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Sunday,) September 5
LABOR DAV
GENERAL HOLIDAY MONDAY 3Y HOSTS OF
L LABOR IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY
Twenty Unions in Augusta
Will Join Rest of City in
Rest From Labor.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
WILL BE CLOSED
Those on Committee of
Central Trades Council
Announce That Prepara
tions Are Complete For a
Successful Observance.
On Monday September the 6th prac
tically every mill, factory, foundry, ma
chine shop etc., in Augusta in which
organized labor is employed will close
tlic doors and give the employees a hol-
iday. A number of the wholesale busi
ness horses in Augusta will also os
closed on Monday. The banks, city and
county offices, the cotton exchange and
the post office will observe the holiday.
For tlic past * v) months different com
mittees appointed by the Central Trades
council and the labor organizations have
been busy perfecting the arrangements
to make the day the most successful
labor day in the history of Augusta. The
committees have met wuth unusual suc
cess and the plans for the day have
been perfected.
The trades council decided that it
would be better to have a day of fes
tivities at the Schuetzen Platz than for
the different trade bodies to participate
in a parade. There is to be a large bar
becue dinner served, many athletic con
tests engaged in and a dance from 3
o’clock in the afternoon until a late
hour In the night. There is also to be
a speech made by the Hon. Madison
Bell of Atlanta on this day.
It is the day set aside by the National
government for the laboring man and
one of the very few National holidays.
In all parts of the United States on Lab
or Day business is suspended and the
entire day given over to the "Man in the
Overalls.”
For one day the overalls and the din
ner pail will be forgotten and the man
who works the year through forgets that
wont awaits him on the morrow and for
one day thoroughly enjoys himself. There
are about twenty different labor organi
zations in Augusta and each one has con
tributed its share toward making the
day a thoroughly enjoyable one. Each
organization has had committees at work
making a thorough canvass of the city
for subscriptions from merchants and
tn e Central Council has had active com
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THE MAN IN THE OVERALLS
“Whatever we are, or whatever we’ll lie.
At home or afar, on the land -or the sea.
There’s no brighter star, tho’ of humble degree
And no one his name reca 11s.
The man in the blue, and the man in the gold,
Have done well, that’s true, let jheir fame ne’er
grow old.
But greater than all, is the one that we call,
The man in the overalls’.”
Labor Day An institution of
Comparatively Recent Origin
Labor Day, which is now generally
observed in every important center
of population in the United States, is
an institution of comparatively re
cent origin. The first Labor Day
celebration ever held was on the first
Monday in September, 1881, in New
York City. The general assembly of
the Knights of Labor was in session
at that time and a parade of twenty
thousand members was reviewed by
the general officers in Union Square.
It was on that occasion that the name
“Labor Day” was first used.
Master Workman Powderly was
standing in the reviewing stand with
General Worthy Foreman Griffith, a
veteran in the labor movement. Rob
ert Price, a coal miner, and a member
of the assembly of the Knights, watch
the parade for a few minutes and
then, slapping Griffith on the back,
said, “Well, Jack, this is Labor Day
all right, isn’t it?”
The First Labor Day.
The remark, overheard by George
U. Lloyd, of the New York Central
Labor Union, led him to introduce a
resolution in his local, setting aside
the first Monday in September as a
day to celebrate labor’s progress. He
took his resolution to the New York
legislature. While it was pending
there, Oregon, with fewer than a
thousand trades unionists, passed a
state law designating a labor day.
New York, with three hundred thou
sand unionists, although first to pro
pose a law, was second to enact one.
Now practically all the states have
Labor Day law's. The National gov
ernment in 1894 recognized the day
and congress in a resolution fixed the
first Monday in September as a day
when all w'ork should be suspended
and employes and employers would
get together to discuss their general
welfare.
As Labor Day was originally set
aside to celebrate from year to year
the progress of organized labor, it
may be interesting to review the his
tory and development of labor organ
izations in this country. The first
definite record of a labor organiza
tion dates back to 1803, when the
Shipwrights’ Society in New York
was formed. There were some at
tempts of organizing the members of
several crafts in Boston, New York
and other Eastern cities long before
that time, but they were of a purely
local character and not enduring or
large enough to become important. In
1806 the tailors and the carpenters
followed the example of the ship
builders and organized. During the
following four or five decades many
other labor unions were formed.
Printers First Organized.
To the printers may be given the
LABOR UNIONISTS ARE TO
GATHER AT PLATZ IN FORCE
Excellent Program of
Sports and Speaking Has
Been Arranged By the
Committee.
