Denver labor bulletin., 1917-03-10
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

months. Some OF the important DuSl-
ness transacted is told of in an article
printed on page one of this issue. The
committee having in hand the draft
ing of a new wage scale for the book
and job offices made a preliminary re-
port. 1t was announced that this
committee will soon hold an open
meeting, at which time every member
employed in the book and Job offices
who has anything to suggest may have
an opportunity to attend.
Moses /. Stewart, Homer B. Nor
rison and Charles E. Dow were elected
to full membership, and Alva Brough-
ton as an apprentice member.
William J. Reid, an old time men,
Der of No. 49, who has been employed
in the proof rooms of various offices,
made application for an old age /. T
U. pension and the same was ap-
proved.
Proposed amendments to the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly con-
stitution were considered under the
referendum being sent to all affiliated
unions. No. 49 voted TO concur in all
of the propositions with the exception
of that raising the per capita tax.
A committee representing the new
ly organized Drapery and Carpet Sew
ers Union of Denver visited the meet
ing and disposed of good number of
tickets for their first annual ball.
The board of trustees was author
lied and instructed to care for Harold
Eighmy, who recently underwent an
operation in a Denver hospital.
Charles z. Mathew, a member of
No. 40, died last week in Salida, where
he recently underwear an operation.
Deceased was formerly employed as
linotype operator on the Denver pa
pers, but on account Of failing health
went to Salida and opened confec-
tionery store The remains were
shipped to his old home in Omaha
for interment Mathews was broth
er-in-law of /. J. Copenharve, former
president of Omaha Typographical
Union.
Tim Foley writes q Secretary Bird
sail from San Francisco expressing
appreciation for a 800 check received
Trades Benefit Association. Says he
is considerably impr0yei and expects
to show up for worE on one Of the
Frisco daily papers. Mentions hav-
ing met Bob McNabb and Billy Davy,
both former Denver typos.
G. Gus Crawford came down from
Leadville this week 20 give his twin
grandchildren the once over and say
''howdy" 20 the boys along seven
teenth and Champa streets. He called
at The Bulletin office 70 inspect our
new equipment and give it approval.
Secretary Birdsall received a let
ter this week from a firm of attor-
neys in Mattoon, H., expressing
thanks for some splendid Sherlock
Holmes work. They wanted to To-
cate the family of Walter Porter, a
printer long dead who worked in Den
yer many years ago. Secretary Bird
sail found that a soa, and other men,
Los Angeles and so Informed the Mat
toon law firm. They are settling an
estate in which the Porter family is
interested.
/. T. L. Representative Frank j.
Pulver left Wednesday for El Paso,
Texas, under instructions of the /. T.
u. executive board. and will remain
there for some time re-organizing the
book and job branch of the trade.
Pulver has just returned from a west
ern trip during which he organized
new unions in laramie, Wyo., and
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Typesetting machines are coming
into this intermountain district at a
rapid rate lately. The Labor Bulle-
tins choice of the first No. l9 Mer-
genthaler in this section is to be
closely followed by the installation of
machine of the same model by the
Republican at Laramie, Wyo. The
Boomerang of the latter city will next
week install an lutertype. This gives
each daily there three machines. The
Scoville plant at ogden (recently un-
ionized) is installing a No. Is Mer-
genthaler. 1t is reported the Salt
Lake Tribune will soon put in an en-
tire new battery Of 16 or Is machines.
Laramie Typographical Union No.
IT'S now has siNned contracts and
label agreements with all offices in
that city. The new scale calls for S2S
and s26, respect vely. for day and
night work. and -JIns for period of
one year. Job men, floormen and op-
orators all receive the same scale.
Representative Frank ]. Pulver of
Denver signed up the offices for the
new local.
President Thor rs ('Doc") Feeney
of Ogden TypoG aphical Union. has
been appointed the salaried secretary
of the Ogden branch of the National
Typothetae and rankin clubs. He
has rendered his resignation as presi-
dent of the local
1t is reported \ .. lis of Salt Lake
city is seriously c1lsidering fiat time
scale to take the place of the existing
piece scale on machines in the news
paper offices of that town. The pres
ent scale expires Nay 1, 1918.
The Trinidad Chronicle-N News (even-
inrs daily started Sunday morning
edition March l. thereby creating
few more 'jobs.
The Casper (Wyo.) Tribune has
launched daily evening edition. This
office will install mother machine and
expects to issue IN eight-page daily