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United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
LAUNDRY WORKERS
UNION ENTERTAINS

Laundry Workers Union No. % enter
tanned their friends very nicely at Cad
well hall on Washington's birthday,
Seventy-five couples were present and
they enjoyed the evening dancing to the
excellent music that is always furnished
by Satriano's orchestra. A novel souve-
mir program was furnished everyone in
the shape of Washington hatchet,
which contained the many numbers
played. the Laundry Workers label and
the label of the Allied Printing Trades
Council.
The Arrangements committee, consist
ing of Mrs. Gerber. Mr.. Leroy. Edward
Krushnic, Grace Melvin and Mr.. Ship
man, and directed by the delightful Mad
cline Turner. secretary of the Denver
local. had the entertainment well in
hand, and their activity made 1t a social
success. These dances are looked for
ward to with much interest, and those
present are hoping they may be frequent,
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

The Stereotypers' and Electrotypers'
union has nice little contest arranged
.or the next few weeks. Their annual
convention is held this year in Omaha,
Neb.. from the 9Th to 18th of June, and
candidates are out for election. H. p.
Mcclure of the Post is opposed by
Thomas a Auter of the News. Mr.. Nc
CURE is one of the mos; popular men of
his organization. a good fellow and a
hustler. and will be remembered as the
moving spirit in the joint Stereotypers'
and Photo-Engravers' picnic last summer.
Mr.. Auter is equally popular and is
known to every union man who inhabits
the places where things are doing" He
is secretary of his local. a delegate TO the
Allied Printing Trades Council and the
Trades and labor Assembly. and one OF
the most active campaigners for the label
in the city. 1t makes no difference which
man is elected. their organization cannot
lose
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
eoMPERs IN CONTROL.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is in
charge of the strike in the Bethlehem
steel plant. 1t is developing that the
strike is the beginning of the fight to
force the unionizing of the steel industry.
Five hundred strikers have left Bethle
hem to take positions elsewhere and it is
said by the strike leaders they are doing
so in order that they may turn a portion
of their earnings into the strike fund.
The Federation is preparing TO assist the
strikers financially.
An official statement was issued by the
union officials claiming that $500 men
are out. This is denied by the company
officials. who say that the number will
not exceed 900.
If Samuel Gompers and the A. F. of L,
can H4organize the United States steel cor
poration. then the Federation has an ex-
cuse for existence if all other beneficiar-
les of that powerful organization were
blOtted out
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

Several A F. of L. organizations in the
state of Colorado have evidently over
looked the above section of the constitu-
GERS of the Colorado State Federation of
Labor are at present conducting an ag-
gressive organizing campaign. and they
hope before the expiration of their term
of office to have enrolled in that body
every loyal A F. of l. labor organization
in the state The per capita tax for the
support of the state federation is small
. cents-and no uniou should refrain
from affiliation on that account. The pos
sibilities of good to be accomplished by
the state body for the general labor move
ment in the state are great-all unions
will profit thereby-and each should not
only lend its numerical strength and
prestige to the movement. but its finan-
cial assistance (through the per capital
as we'll
Secretary Hickey recently made an or
ganizing trip to Pueblo and Trinidad, and
reports the trades union movement on
the Increase in that section. The Trades
Assembly of Trinidad has been reorgan-
ized. and that body. and several locals in
that city have affiliated with the State
Federation OF Labor
President John NcLennan returned last
week from trip through the southern
and western portions of the state in the
interest of the American Federation of
Labor and the S,ate Federation. Sue
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
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STATE LAuNoRYMEN BANQUET.

