Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-25
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


First Vice President Walter H. Bar
rett of the International Typograph-
ical Union, came to Denver Wednes-
day, following adjournment of a meet
ing of the executive council. That
night he held conference with the
executive officers and job scale COM
mittee of No. 40, at which time the
pending scale proposition was thoroly
discussed. Vice-President Barrett
gave assurance that the local union
would have the full support of the l.
T. u, provided, of course, the interna-
tional law governing wage PROPOSE
tions is complied with. 1t being i'm
possible for Barrett to remain in Den
yer, he announced that l. I. U. Repre-
sentative Frank J. Pulver would rep
resent the general officers in the nego-
tiations. The conference was in every
way satisfactory. Vice-President Bar
rett left Thursday morning for Chi
cago, where a meeting is TO be held
today between the newspaper pub
fishers of that city and the l. T. U.
executive council. Monday in Indian
apolis the San Francisco newspaper
scale will be presented to the arbitra-
ton board of the l. T. U. and National
Newspaper Publishers Association.
The adopted book and job scale be-
comes effective in Denver September l.
1t is understood an agreement has been
reached on all matters except the
wage scale proper. The new scale
calls for an increase of s. per week,
from s26 to $50. Employers have
offered TO compromise on s2s, but this
was not accepted by the scale COM
mittee.
p. R. Pampusch. delegate from Min
neapolis Union No 42, who died of
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T. L. convention in Colorado Springs
last week, was given a union funeral
The sermon was delivered by the Rev.
( Carl Reed Taylor, an Episcopal min
lister and delegate from Kansas City
Union No. so. The choir, organist and
pallbearers were all members of the
/ Typographical Union. and delegates TO
the convention. A union-made casket
bore the remains back to Minneapolis.
accompanied by W K Co5y who was
the colleague delegate of the deceased.
. All expenses Of the funeral and re-
turn home Of the remains were paid
from the l. 7. L. treasury. The !. T
T.. burial service was rendered
Thomas II West, editor rf the Kan
sas City Labor Herald, accompanied
by his good wife, was a Vi tor 20 the
convention and enjoyed the auto trip
over the mountain park district Mr.
and Mrs. West were most welcome
callers at The Bulletin Office Monday
before departing on the return Jour
ney home.
J. J. Nceley and wife, who came to
the convention from San Francisco in
their automobile, decided 10 return by
train and shipped the machine from
Denver.
c. c. Wetmore of Kansas City, for
merly Denver typo, was convention
visitor. While in Denver he called at
The Bulletin Office and became sub
scriber, paying year in a3vance.
Scores of convention delegates who
came TO Denver called at The Bulletin
office to see model labor paper print
ing plant and extend congratulations
on the publication Of the great con-
vention number. Hundreds of copies
of this number were mailed back home.
so that their friends could see the
greatest labor paper ever printed"
We've got to hand first prize for
entertainment to the Denver EN-Dele-
gates Association was the chorus
sang by hundreds Of / T. U. delegates
and visitors Sunday evening upon re-
turn from the mountain parks auto
mobile trip. Many kodak pictures of
scenes on the journey were taken
away as cherished souvenirs.
J. ]. ("Bobby') Burns. proofreader
on the News entertained n party of
visitors at his bachelor apartments.
llO East Nineteenth avenue, after the
mountain parks trip Sunday. "Bobby's"
well known hospitality was in evi-
dence, and the gathering was a most
enjoyable affair. Among the conven-
tion visitors present were Archie Mac
Farland, New York city; James
Bowen. PHILADELPHIA: Howard keener.
Tucson, Arizona; Eugene Flynn. Pitts
burg, and Phillip Johnson, San Fran
cisco. Local friends there to help in
the storytelling were John f. Col
lett, Frank c. Birdsall. J. F. Seller.
A. f. Thorson, Frank !. Pulver and
Harry Wander Perel
Robert Armstrong, brother of
Ham" Armstrong, Denver's popular
chief of police, was a convention dele
gate from Memphis, Tenn. Robert
has been a member Of the l. T. U.
for forty-six years, also having served
rs delegate to Boston in 1875 and st.
Joe in 1909. He was among the
welcome callers at The Bulletin office.
John w. Heating Of the Times
chapel and wife, have returned from
their annual summer vacation in Colo
rado Springs, Manitou and the Cave of
the Winds.
Robert Hetrick says he is not going
to work until the snow flies. His
Saxon six has a great deal more fas-
cination for him than the art preserv-
ative. Anyhow Bob should worry about
the II. c. L. He's got lots of kale and
no one to spend it for him.
Miss ELLEN Murphy chaperoned
Miss MaBelle Jordan during l. T. U.
/ convention week in Colorado Sprinps