United labor bulletin., 1912-08-15
TRADES ASSEMBLY DENOuNCES
CANDIDACY OF WHITF0RD
Political Committee Recommends That Action Be
Taken--LabeI Law is Made Operative by Central
Body--Fruit District Flooded With Unemployed
Conditions in That District PtiabIe

The Denver Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, met Sunday in regular session, with
President Bryan in the chair. The meet
ing was unimportant, although there was
much time spent in discussing again the
law that requires that all delegates that
hold seats in the assembly must have
at least four labels on their wearing ap-
parel- The discussion arose over the
report OF the labels committee. The COM
mittee reported that all assembly cards
should be declared void and that new
cards should be issued to the delegates
on their qualifying with the labels COM
mittee. The new cards must be signed
Uy President Bryan, ana any delegate
not holding card signed by President
Bryan cannot, according TO the decision
of the delegates, be seated in the assem-
bly,. Discussion of the above subject
took up the greater part of the assembly,
meeting.
The most important matter to come
before the assembly was the report of
the special political committee of the
assembly This committee recommended
in its report that the candidacy of Judge
Greeley w. Whitford be condemned and
that organized labor do all in its power
TO defeat him at the polls. There was
considerable debate on this matter, but
the assembly adopted the report by al
must UNANIMOUS vote.
The president called the meeting to
order at o'clock
Credentials were read from the Gran
lite Cutters and Carpenters Union No.
90, and the delegates obligated
Chairman Compton of the public in
sttutions committee reported that ].
Fred Roberts was violating the ordinance
requiring that certain wages be paid on
all city work. The report was accepted
as progress.
The Labor day committee reported
through its chairman, Edw. ]. Hines,
that the committee had decided on a
parade Labor day. The chairman said
that the returns from the different or
ganizations showed that the locals were
almost unanimous in favor of a parade.
1t was said by members of the commit
tee and by many delegates to the assem-
bly, that the parade would be the largest
in the history of the west Delegates
from few organizations that had voted
against parade. said that they would
go before their locals and ask that the
matter be reconsidered and that a vote
in favor of parading be considered
great demonstration is assured
The Labor day committee reported
that II had found in soliciting for the
Labor day program that other solicitors
had been misrepresenting themselves
and that thereby the committee had not
been successful The assembly voted to
insert in the daily papers that no publ
cation or person had any authority to
solicit for the Labor day program unless
they presented credentials signed by the
joint Labor day committee.
communication was received from
the Central Trades Council of Grand
Junction saving that on account of the
advertisements inserted in the daily pa
pers for fruit pickers on the western
slope, the territory west of the range Is
overrun by men and women seeking
work and that their plight is pitiable.
The assembly voted to give the letter
the needed publicity.
The assembly was notified by the A.
F. of L. that the charter of the Anal
gamated Association of Carpenters had
been revoked for the reason that the or
ganization had been ordered to affiliate
with the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
had refused. The action was taken by
a former convention. and the executive
council made the order carrying out the
mandates of the convention. The action
was along the same line as that taken in
the cases of the International Associa-
tion of Steam Filters and the United AS
scelation, and in the dispute between the
two different factions of electrical work
ers. The assembly voted to notify the
members would no longer be seated in
the assembly.
The bakers reported picnic at Mount
Morrison on August "a. and that the or
sanization was busy signing up shops
with the Bakers Union.
|. The Baker theater was reported unfair
and the matter was referred to the ar
bitration committee.
A resolution was introduced by j. L.
for rntn nd I E,a
city council to prohibit white women
working in Japanese restaurants was tn
dorsed by the assembly, and the legisla-
tive committee was instructed to take
the matter up with the city fathers.
Assembly Committees.
Committees of the Trades Assembly
for the ensuing six months have been
named by Frank A. Bryan, president.
as follows:
Observation-Disclosures. Press Assistants,
chairman; Lowderback, Bakers: Lavoe.
Painters; Pollard. Cooks: Spacy. Bar
bers.
Finance-Brown. Carpenters. chair
man; Torpey. Press Assistants; Miss
Margaret Noonan. Garment Workers.
Observation-Disclosures, Plumbers. chair
man: vetter, Machinists; Dillctt. Tile
Settlers.
ArbitratIon-Farrell. Walters. chair
man: Murphy. steamftters' Helpers;
Bjorklund Lithographers: Hornburg. CT
garmakers: Liebold. Musicians
Labels-Emanuel, Clerks. chairman:
Stevenson. Broommakers: Spriggs. Re-
tail Clerks; Harrison. Bookbinders Plat
ton. Coopers.
Legislative-Hall. Boiler Makers, chair
man: Ahlstrom, Machinists: Hines, Ty-
biographical union
Public Iustitutons-wil williamson. Eise-
tricians. chairman. Compton. Stage EN-
ployes: Vessel, Bartenders.
Lectures-Allen. Typographical union.
chairman; Wilson. Hoisting Ensineerss
Cemmerer. Sheet Metal Workers.
President Bryan appointed II, Y, Haf-
rison n member OF the special committee
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