United labor bulletin., 1914-06-06


formed at a meeting held in the Club
building Tuesday night and will be char
tered direct by the American Federation
of Labor.
The city council has granted a permit
for construction of temporary taber-
nacle seating $1,000 for the Billy Sunday
prohibition compaign. The structure will
be located on Capitol Hill.
Joe Nicoletti has opened up new
union shoe repair shop at 1923 Champa
street and will be one of the members
to form the proposed Boot and Shoe
Workers Union in this city.
Marvin Dameron, president of Pueblo
Trades and Labor Assembly, was in Dem
yer for a few days collecting sport data
for some stunts he and shorty" Adams
expect to pull off in Slagtown within
the near future.
Petitions are being circulated in Dem
yer and throughout the state, the signers
of which pledge themselves to purchase
Griffith shoes if the factory in this city
unionizes the plant and uses the label
of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.
Bids for the Colfax avenue viaduct
We're opened Wednesday at the city hall
and the successful bidder will probably
be announced today. There We're about
thirty firms entering bids on the main
structure, ranging from 100000 to $500.
900.
Charles Z. NIahoney, vice president of
the Western Federation of Miners. has
almost ennnnlatalv racoypreI from Ia,o
illness following an operation for APP
pendicitis in Chicago, and is able to
show up at headquarters in the Denham
building
Beer Drivers, Stablemen and Fire
mems Union No. 90 will give an exeur-
sion and picnic to Glazier lake Sunday.
July Il. for the purpose of raising
funds to fight the statewide prohibition
movement. A special train will carry
big crowd.
State Coal Mine Inspector James Dal-
rymple has filed cases against five coal
companies for violating the state mining
laws by failing TO provide safety de
vices. The ROYAL Gorge mine in Ere
mont county and the , Frederick. Ideal
and Firestone mines in Weld county are
made defendants.
The required 10000 signatures have
been obtained to each OF the four bill. |
which the Colorado Social Service league. |
headed by Judge Ben h. Lindsey. in |
tends to initiate at the neNt election. |
according to George Eisler. secretary OF
the league.
There was snow on the Civic Center
June j.. as had been freely predicted
there would be after the Big Snow last
December. Some wag carted wheel |
barrow load from the Moffat depot and
dumped it at the corner of Broadway
and Colfax. All bets OF snow or no
snow there June l have been declared |
off
Building operations in Denver for the |
first five months of 1914 have amounted
to Sl,l9Q566, exceeding by s6.23G the
construction work done during the same
period in 1913. There have been .752
permits for work granted by the city
since January, as contrasted with s57
permits during the first five months OF
1913.
special election will be held in
Pueblo June 80 to determine whether
ment now in operation meets approval OF
the citizens. An amendment to the city
charter to be voted on replaces the pres
ent three commissioners by mayor and
one alderman from each of the eight
wards.
Eckelberg's restaurant at l5l7 Curtis |
street, one of the best known and most
poular eating places in Denver. and al |
ways conducted under union auspices,
was totally destroyed by fire on the
night of Friday, May 20 A hotel occu-
pying the two upper floors and the Her
bert confectionery store next door were
also destroyed.
A judgment against the Denver City |
tramway for 81 800 in favor of William |
Shirley Brown. minor, was affirmed by |
the Supreme Court Monday. The boy |
was run down by a Cherokee car at First |
avenue and Cherokee street two wears |
ago. He was five years old. He lost |
one foot as result OF the accident. |
The original judgment came from Dis
trict Judge Shaeffor.
Ford Hum. fireman. was scalded and |
crushed to death; John Auers. veteran |
engineer, was seriously injured and at |
least ten others, including eight passen- |
gers, suffered minor injuries when Platte |
canon fish train No. 73. northbound. and |
Morrison train No. 60. southbound. Colo |
RADIO & Southern railway crashed togcth- |
er in head-on collision near West Third |
avenue and TETON street at $40 o'clock |
Monday morning
W. F. M. WILL MEET IN DENVER.