The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-08

One of the Most Successful Celebra-
tons Ever Held in That City
Mammoth Team Wins Prize.


Park City. Sept. 7.-Another very sue
cessful celebration and one that will long
be remembered In Park City by her peo-
pie. was the one Of today. when Labor
Miners union No. IA of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners.
The days festivities were begun at $50
this morning. when the Park City Mill
street in front of the city hall. where a
short program was given by that musical
organization.
From that time on during the whole
day there something doing for both
young and old.
At 9 a. m. the parade was formed at
the foot of Main street directly oppo-
site the Union Pacific depot and was
made up in the following order:
Flag bearer. Harry West.
| Park City Military band.
Members of Park City unions.
| Five hundred school children.
Each child in the parade was given a
ticket good for 5 cents In trade at any
business place In town.
| The line of march was as follows:
Form at U. p. depot and march west.
south on Park avenue and north on Main
street 10 McDonald's blacksmith shop.
/ Immediately after the parade and just
I before the exercises In the band stand
the following sports were held on Main
street:
Boys race. age under 10 years; 40 yards
Won by S. Koran. jr. First prize. $50.
l. Anderson, second. Prize 81.
Girls race. age under II years; 40 yards
Won by Louisa Gibson. First prize.
$l.50. Jean Collins, second Prize 81.
Egg and spoon race for girls: 40 yards
Ellen Fitzgerald. first. Prize $50. Grace
Richardson. second. Prize 81.
75-yard race. age Is to IS. for boys-By-
ron Pape. first. Prize 81 Chester Dali
gleish. second Prize 81 80.
5O-yard race, age Is to is. for girls-Mar-
garet Dunsman. first. Prize 81. Mary
Driscol. second. Prize $50
30 yards. age II to IA. for boys-David
| Benji, first Prize $50. Francis Cum
bingham. second. Prize 81.
| IS yards. age to Il. for girls-Wilimet
Duke. first. Prize $50. Grace Richard
son. second. Prize 81.
| Following these races the exercises were
| held in the band stand.
| President Kelley of the local union in
troduced as the first speaker A. j. Weber.
who delivered a very interesting address
The gentleman began by saying that he
did not know whether or not to call his
| listeners undesirable citizens" as the
! president of the land had done. He then
| launched into the Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone cases. and he declared that
| the treatment accorded them at the hands
of the Idaho officials was a blot of shame
| on the history of that state which can
never be cleared away. We are living
under the best government on earth said
he. and the workingmen are wholly re-
government.
Labor day" said he. 'is a day for
every man, woman and child to celebrate,
and all partisan feeling should be laid
aside on this day and all unite in one
grand celebration.
1.-The time will come" declared Mr.
Weber. when Labor day will be made
national holiday. the same as Indepen-
dence day. Abraham Lincoln was a friend
of labor. This fact is proven by the
statement by him when he said that La
Dor is a most important element DAN
lei Webster. in one of his great speeches,
proud Independent" said Mr.. Weber
'by bringing the men closer together.
Some people object TO miners unions but
these same people do not object to paper
unions. bankers unions. ETC.
The speaker then took a crack at Pres
ident Eliot of Harvard university. who is
quoted as saying that mo man can work
too hard. nor too long hours" This. de-
clared Mr.. Weber. is too much for any
mule.
People want shorter hours and higher
wages When there are two jobs and
one man to do them, the conditions are
good. But when there is one job and
two men to do il. the conditions are bad.
said Mr. Weber ''rhe eight-hour law has
been a great benefit to both miners and
mine owners in Utah. When a man can
work eight hours. sleep eight hours and
have eight hours for recreation. then he is
wages are high the country is prosper
Gus. but when wages are low times are
hard. China has not advanced any in the
last thousand years in the way of civil
Zation." declared Mr.. Weber. THE wages
I'm the Oriental country are low and con-
ditions are anything but prosperous. All
patriotic people should be in favor of
higher wages and shorter hours. The day
is fast approaching when laws will be
passed in every state in the Union pro-
hibiting child labor"
He then talked of coal mine inspectors
and urged the miners to all stand together
and ask the state Legislature to pass laws
which. will compel the owners of quartz
mines to have like inspectors.
Mr. Weber closed his address by saying
that II is unjustifable SANDER on the
miners union when that great body of
men are accused of being 'lawless citi-
zens.'
At the conclusion of his speech the gen.
tleman was loudly applauded.
The band stand. where the speaking
was held. was prettily decorated with the
national colors and large banner be-
longing to the Park City union was also
used in the decorations.
Farley p. Christensen of Salt Lake was
also on the program for speech, but
for some unknown reason the big politi
clan failed to show up.
After dinner races OF all kinds took
place on the ball grounds. which were
followed by a baseball game. Owing to
the non-arrival of the Kansas team, two
Park City teams were chosen and a very
interesting game was played for a $50
purse. which had been hung up by the
members of the local union. The final
score was to 10 in favor of Ryan's team.
This was followed by the drilling con-
test open to the world. Drilling in granite
rock. seven eighths-inch steel to be used
and ten-pound hammer. First prize, 500:
second prize, $50 The following teams
entered:
DonneIly-Mee. Park City. drilled 11H
inches In 10 minutes.
McClellantl-Payne. Park City. 151k inches
in 10 minutes.
Eden-Anderson, Lower Mammoth, 17%
inches In 10 minutes.
May-Stricker, Mammoth. 1871 inches IN
10 minutes
Johnson-Peterson. Park City, 177s inches
in 10 minutes.
Kendell-Adams, Park City, 147s inches
in 10 minutes.
May and Stricken were awarded the first
prize and Johnson and Peterson the sec
ond prize.
Open house was held at the Elks' hall
during the entire day.
The day was brought to a close with a
ball at Maple hall, given by the local I'M
ion.
Oasis Excursion Rate.