Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


Typographical Union No. 40 tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock in Horan hall,
1921 Cleveland place. Business of con-
siderable importance to be transacted.
During January there was one regular
and two special meetings, at which some
of the boys found their way to the hall
for the first time in many moons. Hav-
ing beaten the path smooth, they should
repeat the performance tomorrow and
carry off rebate check for 45 cents.
Dana s. Knox, 81 years old, a pio-
neer member OF No. 40, died of valvular
heart disease in Kansas City last Sat-
urday. He had left Denver on the pre-
ceding Monday for visit to his son
in New York, with the hope that the
trip might restore his health. At Kan
sas City he was taken from train in an
unconscious state and removed to st.
Joseph's hospital, when death came soon
after his wife and daughter reached
there from Denver. Funeral services
were held in Kansas City Sunday and
the remains placed in a vault, as the
family expects later to remove them to
New York Mr. Knox came to Colorado
IS years ago and had worked on several
Denver newspapers. For the past %
years he was employed at the Western
Newspaper Union office as linotype op-
orator and machinist. He is survived
by a widow, daughter, Miss Jessie Knox
OF Denver. and a son, Edward Knox, a
New York City newspaper man.
Otis Wilson of Salt Lake, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Dem
Yer WAS in town Sunday, en- route TO
Longmont. where he will visit his home
folks for two weeks. He called at The
Bulletin office and made the rounds of
his former Denver haunts For the
present Otis is anchored in Salt Lake
and will return to the Mormon City af-
ter taking the Colorado rest cure. So
far a. his friends here We're able TO dis
cover Otis was travelling alone.
Because they permitted to get by
them last week in this otherwise impec-
cable column a paragraph containing the
words Harrison Gray Otis OF the Los
Angeles Examiner" when everybody else
knew The Bulletin meant to say -of the
Los Angeles Times" the reporter, limo
type operator. proofreader and makeup
were discharged Saturday when they
each and seyerally received their pay
envelopes. Having been thus duly dis
cipiined the aforesaid force was re-
employed Monday morning without
either cnlPrit having lost any priority
rights.
After serving Durango typographical
Union No. 373 as secretary-t treasurer for
many years, w. a. Nayinger has retired
from office and il succeeded by Emson
Wood.
-Old Town, Bill Snider of Colorado
Springs was in Denver this week for
several days. taking a course of instruc-
tions in how to win earfare at penny
ante" as played by experts in Secre-
tary Birdsali's chapel. At last accounts
Bill was trying to borrow return trans.
portation from Tim Foley at the Trade
Union Benefit Club.
Fred Thomas has returned from Pitts
burg and has his working sig, up on the
ad side OF the Post. Says the farther
East he went the better he liked Den
yer.
Charles w. Chrisfy. makeup on the
Post, returned to work this week after
being confined to his home for SIX weeks
by illness.
Nicholas obigt. monotype machine
caster at kistlers. met with a serious
accident last Friday morning. While
pushing ON the electric power switch his
right hand caught and four fingers
were burned TO the bone at the knuckle..
He left this week for his former home
in Chicago.
President Frank ]. Pulver and Sec
rotary ]. Charles Deus of the Inter
mountain typographical Conference have
issued letter to all affiliated unions
and publishers urging that influence be
brought on congressman representing
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to
favor enactment Of a law prohibiting
the postoffice department granting the
eorncr card printing privilege by whole
salesto one or two printing houses. Ac-
campaigning the letter is a pamphlet
compiled by Capt Henry A Castle of
st. Paul dealing with the question, pub
lishcd under direction of the National
Editorial Association, the international
Typographical Union. the United Typo.
thetac and Ben Franklin Club of Amer
ica.
Work is progressing nicely on the
second floor of the building at l3o-l32
West Fifth street lover the Colonial
thcaterl. where will be located the new
club room of the Typo Club of Cincin-
natl. formerly the Union Printers Base
ball Club, says the Cincinnati Chroniele.
The Typo Club has taken fivc-ycar
lease on the premises and is making
improvements at the place that will cost
close to $1,000. In addition to this sum
the club will invest over 5000 in fix
lures. so that when the club opens.
which will be some time early next
month. strictly first-elass club in
every respect will be at the disposal OF
its membership.
Members of No. 40 will be hit up for
a five-week month and two death as
scssments when they interview the va
rions chapel chairmen next week. Start.
ing off the first month of the new year