At the annual meeting and banquet of
the State Laundrymen's Association in
the Dutch room at the Acacia hotel. Col
orado Springs, last week, G. Anderson of
Denver was elected president and E. C.
Davis of the Elite laundry of Colorado
Springs was made first vice-president.
Other officers elected are; H. A. La
CroiN. Cripple Creek. second vice-presi-
dent: Luke Goodheart, Denver, secretary;
and ]. VIII Johnson, Pueblo, treasurer.
Thirty-three prominent laundrymen
from all parts of the state attended the
banquet. The principal speakers We're
F. w. Porter of Kansas City, represent
ative of the national organization; G. A.
Klinefelter OF Baltimore. proprietor OF
Elite laundries in Baltimore. Washing
ton and Philadelphia. Mr.. johnson Of
Pueblo and a number OF others.
The evening was given over largely to
a discussion of the various methods used
in laundries. The state association was
organized in Pueblo four months ago
with Mr.. johnson as president. The or
ganization has grown until it now has 30
members.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
THE STATE BOILER INSPECTOR.

THE STATE BOILER INSPECTOR.
Critics of public officials who come
from the ranks of organized labor will
grating that has for years been going
on in the office of the state boiler in
spector.
This is one of those offices that was
created for the purpose of protecting the
general public against the danger of
boiler explosions through the use of
them when in defective condition. AS
a matter of fact the wage-earners who
work in factories and shops are the ones
mostly endangered in these cases. and
they are the ones who should be pro-
tected by the careful and conscientious
inspection of the steam boilers used in
the establishments that necessity compels
them to labor in.
The State Federation of Labor at the
Denver convention. held in 1908. went
on record as favoring the placing of the
boiler inspector under the department of
labor. and to carry out this order the
legislative committee had drafted a bill
but failed of passage for the reason
mainly that It was thought that the labor
department was getting too strong and
labor was attempting to build up too big
a political machine. This would never
do. you know.
Apropos of this. II will be noticed that
the daily organs of the corporations take
a special delight in harping upon this
subject, in which they are sometimes
Joined by n few disappointed office
seekers in the labor ranks who join
hands with labors enemies for the pur-
pose of venting their personal spleen.
Had the proposed law demanded by
labor in state convention assembled been
passed we would have had a genuine In
spection of the steam boilers of the state,
not one made in the managers private
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
CARPENTERS HAVE
CAUSE FOR ACTION
Brotherhood Carpenters Enforce Agree
ment With Stewart Construction
Company and Remove an Obnoxious
Timekeeper in the Employ of the
Company.

In justice to the Brotherhood carpen-
ters and to be fair to the Stewart Con-
struction company, We wish to present
to the readers of The Bulletin the alleged
strike of the Brotherhood carpenters on
the First National Bank building last
week. The facts are here presented TO
our readers, all other Denver newspapers
notwithstanding.
There has been employed on the bank
building a timekeeper-very obnoxious,
and oficious far beyond his authority.
There is in use at the bank building a
toilet the filth of which is most unbe-
lievable, as well as uuapproachable.
The men. endeavoring to avoid this
filth. have gone to places in adjoining
buildings. On the occasion in question
a carpenter was on one of these visits
when the umekeeper above mentioned
made his round. In the vilest of Ian
guage he cursed and said that when he
came around the men must be on the job
no matter what the occasion was for alb.
sence. Then-exceeding his authority
he discharged the carpenter that had Just
returned from lavatory in an adjoining
building. The boss carpenter then took
part in the controversy and said that the
man discharged could remain at work
but the Brotherhood men went farther
than this. They called the superintendent
into the conference and demanded the
removal of the timekeeper from the floor
where the carpenters were working.
The timekeeper was removed at once
The Brotherhood did not put the dis.
charged man back TO work. although the
privilege was granted them. both in the
agreement and by the superintendent.
The controversy was then closed and
there has been no further trouble on the
building
These reports of false conditions that
are printed by an unreliable press and
banded about by irresponsible gossips
both in the labor movement and out. do
more harm both to the men in action
and the labor movement at large than
months of organizing can undo
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

TO LABOR UNIONS.

