United labor bulletin., 1915-01-02
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

TypoQraphical Union No. 40 tomorrow
fSunday) afternoon at q o'clock in
Hcran's hall, 1921 Cleveland place. Be-
ing the first meeting of the new year,
all members should accept the oppor-
tunity to start off right by being pres
ent. A number of important matters
are to be considered
When the new newspaper scale went
into effect in San Francisco a week ago
last Sunday IL regular situations were
given out on the Examiner and six on
the Chronicle. This was the effect of
the operation of the law specifying six
days work should be recognized as a
situation, coupled with reduction of
hours to seven on evening papers and
six and half on morning papers.
Otto b. Thum, Jr., member of No. 40.
son of Commissioner of Property Otto
F. Thum, who had charge of the mu-
nicipal paper, City of Denver" until
its suspension this week in compliance
with the city's scheme of economy, has
been appointed clerk of the combined
inspection departments under the COM
missioner of property at a salary Of
81 500 for the year 1915. 1t is believed
the city paper will shortly be revived
when a readjustment of funds is made.
The Times chapel played Santa Claus
to the two apprentices, Milhnrn Cress-
ingham and Ralph Kramer, giving each
a nifty purse of money. A box OF
cigars was also sent to John Lambert, a
membre of the chapel who has been
confined to his home for over a year by
illness.
C. w. Wildey. western travelling DEM
onstrator for the Merganthaler people,
who is an oldtime member of No. 40,
was in from the road few days the
past week and spent Christmas with his
family He says he finds The Bulletin
in many of the print shops of this and
adjoining states and is always on the
lookout for il. He reports business with
his firm as being in fine condition.
Darlington Visor, he of the brief
printing and linotype shop on Champa
street. has been laid up at home for a
few days with a threatened nervous
breakdown. He enjoys the calls of his
about soon. Mr.. Visor started in with
a shoestring in the linotype business a
few years ago and now has fine plant
of three machines and always maintains
his membership in No. 40
Winners in the big Christmas stock
ing pool made up by the Post chapel
were Frank J. Pulver. MabeIle Jordan.
George c. Mccormick, Clarence NJ
Hover. Joe Leath. Neel Adams and
~Heine" Wolter. Prizes ranged from
$40 to $50 each
Grand Junction typographical Union
No. 2s2 has signed up a new agreement
with the publishers covering period
of one year.
The spirit of generous assistance to
unfortunate members shown by the
Post chapel on various occasions is a
splendid demonstration Of brotherly
love. Not long ago a purse of ABOUT
$50 was raised and presented to b. c.
Jones and wife. Jones was sub proof
reader on the Post, coming to Denver
from the East for his health. and later
confined to his home with tuberculosis.
On Christmas another purse of s35 was
presented to him by the chapel and SO
given to w. NJ. Ford, another unfor-
tunate.
On Monday the Associated Press car.
ried this dispatch to Denver newspa.
pers: New Orleans, la, Dec. 2s.-Dcc-
laration for open newspaper shops wal.
made here today by all the morning
papers of New Orleans in published
notices to the public The announce
ments declared all negotiations with the
broken off. A wage controversy has
been in progress between the publishers
and the unions" No further informa-
tion on the subject has been received by
officers of the local union.
Charles w. Christy. a makeup on the
Post, is confined TO his apartments
at 1871 Lincoln street by illness James
Connor, another member of the Post
chapel. also is on the sick list
"Thc Two Bills Tanner and Collins,
are scheduled for championship catch
as-catch-can wrestling bout in the mall
ing room of the Post at an early date.
long standing challenge on the part
OF Tanner has been accepted by Collins.
Ringside seats will be at a premium.
Harold v. Eighmy came up from the
Union Printers Home to spend the holi-
day week with friends in Denver.
State work has caused number of
additional machine operators and floor
men to be put to work at the Smith
Brooks office.
At a meeting of the Post chcapel
Tuesday evening resolution was
adopted for appointment of a commit
tee to draw and engross resolutions to
be presented to Fred G.. Bonfils. one OF
the proprietors of the Post, expressing
sympathy upon the death of his father,
Eugene n. Bonfils, which occurred in
California last week.
Fifty-five votes were cast in the
News chapel election for chairman Tues.
day night, of which Ralph c. Caylor re-
ceivcd 80 and C. h. Hicks 10. Voting
was by printed ballot between the hours
of $3.50 and 8 p. m. William Z. Cum
ningham was elected secretary without
opposition.
The Post came out with its big an
nual New Years edition Wednesday az
ternoon and the Ncws-Times on Friday.
Both were magnificent examples Of