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Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
News of the Labor Unions
Carpenters

At Wednesday nights meetrg of tho
Carpenters District Council the follow
ing officers We're elected:
President-Thomas Roddy.
Vice President-MaX Novitch
Secretary Urea Conrad could.
Warden-John Dalton.
Delegates Building Trades iouncil-
John Gobel, Thomas Smith. thomas
james. Peter Johns. Carl Everett Max
Novitch, Robert Currie. John Clapp,
Thomas Roddy and Conrad Conll.
In writing of Denver condition to the
Carpenters Journal. Secretary Bob Cur
rie OF No. % says, Il would say TO the
carpenters of the country that Denver
is not booming by any means. Travel
ing brothers should not think that they
are better mechanics than the brothers
who are already here and that they can
pick up Job where others fail We
have speed kings here to finish some
who claim they can fit and hang twenty
two doors day. l will say again, look
before you leap"
Although he fell to the ground from
the top of the ColfaN N-Larimer yiaduct. n
distance Of forty feet, Monday afternoon,
Carl l.. Frentz, AZ, a carpenter employed
in construction work on the viaduct, es-
capped with a spraincd back and minor
bruises. He was taken to his home at
5li East Louisiana.
Strict enforcement of the Building
Trades Council card was inaugurated on
all jobs Thursday. July l. Heuceforth
every employe on building construction
must show paid-up working card OF
the various craft unions.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Painters

After nearly three months of open
warfare, following the lockout of the
union painters of Sioux City by several
OF the larger shops, peace l. at last in
sight, says the Sioux City Union Advo-
cate. 1t is announced that one OF the
largest firms--thc Hostead & johnson
company-has finally consented to play
fair with the union painters. and that
this break in the ranks OF the open
shoppers" will. without question, be fol-
lowed by others of the firms in the lock
out combination.
Credit for the adjustment of the long
drawn out difficulty is due primarily to
five men, and to the support which has
been given by the general public. Frank
IIeenan of Chicago, called to Sioux City
to lend his assistance as an organizer
of the Brotherhood of Painters and Pa
per Hangers; President j. Harry Strict
of the Iowa State Federation of Labor,
Fred s. Bowker and Fred Cunningham of
the strike committee" OF the Painters
Union. and Hugh A. Richie, arbiter par
excellence, fave been in conference with
the master painters nearly all the week
and at last are in position to announce
that success is in sight.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
MoUie Operators

II. II. Thomas of the popular York
theater Is recovering from severe ILL.,
ness and expects to be back on the Job
in a few days.
Harry Johns is on duty again at the
Lux theater after a pleasant vacation
spent with his father in Montana.
!. ". Dooley is pushing the union la
bel propaganda in every direction. He
made kick for union label toothpicks
in Curtis street restaurant one day
this week. Says he got 'em.
j. F. Dugard won the handsome l. \.
OF T. s. Z. sofa cushion ratified off at
the last meeting.
John McQwoun of the Broadway has
a new name for the movie films-calls
'em slippery slicks.'
The alert boys at the Lyric theater
are sure showing some speed. Get this?
Business Agent f \. Shields is work
ing up big subscription list among the
boys for The Bulletin. All say it is
the paper.
Pat Molloy and Bud Graham have de-
clared the Paris theater to be a neutral
zone during the European conflict, and
are now working together Just like
couple OF Billy Bryan's peace doves.
Their only worry is borrowed from the
thought of Denver being an arid town
after next January.
When the last meeting OF No. 23O ad
iourncd in the early morning hour.
Henry Fishback and r. J. Waddington
started out to catch an owl car. A
tramp dog joined them and debate en-.
sued on the wonderful faculties of can
ines Fishback declared he once owned
n greyhound that could trail a rabbit,
pitch it in the air with his nose and then
catch brer rabbit on the fly. Wadding-
ton came back with a yarn about dog
that chased a rabbit through high grass
and tossed it up for him to shoot on
the wing The stray pup followed the
two movie operators home in the hope
OF getting hand out at the breakfast
table. Red Dunn, who is neutral as to
prevarication, says he will tell real
dog story at the next meeting
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03

any union have made better records
either for attendance or achievement.
Local No. 3 is now an almost 100 per
cent union among the plumbers OF Dem
yer, and working conditions are very sat
isfactory. When appointed chief city
plumbing inspector by Commissioner OF
Property Otto +. Thum two years ago,
Bulger wanted to retire from the presi-
dcncy, but the members refused TO ac-
cept his decling tion.
Newly elected Officers at Wednesday
nights meeting are as follows:
President-Frank Bovard.
Vice President-Edward Eyser.
Secretary and Business Agent-1ohn
j. Connor.
Treasurer-Carl Jaensen.
Inside Sentry-Fred Book.
Delegates Building Trades Council
James C. Bulger, David ID. Stebbene and
John ]. Connor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Machinists

