Denver labor bulletin., 1917-02-10
Printing T rades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

toya and Glen A. Steele.
The board Of trustees reported that
$4OO 900 of the unions bonds had been
called in for cancellation, and that
owing to the present condition of the
bond market being so high as to pre-
clude favorable re-investment Of
this character, the money had been
deposited in a national savings bank
awaiting a more favorable time for
investment. In the cancellation S408.50
was collected in interest.
A resolution was adopted asking
the State Federation of Labor to
change the date of meeting of that
organization so as not to conflict with
the |. T. U. convention to be held in
Colorado Springs. This resolution is
made the subject of an article in an
other part of this paper.
The union voted unanimously to
take a page in the convention souve-
mir which will be published by Colo
RADIO Springs Typographical Union
No. S2 An official roster of No. 49's
membership will appear therein.
E. E. Hickman, president of the
Denver branch of the National Asso-
citation of Civil Service Employees,
made brief address, asking support
of a bill now before congress provid-
ployes. The proposition was indorsed
and the secretary instructed to so no.
tify Colorado's representatives in con-
gress.
The union voted to open up the job
scale. A motion prevailed creating a
committee of six, including President
Pferdestellar, which will draft a new
schedule of prices and report same to
the union not later than the May
meeting. President Pferdestellar an
nounced three members of the COM
mittee at Sundays meeting as fol-
lows: S. S. Summers, kistler chapel;
Thomas J. Duffy, Hoeckel chapel, and
Edwin G. Dean, Brock- Hafner chapel.
Two other members Of this committee
Will be announced later
Adolph E OFT, for several years
employed at Smith Brooks and the
Brock-Haffner printing plants, this
week took charge of The Denver La
Dor Bulletin job printing department.
Mr.. OFT is an expert art printer and
designer. His coming to The Bulletin
Is assurance Of the high class of work
this Office proposes TO give its patrons
+ If war should come between the
United States and Germany. Doc"
Watson of the Times chapel, brim full
of patriotic fervor, has announced he
will present his automobile TO the
goyernment-the only way he can get
rid Of it.
Hugh Bishop has res gned as fore
man of the Brock -HaFner shop and
W. T. Guild, in charge Of the linotype
department in that Office, was promot-
ed to the foremanship, effective last
Monday.
! Arthur Caldwell has resigned his
position as m. o. at Eames Bros. and
accepted a similar job with Robinson
sen has accepted the m. o. position at
Eames Bros.
/ Otis Wilson this week transferred
I his linotype affections from the state
work at Eames Bros. to the m. o. job,
construction of bills and journals at
the Brock-Haffner plant.
Mrs. f. D. Scheiman was called to
I Fort Wayne this week on account of
the serious illness Of her mother. She
was accompanied by her grandchild.
Mrs. Scheiman is the wife of E. d.
Scheiman, makeup on the Denver
Post.
l. T. U. Representative Frank J.
Pulver went to Canon City this week
to assist the local union there in ne
gotiating u new wage scale. Later he
expected to go to Idaho to form a new
union.
NJ o. Hutter, emergency linotypist
on the Times, is qualifying for service
at the front. This week he took the
first course in linotyping the Italian
war department for the Times. This
preliminary conflict offered the req
uisite opportunity for developing GER
tain strong language essential to a
gAtA
William H. Douglass has resigned
his position as m. O. at Robinson's job
office and is now devoting his energies
and abilities TO pushing publicity that
pulls. In other words Doug" has
taken up the scientific advertising
game in earnest.
Over forty delegates, representing
the states of Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa and Oklahoma, attended
the Missouri Valley Typographical
Conference at St. Joseph. Much bus
mess of Importance to the printing
crafts was transacted in the two days
session and the trade unionists of St
Joe aided in entertaining the visitors.
President Marsdon G. Scott of the
International typographical Union
and Charles Hertenstein of St Louis,
made interesting addresses to the del
egates. Oklahoma City was selected
as the next convention city. by an al
most unanimous vote. The officers
elected were as follows President, L.
C. Ball, Wichita, Kan. (re-elected);
vice president, w. G. Waters, Des
Moines, Ia; secretary-treasurer Chas.
Rhode, st. Joseph (re-elected).
August Rooster delivered an ad-
dress Wednesday afternoon to the
printer apprentices at the Denver
Trades School Gus is the father of
the apprentice system among the
printing trades of Denver and ALWAYS