The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-09-05
LABOR DAY
A SUCCESS
A GOOD SUM OF MONEY rs
REALIZED FROM SPORTS
AND DANCE.

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the people of Everett and surrounding
country last Monday. Thousands
lined the sidewalks and watched the
marching unionists. While entertain
ments of other kinds were held out of
the city the day was one of profit to
the unions. Both the sports at Rob-
bins park and the dance was a sue
cess. The committee will be able to
give complete report next week.
About 1915 will be realized and turned
into the Labor Temple building fund
Both from financial. and entertain
ment standpoint the Labor Day cele-
bration held Mondy was the most sue
cessful in the history of organized
labor in Everett. The weather was
| ideal and at an early hour Hewitt ave-
nue. was thronged with people waiting
| for the big parade to start The un
| ions assembled on Rucker avenue at
either side of Hewitt and promptly at
the scheduled hour, headed by Grand
Marshal Olinger and Chief Aide Tom
Cooley, swung into Hewitt avenue and
marched to Chestnut and returned to
the starting point. The parade was in
two divisions, the second being led
| by Aides Altman and Clifford
| While the floats which have charac-
terized Labor Day parades have been
practically dispensed with by common
consent among the unions, there were
a few in line to relieve the monotony
of the long line of marchers. The
very absence of the floats, however,
added force to the impression of the
strength of organized labor, for, with
the marchers on foot their numerical
strength was more easily discernible.
| The winners in the contests at the
ball grounds in the afternoon are as
follows:
Ladies' 5O-yard dash, Mrs. E. D. Os-
borne, first; Mrs. p. w. Wells, Sec
ond; Dora Johnson, third. Boys shoe
race, Teddy Robbins, first; Max Gold
berg, second; Harry Bird, third. Fat
mems race, A. E. Hall, first; Matt
Blair, second; Gus Carlson, third.
Boys obstacle race, Harry Ramsy,
first RefRy Van Dyke, second; Ar
thur Withan, third. Fat mems OBJ
stacle race, Matt Blair, first; M.
Moore, second A. E. Hall, third.
Cross-arming contest, Sam Roberts,
first; Jack Richards, second; Joe Pit
tendrigh, third. Ladies' nail driving
contest, Mrs. w. o. McCallister, first,
Mrs. F. l.. Ollhoff, second; Mrs. Joseph
Goldthorpe, third. Pole climbing con-
test, B. Muller, first; Joe Pittendrigh,
second; Red Hardy, third. Handline
throwing contest, B. Muller, first; Joe
Pittendrigh, second; George Borne,
third Log bucking contest, Swan Ed
lund first; Billy Green, second; Pat
Dudley, third. Free for all 1OO-yard
dash, Chas Marshall, first; c. w.
Woodrow, second; G. Galligan, third.
Clothes pin contest, Mrs. Viola Fran
co.'s, first; Dora Johnson, second; !;
Mrs e. D. Osborne, third. Girls 80
yard dash, Katie Boyle, first; Nellie
Mutterbach, second; Katherine Kas-
sen, third. Free for all dash for boys
under ~, Douglass Kirk, first; Abe
Brown, second; Joe Lane. third Free
for all 100-yard dash, Leroy Brown,
first; A. Chapman, second; Joe Pit
tendrigh, third.
The Teamsters defeated the Elec-
tricians in the tug of war.
The prize for the Oldest union man
on the grounds went to Samuel Regent,
90 years of age, who joined the first
labor organization in England when
but boy and has been closely identi-
fled with the labor movement continu-
ously since that time. Mr.. Begent is
retired painter
In the boys shoe contest there was
misunderstanding between the
Judges and one of the boys who per-
haps would have won the first prize
was overlooked. However, the COM
mittee when it meets next Sunday Will
take the matter up and no doubt the
boy will be allowed the same amount
in cash as the prize called for in this
event.