Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-19

time the petitions go to the governor,
who, within sixty days from the date
of receiving the petitions, sets the day
for the election. The resignation of
Frank C. Golf as assistant superin-
tendent was accepted at Wednesday
nights meeting, and Harry V. Keppner
appointed to the position, who will
assume his new duties on May 81. The
new board is working harmoniously
and the indications are that Denver's
public school system has emerged from
the chaotic condition which prevailed
for the past two years.
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MERE it not for the thrills of varied
w degree which come to the labor
editor from day to day the job of
conducting a paper like The Bulletin
would grow into a task, and therefore
not an increasing pleasure. In our
mail this week there came a check for
$2,950. A meeting of the board of
directors was forthwith ordered and
the salaries of Editor Houston and
Manager Hines advanced S1.50 per
week to cope with H. c. l.. Later,
however, a closer investigation re-
vealed that the check was not intended
for The Denver Labor Bulletin but
had been drawn in favor of the Denver
Elevator company, subsidiary of ].
X. Mullen, in payment for a carload of
flour consigned to an albuquerque, N.
NJ, grocer. 1t appears that the book
keeper or office clerk had got the
checks mixed and had sent the Eleva-
tor company one calling for lone dol
while The Bulletin received a payment
for carload of flour. So much mon
ey, all at one time, created several
distinct shocks in The Bulletin office.
Of course the checks were exchanged
and the advanced salaries recalled.
But it was a mighty pleasant expe-
rience while it lasted.
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,THE happiest bunch of people in
Denver since last Tuesdays cleo
tion are the city firemen, police
men and street and park laborers, who
are deeply grateful to members of or
ganized labor and the public generally
for supporting their charter amend
ments providing increased pay. Will
liam E. Wolf, chairman of the commit
tee representing the iremen and po-
licemen, declared: "Well never for
get this generous action of the good
people of Denver. 1t means much to
the firemen and policemen. We are
pleased extremely. We feel that the
people have been just and liberal with
us and we appreciate their action keen
ly." City teamsters and laborers are
equally appreciative and elated. Their
amendment becomes effective June 1,
while the firemen and policemen will
not receive their increased pay until
January 1, 1918. Organized labor was
solidly behind these two amendments
posed by Mayor Speer and the city
council, which sought to write into the
city charter a proposition which would
give the mayor and council authority
to fix all salaries at will, and thereby
hold a club over 800 or more city
employees for political effect. This
joker amendment was defeated by an
adverse majority of two to one.
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THIS paragraph deals solely with
rapid fire work in the local labor
movement. Thursday at / p. m.
Ed. Anderson, secretary of the State
Federation of Labor; John E. Con-
nelly, secretary and business agent of
the BARRIERS Union, and dad" Orr,
treasurer of the Amalgamated Street
Railway Employees of America, now
operating in Denver, commandeered a
Ford and left for Brighton, twelve
miles beyond the metropolis limits.
Reaching this busy packing and sugar
factory suburb, Connolly placed un-
ion cards in four shops, making the
town 100 per cent organized, while in
the meantime Anderson and Orr held
two separate meetings and organized
that number of brand new unions.
The trio and the Ford reached the
Club building on their return exactly
at p. M, having made the round trip
and performed all this work within
tbraa borrS Tho n p who 10 q
member of the governors labor Sc
lective conscription board, has his eye
on the trio, for they certainly are
eligible under the head of efficiency.