Frank L. Mulholland of Toledo. Ohio,
president OF the National A.socia-
ton OF Rotary Clubs, who stopped over
in Denver this week en- route to the ma
tional convention of his organization In
San Francisco, is member of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists, and
its general attorney. He is well known
to Denver trades unionists and is an
authority on national and state labor
laws. A delegation OF No. AZ visited him
during his brief stay in Denver.
Calling off of the shipments strike on
the Hartman system is already having
beneficial effect. Business Agent b.
+. Perry of District No. 90. !. A. OF NJ.
this week received a letter from Hou.-
ton, Texas. stating that in onc OF the
big Hartman system shops there 250
strikebreakers had been discharged and
union machinists. blacksmitlls boiler
makers and helpers given their old
places. 1t is an evidence that employers
realize that expert and Satisfactory me
chanics are found only in the ranks OF
organized labor.
-Four machnists were added 10 the list
of those employed in the Denver shops oi
the Moffat road this week Business
Agent W. F Evans of No. Il reports
that employment conditions are improv-
ing in all the local raidroad shops.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Walters

Semi-annual election OF officers was
held Monday by Cooks Union No. IA at
headquarters. 1928 Curtis street. A good
vote was polled and there was much in
terest in the result, there being several
close contests. Following are the newly
chosen officials:
Presidents. p. Oplinger.
Vice President-May McCord.
Recording Secretary-Edna Parker.
Secretary Treasurer and Busines 5
Agent-Clarence Cox.
lnspectoT-Lois Smith.
Sentinel-Cecil Glasscock and Mike
Egger; tie vote.
Press Secretary-James Hicks.
Trustee-Edna Parker, Leon Hirsh and
Shell Harding.
Local Joint Board-Harold Edman,
Edna Parker and Josie Costello.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Cooks

Cooks Union No. Is held an election
Monday, polls being open at the business
agents office, l7l5 California street
from o a. IN. to p. m. There were
contests for nearly every position. A
total of 50 votes We're cast. the highest
ever polled by the local union. Follow
ing are the newly elected officers:
President-EIarvey Zepp.
Vice President-John Hartwig.
Recording Secretary-E. c.. Hildebrand.
Financial Secretary Treasurer R. Z.
Croskey.
aplin--Roy Ridgley.
mspector-Charles Phillips.
Inside Guard-Charles Morley.
Outside Guard-Jack Kennedy.
Trustees--John Hartwig, Henry Bal
eros. R. f. Croskey.
Business Agent-Jesse Yates.
Members of the Cooks Union are
Justly elated over the unionzing of the
Mozart cafe on Curtis street and for the
first time since the place opened twenty
three years ago a union house card is
now displayed. w. H. Kirby, member
of No. IS, has charge of the culinary de-
partment.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
City Firenen

All Denver city firemen before assum-
ing their duties hereafter will be re-
guired to take an oath to uphold the
constitution of the United States and
the laws of the city and county in ac-
cordance with an almost-forgotten prov
ision of the city charter, which has not
been enforced since the city and county
were consolidated under the twentieth
amendment more than ten years ago.
Fire Chief John Healy and over 200
firemen took the oath in the district
court this week.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03

Beats them all. La Belle Sc cigar;
union made in Denver-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Tailors

John b. Lennon, who for years served
as general secretary of the Tailors' In
ternational Union, has refused to be n
candidate again for that office although
several local unions had indorsed him as
a candidate. In letter to the member
ship he requests that they support A. T.
Carlquist OF Chicago for the office.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Plumbers

Declining to be candidate for re-
election at Wednesday nights meeting
OF Plumbers and Gasfitters' Union No.
,, James c. Bulger retired from the
presidency after serving his union in this
capacity for the past six years During
all this period President Bulger has been
absent at each Wednesday nights meet
ing only four times except while away
from the city attending national or state
labor conventions. Few executives of
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03

Try a Principe de Lees cigar for an
after dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
Labor Meetings
Coming Week
THE TINE AND PLACE

