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Evening star., 1916-12-17
Gives Referendum Result.

Calling Perry Belmont to the chair
Gen. Young read an address in which
he outlined the result of a referendum
on universal military training con-
Quoted by influential newspapers
throughout the country The ref
erendun, he said, was as to the de-
STABILITY of universal military train
ing between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-one years, and the ma tons vote
in favor of the plan was SIS per cent
of the total vote cast
Discussing the national defense act
providing for the increase of the regu-
lar army to $4,000 men, Gen. Young
stated that the War Department, after
q years experience, has found it i'm
possible to fill vacancies and increase
the regular army to the authorized
limit by voluntary enlistments. The
first year of the act. he said, finds the
army with a total of 69,1O6, exclusive
of the forces in Alaska, Hawaii and
the Philippines. the legation guard in
China, the forces in the Isthmus of
Panama, the medical. signal. aviation
quartermaster' and ordnance corps
and the disciplinary barracks force.
believing that universal military
training is the only firm foundat on
upon which to build a permanent ma
| tional military policy for the preserva-
| tion of our country and its defense
against any power or any combina tion
| of powers that might declare war
| against us Gen. Young said. st is
inconceivable to me how any American
| citizen can fail to be impressed, sincere
! ly and conscientiously with the i'm
| portance Of such plan"
| Other speakers on the program in
cluded Gov. Charles S Whitman of New
York; Senator James w. Wadsworth
| jr.. of New York Senator George E.
| Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate
| military committee; J. Willis Martin,
! Philadelphia. and William r. Nicholson
/ of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1916-12-17
Boys Resent Discipline.

"Our American boys" he said, "are
the most resentful of discipline of any
in the world Discipline is actively re-
sented by them. Organizations such as
this are talking above the heads of
these boys; they do not even know that
such organizations exist. The very
class that it is purposed to reach is the
class that is in deepest ignorance of
the objects of this and similar organi-
cations. Until means has been found
to be reached, in regard to the neces-
sity for some system of universal mill
tary training and service, any system
it may be possible to adopt by means
Of statutes is bound to fall
DIR. Lucien Howe of Buffalo, author
of several books on universal military
training and service, showed a number
of charts illustrating the obstacles en-
countered in endeavoring to recruit for
the army and navy. Reflections for
physical disability, he said, in the navy
were more than So per cent, and in the
army more than Sc per cent. 1lliteracy
among prospective recruits was far in
excess Of illiteracy among the soldiers
and sailors. AS the statement often
made by pacifists. he said. that mill
tary training OF boys and young men
would increase crime. especially homi
eide and murder. comparative statistics
Of the United States, without universal
military training. and European coun-
tries having such systems, showed the
United States to be far in the lead in
percentage of homicidal crimes to total
population.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
GLAzIERS WIN
HIGHER WAGE
THRU STRIKE
Union Of Sixty Formed
Three Months Ago
Return to Work Thursday Morn-
Morning, Demands Conceded
By Employers; ClaSsifi-
cation of Work

