United labor bulletin., 1910-07-07
PRINTERS MEET
IN UPTOWN HALL
No. 4s Hears Reports of Scale Commit
tees-Eiect Delegates to Federation
viii Give Picnic at Printers Home
Spend Much Money.


Typographical union met in its new
hall. at 1881 Cleveland place. Sunday at
2 o'clock President Close presided
otto Thum. for the board of trustees,
reported that the expenditures for the
coming month would be in the neighbor-
hood of 81 900. necessitated by sending
two delegates TO Minneapolis, X. r.
Means and J. p. Parkison. to the Inter
national Typographical union conven-
ton: two members of the scale commit
tee TO Indianapolis. President Z. s. Close
and Fred Pferde steller. to represent the
union before the national arbitration
hoard: the expense of sixteen days OF
local arbitration OF the scale. which
inscessitated remuneration to an nrbiter.
who was Attorney Clay B. Whitford, and
to a stenographer and for time devoted
10 the scale by President Close. the ex-
pense OF sending three delegates to
Grand Junction TO the State Federation
q Labor convention, which is $3.50. and
also the regular expenses. Beside this
the organization voted SIS to the Label
League. which Is giving picnic at
White City July p TO raise money with
which 10 meet expenses already incur
red. Ten dollars was also donated TO
the Ladies' Auxiliary OF No. -. The
Auxiliary is giving a picnic at Lakeside
July 10.
President Close made a report for the
newspaper scale committee. stating that
over two weeks had been spent In execu-|
tive session since the case had been pre-
scented. and said that the hope of reach
ing any agreement had been abandoned
alter all efforts to reach an agreement
had been exhausted. and said that the
matter had heen referred to the national
arbitration board for adjudication. Mr..
Pferdostoller supplemented the report OF
the president by remarks ON the details
of the arbitration proceedings Mr.
Pferdesteller presented the case to the
board for the union, occupying about
two hours in his delivery and presenting
the best of argument why the scale
should be advanced to $50 for afternoon
papers and s3s for morning papers. The
board deadlocked.
The job scale committee reported
progress.
A committee which had been ap-
pointed at the previous meeting to make
arrangements for picnic for the organ
ization. reported through its chairman.
John E. Collett. that they desired the
Organization to name a place and that
the committee would then proceed to
make arrangements. 1t was agreed that
the Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs was the most popular place for
the picnic, and the choice was made ac-
cordingly. The committee Will arrange,
for a date and other particularsl
The call for the convention OF the
State Federation of Labor was read and
a motion prevailed that the conimunica-
tion be received and that three delegates
be sent The opposition mustered
great deal of support. but the motion
prevailed and the following names were
balloted on with the result as shown:
l.. ID. Hosman. 2s George Allen lie
John ID. Collett. &c John P. Parker. 15
]. A. Conlle. .2s George Eisler ..ls
Harry ". Parker 81 b. s. Marshall. IL
John O'Connell. 10
1t must be said in justice to Harry v.
Parker that II his friends had marked
their ballots correctly he would undoubt-
edly have won. Mr.. Parker received 81
votes and there were seven vo'es cast
that were marked Parker Taere be-
ing two Parkers In the race. the teliers
could not count the votes for either, and
decided that 1t would have been unjust
to count any portion OF them for either
man, as there was no telling which man
they were cast for. Harry Parler Is the
popular member of No. 40 who formerly
conducted the buffet on Serenteenth
street. and 1t is safe to say tha; some of
the votes, If not the most o. them. were
for him. Nt