor,
and the products Of that labor are in
evidence in SO many of the exhibit
departments. The great labor leader
has eyinced a desire to make this La.
Dor Day celebration memorial event,
and win, do everything within his
mighty sphere of influence 10 bring
success. The combined labor unions
Of Tidewater Virginia acted as unit
in the call to Mr.. Gompers and to
Hearst, whose efforts in the defense,
through his powerful newspapers from
New York to Los Angeles, Of the in
terests Of labor, have brought him
into prominence throughout the land.
With these two great speakers the
Labor Day celebration at the Ter-cen.
tennial would become national.
event, and many thousands will, no
doubt, be in attendance. But speech.
making will not be the only feature
of the day, as there will be special
military reviews, special musical pro-
grammes, and grand athletic contests.
Under the auspices of the Central
Labor Union, there will be a track
and field meet open to all registered
athletes, and is sanctioned by the n.
A. U.
There will be a number of red
blooded flyers at the Exposition at
taat time training for the Olympic
games. to be held on the 9Th and 7th
Of September, and they will, no doubt,
enter the different events, making the
meet second only to the Olympic.
Following are the events;
100 yards handicap.
22O yards handicap.
440 yards handicap.
/ mile handicap.
22O yards hurdle handicap
$50 yards novice Scratch
Throwing the Discus handicap.
Free style.
Throwing IS pound hammer handi'
cap.
Running high jump handicap.
Running broad jump handicap.
Putting 16 pound shot handicap.
Closed events, open to the members
of Labor Unions only. Sack race, 100
yords. Obstacle race, 40 yards. 50
yards fat mems race. to7er 200
pounds tug of war teams of 5men).
Handsome prizes will be awarded
to first, second and third in each
event. A banner will be awarded to
the club scoring the largest number
of points.
The cinder track at the Exposition
is one of the fastest tracks in the
country. 1t was built by the famous
track builder Sparrow" Robertson.
Mr.. Robertson constructed the tracks
at Buffalo and St, Louis and says the
jamestown track Is the finest one he
ever built.
While the visitors to the Ten.Cen-
tennial will, no doubt, pay much at
tention to the magnificent exhibits
housed in the different beautiful
buildings, the speaking and the ath-
leuc contests some of the time will
doubtless be devoted to the amuse-
ment and spectacular features with
which this great Exposition abounds.
The scenes of the Warpath during the
afternoon and evenings are enlivening
and enchanting in the extreme, and
all nationalities jostle each other in
good natured carnival spirit while the
familiar, yet ever strange music, lends
a foreign aspect to the surroundings.
LoopIng.theloop, shooting,the'Ghutes,
slides for life. aerial stunts by wire
artists, double somersaultIng in au-
tomobiles from high towers, acrobatic
performances, and the like, are among
the free open air attractions of the
great falryland, while within the en-
closures there are presented some of