Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-17
TRADES ASSEMBLY
FOR STATE MEET
Vigorously Opposes Scheme
to Abrogate Convention
OfiiCers Of State Federation Notified
II Necessary Denver Unions Can
Care for Annual Labor Meeting

With the thermometer officially regis
tering 90 degrees at the government
weather bureau on top of the Boston
building and about lO3 in Painters I'm
ION hall where the Trades and Labor
Assembly, met last Sunday afternoon,
the delegates sweltered through very
interesting three-hour session. New
delegates were seated from the Retail
Clerks, Cigarmakers and United Labor
ers' Union. Reports of considerable i'm
portance were submitted and acted upon
from the Legislative, Arbitration and
Labor Dey Committees
Nomination of candidates for the
semi-annual election to be held at next
meeting, Sunday, July 25, brought forth
good list of contestants for the various
honors. Perhaps the race to attract
most attention will be that for presi-
dent, with the present incumbent, Clint
c. Houston of the Typographical Union
being opposed by James C. Bulger of
the Plumbers Union, who holds the posi-
ton OF city plumbing inspector at the
City hall. For three delegates to the
State Federation of Labor convention
and three members of the board of di-
rectors there is long list of nominees.
Voting will be by official printed bal
lots. A full roster of candidates will
be found in the official proceedings on
another page.
Oppose Dilatory Tactics.
Officers of the State Federation of
Labor, particularly the secretary, were
censored by many delegates for what is
considered their dilatory tactics or Jock
eying about sending out the call for the
annual state labor convention, long past
due. 1t was voted unanimously to send
an official letter to the State Federation
officers, addressed to President McIen-
nan, protesting against any further de-
lay in issuing the call, and against a
reported movement on part of some OF
the officials to postpone the convention
either until September or next year. At
the Pueblo convention last year Salida
was selected as the meeting place for
1915, the third week in August being
fixed in the constitution as the date.
While the executive council of the State
Federation has the right to change the
place of meeting, it has no rightful
power to either postpone or abrogste the
annual convention.
1t was the sentiment of the Trades
Assembly that if Salida did not feel in
a position to handle the convention this
year, the labor organizations of Denver
would take care of the meeting. The
Assembly tnen declared lts purpose TO
elect it's regular quota OF delegates.
Horseshoers Report Victory.
Delegate Roy Heron of the Horse
shoers' Union reported that the Carlson
Ice Cream company, which had been de
clared unfair for having its traffic
horses shod in non-union shop, had
transferred this work to n union shop.
This matter was taken up by the AS
sembly six weeks ago and pushed with
vigor. Upon this report, a motion pre-
vailed lifting the ban of union labor
on Carlson's ice cream.
Delegate +. A Shields OF the Moving
Picture Operators Union stated that all
the houses on Curtis street with the ex-
ception of the Iris are now fair and
that the new Joy theater on Larimer
street is unfair.
A letter was read from Hon. Frank
p. Walsh, chairman of the United States
Commission on Industrial Relations,
thanking the Assembly for resolutions
adopted at previous meeting, com
mending his attitude and actions during
Investigations of the Colorado industrial
situation.