Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

two long standing friendships. Dill Sol-
Inns, who wants to be a chicken tfeath-
cred tribe) fancier, told OF having pur-
chased" high priced thorobred Plymoth
Rock rooster few days ago. Bragging
about the bird to his shopmates, he said
it bore certain well defined Identification
marks. which he thoughtlessly enumer-
ated. Thereupon Neil Adams claimed the
fowl as one stolen from his hennery a
few nights previous. Thus coolness not
caused by climatic conditions exists, with
the interrogation point still hanging over
Bills head.
+. L. Pferdesteller. candidate for presi-
dent OF No 40, called at The Bulletin Of
flee this week in his campaign OF card
distributing. He announced that mas
much as he and his opponent, Au-
gust Koester. are both Germans, sauer-
kraut and weiners would be served at the
polls on election day, Wednesday, May
"a In either case the Dutch is sure TO
win.
Luke Fitton. formerly OF Denver, and
for the past two years employed at
Wheeling. w. Va. has become resident
OF the Union Printers Home.
w C. Hercules left this week for an
extended trip to Pacific coast cities. He
did not take out a traveller" so the
r. p. Means filed suit with Justice OF
the Peace Bray. Wednesday afternoon,
against Denver Typographical Union No.
80 for sum mot to exceed 800" Frank
J. Pulver. president; Frank C. Birdsal.
secretary-treasurer; w. II. Neighbor.
John T. Collett and Ed $. Close. trustees.
are summoned to answer in court next
Thursday afternoon at , O'Clock. Appar-
emily the suit grows out OF an old claim
of Means against the Denver Post for
about $3.50 he alleges to be due him for
wages during a period between the time
he was discharged and reinstated on that
paper The Post management refused TO
recognize the claim. and now Means eNi-
IDENTIFY seeks to collect from the union.
Means is now employed on the Rocky
Mountain News.
Eugene A. Swan. machinist at the
Western Newspaper Union office, distrib-
uted cards this week announcing hls can
didacy Tor secretary treasurer In opposi-
tion to Frank c. Birdsall who has held
down the job for twenty-five years and
become recognized a. one OF the most
efficient secretaries in the entire l. T. L.
jurisdiction.
Work on the 1916 city directory began
at smith Brooks this week and about all
the available printers in town were given
employment. Among the additional oP-
orators put on are Dick Otis. Ed Close,
Alonzo Wiley and Billy Ament.
Fred Miller has sold his three linotype
machines to the Brock -Haffner Printing
company and will take trip East He
will return to Denver and enter some
line of business. Fred has made money
operating a linotype plant and been very
l fortunate in some real estate invest
ments. so that he has no cause to worry
about the high cost of living
! William p. Guild has accepted the ma
chinist operator Job at Brock -Haffners :
plant. and Arthur Bowman OF Smith
/ Brooks has taken the position at Rob
inson's made vacant when Guild resigned
Mac" Ropkey, representing the Mer-
genthaler Linotype company. was Holly
visitor the past few days, preparing es-
Inmates for the Chieftain's new linotype.
Mac Is one OF the best sale--nen on
the road. and, besides being a gallant, is
expert on the printers piano. Holly
I tColo) Chieftain.
] Labor leaders from all over the coun-
/ try will meet in New York for the tes-
Ttimonial dinner to be given to James NJ.
Lynch. state industrial commissioner
MAY = Every important union viii be
/ for Mr. Lynch because of his consistent
stand for labor laws that will protect
workers from death and accident" Mr..
Lynch who was president OF the |. I. [.
l for twelve years, was recently reap
pointed on the New York industrial
board by Governor Whitman. The term
is four years and pays an annual sal
ary of 5000 and expenses.
| John +. Collett. proofreader on the
Times for a wage getter, and staff art
critic of The Bulletin as an avenue for
exercising his higher attributes, is now
snugly located on n two-lot ranch in the
vicinity OF Washington park. where he
is busy with spring planting and culti-
waiting hope for results. Johns assocl-
ates. however. including Mrs. Collett, are
growing dubious as to the outcome, for
he AYERS that the only way to farm or
garden. pleasantly and successfully, is TO
secure one large and bountifully Illus,
trated catalog and a copy of the Farm
ers' Magazine Take them home, build
good fire in the stove, load your pipe
and then put in the rest of the evening
reading and enjoying life with the dream
ers who edit these romances.
The tickets of admission to the nation
al Democratic convention to be held in
st. Louis will bear the union label. The
Woodward & Herman company. one or
the largest printing establishments in st.
Louis, was awarded the contract by Nor
man f. Mack of New York, chairman of
the committee making convention ar
rangemcnts for the national Democratic
committee.
Boulder Typographical Union No. Ios
has submitted to the Union Publishing
company. the Miner Printing company,
the Boulder Publishing company, and
Ira Gwinnup, publisher of the Lafayette
Leader News. new scale of prices to be
effective May 10. They do not antici-