VIII YOU assist us by appointing
some one In your union TO furnish us
with news? The Labor Bulletin
wants TO publish the news OF your
local. and in order to do so must
have your assistance. 1t is our aim
to give our readers all the labor
news that is TO be had. and we wish
TO do 1t properly, so that you will be
satisfied. BY helping us in this way.
YOU not only make the paper more
valuable and complete. but your
knowledge of what is going on in the
labor movement is better and the
good feeling among the various crafts
is more strongly cemented.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

STRIKE IN sHIRr FACTORY.

The seventy-five girls who went on
strike at the Braime Overall and Shirt
Company. in Toledo. a sew days ago. are
less there is a change in the shop sys-
TEN.
5. L. Landers. of Hamilton, has been
asked, as organizer of the United Gar
ment Workers. to advise the girls, who
are unorganized. and has taken charge
of their meetings at the labor temple
The strike is the result of a system of
charging the girls for thread and needles
used in the course of their work. This,
they claim, is not done in other Toronto
factories.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
Comment on Events in The Labor World
az "a 9 r Q 8 K EY

the inspectors accounts been correct
there would have been nothing else to it,
and the same old farcical inspection" of
boilers could have gone on and nobody
paid much attention to the office This
is the reason that organized labor, and
labor and the people in general, have
looked upon inspection offices and others
with considerable suspicion and lack of
confidence, for the reason that they have
mainly been used to give some favored
one job
What the laboring people want is a
genuine inspection by the inspectors. and
this they can only get when the State
Federation of Labors program Is carried
out and the department of labor becomes
fully recognized department of the
states government and all the inspectors
that pertain to the protection of the
wage-earners are properly placed under
the supervision of the head of this de-
partment. where they rightly belong.
1t has been charged that America is
far behind in the matter of protection
to the life and limb of the workers. and
great deal of this charge can be di-
rectly attributed to the ineffective work
of the so-called inspectors" because in
numerous instances they have no one to
see that their inspections are properly
conducted. and no friendly district attor-
ney to back up the work of the inspec-
tors when they are trying honestly to
carry on their work. We want-and must
have-the law amended to give the power
TO prosecute offenses against the laws
made to protect the wage-earners placed
in the hands OF the chief of the labor
department to prosecute without the aid
of the district attorneys, for the expert
ence of the last few years demonstrates
that the major portion of these law off,
GERS are plant tools Of the very people
they are called upon to prosecute.
Continued on Page %
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

Painters, Printing Pressmen, Press AS
sistants, Pressmen No. l, and Street Rail
way Employees, all of Denver; Painters
Carpenters, Musicians Trades Assembly
Boilermakers, Machinists and Black
smiths, all of Alamosa; Carpenters, Bar
bers and Trades Assembly, Fort Collins
Musicians. Newsboys and Carriers, Colo
RADIO Springs; United Mine Workers,
BARRIERS. Plumbers and Trades Assembly.
Trinidad; Printers. Durango; Pressmen,
Leather Workers and BARRIERS, Pueblo:
Machinists. Teamsters, Plumbers and
Trades Assembly, Grand Junction; Mine
Workers of Palisade, Dakona, Frederick
and sunnyside and Carpenters of
Greeley.
In the city of Denver there are still a
few labor unions-some of them large in
membership-that have, for various rea-
sons. withheld from afiliating with the
State Federation, but it is to be hoped
that they will soon see the error of their
present position and become a part and
parcel of the general labor movement in
Colorado. as exemplified by the state
body There is no good reason existing
at this time why these Denver locals
should longer remain without the fold,
and it is up to them to affiliate where
they belong. and make the labor move
ment of the state what is should be.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

office. and the financial end Of the office
would have presented as clean a bill OF
health as did all The parts of the labor
department. of which the expert exam
iners said. after heir official eNamina-
ton. that it was he best conducted of
flee in the state capieol."
Under our present laws the boiler in
spector is an appointive office of the
governor. and the governor is the only
man that can supervise his work, and
this the governor IS usually too busy to
do The financial end of the office, that
is the money or fees collected for in
specting the boilers. comes under the SUI
pervision of the state auditor, and had
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
State Federation
Shows Big Gains
Active Organization Efforts of Off.
GERS Bring Good Results


