United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01
PRINTING TRADES
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


Typographical Union No. 40 tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in Horan's hall,
Cleveland place. Owing to revolution
ary changes in local newspaper offices
and lack of work in the book and job
shops, the meeting promises to be of
unusual interest. There is talk of
adopting a five-day law to assist mem
| bers out of work. Suspension of the
Republican left the thirty-five mem
bers of that chapel high and dry,
| Adjustment of the Sunday Times
caused further decrease of thirty
days work each week. There are
twice as many subs showing up on the
| News and Times as there are situa-
tions. On the machine slipboard of
the News this week there appeared
| twenty-four names, with like num-
ber on the hand side. The Times had
eleven machine subs and ten In the
hand department. On the Post there
were twenty machine subs and eish-
| teen on the hand side. Travelling
printers are warned to give Denver
wide berth until the local situation
readjusts itself
Officers of the defunct Republican
chapel this week conveyed to Secre--
tary Birdsalls office and placed in the
unions archives the minutes of the
chapel dating back to 1888, covering
period of twenty years.
John Williamson. for many years
makeup on various Denver papers. is
reported to be losing his eyesight He
nd
general store in South Denver and
should be patronized by all union men
in that vicinity.
Gilbert Somerset. who formerly
worked in Denver and is well known
here, certainly was born under a
lucky star. Not long ago he received
notice from the postmaster at Beloit,
Kan. that letter for him was being
held there for lack of postage. Gil
bert forwarded two-cent stamp and
a. few days later received the letter,
containing perfectly good check for
S1,933.
While waiting for their pay envel-
opes Monday afternoon, former en-
ployes of the Republican assembled
in the mailing room and held a re-
QUEEN song service, rendering Aud
Lang Syne," Nearer MY God to
Thee" Wait Till the Clouds Roll By,
Nellie" and other appropriate num-
bers.
| Elmer T. Ambrose. formerly day
foreman on the Republican, saved him
self from the wreck He has charge
of the combined weekly editions Of the
News and Republican.
Perry Barnes, who recently moved
to San Diego, is working a three
months stretch on the makeup Of one
of the papers there.
10 Hurd has hiked himself to St
Joe, Mo, where he is working on the
News-Press.
Next to the newspaper changes and
capture of a numbering street bandit,
the biggest sensation along Champa
street this week was when Tim Foley
returned to work on the Post. Gnves-
tigation proved it to be true.
Publication in the daily papers of
marriage license having been issued
to one Frank Pulver." caused some
gossip among the printers. The Bulle-
tin can state authoritatively that it
was not "our Frank" for he has been
married four years and has three
children. In other respects he Is also
all right
Roy Shattuck of Smith-Brooks and
George w. Wagner of Carson-Harpers
attended the State |. o. o. f. conven-
ton at Grand Junction.
SmithBrooks company has Installed
press that will turn out 10000
printed envelopes per hour.
"Chippy' Norman is once more a
plutocrat, having been again made a
regular linotypist on the Times.
Adolph A. Herzberg. chairman of
the News chapel. had broad smile
| Tuesday night when his slip was
pulled from top of the board and he
was restored to his regular sit, by
Eugene Swan, foreman of the ad room.
No. 40 has presented to the Denver
public library an autograph copy OF
| History of the Typographical" re-
Gently printed under auspices of the
international executive board
| Carl c. Wetmore returned to the
Union Primers Home this week, after
a brief visit with friends In Denver.
Mrs. Joe Leath has been confined
to Mercy hospital for the past ten
days, where she underwent an opera
ton, and is now reported as GONZALES
cent:
Angelo Noce. the well known Ital-
ian printer. member of No 40, re-
ceived fortune letter from Spain"
However. Noce declared himself out
of the fortune business