AOulSnt-odtutudy.
Beer Drivers. b. T. c., Club bldg
Bottle Sorters, Bank bldg. w. Colfax
Carpenters No. 1921, Bank bldg, w. Col
| fax.
Ladies' Tailors, 4Ol Club bldg.
Letter Carriers. l54s California st.
Railway Carmen No. l46 Evans blk, at
| loop.
Locomotive Engineers No. 1856, l543
Champa st
Sunday.
| Typographical. 2 p. m. 1921 Cleveland.
| Woman's Trade Union League, . p. m,
b. T. c., Club bldg
Bartenders, h. T. C., Club bldg.
Bill Posters, 10 a. m, b. T. C., Club
bldg.
Monday.
Sheet Metal Workers No, o. Il. T. c.,
Club bldg.
Bindery Women, Trades Union hall,
Quincy bldg.
Bricllayers. b. T. c.. Club bldg
building Laborers. 2435 Larimer st.
Carpenters No. 50. Carpenters hall. l9i7
Stout st.
Carpenters No. 1908, Carpenters hall,
l947 Stout st.
Cooks No. Is, 2:30 p. M, l7l5 California.
Electrical Workers No. IS, l5l7 Law
renee st.
Iron Molders. l4ls Larimer ST.
Tile Layers, b. T. c.. Club bldg.
Walters No. Il. 2:30 p. m. 1928 Curtis.
Locomotive Engineers No. 45l, 80 p. m,
Sixth and Santa Fe.
Locomotive j. & i. No $40, 1887 Platte.
O. r. r. No II, 62O l4th st.
o. r. c, No. A, 1880 p. m, Exchange
bldg
Tuesday.
Carpenters No. 1874, Carpenters hall,
Cigar Makers. 1856 Champa st.
Glass Workers, b. r. c., Club bldg.
Leather Workers. l7l5 California st.
NIailers. Trades Union hall, Quincy bldg.
Plasterers. 1925 Larimer st.
Soda Bottlers, b. L. C., Club bldg.
Stenographcrs. 3Ol German Am. bldg.
Tobacco Strippers, $50 p. m, B. T. c.,
Club bldg.
United Laborers. u. T. C., Club bldg.
h. r. T. No. $50. b. T. C., Club bldg
Wednesday.
Amusement Council, IL a. m, 1922 Cur
It's st.
Carpenters District Council. Carpenters
hall. l047 Stout st.
Composition Roofers. B. T. C.. Club bldg.
Retail Clerks. 209 Charles bldg.
Stereotypers Trades Union hall, Quincy
bldg.
Iron Workers. B. T. C.. Club bldg
Locomotive Engineers. No. 734. p. m.
w 3lst and Clay.
b. Il. T. No 30, l543 Champa St
Thursday
! Cleaner, and Dycrs. 14ls Larimer st.
Coopers. 3ls German Am. Bank bldg.
Elevator Constructors, y. T. C., Club
bldg.
Steam Engineers. b. T. C.. Club bldg.
Hosting Engineers. h. 7. C., Club bldg
Painters No. 70 1856 Champa ST.
Steam Filters. 1923 Charles bldg.
Locomotive +. 6 T.. No. Il, 3sth and
Franklin.
Railway Clerks, l947 Stout st.
Friday.
Building Trades Council, Carpenters
| hall l947 Stout st.
Board Bartender- Cooks and Walters, 3
p. m, b. r. C., Club bldg.
Bakers No. pos. II a m, 26i2 W. Colfax.
Electrical Workers No. Ill. 1917 Law
renee st.
Garment Workers, $50 p. m, b. r. c,
Club bldg
ilpTH'Nhoerss 'oE' 'nafles blup.
Machnists No ~, y. T. c., Club bldg.
Nachnists Apprentices, B. T. C., Club
bldg.
Sign Writers. l75G Champa st.
Plumbers Apprentices. b. T. c., Club
bldg.
r. r. Pipe Filters, Trades Unin hall,
Quincy bldg.
b. r. I. No. 446, l5i3 Champa ST
Locomotive +. & J.. No. 273 Eighth and
Santa Ee.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03
WHERE TO FIND ,EM.

If you are lonesome and want a pleas
ant place to spend an afternoon or even
ing, with congenial companions, daily
papers, magazines and books, join the
Trades Union Benefit Association Club,
second floor Quincy building, 18th and
Curtis All union men eligible.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03

o'Keefe, the popular ieweler at 1927
Fifteenth street. has those beautiful
bride rings. Don't be afraid boys.-Adv
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-03