1t shall be the duty of all National
and international unions affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor to instruct their local unions
to join chartered central labor
bodies, departments and STATE
FEDERATIONS where such exist.
Similar instructions shall be given by
the American Federation of Labor to
all trade and federal labor unions un-
der its jurisdiction.-Sec. 2, Art. XII,
Constitution of American Federation
of Labor.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

are proud of this magnificent library and
of the other features of this beautiful
addition. We are proud to have you with
us as our guests at this function, and as
president of the international Typo
graphical Union. and as president of the
Board of Trustees of the Union Printers
Home. it is my privilege to formally dedi-
cate this library building to the uses for
which it was intended
President Z. S. Close of No. 40, Denver,
paid a high tribute to the Home and its
management. He said. in part:
when we consider that this library
has been founded by an honored member
OF our organization. the qualification in
its dedication is all the more pleasure
able Surely ours is an honorable, and
might say. a noble calling ! come to eX-
tend you the fraternal greetings of the
Denver printers. | want to say that the
printers of Denver feel an interest in the
proprietorship of this home. as should
every printer who holds a card. and that
we appreciate greatly the valuable work
that has been accomplished by Charles
W Deacon and his wife,
In the afternoon public reception was
given and those who attended were
shown through the entire institution
Music was furnished by Fink's orchestra
and refreshments were served.
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
The A. F. Of l..
Gets Into Politics
Ringing Resolution Adopted on Washinaton's
By C. A. IRWIN

American Federation
22nd
that day adopted and promulgated
resolution n the following language
"RESOINED. That the American Federation of Labor hmy and
ballot by
that elect ranks
along lines laid down the legislative
dot the of Labor and the
impartial judiciary by arbitrary OF the
the pEan tool of corporate wealth
fit that such resolution should have been adopted on the
anniversary Declaration depen
dn Corporations always politics of Their
OF the
national abong have made spasmod efforts
engaged and
which
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
Organized Labor and
Direct Legislation
The Value of the Initiative Referendum and Recall
By GEORGE EISLER

Secretary Committee in Direct Legislation and Municipal oOnershiD
behalf of DrectL
the Initiative and the dunn:
President of the American Federation Labor. with
million members following weighy words:
All the family all who earnestly for political
and social themselves the side of
organized labor in this demand for Direct Legislation
Bryan, and Democrats
Democracy party Democracy meaning.
We
question people of this the people
themselves.
The of the Initiative and Referendum is democratic 1t will
of
should
and fol the people.
Abraham Lincoln said Peoria. According faith.
of
governed
govern
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25

