Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-11
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

At its regular monthly meeting Sun
day afternoon, Denver Typographical
Union No. 40 voted to participate in
the Labor Day parade and purchased
200 tickets of admission to the eXer-
cises at Lakeside park. President
Pferdesteller named the following
committee to arrange for the printers
part of the parade: Con Hyland,
chairman; Neil Forquher and l. Pol
woski.
President H. S. Perrigrene and Sec
retary Thomas P. Rodgers of the
Trades Assembly were admitted to the
meeting and made brief talks outlin-
ing the program being prepared for
the Labor Day celebration.
There was an unusually large at
tendance of members, it being neces-
sary to bring additional chairs into the
hall. The job scale committee made
a detailed report on pending negotia-
tions with employing printers on the
new scale which becomes effective Sep
tember 1. Several of the smaller
shops have expressed a willingness to
accept the scale as adopted, and while
some of the larger printing concerns
are objecting, it is confidently believed
they will agree to the new scale, which
provides for fiat raise of 81 per week
from $26 to $50.
1t was voted to serve notice upon
the newspaper publishers that raise
would be demanded upon expiration of
the present contract, January l, 1918.
A committee of five newspaper print
ers was appointed to draft new scale,
consisting of William Tanner, chair
man; o. K. Chapman, F. NJ. Fish, E. S.
Close, Secretary F. c. Birdsall and
President F. L. Pferdesteler. This
committee will proceed at once to
draft scale and report to the union
for ratification.
The union voted to donate S25 to the
striking Bakery Workers of Denver,
and urged members to insist on bread
bearing the union label of the Bakery
Workers.
Delegate Alonzo Wiley got busy
Tuesday and secured a rate of SO to
Colorado Springs convention. Tickets
good going on Sunday or Monday,
August IL and 13, good to return any
time up to and including Sunday, Aug
ust 10. D. & R. G. train leaves at 8
a. m, and c. & S. train at S:45 a. m.
Miss Louise Sem of McComb, Ill,
former member of No. 40, was Wis
itor in Denver for a couple of weeks
during July, renewing old acquaint-
ances.
On Monday afternoon Mrs. Edna
Biesen of Meyersdale, and George w.
Hastings, former member of No. 40,
of Sterling, Colo, were united in mar
riage at Somerset, Pa. Mrs. Hastings
has, for some time, been the linotype
operator in the Commercial Office and
Mr.. Hastings has, for the past six
weeks, been conducting the subscrip-
tion contest for the Commercial, which
ended last Saturday. OF the one hun
dred million people in the United
States there may be a few who will
not agree with us as to the many es-
timable and amiable qualities of Mrs.
Hastings, but we pity their judgment,
as we should know, as she is the only
daughter of the editor.-Meyersda
Pa.) Commercial.
Upon adjournment of the regular
union meeting, session of the Denver
Ex-Delegates Association was held.
Reports We're made by subcommittee
on arrangements for Denver Typo
graphical Union Day." Sunday, Aug
ust 10, when delegates to the l. T. U.
convention in Colorado Springs are
to be entertained here. This will con-
sist of an automobile trip over the
mountain park district, trip of some
seventy-five miles. The start will be
made from the Albany hotel at 8 a. m.
Souvenir badges are to be provided
visiting delegates and a box luncheon
is to be served when stop is made in
Bergen park One of the interesting
points to be visited on the trip is the
crave of Colonel William F. Cody