LABOR'S GREAT DAYS (Continued from First page) 7. hall. The city band was at. the head of the pageant. W. H. S. Jackson, a veteran of all the wars onthe North American continent, acted as drum major, and performed many wonderful feats with his big gold-headed baton. Following the band was the Painters’ union in full white uniforms and bearing at their front a beautiful silk banner. The painters turned out with 60 mem- bers. A large float drawn by six horses and representing the painters’ artin its various branches was an important part of this section. A large delegation of members of the Miners’ union, also the Barbers’ union, Typographical union, Car- penters’ union, Newsboys’ union, and various other trades and labor unions, took part and marched on the sidew-.lk, with the banners and different emblems of their respec- tive organizations carried aloft. Hunter Bros. had a beautiful float mounted on a four-horse wag- on, representing a horn of plenty. The feature was so realistic and popular, that great cheering was done in its honor along the entire route of the procession. Louis Blue did not intend that the Lion Brewery should be forgot- ten, so accordingly entered the . parade with several floats, each one representing a different branch or department of the brewery. drinks were bottled in one float and given away along the line of march. Mr. Blue, mounted upon. his trusty “pappoose,” led the Le Roi . Brewery section. The rain and wind irterfered very materially with the calculations of the different unions who expected to make grand displays. A dump cart, filled with vegeta- bles, -fruits, hay, chickens, sent out by A. C. Fry, was a no- ticeable feature of the day’s sports, in fact, a most prominent figure in a humorous way. The horse was full of life and the driver a novice, SO, when near the Recorp office, the horse became frightened at Soft]. etc., | __- ROSSLANP EVENING RECORD, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899: The first was a race “for boys 16 years and under for.prizes of $5, $3 and $1, which resulted as follows: Alex Fraser first, Louis Lefter se.- ond and R. Ashby third. The second was for boys 14 years and under for prizes of $4, $2 and $1. The first was won by M, Pierce, with G. Robertson as sec: ond and W. Danby third. Next came the race for boys 12 years and under for prizes of $3, $1.S0 and god, Martin Egan was first, F. Darling second and Robert Lewis third. The boys’ running long jump for prizes aggregating $10 was won by E. O’Hearn, Louis Leftor and Ar- thur Reagh in the order named. The Boys’ running long jump for prizes to the amount of $8 was won by A. Reagh, Alexander Fraser and J. Fitzwilliams. In the 14-16 year old girls’ race for prizes amounting {to $10, Co- luumbia Trombly came in first, Henrietta Stanway second, and Sarah Barneson third. Between 12-14 years’ eld, for $8 in all, Clara Hackett came in first, Edith Martin second, and Ella Cos- grove third. There were only two prizes for the girls under 12 on the program, and these were won by Clara Hack- ett and Ella Cosgrove. Special prizes were given for little girls, and these were won by Elsie Wood, Edith Isaacson and Annie Simpson. THE SPEECHES . Big Gathering at Miners’ Union Hall Westerday The awful weather that opened yesterday morning and kept up during the whole of the forenoon spoiled a large and very good por- tion of the sports. The parade had to be postponed, but the labor lead- ers were determined not to lose the benefit to be derived from the pres- ence in the city of such a noted labor organizer as J. R. Sovereiga, the ex-president of the Knightsof Labor. In his advocacy of labor priucipies he was ably supported by Mr. Ralph Smith, M.P.P., of Nanaims, the id of the Trades and Labor and, wheeling about, ran away with the contents of the cart, flying in all directions. Every- one cheered, and the event was, in all respects, a success. No harm came to the driver or horse, al- though both.were in great danger for a time. Firemen’s Haee In the firemen’s race Fred Wilson took the first prize and William Boyd the second. The sports were still on when the Record went to press. The Open Foot Race The 220 yard open foot race for prizes of $25 and $10 was run off on Columbia avenue, with the result that Tommy Morris came in ‘first, Chester. McBride