HON. MADISON BELL
WILL BE SPEAKER
Excellent Barbecue Din
ner Will Be Served and
Big Dance Will Be Given
On Monday the many different
trade organizations in Augusta will
meet at the Schuetzen Platz for the
purpose of celebrating Labor Day. For
the past few weeks committees have
been busily engaged in completing an
excellent program that is to be car
ried out Monday.
As early as 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing members of the many different
unions will begin to gather at the
Platz and it is expected that by 10
o’clock fully two thousand men will
be present. At 10 o’clock, his honor
Mayor Dunbar, will Introduce the
Honorable Madison Bell of Atlanta,
who Is to be the speaker of the day.
Machinists, members of the Typo
graphical Union, boilermakers, black
smiths, carpenters and joiners, car
workers, plumbers, railway clerks,
tailors, painters and musicians, as
well as railway engineers and fire
men- will he present.
From 10 o’clock in the morning un
til late in the .night the day will be
one of continued festivities. Arrange
ments have been made to have a large
barbecue dinner served, it Is expect
ed that fully five hundred people will
partake '■ th'e dinner.
After the dinner there will be a
number of ahtletic contests and sports
for which a large number of hand-1
some prizes and purses are ofTered.
There have already been a large num
credit for the formation of the first
union of modern type. In 1852 the
National Labor Union, a sort of fed
eration .of labor unions, as organ
ized. Its field became political Im
mediately and it was only three years
later that the Knights of Labor, with
TerenCe V. Powderly at its head, first
dared to 'manifest itself. The Knights
of Labor was primarily a lodge of
workingmen. Its principles and pur
poses were not much liko those of
the American Federation of Labor as
it exists today. The Knights of La
bor drifted into politics and this seal
ed the doom of the organization. In
1893 Powderly resigned from the
presidency, the membership of the
organization having dwindled from
nearly a million to practically noth
ing.
The American Federation of Labor
arose as the Knights of Labor fell.
At a convention in Columbus, 0., in
1886, the American Federation of La
bor, then live years old, received in
to its membership about nine-tenths
of the disappointed members of the
Knights of Labor. The purpose of
the American Federation of Labor
was to band together the men of the
various trades and crafts, and then
federate them into a great central
body. No social or lodge or brother
hood features were incorporated in
the new organization’s constitution,
and by-laws.
The Federation of Labor.
The Federation of Labor was or
ganized in 1881. Samuel Gompers
was its first president and has held
the position ever since with the ex
ception of two years when John Mc-
Bride, a miner, defeated him for the
honor. The organ of the federation
of which Gompers is the editor is the
American Federationist.
The growth of unionism in the
United States has been marvelous dur
ing the past thirty years At the
present time the labor unions in
America have a greater membership
than ever before in the history of the
labor movement. In the American \
Federation of Labor there are now af
filiated about 120 national and inter
national labor unions, representing
approximately 30,000 local labor
unions. The number of State Federa- i
tions of Labor is about 40 and there !
are nearly 600 central city labor
bodies and more than 600 local trade!
and labor unions. In the aggregate
more than 2,000,000 are members of
the body or are affiliated -with it. Out-1
side the American Federation of La- j
bor are'Tne plasterers and bricklayers, j
the trainmen’s unions, such as loco-1
motive engineers, firemen and switch
men, and a few others, in ail about
500,000.
her of entries made for these events
and it is expected that they will be
very closely contested. The follow
ing is a partial list of the different
contests:
100-yard dash—free for all.
100-yard dash—for men over 30.
50-yard dash —for boys under 15.
Broad Jump for men over 40.
Broad jump—for men under 25.
Tug of war.
Three-legged race.
Sack race.
Greasy pole climbing.
Cracker eating contest, free for all.
The committee appointed to make
arrangements for the dance that is;
to be held in the ball room at the I
Platz has completed all arrange
ments and the dance promises to be
a great success. The best orchestra
In Augusta has been secured for the '
occasion and a refreshment, committee
has arranged to have a bountiful sup
ply of refreshments on hand during
the dance. The dance will begin at |
3 o’clock in the afternoon and last
until seven when a recess of an hour
will be taken. It will be resumed at
8 o’clock and continue until 11:30
Monday night. The dance committee j
has offered prizes for the most grace
ful lady waitzer, the most graceful i
gentleman waitzer and the most '
graceful couple.
The rifle range will be open all dav '
and there are to be many shooting
contests between ladies and gentle
men. The bowling alleys will also
be open all day and prizes have been
offered to the lady and gentleman
making the highest score.
