United labor bulletin., 1914-10-03
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w. F. Grow has been elected secretary
of the Window Washers Union. Meet
ings are now held the second and Fourth
Tuesday nights, Building Trades Club,
1871 Arapahoe street.
Michael Ryan, 55, a laborer at the
. new postoffice building, fell from a
i seaffoid Monday afternoon and suffered
an injury to his left shoulder. He was
staken to his home, l47 Osceola street.
Headquarters and meeting place of
Cooks Union No. IS have been moved
to Union Association hall, l7l5 Cali
fornia street. Regular meetings will
hereafter be held every Monday night
at $3.50 o'clock.
Mother" Jones is in Washington,
where she Is able to be on the ground
while the Colorado operators and Pres
ident Wilson are fighting out to a fin
ish the decision OF future action in
bringing peace to the strike zone.
Billy Sunday is to tackle Des Moines
as soon as he relieves Denver of its
surplus crop Of bad morals-and coin.
From the expressions heard in the for
mar city we should judge that they fear
Billy will lick them.-Cedar Rapids
Tribune.
The city ordinance. which fixes $3.50
as u minimum days pay for laborers In
the employ of the city or persons
working for the city under contract,
is being attacked in the County Court.
The Denver & Pueblo Construction
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Municipal Court for alleged violation of
this rule, is prosecuting an appeal.
State Auditor Roady Kenehan has
been hearing testimony this week in the
mountain parks investigation and will
probably make n report next week. The
hearings have been public in the park
board room at the City Hall. Nothing
of sensational nature has developed
and the attempt TO make goat OF Com
missioner OF Property Otto +. Thum is
fast fizzling out.
Work Of installing two new 00-horse
power boilers at the County hospital
was completed this week by the Chris
Irving Plumbing and Heating Company.
The price paid by the city was about
1900 All Of the work was done by
union labor, including bricklayers.
plumbers. carpenters, painters ana
steamfittcrs. Chester j. Common of
local Stesmfitters' Union No. 20s was
general foreman of the job.
The Manual Trimming Night High
School opened its registration Monday
night with an enrolment of nearly COO
students. This Is an increase of almost
200 over the registration at the begin
~ L. at II
cipal. says that great interest IL being
ing taken in the night school this year.
There were 400 students entered at the
close Of the term last year.
Two totem poles, 20 feet high. have
been presented TO the city BY Henry
Woleott. The poles, which were for
nerly at Wolhurst, are now stationed
near the City Park Museum, and are
regarded as the best examples of the
Alaskan type Of totem poles. woleott
procured the poles while on an Alaskan
trip. They are symbolic of the family
or tribal life Of the Indians, especially
Alaskan Indians.
The Supreme Council of the Loyal Or
der of Moose will meet in Denver No
vcmbcr to select the site for the Ma
tional Moose sanitorium for tubercular
members. The council probably will
spend from five to seven days looking
over the various sites Offered in Colo
rado. The tuberculosis commission of
the order will meet in Denver about the
same time to spend n week or ten days
in deciding in which city the sanatori-
um will be built.
Construction work on the new part Of
the Union Station was begun this week.
The big pile of stone taken from the
tower is being used for the foundation
of the east wing, which will extend
from the present end of the building to
Eighteenth street property line. The
addition will be of the same height and
appearance as the present structure and
will contain the offices of two express
companies besides the mail room. The
relocation and elevation of tracks also
was started.
Clerk. really good union made &c
cigar.-Adv.