Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-12

IN nomination ana, Win the exception
of four entries for two l. T. U. del
egateships, there will be no contest,
only sufficient names appearing on the
ballot to fill the respective positions
for the coming year. Perhaps this is
due in measure to the desire of mem
bers of No. 49 to show a united front
in negotiating new wage scales. A
book and job scale is now being pro-
posed and the newspaper scale will be
up for revision within a few months.
Following are the candidates placed
in nomination:
l. T. U. delegates, (elect two),
Alonzo Wiley, Smith Brooks chapel;
John Oliver, Wahlgreen's; Thomas j.
Duffy, Hoeckel's, and B. c. Sweeny,
Post chapel.
Alternates, (elect two), Angelo
Noce, H. H. Ellis and Harry Wander
Perel.
President, F. L. PferdesteIler.
Vice President, Leo Cuthbertson.
Secretary Treasurer, Frank C. Bird
Member Board of Trustees, Samuel
W. Boyd.
Sergeant-at-arms, Angelo Noee.
Doorkeeper, Alonzo Wiley.
Delegates Allied Printing Trades
Council (elect three), Thomas J. Duff
fy, Leo Cuthbertson, August Koester
Delegates Trades and Labor As
sembly (elect ten), James A. Nc
Namara, William Tanner, August
Rooster, Edward J. Hines, Clint c.
Houston, S. S. Summers, ". J. Col
and B. c. Sweeny.
Delegates Label League (elect
eight, A. E. Thorsen. Thomas ].
Duffy, James A. Mcnamara, P. r.
Otis, E. J. Hines, II. J. Laus, T. R.
Bailey and John R. Coe
Election will be by official printed
ballot, between the hour of l2 m. and
Z p. m, Wednesday, May %. A poll
ing place in the downtown district is
to be announced later. At the same
time referendum vote will be taken
on the proposition submitted by the
l. I. U. executive committee for en-
tering into a ten-year arbitration
agreement with the closed shop divis-
ion of the United Typotheta and the
Franklin clubs of America. At last
Sundays meeting = resolution was
adopted declaring it as the sense of
No l9 that this proposition should be
rejected. One reason for this is that
IT contains a priority rule, which has
since been rejected by a referendum
vote.
There was an unusually large at
tendance of book and job printers at
Sundays meeting owing to the fact
that consideration Of the proposed new
book and job scale was to be taken up
The committees report in printed
form was placed in the hands of each
member and the matter discussed for
over two hours in committee of the
whole. Consideration of only about
hn ,-Ala TOD
and an adjourned meeting will be held
next Sunday at p. n, in Horan hall,
at which time it is expected final ac-
ton on the schedule will be had. 1t is
intended that the new scale shall be-
come operative September l and eN-
tend for period Of one year. A ma
terial advance in wages is being de-
manded and this portion of the pro
posed scale is as follows:
Section l. Journeymen shall be
paid not less than the following rate
of wages:
Sec. .. Day work shall be paid for
at the rate of 5000 per week.
Sec. 8. Night work shall be paid
for Mt the rate OF $500 for the first
shift, and $4,000 for the second or
lobster" shift.
Sec. 4. 1t is Understood that all
scales included in the book and job
scale are minimum scales, and no en-
ployer is prohibited from paying more
than the scale of prices if he may so
desire.
Sec. 5. Six days of eight hours
each (4S) hours shall constitute a
weeks work; and every member hold
ing n regular situation shall be en-
titled TO full forty eight hours work
and pay each week, except when a
ht1nHQr - n al do
designated as such, may intervene:
Provided. That this section shall not
be construed to relieve a member of
the obligation to give out overtime
whenever eight or more hours have
been accumulated.
Jerry Sill has succeeded George W.
Wagner as foreman at the Globe
Printing company.
Hugo Ockershausen has taken a po-
sition at Brock Hatfner's.
Ira Gwinnup, who has been in Bafay-
ette running newspaper for eight
years, is showing up in job shops in
Denver, having disposed of his inter
ests at Lafayette.
Louis A. Wenzel made application
for admission to the Home and same
was approved.
After Sergeant Merritt and Fire
man Conboy. representing the fire and
police departments, had made speech
es urging support of charter amend
ment No. l. which provides that mem
bers of these safety departments be
increased SIS per month, motion
was made and unanimously adopted
indorsing this proposition and pledg-
ing support of union printers, their
friends and families on election day.
This motion, however, was adopted
n vic
boxes of Denver made blue label
smokes, which is to say that the print