second, and W. Best third. A black cur interfered with this and threw C. Wilson out or he would have stood a good chance for second money. The the horse races. ‘Today's Horse Races In the horse races today there were no events concluded when the REcorpD went to press. There were six entries in the Gentlemen’s race, including Palmer’s Tom, Beecher’s Victor, B. Coulthard’s Major, Baker's ‘Billy, Cregan’s Arlington and Mytton’s Baronet. © The first heat was won by Dr. C ‘d’s Council, which meets in Montreal this month, and by Mr. F. J. Deane, M.P.P. from Kamloops, who is the editor of the Inland Sentinel of that city. The speaking was to have been from the rostrum at the corner of Washington street and Columbia avenue, bit the inclement weather |’ interfered with this and Secretary Taylor announced the speaking for the Miners’ Union ‘hall, where it took ‘place at 10 o'clock. When John McLaren, president |‘ of the Trades and Labor Council, calicd the meeting to order, the Miners’ Union hall was crowded with an enthusiastic assémblage ‘of the bone and muscle of Rossland. The first speaker called on was Mayor Goodeve, who said he was glad to welcome the large assem- blage, the platform today were both _ capital and labor repre- ni s, and he e: ded, on be- half of the city, the right hand of hi He was jally de- lighted to see so eminent a man as . R. Sovereign from across the line. He was well and favorably known by a great portion of! all labor men, and he again welcom- ed the visitors to the city and prom- ised them every pleasure the city could give them. James Wilks, as organizer of the Miners’ Union emphasized the may- sail Major. Three entries were made in the Liverymen’s race and Bob Little's mare, Mollie L., carried off the first heat. pe ‘The Little Folks’ Sports The children’s races were run at or’s wel and. ly referred to the presence of the two members of the legislature, Messrs. Smith and Deane, who had voted and worked for the eight hour law. F. J. Deane, M.P.P. from Kam- loops, disclaimed any title to the honor of being an orator but proved the skating rink this afternoon and | by his address quite the contrary. every event was keenly contested. He was a most enthusiastic labor. man and delivered an eulogy on labor organizations. He liad little ‘to say about the eight hour. law, be- cause, in Rossland, there could be little to say, as the Jaw had been ac- cepted in the most friendly spirit. He referred to the ‘work of the Min- ers’ Union in Nanaimo and Vancou- ver Island, and ,especially referring to the fact that the Chinese and Jap- anese did not any longer work in coal mines. There was plenty, of room for more work, he said, in the way of protecting white labor from the encroach of M Mr. Ralph Smith, M. Pl P. of Na- naimo, chairman of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, who who was the next speaker, read, amid the most “derisive cheers, that telegram published i in’ the Toronto Mail and Empire and .the Montreal Star. -He said that on reading that he considered that it would require considerable courage to come to Rossland. He had, however, been astonished in every way by his ex~- perience here and had been celight- ed by the evidences of the cordiality that existed between the mine own- ers- and the mine workers in this camp. The speaker said the eight hour law was a great success but he be- lieved that there ‘should be another change, and that’ six “days should’be one week's work and, that on one day in the week there should be an opportunity for ’ recreation. The eight hour law was not an issue in this camp, he understood, but he was satisfied thet no government could ever be organized to repeal that law, because it was here to stay. Mr. J. R. Sovereign, ex-president of the Knights of Labor, the next speaker, amid loud cheers, stated that this was the first time that he had ever addressed a Canadian aud- jence. He had a greater freedom of speech here than in his own coun- try, and not only greater freedom but. greater protection than in his own country. He was glad to know and feel there was nothing to di- vide the American and the Britisher any longer, and it was a good thing that. there was, for a miner, work on either side of the line. Ifa man could not work i in the Coeur d’Alenes he could work in