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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
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left the hall until the benediction had
been rendered.
A feature of the meeting was ban
ner, made by a Superior woman, bear.
ing the caption: Wilson Is Loyal
Servant OF Nation" the first letters
of the words spelling the president
name.
The hall was decorated with potted
plants, American flags and bunting
and pictures Of Washington, Lincoln
and Wilson hung from the walls.
A splendid innovation of the evening
showing the thoughtfulness and 10y
atty of Boulder labor men was the
pinning of a national flag buttoniere
upon the coat lapel of each guest as
he entered the hall.
Officers of Central Body.
Officers of the central union are:
President, Joe McCabe of the Plumb
ers Union; vice president, Louis Fette
of the Cigarmakers Union; financial
secretary, E. S. Evans of the Paint
ers Union; corresponding secretary.
John Berg of the Carpenters Union.
Local unions affiliated with the Cen
tral Union are the Carpenters, Plumb
ers, Typographical, Clerks, Coal Min
ers, Metal Miners, Cigai makers,
Painters and BARRIERS.
At regular meeting of the Central
Labor Union Tuesday night n reSolu-
ton was unanimously adopted thank
ing the speakers. musicians and others
for assisting in making the smoker
the grand success it was.
Chairman Cass' Address.
In opening the meeting, following
the prayer by the Rev. r. A. Schell,
the chairman Of the evening, w. A.
Cass, president of the local Carpenters
Union, delivered the following address
of welcome:
Gentlemen, fellow citizens and
brothers: We have met here tonight
to celebrate the birth of the Central
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
BOULDER LABOR UNIONS STAGE MOST
CLASSIC SMOKER AND ENTERTAINM

Labor Union of Boulder and Vicinity.
We welcome one and all have not
got words to express our gratitude to
you for honuring us with your pres
ence tonight and our heart overflows
with gratitude TO these able men who
will address us. Long may they live
and success ever crown their efforts
as they travel down the stream of
time.
The objects and aims of the Central
Labor Union is to get men organized
together, help one another. and to bet
ter the conditions of the working class.
You all know what it means to better
the conditions of the working people
1t means more bread and butter, more
clothing, more cosy cottages, and, best
of all, more education for our boys and
girls, and these will put tears of Joy
in the eyes of lot of women and
children instead of tears of sorrow.
We want to help xhers to become en-
lightened upon the subject which vi
tally concerns their well-being.
We are in favor of more bread and
less brutishness. more cozy cottages
and less towards and criminals, more
soup and less superstition. more health
and happiness and less hell and hell
ishness, more home loving husbands
and less dirty drunken drones We are
opposed to filth and ignorance and in
favor of health and knowledge.
Organized labor has accomplished
much along these lines in the past,
and labor is being recognized more and
more every day.
There is not day but that Presi-
dent Wilson. personally or thru his
representatives in the cabinet, calls
into consultation labor on the great
problems that confront this nation. So
we are glad to say that day by day
labor is winning its way. We are
law-abiding citizens. We are no I. w.
w. and will have nothing to do with
these disturbers whatsoever. We
would lay down our lives before we
would see that grand old flag trail in
the dust. In presenting to you the
little flag, remember that it is a token
of our loyalty to our country and our
appreciation to you all for your pres
ence here tonight. Take it home with
you and preserve il in memory Of the
Central Labor Union of Boulder and
Vicinity.
We are a small part of that great
chain of laboring men and women who
are demanding that which is ours by
heritage. We mean to be fair in our
demands. We claim we have the right
to organize. The greatest man in the
world TODAY said so and that man is
President Wilson.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
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ings Association held at 219 Masonic
Temple, addresses were made by
James Duce; H. B. Tedrow, United
States district attorney, and Alice
McCabe on the subject. They ex-
planned it very plainly, and each and
every conductor, engineer, fireman and
trainman present, to the number of
about forty-five, thought this one of
the best advances ever started by or
ganized labor, and they all claim that
they will support it in every way pos
sible.
1t is the beginning of educating our
young people, who will be on our side
of the labor struggle, instead of being
as it is now that only the young peo-
Pile of the rich are educated to hate
and despise organized labor and are
taught that the working people are
inferior to themselves. We must have
brains and publicity in order to hold
our own, to say nothing of advance
ment, against the tremendous consol-
idation of wealth that as being formed
and will be greater each year. This
is the biggest and most important
question that has ever been before the
members of organized labor of this
state The brothers of the Denver
Union Meetings Association of the
four orders are going to do their ut
most to place this matter plainly be-
fore all members of the four orders,
thru their respective lodges and div
isions, and want to hear from you in
dividually and collectively on the sub
ject. All letters will be filed and kept
so that we can always know what we
are doing in this matter.
At our meeting of September 10 we
elected Brother w. F. Hynes of No.
IT, B. of L. F. & E., as the temporary
member of the college educational
board. We want the members of the
four orders in Colorado to approve or
disapprove this temporary action. All
of you are interested in. this matter
and we want the approval of all men,
bers in everything that is done.
There are about 65,0O0 members of
organized labor in Colorado and the
small per capita of five or ten cents
per month will more than supply
enough funds to carry this work to
complete finish.
All lodges and divisions Of the four
orders will be consulted before any
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
Siluer Mining Promises Renewed Boom

