The daily sentinel., 1909-09-06
PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED:
BIG EVENTS CALLED OFF
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celebrations in the history of west
ern Colorado.
However, the committees and the
hundreds of laboring men and their
friends have tried to look on the
bright side of the situation and nave
done all in their power TO make the
day a pleasant one in spite of the
weather
1t is the first Labor Day in years
that has witnessed a rain storm in
this city and IL is too bad that the
storm should come just at the time
the biggest celebration the city had
was to take place.
Many laboring men from other
points are in the city today to par
ticipate in the events.
Just after noon a large delegation
of union carpenters and other union
men passed in informal parade down
one side of Main street on the pave
ment, headed by the G. A. r. drum
corps and they were cheered heartily.
The Grand Junction band made a
round or two on the street car loop
at noon, playing stirring selections.
Very hastily the opera house was
decorated during the forenoon but
before the meeting opened in the af-
ternoon 1t presented a very hand
some appearance. Flags. emblems of
various labor unions, flowers and 9TH
er handsome decorations were en-
/ ployed.
The meeting at the Park opera
house was late in starting but there
was an excellent attendance, some
| 800 to 400 men and perhaps a score
of woemn being in attendance.
NJ M Chandler nf
Grand Junction Trades and Labor
Assembly, presided The speakers of
the day and several other gentlemen
occupied seats on the platform.
| Music was provided before the
/ speaking began by the G. A. r. drum
corps
Nearly all of the union labor or
| ganizations of the city were well rep
resented at the meeting.
The addresses were all given close
attention and the crowd at times was
very liberal and enthusiastic in their
applause.
The addresses of the day We're de
livered by Eli NJ. Gross. state labor
inspector, Attorney Ben Griffith and
Attorney George Bullock. The ad-
dresses of the first two named gentle
men were most appropriate and were
filled with splendid thoughts and
truths. Each of these addresses was
eloquent and sincere in its nature. =
Attorney Bullock devoted his time
to a typical socialistic address in
which he denounced capitalism
deplored and denounced the policy OF
many labor unions in refusing to al
low politics to be discussed at their
meetings. denounced Gompers. Nit
chell and other great labor leaders
and viewed from a socialistic stand
point many other political questions
and problems. He stated that his
talk might be called out of order or
in poor taste at this meeting. hut. If
so, he would plead guilty to the
charge.
At the conclusion of the meeting
fine fruit was distributed free to all
! present by Secretary Mahony of the
| Chamber of Commerce. The fruit had
been generously donated by the grow
ers. There was great quantities of
1t and all of a fine quality. This feat
ure made big hit.
The meeting at the opera house
was the only big feature of the day.
The program of sports on which
| much work had been done and a
large number of entries lined up, had
to be entirely dispensed with on ac-
count of the rain. This program was
to have been carried out at the fair
grounds in connection with the base
ball game.
There is no question but what sew
eral thousand people would have
thronged the fair grounds this after
noon had the weather been fine and
the events carried out as contem-
plated. The crowd would have been
one of the biggest ever seen at the
fair grounds
The ball game would have in all
probability proven one of the best of
the season, the Kansas City Red Sox
versus the Grand Junction team
At 2:30 O'Clock the two ball teams
went out to the fair grounds accom-
panied by a small crowd of fans and
an effort was made to play a game
on the muddy diamond,
There has been no change what
ever in the program for this evening
The great ball will be held at the
Auditorium and at Q O'Clock on the
stage of the Auditorium the widely
advertised public marriage will take
place. Interest in the public mar
riage has been intense owing to the
, fact that the identity of the couple
: has been kept secret and also OWN.
to the fact that the happy couple /:
to receive something like S400 wortl
OF household goods from the mer
chants of Grand Junction. as wedding
gifts.
The names OF the participants il
the happy event are still a secret bu