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PLEAD CAUSE OF MEXICAN PATRIOT
PRESIDENT WILSON is URGED TO RECOGNIZE GENERAL CARRAN

longed to citizens under free gov
eminent.
Under the Madero government
there were beginnings of a labor
movement and an effort of the work
ers to organize for the realization
of their ideals and for the betterment
of themselves and their fellow work
ers. This hope was overshadowed by
the barbarism of Huerta, but again
grew strong and steady when Carran-
"a asserted himself as the leader of
the people.
General Carranza is recognized as
the friend of the working people and
the real leader of the people generally
in Mexico. He has granted to the
wage earners the right of organization
and has secured them opportunities
for carrying out the Legitimate pur-
poses of organization. He has been
thoroughly in sympathy with the
ideals of greater opportunity and free
dom of the masses of the people. The
working people have been supporting
him. They have adjourned as lodges
and trade unions to enlist in the Car
rama army with their union officials
serving as the officers OF their regi-
ments.
"The workers of Mexico have tried
as best they could with the resources
available to present their request and
thei, right to be allowed to work out
their own problems. They asked you
and our government for little more
patience and a little more time to
prove that the Carranza government
really represented the people of Mex
leo. You granted that request and
time has proved that General Carran-
"a is really the representative of Mex
lean democracy-that he represents
their efforts TO establish a govern
ment of the people and for the peo-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08

WASHINGTON-U instructions
Of the executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, which met
last week in this city, President Comp
ers has written a letter to President
Wilson in which the latter is urged
to recognize general Carranza as the
head of the Mexican government.
President Gompers' letter is as fol-
lows:
"In accord with the direction of the
executive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, the following is re-
specially submitted to you and which,
we hope. will commend itself to your
favorable consideration and action.
There has been going on just across
our southern boundary battle which
is part of the world-old struggle for
freedom. Although that struggle may
be associated with many things that
are not in accord with our ideals, yet
am sure you recognize that these
things are the first crude efforts of
people long accustomed to despotism
and denial of the rights of free citl-
zens to realize ideals of freedom. Ma
tions. as we'll as individuals, as you
well know, cannot at once assume wis
dom in the exercise of freedom. They
must learn to be free They have the
right to this freedom without unwar-
ranted outside interference even from
those who seek their welfare.
The revolt of the people under the
leadership of Madero against the Diaz
government was an effort to realize
ideals. The support given TO the ideals
of Madero was a proof that national
virliity and 1esourcefu'ness had not
been crushed out by the rule of des-
potism. 1t was proof that there
were yet ideals and yearnings for the
the opportunities that rightfully be-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
THE CLIQUE

What is clique? IT'S body of men
Who attend every meeting, not just
now and then,
Who don't miss a meeting unless they
are sick.
These are the men that the crouch
calls the clique;
Who don't make a farce of the sacred
word Brother"
Who believe in the motto, Help one
another"
Who never resort to a dishonest
trick,
These are the men whom some call
clique.
The men who are seldom behind in
their dues,
And who, from the meetings, do not
carry news;
Who attend to their duties and visit
the sick,
These are the men that the cranks
call the clique;
We should all be proud Of members
like these,
They can call them the clique or what
ever they please;
They never attempt any duties to
dodge,
These are the clique that run most
every lodge.
But there are some people who always
find fault,
And most of this kind are not worth
their salt;
They like to start trouble, but sell
dom will stick,
They put all the work on the so-called
clique. Elk.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
Professor Commons
Illogical Report

Though Professor John R. Com
mons refused to join with Frank p.
Walsh and the three labor members of
the Commission on Industrial Rela-
lions in signing the Manly report, he
is on record as expressing views very
similar to those in that report Thus
in his book entitled The Distribution
of Wealth" on pages 70 and so he
says:
Though the slave was compelled
to work, he never suffered from that
terrible evil of the modern laborer,
lack of work. With the coming of
freedom, the laborer was divorced
from his means of livelihood, and now
that all available land has become pri-
vate property, and all capital is pri-
vate property, the propertyless man is
dependent when work is plenty, and
vagabond when work is slack. OF
what use to him are the centuries of
struggle for the right to life and the
right to liberty, if he is denied the
right to produce for himself the food,
and clothing and shelter that preserve
life, and that make liberty worth hav-
ing? The rights to life and liberty
are practically denied to laborers in
our day, by virtue of the denial of the
right to employment There is, there
fore pressing upon us, the claim for
recognition of this new and higher
right, belonging to man as man, by
virtue of the very dignity of the man
hood that is in him The claims of
justice rebel at The dictates OF law
which have reduced the earth and all
the opportunities for livelihood to the
private possession of cne-third of the
race, and thus compel the two-thirds
to be either wage-slaves or paupers.
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The right TO work, for every man that
is willing, is the next great human
right to be defined and enforced by
the law"
On page 249 of this same book he
says:
The so-called conflict between cap
ital and labor is at bottom a conflict
between capital and labor on the one
hand and the owners of opportunities
ON tue other"
Furthermore Professor Commons
said in a letter to the New York Com
mittee on Congestion Of Population,
quoted by the Committee in a com
munication to The Outlook of May 10,
1913:
Il have been strongly convinced
that a gradual reduction of the tax
rate on buildings, leading finally to
the exemption of all improvements,
would be one of the most important
gains that could be accomplished in
our system of taxation"
Yet the professor refused to join
with four of his colleagues in report
officially making substantially the
same arguments and offering the same
remedies as he had himself been pre-
senting for years Why he did so is
not apparent Perhaps he remem-
bered what happens to radical pro-
fessors in our" free CD institutions.
Then there was, to be sure, the out
cry against Walsh. and the attempt
on the part of reactionary papers to
create a prejudice against him and
anything he might advocate. This
may have had it's silencing effect on
the professor. But it certainly should
not have led him into denying the
truth he had himself proclaimed.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
A WARNING
BY Mrs. c. W. Stevens

