Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
LAb0R'S DAY IS
Celebrated BY
MEN OF OMAHA
Starts With Parade in Morning
and Closes With Picnic at
LakevieW; Stores. Gen.
orally Close.

Omaha paid its tribute to the mer
who toll yesterday and the festivitie!
incident to Labor day did not cease
until midnight. 1t was full day O.
rest and pleasure, free from the hum
drum of every day work life.
Starting with parade in the morn
ing, in which 5000 members, of ths
labor organizations marched, tte pro
gram of the day concluded with Z
dance at Lakeview park. participated
in by not only the members Of the
younger set, but by many of the mer
and women we'll along in life.
The day was perfect and everything
helped to make the observance of the
holiday most enjoyable, for there was
not an incident to mar the pleasures
of the occasion.
Practically all who took part in the
parade spent the afternoon at Lake.
view and in addition there were thou.
sands of others. There were men
women. boys and girls. 1t was a
happy. fun-loving lot and they made
the most of the outing,
Oratory at the Park.
It was o'clock when the Labor
day oratory started and it was no,
concluded until 5 O'Clock, after which
came long card of sporting events
races of all kinds, jumping and other
tests-of strength. And with the end
of the sport card, came the dance, ir
which hundreds took part ~
= ]. J. Carrigan, one of the Oldest
members of the Central Labor unior
! and former president, introduced, the
speakers. The first was Mayor Dahl
man, who as soon as he removed his
hat apologized for being bald headed
contending ''that in making furniture
they never put a marble top on a
cheap article" The bald-headed men
in the audience applauded the mayor
Mayor Dahlman spoke at some
length upon the wonderful growth OF
Omaha and attributed considerable OF
its prosperity to- the loyalty of organ
lied labor. He predicted that the
future growth and prosperity OF
Omaha would be the greatest of any
city of the Genital west and that at
all times organized. labor would be
found doing its share.
Effect of War on Labor.
Attorney Bigelow discussed la Dor
in all of its phases, urging organiza-
ton, contending that organizing is
the only way of fighting what he
termed autocracy.
Mr.. Bigelow predicted that the out
come of the war in Europe will mean
that in the future the laboring people
of not only the countries on the other
side of the Atlantic, but those of the
United States, as we'll, will have more
of voice in the affairs of the govern.
ment. He asserted that the war will
bring about many reforms in govern
mental matters and probably pro-
hibition and universal suffrage for the
entire nation.
Miss Gladys Shamp, young wom-
an of more than ordinary ability, was
greeted with rousing cheers as she
arose to speak. "We are all loud in
our praises for the boys who have
enlisted and gone away for oversee
service, but the women at home are
entitled to some credit, for they are
doing their bit. They are going to
feel the effects Of the war in many
ways, even if they do not send their
boys to the trenches"
Women in War Vacations.
Miss Shamp spoke of the many new
vocations into which women are en-
tering, due to the men having been
called to the colors, and urged that
in this new industrial life they must
be taught strength, urging that the
first and most impressive lessons
should be those of organization.
Pointing to how conditions, have
changed within a few years, miss
Shamp said that it was not so long
ago when most of the men were say
ing:
|, 1.-THE place for woman is in the
phome, but now the cry is different
you hear it on the street, in the bust
ness house, the Office and the club
women must go where they are
needed and do whatever work they
may be called upon to perform.
with this change and this demand
for female labor it is only fair that
there must be an equal wage for equal
work and there is no reason why a
woman working alongside of a man
and doing the same class of work and
performing as much, should not have
the same wage"
Miss Shamp insisted that women in
en- fe ring the industrial field should be