United labor bulletin., 1913-09-06
Labor Day Picnic
Was Quiet Affair
Half Population Left City For
Outing
Winners Of Athletic Events at Lake.
side; Other Cities in State Have
Big Demonstrations

Day celebration in Denver at Lake
side park under auspices of the
Trades and Labor Assembly and
Building Trades Council was the
speech delivered by James W. Kelley.
orator of the day. This address is pub
lished in full in another column of The
Bulletin. The attendance afternoon
and evening was not up to last
year. owing to many counter attrac-
tions and elimination of the usual pa
rade. Half the population was out of
town and the police department said
1T was the quietest Labor Day on rec
ord.
A baseball game, athletic stunts and
speaking was the program at Lake
side during the afternoon. AT night
there was a boxing bout in the stadi-
um and a dance in the pavilion. Rain
in the afternoon delayed the speaking
program until 4:20 o'clock.
Clint C. Houston. editor of The
United Labor Bulletin, made a brief
Introductory address outlining the or
igin of Labor Day and its significance
to the toiIers. He then introduced
Hon, Otto F. Thum. commissioner OF
property and member of Denver
typographical Union. Mr.. Thum said
he did not feel just up to the minute
because he had no opportunity to pa
rade and prophesied next year the
union men and women OF Denver
would give the greatest street pa
geant ever seen in Colorado on Labor
Day.
Hon. James W. Kelley was then in
troduced as orator of the day and
made very interesting and instruc-
tive address, which was frequently in
terrupted by applause.
Mrs. Riddle Makes Hit.
The Honorable Mrs. Agnes Riddle.
member Of the Colorado Legislature,
was next introduced and told OF her
experiences in the General Assembly.
supporting labor measures, often in de
fiance OF mandates OF the leaders OF
her political party. She brought laugh
ter and applause from the audience BY
her many witticisms and strikins, al
lusions to members of the Legisla.
ture.
Henry p. Knapp of Pueblo was then
introduced and made an interesting
address on the single tax question and
its relation to organized labor.
Attorney General Fred Farrar. who
was to have been one of the speakers.
was in Laramie. wyo.. and therefore
not at Lakeside, as all the daily pa
pers made it appear.
Sport Events at Stadium.
A good-sized crowd gathered in the
stadium at 1880 to witness the athletic
events. Following were the winners:
Fifty-yard dash for men. 200 pounds
or overs. Jacobs, first; ]. Rogers.
second; E. C. Bird, third
Fifty-yard dash for girls under I6-
Fay Close, first: Ethel Watson, sec
ond; Ruth Welsh. third.
One hundred-yard dash for men-w.
II. Richard. first; J. Cameron, second:
William Waddell. third.
Fifty.yard dash for boys, IL or un-
der-Joe Hellart, first; w. Welsh, sec.
ond: Paul Atchison. third
Egg and spoon race-Mrs. Emma
Schwab, first; Mrs. Grace Alumbaugh,
second; Mrs. w. Bergman. third.
Sack race-Ruth Welsh. first: Fern
<NHoit"ot ctNoius Aaui bishop. tnlTu.
One hundred-yard dash, free-for-all
John c. Green. first: John Cheno-
weth. second; Ainsley Whyman, third
Fifty-yard dash for women with un-
ion cards-Mrs. w. Bergman. first:
Mrs. Grace Alumbaugh. second; Mrs.
w. Barrett. third.
Fifty-yard dash for colored men
Tom Richardson. first: o. A. Branson,
second.
Celebration In Other Places. Il
In Pueblo n street parade one mile