Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-12


ment strictly on its merits.
Another visiting delegation consist
ing of W. r. Welsh, secretary of the
| Trades and Labor Assembly, Ed. L.
/ Doyle of the United Mine Workers,
and Roy Heron of the Horseshoers
| Union, were granted the privilege of
the floor to urge support of Roady
Kenehan, union labor's candidate for
auditor at>he election next Tuesday.
Each made a brief speech and were
given much applause. 1t was clearly
prime favorite with union printers.
Oscar Langford, poet laureate of
the Union Printers Home, writes The
Bulletin that he is still receiving
'perquisites" on account of his Lady
Nicotine" poem recently published in
this paper. The Spence Brothers To-
bacco company of Cincinnati expressed
him twenty packages of Easy Chair"
smoking tobacco, each bearing the
union label and a fine adjustable briar
pipe, with bundle of improved pipe
cleaners. 'Nerily, as you state"
writes Brother Langford, "It pays TO
advertise, even if one is an ineXperi-
enced novice in that line"
W. J. ("Big Bill") Snider of Colo
rado Springs Typographical Union
. No. 50 stopped off in Denver Wednes-
day en- route to New Haven, Conn,
and made welcome social call" at
The Bulletin Office, remaining Just long
enough to inspect our new plant.
Snider, who is a swell musician as
well as an art printer, goes to New
Haven as a delegate from Local No.
l5+ to the twenty-second annual con-
vention of the American Federation
of Musicians, which meets there next
week.
W. G. King. former president of
I No. 49, has left San Francisco and is
at present located on the Salt Lake
l City Herald. Only one more jump and
he will land in the best town on
earth"
Toronto Typographical Union No
81 has furnished 125 of its members
for overseas service in the Canadian
contingent of the British army, and
the membership of each is protected
by that local The Mailers Union of
the same city has contributed nine
members to the cause of worldwide
democracy. Ottawa Union mas sixty
/ five members who have enlisted; Lon
/ don. Ont, six; and Hamilton Union.
with total membership of about It's
has fifteen members at the front.
/ Representative Frank ]. Pulver re-
turned from Ogden, Utah, this week.
He reports having signed contracts
there for No. 236 with each of the
daily newspapers and the nine COM
mercial offices, the first time in the
history of Ogden Union that it has
had CLOSED shop" signed agreements
with every printing office in the city.
Increases gained were IS per week
for all job men; $3.50 per week for
hand men on newspapers, the latter
scale now calling for $50 day work
and sSS per week night, all work be-
ing on a time basis.
/ Rock Springs (Wyo) Typograph-
ical Union has raised its wage scale
$3.50 per week.
The ScoviIle Press of Ogden, Utah,
in many ways the finest and best
West, is now working under its first
signed agreement with the Typograph-
ical Union.
Thirty Carlin. well known in
/ Colorado, is at present subbing in the
proofroom of the Salt Lake Herald.
w. r. (Red) Mccoy writes he is
taking his vacation" on the Repub-
/ lican at Rawlins, Wyo.
W. C. Hercules has returned to
[ Denver ana requests Inc bulleIln 10
announce that he is looking for work.
Inasmuch as every large office in town
reports from so to 500 hours over
time on the hook. Here" ought to
be able to accumulate considerable
wealth.
Ralph B. Seaman, linotypist on the
Post, is now the proud father of a
baby girl, being the second visit of
the stork to the Seaman home. This
! important event took place Thursday
night last week. Mamma and daugh-
ter are doing fine.
Fred Moore is now entered as an
apprentice in the ad department of
| the Post, and is making good. He
started in originally with the Hurd
Printing company.
George Allen, hnotypist on the Post
has enlisted with the federal army as
/ chauffeur. He expects to leave Dem
yer for mobilization camp within
the next two months.
] Jake Wander Perel of the Post
chapel has homesteaded 100 acres of
pasture land in Union County, New
Mexico, and expects to eventually be-
come n stock raiser on a large scale.
A colony is being founded on n 3S,0o0-
acre tract of land in this section.
Bob Burns of the News proofroom,
now sun-bathing at Galveston. Texas,
writes that he is enjoying his vaca-
ton and occasionally renews his youth
by making use of brass footrail and
resting his elbows on the mahogany.
! d. B. Kirkman of the Express
chapel has sold his ranch in Edge
water and moved within the corporate