Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-01

floor of the union meeting. All were
called upon to express their position
on the existing piece scale on ma
chines--for or against. A solid time
scale committee was elected. The
committee follows: Wilson (Otisl
Cash, Moore, West. Goodmandsen and
Morris. A peculiar feature of the
piece scale system at Salt Lake is the
fact that a few years ago that union
. initiated proposition before the l.
7. u, which carried. prohibiting unions
from signing piece scales. but No. lis
has tenaciously held on to the one so
long in force in that city
Adolph Hirschberg has returned to
Denver after a tour lasting more than
three years and covering the territory
from Portland. Ore, TO New York CITY
and way points.
Oscar Faith, formerly on the Post,
is now assistant foreman of the Pu-
eblo Chieftain.
Typographical Union No. 7 of
Wheeling, W. Va, has issued an in
teresting condensed history of the In
ternational and its local The Bulle-
tin acknowledges receipt of a copy,
and careful perusal indicates that No.
10 is entitled to commendation for its
efforts in producing in such concise
and readable form the doings of or
ganized printers from the year 1776,
when the printers of New York City
struck for an advance in wages and,
later, in 1856, when the employers of
Philadelphia sought to decrease the
wages of Journeymen to S5.S3 l-3 per
week, resulting in a strike and the
declaration THAT we, the subscribers.
will not engage to work for any print
ing establishment in this city or coun-
ty. under the sum of Sc per week"
The historian states the strike was
won. On May 5. 1852, the National
Typographical Union was formally or
ganized in Cincinnati. Fourteen
unions were represented, and the same
fourteen hold the first numbers in the
l. t. U. today. At the Pittsburg con-
vention in 1858, the compiler tells us
that Wheeling took prominent finan-
cial part. He writes: "The report of
the treasurer was indeed an interest
ing document, when compared with
the receipts and expenditures of the
international organization at the pres
ent time. The total receipts for the
year amounted to $40, and the total
expenditures. as per order of the pre-
vious convention. were S25. which
would have left balance in the treas
ury of S45. but for the fact that
among the receipts was n counterfeit
SIS bill on the Merchants Bank of
Wheeling, W. Va, which left a bal
ance of genuine money in the National
organization of only $40" In 1865,
the Canadian unions became part of
the National TYPOGRAPHICAL Union.
The name was changed to the Interna-
tional Typographical Union on Friday,
June II, 1869. with 100 Unions
and membership in good stand
ing of 1868. The 1869 record
shows the Typographical Union was
among the first, if not the first, to
take care of women workers. The
constitution adopted that year pro-
vided that female members of the or
ganization should be subject to the
same restriction in regard to the scale
of prices twages) as the male men,
bers. and provided that women be per
mitted to join any subordinate union
Wheeling union was first organized
under the old National in 1865. but
went out of existence in 1872 on ac-
count of local trouble--a disastrous
strike. 1t was reorganized Aug. 81
1880. The publication was compiled
by Edward (Nedl Sims, well and ia.
vorably known to many Denver print.
ers. His work was "labor of love.
but the document is one of the most