United labor bulletin., 1910-11-24
STRIKER EAKERS
co ON A STRIKE
Of Freshmen Ar
rested fOrI''Loiterind."

The strike OF the web pressmen on the
News, Post and Republican is being
made effective. The pressmen are Wis
iting labor unions each evening and hun
dreds of men are ordering stops" for the
News. Post and Republican, and these
men are subscribing for the Express and
Times, both label papers.
The arrest of Lee Snyder Monday,
without cause, broke the monotony of
the strike and gave the boys something
to talk about for Z little while, although
it was soon over. Snyder. who is secre-
tary for the union, was passing the Post
building, in company with two other
pressmen, when Ofcers Hubbard and
Baughman accosted him and rushed him
into the Post building and searched him
for concealed weapons. When none were
found on him, he was told that he would
either have to leave town or go to work
When he replied that he would do
neither, he was told he was under ar
rest. ,Rf
Snyder was sent to jail and booked ON
a charge of lettering. He was released
an hour later when Chief Armstrong
learned of the arrest Tuesday morning
the charges against him were dropped.
cial officers have been on duty at each
of the strike papers. and it is believed
that the two over-oficious officers had
promotion in view, rather than their
duty. when they made the arrests The
Post is known to have great influence at
city hall. but Chief Armstrong was too
recently supported by union men to for
get his duty to them as citizens 1t is
said that the onicers were put ON the
carpet" for their ''loyalty to the Post"
and forgetting their duty.
The Post is haying troubles of their
own. which may account for the act OF
the policemen. The strikebreakers
struck Monday. and the union pressmen
sent three of their best men back to Chi
cago. from whence they came. The men
have been forced 10 work seven days a
week and without bvertime or extra pay.
they say. and beside have had their
wages cut This Is one of the beauties
of the open shop; and not liking this
beauty" they quit and hunted up the
union pressmen, Eho furnished trans
portation- Mondsg evening the Post
was over an hour late getting on the
street 1t is said that the stops" at the
Post by TELEPHONY have been SO numer-
Gus that the circulation department tele-
phone has been disconnected.
At the Colorado conference of the
Bricklayers' union held in Montrose, the
following resolution was adopted:
we, the officers and delegates of the
Colorado State Conference of the Brick
layers, Masons and Plasterers' Interna-
tional Union. in convention assembled.
> de. Of ha- ~
Colo. wish to go on record as follows:
Resolved. That as the Denver Web
Pressmen's Union No % has for some
time past and is now striving for fair
working conditions with the publishers
of the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain
News and Republican, and
Believing that said Pressmen's union
has. through its International officers in
their conference With the publishers OF
these papers, shown a willingness to con-
cede every fair and just point. even to
the concessions Of said unions first de-
mands, in order that the dificulty be
overcome; and
Believing that the publishers of these
papers have shown a determination to
force upon the Pressmen's union open
shop conditions for the purpose of the
destruction of their union. therefore be it
Resolved, That this convention go on
record as giving our moral support to
Pressmen's Union No. %, and giving
them whatever We can in resisting the
enforcement of such outrageous condi-
tions. and thus the destruction of organ
lied labor. That copy of this resolu-
ton be sent to the secretary of each To-
cal within the state and copy to the
press.
''WM. RYAN,
JOHN JACK,
@ARTHTrR 1ONES~