William Bryan 1896 that silver be placed
parity gold monetary basis about
United States entered the bar silver
open until selling
at a dollar plus
What this to understood when is
leading producing the
great in the mining of silver is going Long
wonder of wealth
is being predicted
for the belief that the high
passing that will when
hold
Hence the sooner Colorado
gets odte silver production the better will be for
especially the and the miner
Silver mining should boom Colorado as it doomed the
mining days of old Denver owes its development
largely mining wealth which here from
Leadvlle Aspen.
breaking prices silver and the practical
high and steady for long
should speedily bring Colorado back to its title the
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
FOUR RAILROAD DBROTHERHOODS ISSUE
LETTER ON LABOR EDUCATIONAL PLAN

further action is taken. Please get
busy and write up your opinions at
once, and mail them to me so that
may have them at the next meeting
of the Denver Union Meetings Asso-
citation of the four orders, which will
be held October 18, 1917, at z p. m.
in Hall No. 219, Masonic Temple,
Denver, Colo.
Your ideas on this matter are want
ed for the good and welfare of the
young men and women of organized
labor of Colorado who will graduate
in June, 1918, from the high schools.
Money paid back by graduated stu
dents goes into the fund again and
is reused for some other student. The
treasurer of the board is bonded.
Include any other business pertain
ing to the four orders when answering
this letter.
Fraternally yours,
BIS. PEPPER,
Secretary Treasurer, The Denver Unio
Sec'y-Treas. the Denver Union Meet
ings Association of the four orders.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
ACCUSED MEN FREE
ATTORNEY GENERAL QUASHES
TWO STRIKE CASES.
Ben Richardson and David Robb of
Fremont County Are the Last Of
Prosecutions to Be Dismissed.

Attorney General Leslie E. Hubbard
Thursday filed in the state supreme
court a confession of error and state
ment of the reasons therefor in the
case of Ben Richardson and David
Robb of Fremont county, sentenced in
1915 to three and five years, respect
lively, for the murder of William King
of Fremont county. 1t is the last of
the cases growing out of the recent
strike in the southern Colorado coal
fields.
The attorney general recommends
the reversal of the decision, and vigor-
ously scores Judge Charles Cavender,
who presided in the Fremont county
district court during the trial, for "the
utter improperly and prejudcial char
acter of his conduct and language" in
his instructions to the jury to return
verdict of guilty.
Richardson and Robb were alleged
to be parties to preconccrted attack
on the town of Chandler, where coal
mine was situated, by the striking
miners for the purpose of taking the
town by force of arms" King was
shot during the melee that followed
Attorney Hubbard contends there is
no evidence to indicate that either of
the defendants fired the fatal shot.
Hubbard's confession of error for
the state is based on the record which,
according to him, proves that even the
trial judge did not preserve the atti-
duct of the trial. He also. points out
that the judge in his instructions to
the jury stated that the whole affair
was a "damnable conspiracy" and
could hardly be considered anything
else.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
THEY MUST OBEY LABOR LAW

Secretary of War Baker has notified
the adjutant general of the army to
instruct all department commanders
that children under fourteen years of
age are not to be employed at govern
ment forts, posts or other reserva-
tions. Children between the ages of
fourteen and sixteen can not be en-
ployed more than eight hours day,
or more than six days a week, or be-
tween the hours of Z p. m. and a. m.
All employers on government reser-
vations shall be required to keep a
daily time record showing the hours
of employment for each child between
fourteen and sixteen years.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
FRISCO MAY BUY CAR LINE.

