Denver labor bulletin., 1915-04-24
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Taylor was formerly a member OF ID. L.
L. No. a. but permitted his card to
lapse after taking up the writing end
Of the newspaper business. His friend
ship with the printer boys, however. was
always maintained and his passing is
source OF keen regret. Taylor came to
Denver in 1891 and deposited Syra-
cii-e IN. " traveller. With the exeep-
: .tion of year spent in Chicago and
New York he had resided in this city
ever since. He was working on the Den
Yer Times when linotypes We're first
/ introduced and became one OF the pre-
nomenal swifts of the West. establish
ing high record of 10000 ems off the
hook in eight hour shift. He later
operated a machine on the Republican
and it was while on that paper he took
up reportorial work His father. Fred
NJ Taylor. was also member OF ID. T.
L. 40. 40. For eight years Eugene
served as city editor OF the Republican
and then accepted similar position on
the Post. He leaves widow. who was
formerly a writer on the Republican.
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor. and two chill
dren The remains were brought to Den
yer Thursday and funeral services were
/ read Friday at the First Christian Sci
ence church. The funeral was under aus
piees of the Denver Press club OF which
deceased was prominent member.
Frank J. Pulver. l. T. L. representa-
7 tive. returned from Pueblo last Tuesday.
[ after assisting the officers of No. lI5 IN
reaching an agreement with the publish
crs OF the Chieftain lmomingl and Star
journal leveningl in regard to scale ad-
justment. Two months ago the pub
lishers asked that the existing contract
be opened for the purpose OF amendment.
Then they proposed radical reductions in
the present scale. Representative Pull
yer was successful in signing up the
Chi-ftain at the existing morning news
paper scale of 5000 per week for a
term of three YEAR,, with an adequate
new apprentice scale added thereto. The
Siar--lournal management held out for
reduction OF $50 per week. from
$3.50 to S2i An agreement. however.
Wa signed whereby thi. j. referred to
the national board Of arbitration exist
ing between the 1. r. 1. and the Amer
ipan Newspaper Publishers association
IN tn. meantime the present scale l. TO
prevail lnaSmuch As the national board
never has ordered a scale reduced. the
Pueblo boys feel confident Of the out
come.
The following call for a meeting Of
cN-dclegutcs tomorrow in Secretary Bird
sails office has been issued by a volun-
teer committee:
NOTICE.
\ meeting Of the ex-I. 7. L. delegates
residing in Denver. and others interested
will be- held Sunday. April y. p. m,
at the secretary -treasurer's office. sol
Rank building. for the purpose OF organ
izing and making some provision for en-
tcrtaining Delegates and printer visitors
passing through Denver this summer en-
route to and from the convention to be
held III Los Angeles. All ex-delesates
are urged 10 be present iSignedl j. \.
Mcnamara. \. p. Knill. Rufus F. Means
Darlington Wiser.
\ novel feature OF the annual ball
given by Colorado Springs TyPographi-
cal Union No. 50 at the Antlers hotel
was the printing and circulating among
those present of miniature newspa-
per. II was called the Printers Ball
Edition" lo:3o p IN. extra. and besides
containing a history of the local union.
printed the names of all who attended
the hall that evening. 1t will b. re
,nined cherished souvenir of an en-
loyable event.
Webb +. Burrows OF the Pos, proof
room this week invested some of his sur
plus funds in a new patent minnow
bucket Last month he purchased a new
rod and reel II is an even bet that be
fore he has chance to use the outfit
IL will be traded to George Jones of the
News for !, promise with a cypher digit.
II. Nelson. foreman of Eame~ Bros,
- circulating some unique cards, though
not as candidate for any offiec. lie
Is boosting the Allied Printing Trades
Council label. as u safety first" meas
ure- At top of the card j. attached n
big safety pin. followed by the word
first then the label and % II. Mel
son. with Eamcs Bros. Printers, 1872
Stout street.
Ellis Gregg of the Post chapel could
MOI resist the lure of the spring soil
80 put on sub this week and depart ed
for his ranch Before leaving Champa
street he predicted record crop OF
various Vegetables for the season
The Denver Post this week published
a statement TO the effect that Phil u
Stewart of Colorado Springs. speaker OF
the house of representatives, had bought
a hall interest in the News-Times Pub.
fishing company from John c. Shaffer
The story goes. and has not been con
tradictcd by the Shaffer papers, that
Stewart paid $4,000 cash for the stock
and agreed to assume half the indebted.
ness of the corporation. which is placed
at 100000 in outstanding bonds, held
by former Senator T. NJ Patterson
Crawford Hin and others.
New York Typographical Unions Big
six band Of thirty-five expert perform
ers viii accompany the Query club spc.
citl on the tour to Los Angeles in Ati-
gust. The special will make stop of
several hours in Denver and then spend
day nj the Union Printers Home in
colorado Springs. The special will con-
sist Of six Pullman cars.