Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL,

hegulhl monthly meeting vi ~. l. y.
No. 40 tomorrow Sunday afternoon at
place. domination of candidates for
local offices will be made. The election
for both International and local officers
will be held Wednesday, May "a.
According to sample ballot received
from l. T. L. headquarters, there are
thirty-fOur candidates for the three au-
ditorships recently created by referen-
DUN vote. No one from Colorado aspires
to the job.
Due 10 a division of opinion among the
member of the board OF trustees OF the
I. I. L.. as to which of two plans sug-
pested for the enlarging of the Home
would be the better, special meeting
of the board will be called soon The
plans which have been suggested and one
of which will be adopted when the board
meets are as follows: To build separ-
ate building on the Home grounds to
cost about 1000. and to enlarge the
dining room and kitchen of the sanato-
rum at an additional cost OF slo,Vyo 10
build a new wing adjoining the present
hospital to cost about s3S,Wo.
/. T. L. Representative Frank J. Pull
yer has instituted a local OF the Inter
national Typographical Union at Bridge
port, Neb.. comprising every Journeyman
{ printer OF the towns of Alliance, Bridge
Z port. SCOTS Bluff and Gering, closely
Y grouped together. The new union will
have jurisdiction extending to the places
named While the scale was not def
nitely settled it was agreed minimum
of $50, hand and machine, would prevail
for the present. and hours BE- reduced
l from nine to eight There are SIX lino-
type machines. seven weekly papers and
a new daily about to be launched in the
towns named. The Officers chosen at
Sunday meeting are as follows: Presi-
dent. j C. Thomas. Alliance; vice presi-
dent. Al C. Snedeker. Bridgeport; secre-
tary treasurer. J. II. Drips, SCOTS Bluff;
sergeant at arms. J. II. Weaver, Gering.
Executive board. C. Thomas, Alliance,
chairman; Edward Il. Crane, SCOTS Bluff
Z. NJ. Parker, Gering; John X Adams,
bridgeport; c. f. Wallace, Alliance.
Mrs. Grace Kennedy returned to work
this week at the Post proof room after
long illness. during which she under
went q CRITICAL surgical operation.
Secretary Kirdsall's chapel has been
depleted during the past two weeks, due
to an unusual spurt OF work in the com
mercial shops.
u
has been running q small printing plant
in University Park, died last Saturday
Of heart failure. The funeral services
took place Wednesday afternoon and
We're conducted by the Masonic order
Deceased had brother who Is an off,
GER in the United States army. now sta
toned in the Panama canal zone.
Miss Blanche l.. Theimer linotypist
on the Post, leaves Monday Tor two
months trip to California She will visit
friends in salt Lake City on the return
journey
The annual ball OF Colorado Springs
Typographical Union No. 81 took place
Wednesday night at the Antler. hotel
and was grand affair.
A c. D-bbins OF the Idaho Springs
Gazette phoned in rush order for print
ers this week, saying all the men in that
town had quit their jobs TO go to the
tungsten camp at Netherlands.
George w Hastings, former member
of No. 40, now in the real estate bust
ness at Sterling, was doing Denver this
week
Luke Fitton is confined in st. Fran
ci, hospital at Colorado Springs, await
ing entrance to the Home when a va
cancy occurs. There are now twenty
members on the waiting list for admI-.
sion to the Home
The Portland 1Ore.l Labor Press has
this mention OF q former well known
Denver typo; Robert NJ Bob Fischer
went TO Eugene Thursday night. He has
been Offered and accepted position on
the fugene Register, under the foreman
ship of ]. W. Barrett. who also recently
went from Portland TO Eugene. Mr.
Fischer will not move his family to the
valley town until after the close of the
present school term Mr.. Fischer was
4 very popular member of the local