Rossland. . Or- ganized labor had been driven out of the Coeur d’Alenes, but ‘mark my words, within eighteen months organized labor will again dominate the Coeur a’Alenes.” He,wanted to warn his hearers against any violence. He was free to confess that while many troubles had to come to the polls and the courts, the constitution here was more lib- eral and more just than in the coun- try from, which he came. Labor troubles showed an underlying dis- trust and unrest on the part of the common people. Liberty and slav- ery are always opposing forces. La- bor was always peaceable when not oppressed. He said he was not ac- quainted with conditions in British Columbia, but he! was in the United | ¢ States, and there every factory was organized into a trust from the toothpick shop to. the Bunker Hill} mine. These trusts had the courts the legislature, and he the time would never = British Columbia would be in the same condition. He con- tinued his speech with a strong en- dorsement of the eight hour move- ment and of the establishment of Labor Day, and with regard to the latter, said the day was not one of d'Alene miners, and said that strikes were known even in the building. of King * Solomon's Temple. You could not monopolize without labor strikes. You could not rob the laboring man without having labor strikes. All strikes had their origin in injustice, and so long as there was injustice, so long would there be strikes. At the con- clusion of his address Mr. Sovereign was enthusiastically applauded. ee NESTERDAY’S EVENTS. A Number of Sports Were anything | CHASE......& ....SANBORN'S COFFEE. SALADA TEA. " None'better.”> | ' O. M. FOX & COMPANY, Mrs. A. Moore, Prop. J.8. Graham, Mgr The Waffle Parlor aaa Ar “Upto Date” Restaurant. ‘The Best cup of Cotice in town, Oysters and Game in Season. 1 Efiicient Service, —— “B4 AND 36 WASHINGTON STREET, Rossland, B.'C Carried On. The first event pulled off yester- day was the hub and hub race be- tween the Nelson and Rossland teams,..when the latter won easily. The Nelson team consisted of G. W. Steele, captain; George Hann, Alfred Jeffs, W. Lilly, Louis Waters, Harry Houston, G. Hen- derson and G. Davis, and the Ross- Jand team was made up of Jack Allen, captain; W. Smith, lead; Chester McBride, C. A. Wilson, Gus Raabe, S. Frew and M. Mat- thewson. Assistant Chief Collins was team starter, and Mr. A. G. McKinney was the official’ starter. The race was a fine one, the Nelson team leading for awhile, but the home boys pulled ahead after the first. 20 yards and won out by 20 feet. The time was 2334 seconds. The Nelson team lost three men because of a defect in the harness. The prize was.$150. The Union men’s race was won by C. A. Wilson with Gus Raabe a good second, and, spite of the bad state of the streets, was a good event. First prize was $20, sec- ond, $10. Then came the bicycle race, which was between Bert McIntvre, of the McBride hardware store, and T. H. Cassidy. first heat and Cassidy the second, but McIntyre won the final heat and drew down the prize of $30. The coupling contest was. one of the events of the day, and As- sistant Chief Collins and Fireman William Boyd took first money, making couplings in 534 and 534 seconds, while McDonald and Ray- mer made their couplings in 8% and 6% seconds. Wilson and Martin tied McDonald and Raymer on the first heat, but failed to connect properly in the second. First prize, $15. _ A. C. Frew was awarded the prize in the 220 yards Union men's race, getting a good start, with A. W. Smith second, Thomas Morris, third, and Chester McBride fourth. First prize, $20. The free-fors-all horse race was very well contested and was fora distance of three furlongs. Two heats were run, and Kirkham’s Hattie West won first money, $290, and, Kirkham’s Nipper took second | ,, money, $75, ile 0 owned by Lindberg, came in third, en by the Trail mare, Molli owned by Bob Leitch. Prize of $15 went to Claude. ‘Cre, an’s Arlington. ‘That Nutsance On warm days, if the wind is blowing from the southeast, the effluvia from the city dump is some- thing frightful, and it is time that something was done to allay the danger of an epidemic. Already there are many cases of sickness now attributable to this cause. McIntyre won the|: GRAND UNION GEO.-H. 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