An excellent ear service has been
arranged for the day between the
Platz and the ball park in order that
those v.ho want to go to the game
may enjoy piYtmpt service to and from ;
the park. I
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
GENERAL HOLIDAY WILL BE OBSERVED MONDAY, AND MEMBERS OF TWENTY LOCALS WILL
HEAR SPEECH-MAXING, DANCE, HAVE BARBECUE, AND ENJOY SPORTS AT THE PLATZ—DAY IS
BIGGEST OF YEAR FOR THE WORKING MAN—HISTORY OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
F WHAT THE !
MAYOR SAYS j
“I doff my hat to the laboring man.
All Augusta should join in the spirit
of Labor Day, and help to celebrate
the occasion in a manner of which it
is worthy.”
—MAYOR W. M. DUNBAR.
The mayor was the first to official
ly recognize Labor Day, in his proc
lamation. issued two weeks ago, de
claring it a legal holiday in Augusta.
“I would like to see all the places
of business close next Monday,” said
the mayor. “Or, if that cannot be
done, I think all. employees should be
given at least a half holiday. For
Labor Day is one of our most signi
ficant and important holidays, and
every employee who wants a holiday
should be excused from work on that
day.”
In this connection it is not amiss
to note that the Clark Milling com
pany, of which Mayor Dunbar is a
large stockholder and a director, will
observe Labor Day as befits the oc
casion.
The mayor favors a hearty celebra
tion of the day. “All Augusta should
enter fully into the spirit of the oc
ca.sion,” he said, “and make it a
memorable holiday. In some cities
the Labor Day observances are among
the most pretentious of the whole
year. And I think Augusta would do
well to observe the day in a similar
manner. The laboring people are
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jl MR. O’CGNA'ELL TELLS
j; PURPOSE OF UNIONS
Mr. 1). P. O’Connell formerly a mem
ber of the State Federation of Labor,
and one of the most prominent labor ad
vocates in Augusta, says “Within t lie
past ten years organization has placed
the working man on a higher plane than
lie lias ever been. ItJ f s needless to say
that his financial condition has been
very much improved. Organization has
also been the cause of a touch better
class of labor being supplied, as a lab
orer has to reach a certain degree of
perfection before he is admitted to a
labor union. Perhaps, however, the most
valuable part of the organization is that
it has placed all muses of labor on a
bettor basis socially and drawn the men
closer together, liefore organization ev
ery man worked to gain a particular
aim In life regardless of the success of
Ids brother laborer, today it Is m ease of
“all for one and one for all.” Organi
zation has brought each separate class
of labor together and the advent of the
trades council has brought nil classes of
trade together. Labor Day is the biggest
day In the year for a laboring man, and
on this day the majority of them meet
for the purpose of becoming better known
and duly celebrating the “working man’s
4th of July,” it is his day and he is
grateful for It.”
tho hono and sinew of the community,
and I fool that Augusta could do no
better than to show her apprecia
tion by taking part in the celebra
tion.”
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ElffiiS OGIE
EXIT EM EXES
I ho Central Trades council which has
played so prominent a part in making
the arrangements for Labor day was or
ganized about ten years ago. It was
formed for the purpose of bringing the
different labor organizations together in
order that ..icy might conff on .pies
tions that were of common interest to
the laboring man.
Since Its organization the council has
proven of much bcncllt to the local or
ders, by virtue of the fact that a man
her of questions have been handled hv
the council, when any one organisation
would have been powerless to act.
Kach organization is represented in the
trades council by a certain number of
delegates. From these delegates tin*
different officers are elected and serve
for one year. At present the Central
Trades council is composed of th<» ma
chinists, typographical union, boiler mak
ers, blacksmiths, carpenters and Jointers,
car workers, plumbers, railway clerks,
tailors, painters and musicians.
Tho following is a list of the officers
of the council:
It. (». McGowan, president.
... N. !-v*rry vice president.
A. \Y Hryngleson, financial secretary.
Mrs. Maggie Kiser, treasurer.
A. .T. Allen, recording secretary.
PAGE FIVE
JUDGE EVE FAVORS
UNION LABOR
♦ 4
® “1 am heartily in favor of or ♦
♦ iranized labor, and [ hope that ♦
•> Labor Day will be a grand sue ♦
♦ cess,” said Judge Wm. F. Eve ♦
<* Saturday. “1 think that organ! ♦
♦ tion is the right thing for the ♦
♦ workmen, and I am heartily in ♦
♦ sympathy with them, and I wish ♦
♦ them every success. lam glad ♦
4 to know that Labor Day is to 4
♦ be a holiday, and I hope that ev- ♦
♦ my union man will enjoy himself ♦
4 on that day.” 4
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