Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-13
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Last Sunuays meeting was largely at
tended and the business transacted with
so much smoothness that the unusual
record of reaching adjournment before S
o'clock was established. In accordance
with the new agreement reached with
the newspaper publishers and conces-
sions made the union through confer
ences all charges and other disturbing
incidents that had been hanging fire were
dismissed. and No. 40 now has n clean,
slate for the first time in several years.
President Frank J. Pulver and Secretary
Frank c. Birdsall were unanimously
elected to permanently represent the
union on the joint board created to ad-
just any grievances or misunderstanding
which may arise under the newspaper
contract
Three promising young men were
elected to apprentice membership and
received the obligation. They are Homer
b. Morrison of Deal & Reeds job shop,
RoIlin T. Street of the Western News
paper Union and H. L. Gearhart of the
News chapel.
Chairman Frank J. Wolf of the ap-
prentice committee reported two con-
testants were tied for first prize with
Is points each in the 1914 race, the prize
to be a scholarship in the l. T. U. course
chapel and Frank Lindquist of Smith
Brooks chapel. In order to determine
the winner the matter was referred back
TO the committee.
II was voted to donate 500 to New
Orleans Typographical Union to assist
the 200 newspaper printers there who
we're locked out by the publishers be-
cause the union refused to rescind a
five-day law enacted to assist many
men thrown out of employment by con-
solidation of the Picayune and Times
Democrat.
Denver Typographical Union No. 40
Will be 55 years old on the ninth day
of June next II was decided to cele-
brate the event in some appropriate
manner and n committee appointed to
report ON n program at next meeting.
This committee consists of Charles s.
Semper. honorary chairman; August
Rooster. active chairman; Oscar Ander-
son. w. H. Cressingham. w. A Collins
and Is. X. Cogswell.
Al ;. Andrew of Pueblo Topographic
cal Union No. l75. member of the House
of Representatives, has introduced a bill
to create state printing plant. Copies
OF the bill have not as vet been made
available. therefore the union decided
TO appoint committee to investigate
and act in the matter. The members of
this committee as named by President
Pulver are II. c. Sweeny. chairman;
Clint c. Houston. W. L.. Green. l.. d.
Hosman and Thomas r. Bailey.
August Rooster rendered his resigna-
tion a member OF the board Of trust
ees IN order to become eligible to enter
the race a. candidate for delegate to
the |. II. L. convention. to be held in
Los Angeles next August. Gus has been
a faithful member of the board during
the past three years
Thomas o. Spacy and ]. w. Sanford
visited the meeting Sunday as COM
miftec from the Union Label League
and disposed of IS worth of. tickets to
the ball given Wednesday night in Mar
BILE hall
Joseph Stoppc writes 10 Secretary
Birdsall from San Diego that ne has
sufficiently recovered to leave the hos
pital and is now comfortably located az
the home of Bert James SAYS he is i'm.
proving rapidly in the baimy atmos-
pherc of the southern California city.
On Wednesday. March ,. special
chapel meetings are to be held for the
purpose of voting upon an amendment
TO the i. I. u constitution proposed by
Houston typographical Union No. 81. as
follows: NO convention or meeting, nor
any official or member of the Intern.-
tional Typographical Union of North
America, shall have power TO appropri.
ate or use any moneys or securities in
the treasury of this union. nor prop
erty or collateral in its possession or
custody, for the purpose of bcstowing
upon any person or number of persons
amy gift of intrinsic value granting any
gratuity. or as payment for any intangi-
BILE service rendered or claimed to have
been rendered unless expressly author
lied by referendum vote
A movement has been inaururatcd
whereby the members of all the Typo
graphical Unions in Colorado shall make
n pilgrimage to the Union Printers Home
on the same day this year. II is pre-
dicted this plan will give pleasure to
the members participating and joy TO
the residents of the Home. Last year
about 200 members of No. 40 made n
pilgrimage to the Home and all pro-
nounced it the most ENJOYABLE outing of
the season.
Word reaches Denver this week from
New Orleans that the prospects for an
early settlement of the daily newspaper
lockout are Frightening The publishers
are up against il to secure printers aud
the latest effort to round mp country
printers has proven a failure. Those
brought in have refused to work when
acquainted with the situation. The 200
men locked out are standing us firm as
the pyramids.
Milburn II. Cressingham. an apprentice
in tho Timos ror,nos,u.x ,.,,<~,,, H.. s,.,.