United labor bulletin., 1914-10-03
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

per scale and make radical changes IN
working conditions will probably come
up for consideration. This committee,
composed OF President Frank j. Pulver,
Secretary Frank C. Birdsall, John E.
CoIlett, Ed s. Close and August Koes-
ter, has held several meetings, and will
either be prepared to report a complete
counter proposition to the one submit
ted at the September meeting by the
publishers, or progress being made on
the job in hand. President James NJ
Duncan and Secretary-Treasurer John
w. Havs of the International Typo
graphical Union were in Denver last
Sunday and met with the committee,
advising as to several points concerning
the situation. One feature considered
was that of neither the Post, News nor
Times having at present national arbi-
tration agreements, though the two lat
ter papers have made application for
such contract with the local union and
the !. T. U. These and other impor-
tant matters will come up for consid
Grafton at tomorrow's meeting. which
promises TO be largely attended.
A temporary organization of the Mis-
souri Valley Typographical Conference
was made at a meeting held in Omaha
last week. Representative were pres
ent from the states of Nebraska, Mis-
souri, and Iowa, and it was decided to
invite unions of Kansas. Oklahoma,
Minnesota. North and South Dakota, to
participate in the next conference. to
be held in Kansas City the third Mon
day in January. 1915. George A. Mil
rary president and Grant Pierce of st.
Joseph secretary-treasurer.
According to the Oklahoma City La
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ators there is greater than the supply
just at present.
Tony Knill and Billie Cunningham OF
the News chapel returned this week
from a months outing up Goose Creek
canon. They had camping outfit and
spent the time hunting and fishing with
what they termed "mediocre success"
The trained snake they took along to
insure need for the usual antedote after
bites died the second week in camp
from overwork Otherwise both report
having had a fine time
Fred W. Siegel of Colorado Springs
typographical Union No. S2, father Of
Bert Siegel OF the Western Newspaper
Union Of this city, accompanied by his
wife. left this week for Havana, Cuba.
to visit their son, who Is engaged in the
drug business.
F. C Roberts of Washington, ID. C..
agent for the Union Printers Home, and
wife. were visitors in Denver this week.
following the meeting of Home trustees
at Colorado Springs last week.
Charlie Carter, now employed on the
Brighton Blade, spent last Sunday in
Denver.
.Aiatty- Matthews was attacked
while umpiring baseball game between
two city amateur league mines in South
Denver Sunday afternoon. A Spaniard
named CAM, playing on one OF the
teams. took offense at q decision made
bv "Matty" and struck him in the face
A riot resulted and the police took the
Spaniard to police headquarters
Two monotype keyboards and three
casters have been installed by the News
Times No manipulators have yet been
placed on the keyboards, but the cas-
tiers are busy turning out new fonts
ad type.
George Esterling writes from Avalon,
Catalina Island, in the broad Pacific
ocean, that he tenderly clipped the life
like picture of Secretary Birdsall and
the o. p from a recent issue of The
Bulletin and has placed it over his
copy desk where he can see it fifty
times day to remind him of dear old
Denver" Good boy, George.
Oscar Larsen was bitten by the first
frost and decided to return to Dixie.
He left this week for Atlanta, Ca, by
way of Chicago, expecting to work at
all print points along the route.
Mrs. Nellie Woolley deposited
Globe (Ariz.l card with Secretary
Birdsaii this week and is showing up in
his chapel. She is a Job printer.
Joseph A. Cunningham has resigned
as proofreader at the Williamson Haff-
ner company and taken similar posi-
ton with Carson-Harper. r. c. Albrook,
subbing on the Express, has accepted the
-Haffner job thus made va
cant.
katherine Williamson drew her card
again this week, after a short sojourn
in Denver, and departed for Des Moines,
Iowa.
Webb Burrows OF the Post and
George Jones of the News have finally
consented to arbitrate their grievances
and will no doubt soon be able to an
nounce officially through this column
renewal of the partnership which so
long existed in chasing rainbow trout
and peddling fish stories, that were the
wonder of all apprentices to the game
of Indoor sports"
Robert ]. Hetrick OF the williamson
Haffner chapel left the city this weel
in the direction of the widest and most
dangerous haunts OF ferocious beasts.
Said he expected TO accumulate suffi.
cient bear skins to provide himself and
one or two chosen friends with over
coats for the winter.
William. II. Knapp, for some time
employed at the williamson Haffner Of
flee, left this week for Topeka, Kan,
expecting to remain there Indefinitely.
w. S. Powers, a Seattle printer, was
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