United labor bulletin., 1914-11-14
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


of wages for newspapers adopted by
Denver Typographical Union No. 10 has
been formally presented to the publish
ers by President Frank J. Pulver and
Secretary Treasurer Frank c. Birdsall
Owing to the absence from the city of
Business Manager Jas. ii. Smyth of the
Rocky Mountain News and Denver Times
the matter has not been considered and
no conferences arranged for btween the
scale committee and publishers of the
News, Times and Post. Mr.. Smyth has
gone to Boston, Mass, his former home.
for the purpose of moving his family to
Denver. 1t will probably be two weeks
before he is able to meet with a com
mittee of the union.
Completion of routine business was
the only matters taken up at last Sun
days adjourned meeting OF the union
There was not large attendance, many
members seeming not to realize the
crisis confronting the union at this time,
or else having implicit confidence in the
officers and committees to transact bus
iness which shapes the destiny OF every
situation holder and sub in this city.
Grant Hamilton of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor legislative committee
and member of No. 49, was present at
last Sundays meeting OF the union and
delivered an interesting talk. Grant was
chairman of the old Republican chapel
during some of the stormy days and
nights about IA years ago, and used to
fight it out" with Sid Eastwood, who
was then foreman.
Apprentice winners in the October
contest were as follows: Herbert Flint
of j. b. Stott & Co., first prize; Lewis
Shepherd OF Robinson's, second; Frank
Lindquist of Smith-Brooks, third.
Albert c. Griffin, one OF No. 49's best
known members, employed as linotyp-
ist at Fred Miller's plant in the VIII
Hanson -Haffner office, surprised his
many friends by slipping off alone to
Marshalltown, Iowa, and returning to
Denver with a bride for lifelong com
pany. Mr.. and Mrs Griffin are now
keeping house at the groom's cosy home
in Englewood-
J. F. Burnett, formerly of AIbu-
querque Union and recently a resident
OF the Union Printers Home. is now
subbiug on the adside OF the Post.
+. F. Ballard, secretary -trea surer of
Cripple Creek Typographical Union No.
227, was in Denver this week and Incl
dentally conferred with President Frank
J. Pulyer about his union affiliating
with the lntermountain Typographical
Conference
\ little romance has Just come to
Light involving a former member OF No
80. Earl T. Scheiman. who served his
apprenticeship in the Mcclure Printing
Company here, and is a son of E. D.
Scheiman. makeup on the Post. and who
LETT Denver soon after being obhgltte,
as 4 iourneyman, was married three
months ago IN this city 10 Miss Bessie
Wood and his parents have just learned
Of the event. After working in Indi-
annapolis for a short period on his first
tr1p out, young Scheiman returned TO
Denver quietly and got married, taking
his ~lfe 10 Kansas CITY, where he Is
po~ working on the Star.
In formation from J. T. L. headauar.
;srs at indianapolis is that of the fous
referendum propositions recently voted
ON throughout the jurisdiction the first
was defeated and the other three car,
RED. The official vote is gwen as fol
lows; To increase per capita tax ) cents
per month to enlarge the Union Print
crs Home, for l4,sl4, against IS.309; 10
elect one delegate to Trades and Labor
Congress of Canada, for 2l.254. against
l-sa9; TO increase l. I. L. executive
council from three To five members. for
tion in onacting priority laws, for 10
242. against 1889
Ii is now Judge G. Gus Crawford, this
well Unknown member of No. - having
been elected justice OF the peace al
Limon last week on the Democrats e
ticket. 6. Gus went out to the plains
city some months ago To become me
ehanical superintendent of the Limon
Express. and lost no time in getting
into the political game. Gus led his op-
ponent by II votes.
The Texas Printers Council, holding a
two days session in Fort Worth, passed
a resolution by unanimous vote pledrins
their efforts to secure the annual con
vcntion of the International Typograph-
zeal Union for Fort Worth in 1916.
At the last meeting of Baltimore
Typographical Union No. IL a resolution
offered by George p Nichols to invite
the convention OF the International
Typographical Union TO meet in Balti-