United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-03-18

/ uSpiO Will De materially enlarged ana
additions made to the working force OF
shopmen at that point.
Puritan Mine Workers Local No 995,
of Erie. has affiliated with the State Fed
| GRAFTON of Labor
| Federated Trades council of Colorado
Springs gave its first annual ball last
week at the Temple theater. More than
| 100 couples were in attendance. The
dance was given to raise funds to send
the councils delegates to the next FED.
GRAFTON of Labor convention in Grani
Junction in August.
Colorado Springs unionists are out for
the 1911 convention of the state branch
of the A. F. of L. for their city.
| The Rio Grande railway has temporar-
| lily cut down the hours of 200 men en-
ployed in its shops in Alamosa to eight
hour shifts 1t includes bolermakers,
machinists, blacksmiths and car repair
ers. The round house men will continue
on the nine-hour basis.
Machinists' Union of Colorado City is
one of the most recent affiliations with
the State Federation of Labor
The Farmers State Bank of Rife,
Colo, has been launched with a capital
of $4,000, fully paid. Officers: ]. $.
Porter, president; Bert Eller, vice-presi-
dent; c. G. Kendall, secretary. The bank
starts off with a majority of the most
influential men of Rifle and vicinity as
stockholders and directors. It is strictly
Farmers union institution and forms
another link in the chain of F. U. CO.
operative enterprises in Colorado.
Superintendent H. L. Bishop, of The
Colorado Springs Free Employment bu-
reau, reports for the month of February
that 1886 made application for emplo y
ment and that 1876 secured employment
for the past month. The largest num-
Der were for laborers. The next largest
number was for general homework, in
the woman's department
President John McLennan and Sec
rotary w. T. Hickey. of the State Fed
Grafton Of Labor, made a business trip to
Florence. Portland and Cement this
week. Later President McLennan Wis
tied the coal miners at Canon City. Coal
Creek. Brookside and Williamsburg IN
the interests of the state branch.
The charter from the Colorado State
Federation of Labor for the local News
boys and Paper Carriers union is here.
and at the meeting last Monday night
the members were obligated by the
Second Vice-President of the Federation |
of Labor, G. w Ross. All the boys and |
officers are taking keen Interest IN |
in the interests of the union.-Colorado |
Springs Labor News
The raise of wages made by Colorado |
Springs Carpenters Union No. SIS, last
November and to be put in effect the
first OF this month for an increase of fry
cents day was satisfactory to the con.
tractors, but the lumber mill men ash
that according to the nature OF their
work they ask the local for a considera-
ton, and the Carpenters union meeting
last week granted the compromise to
show the true spirit Of unionlsm. Every
thing was amieably settled. The car
penters have been receiving 1915 for in
side work from the lumber mill men |
and had asked for s4.25. Under the
terms of the agreement they will receive |
81 per day for inside work and from
81 to $3.50 per day for outside work.
For a frstclass smoke try La E1- |
ploridad.
The Carmen have signed up a five
year term with the Sacramento lines. |
The scale is from 20 to 80 cents an hour |