For an organization formed only three
months ago, Denver Glaziers and Glass
workers Union No. $50, chartered by the
Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers
and Decorators of America, it has lost
no time in capturing a bright spot on
the local labor map. By an agreement
reached Wednesday afternoon, the sixty
members on strike for week, returned
to work Thursday morning with higher
wage scale and many improved shop
conditions.
Practically every demand made by the
strikers was conceded by the employing
firms
It is also the only union in Colorado
that has thus far succeeded in sidestep-
ping the state industrial law. The thirty
day notice filed with the commission
was lost" and jurisdiction waived.
There was no hearing of the case before
the State Commission, no argument and
no decisions.
The strike was handled for the men
by Business Agent ". S. Wilson of
Painters Union No. 70. and he is deserv-
ing of a vote of thanks as an adept in
diplomacy as well as in gaining salts
factory results.
This strike was called against five of
the strongest contracting concerns in the
state, and that the youthful organiza-
tion Won out aginst such odds is a fur
ther mark of distinction
After the strike had been in progress
for several days the State Industrial
Commissioners agreed to act as a board
of conciliation, and it was largely thru
this medium that an agreement was
reached Wednesday, daily conferences
having been held between representatives
OF the union and employers since last
Saturday.
A classification of work was inaugu-
rated for the first time in Denver un-
der the agreement Before organization
and the strike there was no effort made
to classify the work or pay a uniform
rate OF wages Now all this is cor
rected and the men have a rating both
as TO class of work and pay.
Journeymen glaziers will receive 40
cents an hour, Class 4 helpers so cents
an hour. and Class B helpers p cents
an hour. Helpers become journeymen
at the expiration of four years
All matters that cannot be adjusted
between employe and employer will be
arbitrated, two representing the union.
two the employers, and fifth to be
member OF the State Industrial Com
mission.
With exception of 4 few art glass
workers, all glaziers and helpers in the
city are now members of the union, so
that No. $50 is practically a 100 per
cent organization, working under union
conditions, all in the short space of
three months.
This settlements makes all firms af-
fected by the strike fair to the Painters
Union as well as the Glaziers Union.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

rated in any statute in this country or
any other.
BY the passage of that law the organ
iRtions of labor are given the right to
exist; the right to hold peaceful Assem-.
blages; tho right, in case of strike. TO
picket; the right to boycott; to exercise
the right of secondary boycott They
have been restored, so far as the federal
law is concerned, to those rights TO which
they are entitled under the Constitution
OF the United States.
Control of Labor by Commission.
You had a part in securing the passage
of this law. The Colorado men of labor
have done their share in placing this ac.
upon the federal statute books. That
having been accomplished. We find other
influences at work We find something
has been done TO the working people In
the state of Colorado The legislature
of this state has placed upon its statute
books law which practically delegates
the rights of the working people to a
commission.
This law says you have not the right
to strike unless you notify the commits
sion. 1t says that I, as an organizer of
the American Federation of Labor, as
resident of this state. have not the
right to say to you, and you, and you,
Continued on page 6l
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

Mr.. Chairman and the Delegates to
the Trades Assembly of Denver: A good
many years have passed since | first
came to this city and likewise many
years have passed since was n delegate
to this Assembly. I have had some ex-
pcricnce in the troubles and difficulties
that have confronted the labor move
mcnt in this city and state. For nearly
fifteen years 1 have been here only on
rare occasions, but my membership In
the typographical Union still remains
in this city, with No. 40. l expect my
membership will remain in that organi-
zation, around which cluster 80 many
memories of old time printers and their
activities, as we'll as tho activities Of
the other organizations of the city.
II was in this city that was Offered
my appointment as organizer for the
American Federation Of Labor, and what
ever have accomplished, for the posi.
tion I occupy, I nm primarily indebted
to the good fellowship of the members
of organized labor Of this city.
I am deeply sensible Of this obligation,
as well as Of my obligation TO organized
labor in general, and I trust I may
never do otherwise than stand for every
thing that tends toward tho bcttcrmcnt
of organized labor-that, wherever I may
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
MINERS LOSE BANK CASE
AND SSO,000 In DEPOSITS
LOUISVILLE CONCERN GIVEN RIGHT
TO HOLD ON TO FUNDS.
Retiring Bank Commissioner Renders De-
cision in Famous Case in Northern
Colorado Coal Mining acmP.

