Denver labor bulletin., 1915-06-26
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

chine plant in the Brock Haffner Print
ing company at Fourteenth and Arapa
hoe, was seriously injured about s o'clock
Tuesday morning when he was run down
by motor truck at Fourteenth and
California streets. Fred was riding his
bicycle down Fourteenth streets, en-
route to the office when the motor truck
being driven at a high rate of speed,
turned in from California street and
knocked Miller to the pavement. His
nose was crushed, right shoulder dislo.
Gated and eyeglasses broken which
lacerated his face in several places. A
city ambulance conveyed him to the
County hospital and he was later re-
moved to his home at 25 Downing
street. His face will probably be dis
figured for life. Miller was at one time
employed in the government printing Of
flee at Washington and went to the
Philippines during the Spanish American
war and was employed in the govern
ment printing office there for time.
BY this he is often called philippine"
Miller to differentiate him from some
half dozen Miller members OF No. 40.
The motor truck which caused the acci-
dent is owned by c. F. Lewis Of Golden
and was being driven by him
4 well attended meeting OF the Denver
eN-I T. L. Delegates association was
held Sunday afternoon at the union
headquarters in the Bank block. Pre-
liminary arrangements We're made for
entertaining visiting delegates en- route
to the Los Angeles convention. Several
special train parties will make stops in
Denver
W. C. Van Dusen, foreman at the kis-
tier Printing company, has gone to Bat
tie Creek. Mich, for months vacation.
In the meantime Burt Warfel is holding
down the executive position in a highly
satisfactory manner.
Residents of the Union Printers Home
are enjoying their usual summer outings.
Last week about seventeen of them were
taken on an auto trip through the Gar
den of the Gods. Manitou and surround
ing points. Wednesday of this week
Superintendent Daley treated all the
residents and employees to trip and pic
mic up Cheyenne Canon to Seven Falls
Mrs. Thomas J. McCaffery. wife of the
resident trustee and daughter assisted in
the entertainment
William T. Anderson of Macon. Ga,
!. r. L. delegate to several conventions
was elected president of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers association at
their annual convention held in Ashe-
vile, n. c. last week. Anderson is now
principal owner, editor and publisher OF
the Macon Daily Telegraph, one of the
South's oldest and most substantial
newspapers, where he evoluted as APP
prentice. linotype operator, foreman and
president OF the company. He continues
TO retain active membership in Macon
typographical Union No. 90
Frank J. Pulver, I. 7. L. representa-.
tive and president of No. 80, is in Grand
Junction this week assisting Local No.
2a2 in arriving at an agreement over
the scale question. Owing to the fruit
crop failure in that section. by reason
of late frosts and other unreasonable
climatic conditions, the newspaper and
job proprictors have requested material
reduction in the scale signed up for
three years in January last. IL is un-
derstood the printers there are opposing
any decided cut in wages.
Otto +. Thum, member of No. 40 and
former commissioner of property, Is one
of the incorporators of the Union Pub
fishing company, re-organized last week
by Mr.. Thum. George Z. Wallace and G.
t. Hoffman. The company is incorpor-
ated for SlO0OO0. II will do the publish
ing work for the Daily Mining and Fl
nancal Record and monthly magazine.
Mining Science. In addition all kinds of
commercial printing will be done. Thum
is superintendent of the mechanical de.
partment.
Ray Arnold of the Post chapel was the
most peeved printer in town this week.
He had an inside tip to bet on "Frazzle, -
n thirty-to-one shot at Overland park
Friday and gave two plunks to Olney
w. Williams to lay on the horse. II
is sorrowfully said that Olney got a
later bunch and placed the money on
another stecd. "Frazzle" won and Raw
was figuring on plunging toward the
millionaire division by following other
tips from the same source-but Olney
confessed that he played the wrong
horse. Now there is no friendship be-
tween these two sports and the game
at Overland has lost much of its charm
for Ray.
Bill Collins has regained confidence in
his ability as sport. He won the big
Post chapel pool this week after dig
ging up faithfully and regretfully for
fourteen months.
Among those who participated in the
500 automobile and 5000 people scenic
trip to the Rocky Mountain park last
Sunday were several gasoline ginks of
No. 40, including Sidney Eastwood in his
little old Ford. Ed. c. Davis. George
Allen, Harry V. Parker, Otto +. Thum.
and Joe Leath.
Greer II. Hurd of the Post chapel, his