Do you think you are too good to
commit murder?
Have you too much common sense
to Stay your comrades of the working
class?
Are you sure you are immune from
the war virus?
Or do you think you are less suscep-
tible to the influence of school, press
and pulpit than our European com
rades who are now in the trenches?
Working class solidarity has been
drowned in the waves Of patriotism in
countries whose class organization was
admittedly better than ours.
The machinery of iingoism is get
ting into action in this country and
talk of preparedness is everywhere.
But are the workers prepared, or
preparing, to meet this crisis which
threatens to uproot those fundamental
principles of peace and brotherhood
which the union cause represents?
The workers in the United States
have been especially fortunate in hav-
ing the opportunity of observing the
weakness of the party in Europe in
the face of patriotic hysteria and ma
tional hate We should double our
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
the FINAL PANIC

We have had frequent occasion
during the past three years to refer
to the present breakdown of our in,
1ustrial system as "the final panic"
And so it is. But its death throes are
destined to be long drawn out. For
While industrial expansion can no
longer proceed at a pace fast enough
to offer a solution for our unem-
ployed problem, there yet remains
sufficient field abroad for the profit
able investment of American capital.
TO offer few instances only:
During the last ten years not less
than $SO0,0OO,0O0 of American capital
part of the wealth voted away by
the American wage slaves has been
invested in Mexico. Then I'VE" have
invested $2OO0O0,0O0 more in the re-
publics of the West Indies during the
last few years. The figures for the
Philippines and Hawaii are not at
hand. Some idea of the capital involv-
ed, however, can be derived from the
fact that "our" exports to the Philip
pines have increased from $395S, 219
in 1898 to $27,3O45S7 in 1914. There
lie these half-developed countries, with
twenty-one republics south of the Rio
Grande, all awaiting exploitation.
Our total export trade increased
from S1,663 ,O11,1O4 in 1909, to $2,465,-
8S4,149 in 1913. Of this amount the
gain in South America was from $780,
561.6 in 1909 to $146,147,993 in 1913,
1t would seem, then, that so far as
the capitalists are concerned there
still remains MUNICH undeveloped
country The solution of their prob
lem of REIMBURSEMENT Of profits is
easy But what of the unemployed
wage-slaves Of our own country?
They may follow the flag" into fields
now occupied by peon and cooley la
Dor, and there compete, if they can,
with their semi-civilized brothers in
toll or, they may stay home and
starve, beg, or go to jail. Or, and this
word should be writ Or
They may march up to the ballot
box twenty millions strong and vote
for the ownership of this country for
themselves.
This gained they could consume
me fun product Of their own labor,
minus what would be needed in for
eign exchange Of products; then the
problems of unemployment, poverty
and Industrial despotism would all be
solved and solved once for all
What are you waiting for? Are ye
mem
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-08
TRADES
COUNCIL
n E w S

Credentials were received from the
Stage Employees Union, Local No.
$50, for Brother Ralf Tucker, to rep
resent this organization as a delegate
to the Council Brother Tucker was
obligated and seated.
The following new names were
added to the unfair list:
Electrical Workers-W. f. Bennett;
Electrical Dept. Of the Globe Wall
Paper Co.
Painters-E. w. Phillips and R. D.
Garner.
Plumbers Dept. of the
Globe Wall Paper Co.
a communication was read from the
Electrical Workers stating that this
organization had donated $25 to the
Caplin and Schmidt defense fund. The
Lathers donated $3.50 to the defense
fund.