Approval of plan to purchase the
two-thirds of the street car lines in
San Francisco, was given Thursday by
the board of supervisorsSof the city
and county of San Francisco. The
board adopted resolution directing
the city engineer to secure the i'm
mediate valuation of the properties.
Before becoming effective the pro-
posed sale must be put up to the vote
of the people. Negotiations for the
transfer of the company's property is
the outcome of strike of LOO mo-
tormen and conductors for higher
wages and recognition Of the union.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

NOR fifty years an active member of
Columbia Typographical Union No.
1O1, Washington, D. c., E. w. Oys-
ter has been an indefatigable worker
for the uplift and advancement of all
who toll for wages. He is the father
of the Typographical Temple in Wash
ington and at present a member of the
board of assessors of the District of
Columbia Mr.. Oyster was one of the
strongest advocates for abolishment of
the saloon in the national capital, and
on November l will see public traffic
in liquor there ended by act of con-
gress. While president of and chair
man of the legislative committee of
the Washington Federation of Labor
Unions in 1892 the national eight-hour
law for federal employees was passed
by congress and signed by President
Harrison and the pen given to Mr..
to the o. P. from this distinguished
advocate of labor uplift is highly ap-
preciated:
Washington, D. c., Sept. II, 1917.
Mr. Clint c. Houston, Editor Denver
Labor Bulletin, Denver, Colo.
My Dear Mr.. Houston: / inclose
herewith a years subscription to The
Bulletin, as / desire to keep in touch
with the prohibition movement and
work IN your state.
l congratulate you on the good work
you have done and are now doing to
aid in the overthrow of the most
demoraIizing, disgusting, harmful, in
famous, inhuman, the most corrupt
and corrupting traffic that ever cursed
the world.
1t has been truly said that "alcohol
kills peace, ruins morals, blights con-
fidence, slays regulations, and laughs
at its ruin. 1t does all that and more.
1t murders the soul 1t is the
devils best friend and Gods worst
enemy"
Please enter me on your subscrip-
tion list from the date of your 100;
page convention number" and mail
me five copies of that number will
send another dollar, if necessary to
cover a years subscription.
Wishing you great success in your
efforts to make the world better and
happier place in which to live,
Fraternally yours,
E. W. OYSTER.
(Fifty years a member of Columbia
Typographical Union No. 101.)
DAY LOWDERBACK, delegate from
Denver to the International Bak-
cry Workers convention in Boston,
which was in session ten days, visited
The Bulletin office upon his return this
week. He said: "My belief in state
wide prohibition has been absolutely
confirmed by three weeks trip thru
the East where the saloon and all it's
evils are yet tolerated. Denver with
its absence of drunks and booze mooch-
ers is sure relief. A labor man who
spends few weeks in saloon cities can
appreciate the atmosphere and clean
liness of Denver more than ever.
only wish some of those Eastern labor
men who still class the saloon as the
poor mans club could come to Den
yer and make a comparison to take
back home with them"
:. :. :.
DERHAPS the war and it's conse-
quest suffering has quickened the
good impulses of men with large
means and hearts which beat to the
tune of humanity. Here in Denver
John X. Mullen is erecting 100000
building to be presented to the Little
Sisters of the Poor" Now comes a
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
MANY ALIENS ARE AFFECTED.

