Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27
MONSTER LABOR CELEBRATION
Plans Are Being Made for Best OBJ
servsnce Ever Made.
PROGRAM AT COURTLAND BEACH
wits y. Reed VIII he Principal
speaker aud other NotRbIcs viii
Enhance the Joyfulness and
EClat OF the Occasion.

Labor day in Omaha will be celebrated
this year IN manner planned TO eclipse
all observances since the beginning or or
gained tabor. Elaborate and careful
plans for the celebration have been mad
by the committee Of the Omaha Central
Labor union which viii. when carried out.
be the very best that have ever been
known in omaha.
Arrangements for the monster parade.
the celebration at CORTLAND Beach. and
sports and amusements for the day, have
been practically completed by the general
committee. and now all that remains to be
accomplished before the celebration starts
is to ascertain just how many musical or
carnations will be in lire when the parade
starts moving.
Five unions have pledged bands for the
day. but Chairman Fielder of the parade
committee thinks when the marchers start
at least twelve bands will be I'm line.
The parade will start at II o'clock, and
It is thought that over 10,oO0 men will be
in line when the signal to start lie given.
over thirty organizations Of Omaha will
have their full membership in line, and
labor unions Of South omaha have sieni-
fled their willingness to Join with the
union men Of Omaha.
The following committees will have
charge Of the parade sports, entertain
ment, etc.
Grounds-w Wilson Woodland. Donahue.
Observation-Disclosures. Light, Duncan.
Sports-Doll, Woodland. Weitzen, LauN,
Brown
ainment-sorenson, Stauffer, Lar
sen.
speakors--wonberg. scheubel, Polian.
Law and Order-McDonough, Cummins,
Weitzel Proctor, Rudy. This committee
will be augmented by the addition OF ten
more to be appointed later.
| Young.
Parade Fielder chairman; Lamesh,
M Mary M0odq Ridr Hal EyS 2,o 2ogmi
son, Duncan Donahue, Webster, Jacobs,
Polian, Tressler.
Parade from Labor Temple.
! The marchers will form on Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, and will start from
! in front of the Labor Temple, marching
east on Douglas street to Eleventh, south
on Eleventh to Farnam, west on Farnam
! to Eighteenth, south on Eighteenth to
Harvey, east on Harvey to Sixteenth,
south on Sixteenth TO Leavenworth and
countermarch en- Sixteenth street north to
Cunning, where they will disband and
board cars for CORTLAND beach.
At CORTLAND a program of speeches and
athletics has been arranged for and the
marchers will be given an opportunity tc
enjoy the best time of their lives. Willis E
Reed of Madison, Neb.. will be the CHIEF
speaker of the day and he has chosen fol
his subject THE Function Of the Labor
Union in Time of Industrial and Financia
Depression" Rev. ID. T.. jenkins, professor
OF theology of the University Of Omaha
will follow, and c. M Fielder, district or
ganizer of the BARRIERS union, and DR.. M
d. Ramsey will close the program.
Athletics will follow, with sack races, ia
mems contests, etc, for liberal prizes. Tit
following is the program for the athletic
end Of the Labor day celebration:
1OO-yard dash, girls under 16 years; prizes
2-pound, 11A-pound and 1-pound box o
candy.
lOO-yard dash, boys under 10; prizes
catching glove, base ball, bat.
75-yard race, married women; $3.50 pair o
shoes, $3.50 pair of shoes
76-yard race single women; $3.50 pair o
shoes; $3.50 pair OF shoes.
100-yard daEh for single men; box 3
cigars, box IS cigars.
1O0-yard dash Tor married men, box 8
cigars, box rs cigars.
50-yRrd tbree-legged race, men; box 5
| cigars hon nb