Evening star., 1941-09-07
Fifty Years Ago
In The Stur

This year Labor Day came on the
earliest possible date in September-the
lst-but in 1891 it came on the latest
possible date-the seventh
Labor just so years ago today. The
Doy Star for that date tells of its
celebration in Washington:
Labor Day was an immense success.
Washington may not be one of the great
manufacturing centers of the country,
but when it was decided some time ago
to celebrate Labor Day in this city in a
manner befitting the occasion, commit
tees of arrangement were appointed to
see that everything was properly done.
The great holiday of the work
ingmen was all that could be asked for
from the standpoint of the Weather Bu-
reau. Labor Day is not recognized
as legal holiday in the District as it is
in many of the States, but, notwith-
standing this fact. there was little or
no work done today in shops where
organized labor is represented"
The account goes on to relate various
features of the parades. Incidentally. on
June %, 1894, Congress declared Labor
Day a legal holiday in the District of
Columbia, as also in Alaska.
The Chilean revolution having come
to close with the defeat of Balmaceda.
the question arose of
Junto what TO do about recog-
RECOGNIZED milton of the new gov
ernment, known as the
Junta The Star of September S, 1891.
says: The Chilean Junta has been for
mally recognized by the United States.
A cablegram has been sent by the State
Department TO Minister Egan. telling
him to extend recognition to the new
government.
This morning the department refused
to acknowledge the fact, but it is known
to be true, nevertheless. The telegram
to Mr.. Egan was sent over to Washing
ton by the President Editors Note: Mr..
Harrison was vacationing at Cape Nav
in the care of Secretary Tracy, who COM
municated it to Acting Secretary Whar-
| ton
More trouble in Haiti was reported.
due TO dissatisfaction with the regime of
Hippolyte, who was Presi-
Trouble dent, dictator and tyrant,
in Hoiti all in one. Says The Star
of September s. 1891: "A
climax in Haitis disturbed affairs will
undoubtedly be reached very soon.
Forces guarding the seaport cities are
/ OH Of
| Port au Prince. So strong is the
| belief that revolution will soon break
out-in Haiti that many of the foreign
residents have moved out of Port au
Prince or have taken their families
| away.
Unrest In Samoa also was reported,
| and it is interesting to note that even
then much of 1t was
| An Unreasonable due to German de-
Demand mands. At that time
the Samoan Islands
were nominally independent and repre-
sentatives of all important nations were
| there to do the best they could for the
homeland The unreasonableneSs OF
Germany was exemplified by the ac-
count printed in The Star of September
7, 1891:
"A German firm imported q number
| of silver marks from Germany some
time ago and wished to pass them at
| gold value In the payment Of taxes, etc.
Most of these coins are old marks OF
Wurtemburg and other small princi-
palities. The residents objected to them,
as they cannot pass them except at q
discount in America or the colonies.
THE President Baron Won PilSack
however, insisted that they be received
The King and the. government would
not take them, but the President agair
ordered them to do 50 or Germany would
be angry. They again refused. but Pill
sack still declined to accept their deci-
! sion, and the question remains open"