Denver labor bulletin., 1915-06-12
The Optimistic
Philosopher
w YHLIAM A. GRIEvES of
NA the Smith Grieves Typeset-
wv ting company, Kansas City,
,.-aa N x-;a;taE In Ilanuar this

Wv ting company, Kansas City,
was a visitor in Denver this
week, enroute home from visit to
the Panama Pacific Exposition in San
Francisco. And this occasion gives the
o. p. an opportunity to tell The
Bulletin readers who Billy" Grieves
is. He is known to all Missouri
A;yer pirate" printers, though Billy him
celf never was real printer, having
been a locomotive engineer before Otto
Mergenthaler invented the linotype and
revolutionized the "art preservative.'
When typesetting machines were In
stalled at the Kansas City Times
office something over quarter CEN
tury ago, Billy Grieves took the
job as machinist, being unem-
ployed at the time. He made good,
and later when all linotype ma
chine tenders were taken into the Union
Billy acquired an !. T. u. card and has
carried the priced emblem ever since.
Some years ago he had acquired suffi-
cient money TO buy a typesetting ma
chine of his own and started in business
in a very small way. Later he formed
a partnership with Smith, former presi-
dent OF Kansas City Typographical
Union, and the firm took ON more speed
and more machines. Today the Smith
Grieves Typesetting company operates
fourteen linotypes, runs three shifts of
eight hours each, owns its specially con-
structed building and is one of the really
worth while institutions of the town.
The firm employs more printers than
any other concern in the city, unless it
be the late Colonel Nelson's big news
paper plant. Yet with all this prosperity
and big business Billy Grieves remains
one of the plain printer boys. and when
in Denver this week looked up some of
the former pirate" gang. including
Z. w Bowles and Pete Rose OF the Post
And BILLY" enjoyed his Denver visit of
three days, for it was the first time he
had seen the sun shine since crossing
the Rockies going West.
Thirty Carlin Is once more a full
fledgcd member Of Denver Typographi-
cal Union No. 40. having been rein
stated at last Sundays meeting. Read
ers should not infer from this that
Thirty" whose real name Is Henry NJ.
Carlin, ever descended from the realm
Of true unionism. During old hand set
days Carlin received the baptismal title
OF Thirty in printers lore by always
managing TO get the last take off the
hook. Eleven years ago Carlin was
working in Cripple Creek during the min
crs' strike. and was one OF tine many told
TO move on" by the state militia. He
went over to Rifle, Colo, and has
been working there ever since until re-
turning to Denver about month ago
Cariin is a brother of Mrs. Lee Cham
pion, president of the Colorado Justice
League. and Is residing at the Champion
home ON Josephine street.
80:
Grand poobahs are scarce in the labor
world, but one visited The Bulletin office
this week and the event is worthy of
mention in the o. p. column. This par
ticular poobsh was Ed Anderson Of Iu-
vehlo. who came up TO attend the State
BARRIERS convention. Ed has 20 many
titles and fills 80 varied number of posi-
tions that he passes out three cards to
properly introduce himself among strang-
ers. Without attempting to catalogue
them in their proper arrangement as to