vyorkmep united REGARDLESS of party. that
to make new laws and administer them
demands of the American Federation of
;mpar,,al Judiciary that will not govern U
NOR act as the pGant tool of corporate WEI
I, vvas em;nently FIT that such rest
.,,;;,.,.a,v of Wasbino,on's birthday. 1t
L.. e., ,.o,L;,, men Co,nora,ions are
L.,.;,,, - ,on,roI The Government and II
ii u.,.,ofor. l,bo,;no men
-i:,;-I ,. h., ,b.v have never
p NaTS. e ,,,.r r.co.n;,;on in
we aro ,oOa of recitinc from the Dec
,..,to, ., trsene,dence that ..Au gov
,rr,,e,, derives it's lust mowers from the
,onso,, ., tho GOVERNED. hut the only
,ha, ,ha ,ra,t masses of this coun-
,rv have consented has been TO sit idly
,,, nth folded hands and consent to let
,ha ,o,,,,ca1 hossas and corporation tools
-. .,.,.I ,,,.,.,,-,,,,,,,,,, IN suI, themselves.
:, ,v - boned that Organized Labor
a, s,,,o-.,, ,,un follow both the letter
an, tho xNrj, NJ the resolution adopted
-, ,,,shV V,s,or.s 1hirthdav by the exeeu.
H.. ..,,,,,.,, =, ,he + ofI. that in the
,,.,,,,,,. ei..,,o, and In ali future elec.
,,rs Va, .u in,p,re diligently into the
-, :, .,.h ana everv person who
renders himself as a candidate for Office
-, ~, ~, ,,r,,e for the election
:, ,. .ara,d,,.s whose records are
sa,isfac,orv and who make proper
,,c,t,..,-,,,,, ,A,, ,,,,, ,,.,yl-.-oually unite
for tbe defeat OF those candidates whose
records and declarations are unsatisfac-
tory The history Of the labor movement
,,r,rrs us daily aceouuts of the injustice
of American law and the st!lI erosfer in.
i,s,ir. and u.urpation of American OH
,-. ,,b.,. cha. rirhts az labor come iu
,,,,,at,, ,,i,b tho privileges of capital
,,,-l,,s ,,,,. last pinsf, days the ncwspa.
,,.rs have been fuu of accounts OF mine
dis,s,,rs peorly All of which would have
ho,, .,s,ly ,reveut.d had our laws been
r,de In m, interest of men instead Of
bofny made In the interest OF capital
III, ,.rrIbic slaurbter in the St Paul
mine at Cherry. Ills, has been conclu
sively demonstrated to have resulted
from the grossest neglect and violation
OF law by those in charge OF the mine
II the laws of Illinois were made by rep
resentatives OF labor no such dlsgraceiui
and shocking tragedy could have oe-
CURED.
So far as they have been able TO do SO
the C. +. & l. and their political hench'
men have suppressed the causN OF the re
cent coal mine disaster at Trinidad. but
enough information is at hand to clearly
indicate that the accident could have been
easily prevented OF course, Goa! mining
is one of the most hazardous OF indus
tries II cannot always be conducted
with perfect snfety. The naturai ua"se'
of the bubsiness furnishes auditonai ie'
son why 1t should be conducted win '"e
utmost regard for the saie'y OF e'npios'''
In the United States 22's'o men nave
been killed and more thah eo'ooo in'u'eu
in our coal mines from 1888 10 i'iV' W."
servative estimates declare .n"' ,ou'
ffths of these calamities could nave oeen
avoided by the exercise OIL ora'has p'"
dence
II is matter OF common knowledge
that the natural conditions for the saie
extraction of coal are far more favorable
han
United labor bulletin., 1910-02-25
THE PRINTERS HOME
ADDITION DEDICATED

Charles w. Deacon. Superintendent. Is
Lsuded by E. S. Close of No. 4e. Den
yer. and James NJ. Lynch of the Inter
national Typographical Union 0edi-
Gates the Home Addition with Brit
liant Grafton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-05
DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES.
Vv7w--1g=w-E

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ia North Seven
teenth, died February 2, age IS.
Funeral from st. Barnabas church, Nine
teenth and California streets, Sunday at 1890
y. m. Friends invited.
The funeral service for the late Mrs.
b. L. Baldwin will be held at the family
residence. 1874 North Thirty-eighth avenue,
saturday afternoon, Service and burial
private. Please do not send flowers.
Tn funeral of George Waller will be held
from Mount Zion Baptist church Sunday
az z O'Clock, under the auspices of Eastern
Star lodge No, l, K. of p.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-05
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births-George Rigby, 2l15 Grant street.
boy; Mike PIskac, l114 South Second
street girii Frank Holub, 1877 South
Deaths-Frederick G. Urlau, go North
Twenty-fifth avenue, 81 years; Emma
Mackey, 2A Pierce street, 81 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-05
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Ieyton. l.. f., 24Ih and Jeavenworth SITS.
saratoga Drug Co, 2Ith and Anes Ave.
sShseters Gut Price Drug Store. 10th
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walnut Hil Pharmacy, 10th and Cunning.
walton Pharmacy, 10th and Grace SITS.
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