United labor bulletin., 1913-03-27
Civil Service Commission
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OTHER ASSEMBLY BUSINESS.
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OTHER ASSEMBLY BUSINESS.
The meeting was called to order at
2:15 by the president. and the minutes
were read by Secretary Ahlstrom and
approved.
Organization Committee.
Organizer Hoage reported that his
committee would hold a meeting at 31S
Club building. Tuesday evening, to or
ganize the bookkeepers and stenograph-
ers into an organization.
Arbitration Committee.
Chairman Farrell of the arbitration
committee said that it had conferred
with the manager of the Iris theater and
said that Manager Webber had no OBJ
lection to his employees joining the
unions of their crafts, and recommend
ed that the matter lay over until the
next meeting and an effort be made to
have the Musicians and Machine Oper-
ators organize the men in those lines.
The recommendation was concurred in
by the assembly.
Lecture Committee.
Chairman Mitchell of the lecture COM
mittee reported that he was unable to
have a speaker appear from the tunnel
committee because it was not known
whether the election scheduled for May
20 would be held. The committee will
secure a speaker later.
H. F. Ward Speaks
Harry F. Ward, secretary of the social
science department of churches, made a
brief but interesting talk to the dele
gates present, and was granted a vote
of thanks, as was the fraternal delegates
from the Methodist Ministerial Alliance
of Denver for bringing Mr.. Ward to the
assembly.
Mother Jones in Prison.
~ IL
strom took exceptions to the imprison-
ment of Mother Jones and members OF
the Miners union in West Virginia, and
their contemplated trial by a military
tribunal The resolution asked that the
prisoners be given trial by civil auth
critics. 1t was passed by unanimous
vote.
Legislative Committee.
Chairman Bryan of the legislative
committee reported that the Miners
eighc-hour bill had passed the senate on
second reading, and would be finally
passed.
He also asked that communication
be sent to the senate committee on labor
asking that committee to report the bill
to repeal the antiboycott law out OF
committee The communication was or
dered sent.
Public Institutions Committee.
Chairman Harrington of the public in
stitutions committee reported on the
Denver Citizens Protective league. The
report was very lengthy and very COM
prehensive 1t gave the views of the
newspaper publishers of Denver as well
as those of the league, and the commit
tee recommended that endorsement OF
the league be withheld ne recon-
mendation was concurred in. and an
amendment to affiliate with the league
resulted in the chair naming Organizer
Hoage to represent the assembly.
Chairman Harrington reported also
that he had visited the mayor on the
complaint of the Engineers regarding
the six-day work week, and said that the
mayor would give the engineers a six
day work week provided the wage was
reduced sufficiently to not cost the city
any more than it was now paying The
legislative committee was instructed to
have an ordinance introduced in the city
council that would give all city workers
the six-day week
Home Industry Committee.
Chairman Compton of the home indus
try committee reported that the commit
tee had been notified that the funniest
would have the majority of its parapher-
MALTA made in Denver.
Assembly Notes.
Delegate Hoffman of the Musicians
union called attention to an item in The
Labor Bulletin anent the Paris theater.
and said il did the Musicians an injus-
tiee. The subject is covered in another
column.
delegate Conkle asked the assembly
to take action against the Paris theater
for the running of strike pictures OF a
bad character on the screens OF that
picture house. The matter was referred
TO the public institutions committee
The Horseshoers reported that the
Benedict Transfer company was still un-
fair.
Delegate Compton reported that there
was no union restaurant in the vicinity
of the Broadway theater. He asked tnat
an effort be made to organize a restaur-
ant in that vicinity.
The delegates from the Brick. Tile
and Terra Gotta Workers reported that
their local is doing well. The local has
had hard struggle.
Delegate Johns called attention to an
ad in The Labor Bulletin advertising
union-made caskets, manufactured by
the Rocky Mountain Casket company, at
SSS South Broadway.
The Engineers asked the Cooks, Wait
ers. Bartenders and Musicians to act IN
conjunction in signing up the White City
and other amusement parks. The Mu-
sicians reported that the music for the
White City had already been engaged
Action along these lines may be taken
Delegate Osburn of the Walters re-
ported that the trouble with Bob White
restaurants may be settled shortly and
a card put in the houses.
The receipts were s1i.o4.