Show I FATHER OF LABOR DAY I ti j f. f y GEORGE Died Nov 1 1913 LABORS LABOR'S LAB OWN DAY First Monday in September Is Legal Holiday in Almost Every State Now HE American Federation of Labor La THE bor held an annual convention at nt Columbus 0 O. December 8 12 At this session the officers reported re ra- reported ported pl the following At the fourth session of the federation federa fedora tion lion a resolution was adopted making the first Monday in September of each pear year rear labors labor's national holiday and recommending recommending rec rec- Its observance by wag wage wage- workers generally throughout the country This met with response that exceeded the most sanguine In our great manufacturing and distributing centers thousands of workingmen marched In pr procession cession and lind participated in the festivities festi of the picnic grounds where the most skilled mechanics and workers In proCessions proCessions professions pro- pro Cessions and laborers united In a common common com corn mon celebration exchanging friendly fraternal greetings while they listener listened a ato to the champions of labor labor- discussing the economic and political questions of 01 the day The good effects of this are areso areso areso so w well lI understood that we recommend Its more general observance still stUl until It shall be as uncommon for a man to work on that day as on Independence day Nearly all aU of or the states In the Union now have statutes making the first Monday In September a legal holiday thus observing Labor day In order that there b be- be beno no misunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding standing with reference reference- to the action of of congress In enacting legislation upon this subject it is Js well to state that the that the the law passed by congress June 28 1804 1894 described above al' al making Labor r day a national holiday only provided provided pro pro- vided bided that Labor day should be observed observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served In the District of Columbia as aswell aswell aswell well as the then territories Labor day was established In the various states and In the order and on the dates named below 1887 February 21 Oregon 1887 March 1 15 Colorado 1887 April 8 New Jersey 1887 May 6 New York 1887 May 11 n Massachusetts Massachusetts 1 1889 March 20 Connecticut 1889 March 29 Nebraska 1889 April 25 Pennsylvania 1890 April 28 Ohio 1891 February 19 Maine 1 1891 February February Feb Feb- 24 Washington 1891 March 4 Montana 1891 March 4 Kansas 1891 March 9 D Indiana 1891 March 1 11 n Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- 1891 March 31 New Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire Hamp Hamp- shire 1891 June 17 Illinois 1891 Oc 1891 October Oc- Oc tober 16 Georgia 1891 December 22 South Carolina 1892 F February 5 Virginia Vir- Vir VI Vir Virginia ginia 1892 February 23 Utah 1892 July 7 Louisiana 1892 December 12 Alabama 1893 February 11 Texas 1893 February 14 Delaware 1893 March 23 California 1893 April 18 Minnesota 1893 April 19 Wisconsin 1892 April 29 Florida 1893 May 26 Rhode Island 18 1894 June 28 District of Columbia an and territories rles 1895 April 9 Missouri |