United labor bulletin., 1912-11-14
LABORERS
OF the City of Denver,
Affenfioni


Mayor Arnold says that $2.25 day Is
sufficient wages for city laborers. What
do you say? Can a man decently live
and raise family on this wage? II
you are satisfied with your condition do
not read further. II you are not. then
read on. bill was passed in the city
council which compelled contractors to
pay laborers $3.50 per day on all work
for the city. Mayor Arnold vetoed this
bill. Again we ask you. are you salts
fed with S225 per day? II not, demand
more. And to accomplish this you
must organize. Unorganized you are
helpless to better your condition Or
ganized you are a power. II you desire
to learn how organization helps the
workers to better their condition. and
how to form an organization Of your
own: also learn how the city laborers
OF San Francisco secured 80 per day
through their organization. then attend
a meeting Of laborers to be held at
Swiss Hall. 141s Larimer street, Thurs
day, November l4th. at D. m
In Union There Is Strength"
Issued by the
ORGANIZATION Committee OF the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly.
Read this and hand IT TO your friends
~.This circular was put into an envelope
and distributed to every laborer with
whom the committee could come In con-
tact. and II is expectedy that hundreds
will be at Swiss hall tonight TO help In
the formation of an organization that
will be one of the largest and strongest
ORGANIZATIONS in the city.
Organized Hoage made report OF
progress to the assembly Sunday. and
the assembly empowered the committee
20 incur the necessary expense. and the
action OF the committee was also en-
dorsed Monday the circulars were
printed and Tuesday the committee
went into all parts OF the city and dis
tributed the circulars to the day labor
crs
There is n strict law against dis
tributIng literature about the city, and
this law was invoked Tuesday morning
by a special officer of the city near the
city shops Delegate Spacey OF the
BARRIERS. who is also a member OF the
committee. was handing the circulars
to the iRborers as they started out
"wednesday morning when a special Of
ncer started 10 berate him regarding
the circular But that did not bother
spacey He was there TO hand out the
circular. and he kept right on handing
them out until the officer said he would
take him down TO see the chief The
chief was not nj the hall. and after
short talk with the desk sergeant Mr.
Spaccy was allowed to depart
Later In the day he was again ac-
Sosied by the same officer. who seemed
10 be making the circular special or
der OF business. but no arrest was made
further than that of Mr.. Spacey earlier
In the day.
II is not believed that any OF the cleo
tive officers at city hall are opposed to
the organizing of the city laborcrs.
Mayor Arnold has said that he will in
sist that union wages be paid In all
trades where there is an established
scale OF wages He has never been
known TO have expressed himself
against the formation of the union. and
The Bulletin has not heard of any city
officlal opposing the work OF the Trades
Assembly. The police interference
seems to have been the work OF po-
lice ofrcer on his own Initiative.
Mayor Arnold. City Clerk Thum.
Deputy City Clerk Moorehouse and the
editor OF The Bulletin have been asked
10 address the meeting OF laborers this
evening, and Il is believed that all those
named will be present. and that Mayor
Arnold will take that occasion to de-
clare what his attitude Is toward the
proposed organization.
There In little doubt but that the or
rnpizatIon will be consummated with
out delay. Let every member OF Organ
~ Labor lend his time and influence
to- make II n success.