Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-13

uVlHS We'll ana admitting new members
at every meeting. Over 100000 union
| labels on bread had been used in Denver
during the year of 1916, an increase OF
100000 over the previous year. The
Bakers expect to use over a million la
bels this year and their expectations will
be realized if the union men and women
demand the label on every loaf of bread
purchased.
The Bakery Workers joint board, con-
sisting of the three Bakery Workers
| Unions Nos. 26, POS and 422, have an
agitation committee out visiting all To-
calls, distributing advertising matter of
all kinds, explaining the Bakery Workers
union label.
| Bakery Workers No 422 reported that
| the Merchants Biscuit company was still
unfair to that local and ask union men
and women to refrain from purchasing
the Supreme Brand" of crackers ana
cakes, until such time as the Merchants
| company settled with union labor. The
| union was represented by four delegates,
being the largest single delegation pres
| ent at the meeting.
Broommakers stated that they had
admitted two new members at their last
| meeting, the first new members taken
in for nearly five years. The delegates
were requested by the Broommakers to
have their local union send letters to
the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company,
New York city, n. Y, requesting this
firm to handle union made brooms in its
various stores thruout the United States
All the brooms sold by this concern are
at present time being made in a non
union factory.
Cigarmakers are all employed at this
time and are very prosperous. They are
assisting the Broommakers in every way
possible, by creating demand for label
brooms.
The Rothenberg- Schloss Cigar com
pany are having one of their cigars, for
merly made in scab shop in the East,
made in Denver, thus displacing one OF
their non-union cigars. The Cinco and
San Felice brands are not union made
and are not made in Denver.
Lithographers reported that they had
recently had a conference with the en-
ploying photographers of Denver regard
ing u new wage schedule and that a sat
isfactory agree ment had been reached
All lithograph plants in Denver are en-,
titled to use he union label.
Cooks No. IL reported that new dele
gates from that union would be present
at the next meeting of the League. The
Silver Grill, Home Dairy, Bills Place,
anu otHt1 CstIe LHaU
! does not display the card, is unfair to
the Cooks and Walters.
Pressmen No. 40 reported that com
mittee from that organization had re-
Gently visited the Hofmann Funeral par
lors at Third and Broadway and the
committee was very agreeably surprised
to find an establishment of this char
acter SO well equipped with union made
goods.
Election and Installation of Officers.
The following officers were elected
and installed by Delegate Oplinger for
the term beginning January l, 1917 and
ending January l, 1918.
| President-James j. Torpey, Press As
sistants No. H.
Vice President ID. X. Armstrong,
Leather Workers No. 25.
etary-treasurer-Earl r. Hoage,
Lithographers No. 10.
Secretary of Complaint Department
Charles Nichols, Pressmen No. 40.
Business committee - Harvey Zepp,
Cooks No. IS; Roy p. Heron, Horse
shoers No. 30; Augusta J. Frincke, Bin
derry Women No. So, and Robert Sands,
Sheet Metal Workers No. o.
Reading Clerk-Margaret Noonan, Gar
ment Workers No. l39.
Sergeant-at-arms-I Hoffman,, Musi-
clans No. 90
Good and Welfare.
Under this head Richard T.. Croskey
general organizer Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Alliance and Bartenders In.
ternational League, was called on for a
few remarks. Brother Croskey respond.
ed in his usual happy vein and told OF
his experience during the recent cam
paign in Montana, and of the condition
of union labor thruout the Northwest.
Brother Croskey stated that there wal
considerable room for improvement along