Aliens who have rcfraincd for seven
years from applying for their final
naturalization papers. will be ex-
empted from conscription, but at the
same time, will lose whatever benefits
accrued to them under the labor laws
of New York state bY>their act in
filing first papers, ac Hing to an
opinion by Attorney General Lewis Of
New York.
The ruling will affect thousands of
aliens, many of whom have obtained
employment upon public works by
reason of the declaration of their in
tentions to become citizens.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
4ne neOptinistic
Philosopher

report from Trinidad that former
State Senator Barela and his good
wife have made arrangements to
found home for the aged poor. The
home will be under the management of
the Little Sisters of the Poor" 1t is
said to be the intention of Senator
Barela and wife to turn over their
ranch at Rivera, valued at $4,000, to
the sisters for this purpose. The
ranch has a sufficient amount of irri-
cation to make it self-supporting. This
splendid gift of Senator Barela, who
for near half a century was a member
of the Colorado legislature, will do
much to bring joy into the lives of
those less fortunate in their declining
years.
MONDAY evening the o. P. went up
to Boulder on the interurban to
attend a smoker and entertain
meme given in honor of the formation
of a Central Labor Union. 1t was
most pleasing, unique and instructive
affair. For many years we have been
attending labor smokers, but this was
the first time we ever knew one to
open with prayer and close with a
benediction. The novelty of this pro-
cedure made a deep impression on all
the old-timers present. This Boulder
smoker was really classic, no rough
stuff and not single vulgar joke re-
lated. AS a result it gave perfect
satisfaction, being edifying as well
as agreeable. Those Boulder labor
chaps may be young in the game, but
they can teach labor organizations
long established some wholesome les
sons in the manner of staging smok-
er that leaves good impress on the
minds of all who attend.
:. :. :.
FRIENDS of Robert A. Turner, and
It there are hosts of them in Denver,
will be pleased to learn that he has
been made publicity commissioner of
the Flagler railway and steamship
interests in Florida. Turner was for
many years advertising manager of
the Colorado & Southern railway, and
had a way of dispensing courtesy that
made visitors to his office come away
happy, whether they secured copy or
not. During the recent remarkable
Red Cross campaign in Denver, Tur-
ner was in charge of the publicity
part of the enterprise, being big
factor in this city largely oversub-
scribing it's quota. He ranks in class
AL as a publicity specialist, and was
prominent in many projects destined
to upbuild Denver and Colorado. His
future headquarters will be in ST.
Augustine, Florida.
:. :. :.
A MOTHER Colorado mining million
n aire of the early gold days is dead,
one that had a heart in his body
that caused golden streams of joy to
flow to those in less fortunate circum-
stances. James F. Burns of Colorado
Springs, discoverer of the Portland
mine in the Cripple Creek district,
passed over the Great Divide last
Sunday after two-weeks' illness
caused by a cerebral hemorrhage
Jimmy Burns was prince among
men. He christened the Portland
mine in honor of his birthplace, Port
land, Maine, where he was born jan
uary 8, 1853. His last contribution to
Colorado Springs was erection of the
Burns Opera House. admitted to be
one of the three finest theaters in
America. His returns from the Port
land mine are said to have been fabu
lous. and it is vet one of the best gold
producers in Colorado.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
What Has Become of Old Fashion Farmer

We told daily dispatches that Oklahoma farmers
feeding this of wheat hogs protest against
fixing the price $22o bushe Verify the
odasoned farmer who when wheat brought him
ST. per bushe, has passed away.
of fact the getting of this war
less than other class perhaps
During the months the farmer
the
declared of Not
bad for low and poor farmer, eh?
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
KNICK ERBOCKE Err PRERoGATIvE.

Little Sydney had reached the ma
ture age of three and was about to
discard petticoats for the more manly
raiment of knickerbockers. The moth
er had determined to make the occa-
sion a memorable one. The breakfast
table was laden with good things when
the newly breeched infant was led in
to the room.
"Ah!" exclaimed the proud mother,
"now you are little mani"
Sydney was in ecstasics. Display
ing his garments to their full advan-
tage, he edged close to his mother and
whispered, Can call pa Bill now 2"
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
Something About the Bulletins Policy

Editor, Labor Bulletin Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir and Brother Noting that subscription to The
expired enclosing check for S15o for renewal
while always with
policy of The Bulletin, think that about the best labor
the and that will as it deserves
Yours fraternaly
c M0ORHOIISE
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

About the only place in the world
now where kings hold their standing
is in q deck Of cards.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

With bakers taking back no stale
loaves we predict boom in bread pud.
ding. ..
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

Another way to waste time Is to go,
back ten or fifteen years to see how
much cheaper things were.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