One Of the last official acts OF f. f.
prach, who was removed as state bank
ing commissioner by the Colorado Su-
preme court on Monday, was TO render a
decision which rejects the claim OF the
United Mine Workers of America against
the Louisville bank, located in Boulder
county, now in the hands OF a receiver,
and which will, unless the courts inter
vene, release $4,000 in cash and securi-
tets to the receiver for the benefit OF
the depositors. Everett Owen. the re-
ceiver, is of opinion that the bank will
be reorganized and hopes that the de-
positors will he paid in full
The decision grew out OF the objec-
tions raised by James p. Miller, dircc-
tor of the bank, and one of its principal
stockholders. to the allowance of the
claim mRde by the United Mine Work
ers, on the ground that the funds had
been deposited in the hank under an
agreement that the money was TO hc
loaned to the American Fuel company,
in return for which the coal company
was TO employ union men in an effort
to break the strike in the northern fields.
In his decision the state banking com
missioner holds that Miller had proved
the existence OF such an agreement and
that the mine workers are liable for debts
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

be, it may be my privilege to stand as
its champion, and that shall never fall
ter in striving for the best interests of
the men and women who are compelled
TO work for wages.
Normal and Natural Rights.
II I understand the philosophy of the
labor movement, and i think l do, the
working people, organized or morgan
lied, should be safcguarded in their nor
nal and natural rights-that there must
be guaranteed to them the right to work
or not to work, for reason or for no
reason. The entire trend Of the labor
movement has been toward the establish
ment of that principle.
In 1890 there was passed by the fed
cral Congress n law known as the Sher-
man anti trust law. This law was en-
acted ostcnsibly for the purpose of reg
ulating the large combinations Of cap
ital The officers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at the time of its en-
actmcnt were assured, not only by the
author of the law himself, but by those
who were interested in its passage, that
tho law could not, by any process of rea-
soning in any court, be declared to IN
clude within its purvicw and operation
tho organizations of labor. Owing to
experiences in the past, however, the Of
ficcrs of the American Federation Of La
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

eral judge, because there were two char
ters. declared there was 4 constructive
conspiracy, and thus brought the organ
izations of labor under the Sherman law
1t is not necessary for me to cite the
many instances in which organizations
of labor have suffered because of the de-
cisions OF the courts in reference TO that
law; but l may say here, merely by way
of stating an interesting fact, that, when
the Danbury Hatters' case was before
the United States supreme Court, that
tribunal decided labor organizations
came under the purview and operation
of the Sherman antitrust law, and were
illegal combinations in restraint OF trade.
A very estimable gentleman, Charles <.
Hughes, voted with the majority of that
court in declaring labor organizations
were illegal combinations.
Fundamental of Human Rights
For twenty years we have endeavored
To secure an amendment to that law,
and finally we secured an amendment to
it. The labor provision OF the Clayton
law clearly eNempts the organizations OF
labor from the operation of the Sherman
antitrust law, and declares that The
labor of human being is not a commod
ity or an article of commerce." This is
the first declaration of fundamental
principle of human rights ever incorpo-
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
200 Cracker and Biscuit
Workers on Strike at Two
DenDer Bakeshob Plants
Adverse Decision of Industrial Commission on Wage
Demands Followed by Walkout of En-
ployes. Most of Them Being Women;
Pickets on Guard at Both Plants

Approximately 200 members of Den
yer Bakery and Confectionery Workers
Union No. 422 are on strike at two
plants, the Lindquist Cracker company,
Thirty fifth and Walnut streets, and the
Merchants Biscuit company, Eighth and
West Walnut streets. At the former
place los are out, and at the latter about
80, according to statement of Interna-
tional Organizer Herman Ross, who is
here in charge for the strikers-
The strike began Friday of last week,
following decision of the State Indus
trial Commission declining to support the
unions demands for a higher wage sched-
ule and other working improvements.
The commission held that competition
with Eastern concerns paying low wages
created condition that did not justify
the Merchants and Lindquist factories
granting a higher wage schedule at this
time.
Offer Nj. Rockefeller Plan.
After the strike had been on four days
the mAnagements of the two concerns
offered 10 increase wages if the strikers
would renounce all union affiliations.
The mangements Offered in place OF the
labor union a club or society on the or
der put into operation by John D. Rock
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

