Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

agreement contains the usual arbitra-
ton clause and several other features
which are considered an advantage and
protection to the union.
Charles H. Lohmann of No. lot,
Davenport Island Moline, is in
Denver visiting his daughter, Mrs. V.
E. Bliss, 1925 Washington. "Kid" is
delegate to the l. T. U. convention,
and accompanied Walter Driffil from
Rock Island to the Home at Colorado
Springs. Thirty years ago Lohmann
was member of No. 40.
Looking as fresh as a mountain
daisy, Randolph (Kokomo) Phillips ar
rived in the city few days ago. Mr..
Phillips, who has long years been a
member of the Typographical Union,
owing to his health, was an inmate of
the Union Printers Home some time.
He has now fully recovered and is
ready to resume work.-Dallas Toiler.
Angelo Noce, pioneer member of No.
40, is engaged in writing a "History
of Italians in Denver" Joseph G.
Brown, also of No. 49, is collaborating
with Noce in this work, which will
make book of some 800 pages. The
Colorado State Historical society will
make the final revision of the history
before it is sent to press.
President F. NJ. Sloan of the Pueblo
Typogra phical Union has announced
the appointment of the following on
the scale committee of the union: F.
B. Duvall of the Chieftain, chairman;
w. E. Johnston of the Star-Journal,
Press, G. W. Duffy of the Riverside
and C. w. Holser of the Indicator.
The present scale contract expires on
December 81.
Sherman C. Roe, of Kistler's chapel,
is enjoying a visit from his mother,
Mrs R. G. Roe of Waterloo, Iowa, at
his home, 1878 Yates street. Accom-
panying the grandmother was Mr..
Roe's daughter, Miss Geneva, who has
been in Iowa for some time. Mrs. F.
o. Simmons, sister of Mr.. Roe, and
Miss Pearl King, of Waterloo, were
visitors to the Union Printers Home,
Colorado Springs. this week.
The delegates and visitors to the
coming convention of the International
Typographical Union will go from here
to Colorado Springs on a special train,
leaving the Union Station at 9 o'clock,
Friday evening, August 10. The train !
which will be known as the Missouri
Special" will arrive at o'clock, p. M,
from st. Louis over the Rock Island |
with the delegation from that city and
will remain here about three hours
when the entire party will start on the |
long trip to the Union Printers Home. |
A dining car will be attached to the +
special.-Kansas City Labor Herald. |
The ex-delegates' committee having |
charge of the arrangements to enter |
tain both the Chicago and New York |
Query club excursion trains that will |
stop six hours in Omaha, August 10 |
and II, held meeting at the Daily |
News composing room to hear reports |
from subcommittee and to get the |
report to the regular meeting of the |
union ready. There will be two weeks |
between the union meeting and the |
day the visitors come. This will give |
the union time to discuss the commit
tee report and cover the final details. |
The ex-delegates of Omaha have not |
been called upon to do much of this |
kind of work in the past and it is ex-
pected they will be out tomorrow
Western Laborer.
The job scale committee of No. 40 |
has held no further meetings with the |
master printers, practical deadlock
having been reached on the wage |
schedule. The union asks for an in
crease from $26 to $50 per week. The |
have offered $28. The COM |
mittee has mailed job printing con-
Germs letter, in which the business of
the unions demand is backed by in
controvertable facts. The letter says,
among other things: "We wish to