The answer from the new republ
is that Russians are Slavs, not slave
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

The slacker's favorite golden text;
"Many are called, but few are chosen
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

If the Germans are using cabbage
cigars maybe they're picking the
butts.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-25

The national army is drawing a
type which will be the true type of
the American citizen soldier. The
soldier of the national army will be
a little less dashing than the old vol
unteer, and little more uniform than
the guardsman. He will approximate
the type that enlisted or was drafted
into the Union army late in the Civil
war;
But the national army man will
fight, and he will fight well. A little
less credit will come to him. because
he will be lost individually and col
lectively in the great mass of Ameri-
can soldiery in which the national
guard will be the high light, closely
followed by the regular army man
Emporia Gazette.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-25
MAKING SACRIFICES

Many are making sacrifices for the
second Liberty Loan, and this is what
everyone should do who believes in
this government Bankers and others
are giving their time and money to
bring the need of aid to those who
are in a position to buy bonds. Ev-
erything possible must be done to
win the war. 1t is estimated that near
ly ten million lives have been lost and
six billion dollars in property have
been destroyed since the war began.
Why? Because the autocratic power
in Germany desires to place her iron
heel on the rest of the world. This
cannot be. Were it not for the British
feet the German navy would be at At
lantic ports demanding indemnities.
At the close of the war of 1871 she
carried away billion in gold from
Paris, and would duplicate the act to-
day if she could. Look at the indemni-
ties paid by Belgium! Look at the
numbering on the high seas! A power
that knows no law but might in this
day and generation must be crushed
If you believe in Germanyss methods.
do net buy liberty bonds If you be-
'lieve she is wrong, and practically the
whole world is against her, then buy
bonds. They bear a good rate of in
terest; are secure. You may not be
able to fight at the front, but you can
aid the fighters. You can be patriotic
You can stand by the flag. In after
years, when peace has come, when
the war is over, do not let it be said
of you that you refused to help the
best government that the sun ever
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-25
BOOKS ARE ALMOST HUMAN
Emporia Gazette.

The November American Magazine
prints an interesting article on a Won
derful doctor of books The author of
it says:
During her years of study Of the
life of books, Doctor Lewis has discov-
cred that, like human beings, they
must have air, life and heat to remain
healthy; she found that not all lights
are suitable for books; for instance,
gas, electricity and direct sunlight are
disintegrating forces, as well as that
most subtle disintegrant of leather, the
acid tanning process. She learned
that when books are confined in cases
behind glass doors which Shut out the
air they become diseased. She learned
also, that packing them into boxes
without regard for the proper spacing
and need of air was equivaent to
sitting them. AS every connoisseur
knows, any damage to rare book
does as much to reduce it's value as a
flaw in diamond. One would almost
think the books were alive, SO thor
ough and careful is Doctor Lewis with
her patients"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-25

On the ready acceptance by the
business world of the principle of gov.
ernmental price regulation the whirlli
gig of time has brought about an eco
nomic revolution that seemed impossi
BILE a decade ago. The real problem
now is as to how far this principle
will be carried and the extent to which
it will be applied. Obviously definite
announcement and prophecy on this
score are largely futile, seeing that
we face conditions without analogy OF
precedent in our experience Never
theless it merits intelligent analysis
as to it's likelihoods and possibilities
Michigan Manufacturer and Finan
cial Record, Detroit.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-25
THE AMERICAN EAGLE
her PATIENTS

The American Eagle is not an alto.
getner lovable bird. 1t is no nightin.
gale; it sings no sweet songs Of sen
timent 1t is no peacock; it never
struts or spreads it's tail. 1t is no
dove, although it stands for peace,
wherever peace is possible. But the
American Eagle can fly higher, fly
straighter, fly stronger, and fly longer
than any other bird in the world!
And when it's cold and calculating
eyes look through the souls of men
and the diplomacy of nations, when
it's fierce beak and ugly claws be-
come set in righteous determination,
and when it begins to flap its majes-
tic wings+-then let all buzzards,
wolves and reptiles beware-for the
American Eagle means business
George E. Allen, Education Director
American Institute of Banking Sec
ton, American Bankers association.