Dor feared that the courts might, in In
terpreting the law, include the organ
nations of labor, and efforts were made
to secure amendments.
An amendment, known as the George
amendment, was introduced in the Sen
ate of the United States, clearly and
specifically exempting labor organiEa-
tions from the operation of the law.
However. in the jostle and shuttle of leg
islation in those days, this bill was re-
ferred back to the committee, and when
it rcappeared in the Senate, the George
amendment had been lost, and the Sher-
man antitrust law went on the statute
books without clear and specific eNemp-
tion Of labor organizations, dtho it was
clearly understood that they were not
included in the provisions of the law.
Unfriendly Court Decisions.
It was generally supposed by the peo.
pie Of our country that tho law would
operate against the big combinations of
capital. but the very first decision under
il, handed down by federal judge in
New Orleans, in the case of two long
shoremen's unions-onc colored local
and the other a white local-declared Ia
Dor organizations illegal combinations In
restraint Of trade. Both these locals
were chartered by the International
Longshoremcn's Association, but the fed
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
MOTHER OF EDWARD HINES
PASSES AWAY IN BUTTE
TELEGRAM ANNOUNCES DEATH RE
SUITED FROM PNEUMONIA.
Deceased Was 65 Years of Age and Had
Been an Invalid for Two Years
From Street Car Accident.

Mrs. ! j. Hines. mother of Edward J.
Hines, business manager Of The Denver
Labor Bulletin. died at her home in
Butte, Mont. last Tuesday morning of
pneumonia This information came in
a telegram to Manager Hines, and he left
Denver Tuesday night to attend the
funeral. which was expected to be held
in Butte Thursday or Friday.
Mrs. Hines was 65 years of age and
had been an invalid for two years, since
meeting with serious street car acci-
dent. An attack of pneumonia found
her physical condition too weak to resist.
Deceased leaves a husband and three
sons. one of whom was recently in Den
yer as delegate from Butte to the
Grand Lodge convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men.
Manager Hines has the sympathy OF a
host OF friends in the bereavement
caused by the death of his beloved moth
er. He will return to Denver Monday
or Tuesday of next week
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
Popularity Contest
Scores anInstantaneousHit
Most Discussed Topic Lobor Circles Thuout the
State and Hundreds Are Anxious to Be Winners
in This Most Remarkable Newspaper Contest

Making n home nun in baseball game
is always very exciting TO both players
and baseball fans, but il is not a marker
to the excitement and interest caused by
Tho Denver Labor Bulletins announce
mcnt Of last week that il would pay the
expenses Of the six most popular union
labor men In the state to the worlds
championship baseball series.
Wherever you find a bunch Of labor
dnion men together these days this won
dcrful offer is the sole topic of oonvcrss-
tion. and the best way of making this
great circulation campaign count heavy
for the cause of labor is discussed, and
plans are made TO place in nomination
live wires who viii represent union labor
with credit at the big games in the East
this year.
On all sides IL was the universal
opinion that no better plan could be op-
Grated at the present time TO place the
official labor paper in the homes of
every working man in the state of Colo
RADIO
Now. all together boys and spread the
gospel of the rights OF labor turnout the
state
If for any reason you cannot become
n candidate for one OF these great trips
to the big games, nominate some loyal
member Of your organization and boost
for and help him to win.
No candidate will be required to spend
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

efeller in the c. P. & [ plants. This
was unanimously rejected
Up to Friday morning, when The Bull
letin goes TO press, both strikers and
bosses were holding firm About two
thirds of the employees on strike are
women and girls. Meetings are held
every morning in Gyllestine hall, Thirty
fourth and Walnut streets Pickets guard
the approaches to both plants and have
been able so far to prevent strikebreak-
ers taking their places.
Violating a Colorado Law.
Both struck concerns are advertising
in Denver and outside daily papers for
help, and do not state that a strike is
on, which is a direct violation of the
Colorado law.
Five of the men strikers at the Mer-
chants company were arrested by DeLue
detectives employed by the company,
and jailed on the charge of rioting, but
later released on bond. They were az.
rested for stopping employees who To-
fused to strike and trying to persuade
them to quit work. The men arrested
were Frank Raub, president Of the union
Nick PaPpas, W. T. Brown, Frank Brady
and Andrew Ross
Acting upon Instructions of the Den
Continued on Page Four
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
NEW YORK STRIKERS ARE PRAISED
DR.. Felix Adler Travels Twenty Hours
to Commend Their valor.

