Evening star., 1942-09-06
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star
Fifty years ago Labor Day came on

September 5 and was celebrated In all
large cities Of the United States.
LABOR New York put on the biggest
Doy show. In a dispatch from
there, The Star Of September S,
1892, said: "A more beautiful sunnyful
day could not have been chosen by the
toilers Of this city for the annual cele-
bration of Labor Day Labor is su-
preme. It is day of professions, of
sports, regattas. Big parades of organ
lied labor were the events of the day
in this city and in Brooklyn and great
crowds viewed the lines of prosperous
looking workmen in each city. : All
Government ofncials, municipal depart
ments and business houses alike recog-
nized the holiday by closing their doors
and allowing their employees to enjoy
the labor holiday"
The Star of September s, 1892, printed
President Harrison's letter of accept
=, ance OF his denomination
Horrison on the Republican ticket.
sands OF words, but the
gist of it was the normal Republican
doctrine. with special attention given to
the stand on the tariff and the currency.
The sporting world was rocked by the
staggering news from New Orleans when
the great champion, John
A Champion L. Sullivan, went down to
FolIs defeat before the fists Of
the challenger, James j.
Corbett. In q dispatch from the Cres-
cent City. The Star of September 8,
1892, quoted the champion: He licked
me fair and square; he is quicker than
I am. but he Is the only man in the
world who can lick me- Thus spoke
ex-Champion John l.. Sullivan at an
early hour this morning John was In
the barroom of the St. Charles Hotel
beginning to whoop it up as few can
but he. He spoke from his heart. He
was not one-half so much broken up as
most persons would suppose. Physically
he showed "a swollen nose and black
man never had before in his Hfe-but
his manner was not of the sullen or
disappointed kind and his friends re-
marked his pluck in defeat with pride"
Very few had expected that Corbett
would have a chance; those were the
days when Sullivan was mighty, and it
was considered an honor to shake the
cI,n ~f
though he was hardly in his prime when
he lost to Corbett.
Cholera in Europe threw q scare into
the minds of health authorities here
and rigid quarantine was
Sno'efo established on ships arriving
Score from Europe. The Star of
September 8, 1892, in 4 dis
patch from New York. explained: "Will
the cholera get in? is the question one
hears on every side here, and even the
star attractions of the Sullivan -Corbett
fight and Harrisons message fail to
draw public attention away from the
one all-important subject. While the
eager questionings are going on in the
streetcars, hotel lobbies, on the streets
and, in fact, all over the city, the OH
clals, city, State and Federal, are using
every precaution." The precaution was
successful; no epidemic of cholera swept
America.
1ronical today sounds an article
printed in The Star OF September S,
1892: The Italian man-of-
Sirt from war Garisliano, bearing the
ltoIy Columbus Statue presented
to the people of the United
States by King Humbert's subjects, ar
rived at quarantine below New York
yesterday afternoon As soon as
possible the monument will be
taken to the site selected for its erec-
ton, at Eighth avenue and Fifty ninth
street New York. Wednesday tSeptem-
ber . has been fixed for the formal
ceremonies. There will be speechmakins
by President Carlo Barsotti Of the
Monument Committee and others and
. big parade OF italian societies" The
monument stands there today and has
given It's name to the part Of New York
known as Columbus Circle.