NEW YORK, July ll.-Dr. Felix Ad-'
ler, who was chairman of COMMITTEES
on coucihation, which went out of busi-
ness when garment manufacturers re-
fused to abide by its decision and locked
out its workers, Travelled for twenty
hours from his summer home in Maine
to address meeting of the strikers In
this city. When he arose to speak he
was eheered for ten minutes by these
workers, who are members of the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union. rl.
I'VE take off our hats to the quiet
self-sacrifice you have shown" he said.
1T is an easy thing for the rich to give
of their superfluity. But when Il,
workers are giving one-fifth of their
earnings, when we hear of l,5OO girls,
whose wages average s5 a week, scrap,
ing together $1,000 to help you-thess
are gifts that are worth ten times their
weight in gold"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
JOHN MCLENNAN
President Of the Colorado State
Federation OF Labor, Says:

PRESIDENT OF the colorado State
Federation Of Labor, Says:
al pish to congratulate
you on the great circulation
campaign you haUe inaugu-
rated and hope that all
union men in the state pill
get busy and help to make
this campaign a wonderful
success, and that it Will put
The Bulletin in the homes of
euery Uorkman in the State.
A good labor paper is a
poUer for advancement of
the cause, and / sincerely
hope union men rpill see the
matter in that light. This
great contest lDill do much
to quicken interest in the
labor movements of the ua-
rious cities of the state"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
HOUSE PASSES
COMPENSATION
BILL, 286 TO 3

Labor won another decisive legisla-
tive victory Wednesday of this week
when the McGillicuddy-K Kern bill pro-
viding liberal system of worlSnen's
compensation for federal employees
passed the House by vote of 2so
to 8. This measure has been strongly
advocated by the American Fedora.
tion of Labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

Eli NJ. Gross, vice president of the
Colorado State Federation OF Labor, is
attending the Wyoming State Federation
convention at Casper this week as fra
ternal delegate. Grant Hamilton, repre-
senting the American Federation of La
bor, also went up from Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

owing to the bank from the fuel CON
pany
The coal company and the bank both
failed. and in this way involved the
funds of the United Mine Workers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

The Horseshoers delegates in the
Trades and Labor Assembly report that
the shoeing of sixty-eight head OF horse.
owned by the Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany in Denver has been transferred
from a non-union to union shop.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15

one red cent of his own money to win
one of these trips, and every candidate
can rest assured that he will receive a
fair and square deal all the way thru
The Bulletins great circulation building
contest.
Aside from the satisfaction of repre-
scnting organized labor on this great
trim. there is the added comfort of
knowing that thru your individual er-
forts you will have added materially TO
the labor union cause in placing the Of
ficial paper in every home in the state.
Put your shoulder to the wheel now,
boys. and let us show the world that
Colorado has the livest bunch of union
labor men on earth.
This is your golden opportunity 10
make the official labor paper a power
for the good cause in this state.
All Of you cannot be candidates, but
all can help boost the game along and
make ii one long to be remembered
You will find a nomination blank in
this issue. good for 5000 votes.
FILL IT IN AND NAIL IT TO-DAY.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-15
X. C. LABoRERS WIN THEIR STRIKE

Two thousand Kansas City building la
borcrs, on strike for increased pay sew
cral weeks, resumed work Thursday. I'm
der the revised scale common laborers
will receive 3TH cents an hour and
plumbers helpers 40 cents.
Evening journal., 1916-03-15
Relates STORY
ABOUT Wife
John Marshall, No. 3 Palmer
ST., This City, Tells How
Herbal L a X a T 0 n e
Brought His Wife Back
TO Health

Mr.. J. II. Marshall, a well-known
city employe. says: