Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
News of the Labor Unions
Printing Trades

A dispatch received from headquar-
ters of the International Brotherhood
of Bookbinders in indianapolis gives
the following as officers elected at the
recent referendum election: Presi-
dent, Walter N. Reddick; first vice
president, William Glocking; second
vice-president, John Haggerty; third
president, Augusta ]. Frincke;
secretary treasurer, David I. Davies !;
members executive council, Mary
Meehan, Anna Neary, T. B. Garrity,
Daniel Ahearn, Frank Callahan and C.
o. Kennel. w. C. Thornton of Den
yer Local No. 30, was defeated for
secretary-treasurer by a narrow mar
gin. Miss Augusta Frincke, reelected
third vice-president without opposi-
ton, is a member of Denver Bindery
Women's Local No. So.
Chester A. Beggs, apprentice mem
ber of Denver Typographical Union
No. 40, is reported this week among
the killed in action with the American
forces in France. Beggs was "a years
of age and leaves widow living in
Colorado Springs. He is the first on
the list of No. 49 so far reported killed
in action.
Frank ]. Pulver, 1. T. U. represen-
fined to his home in Edgewater.
Total purchases of Fourth Liberty
loan bonds by members of d. 7. U.
No. 49, as listed in Secretary Bird
sails Office and reported to the cam
paign committee last Saturday,
amounted to $2S,2O0. This more than
doubles the amount subscribed by
members of the union during the Third
Liberty loan.
The body of Luke Fitton of the Post
chapel, whose death from influenza
was reported in last weeks issue of
The Bulletin, was sent TO his former
home in Wheeling, w. Va, this week
Mrs. Fitton died last Saturday also
from an attack of influenza and her
body likewise was shipped in COM
pany with that of Mr. Fitton to their
former home in Wheeling. Both bod
les were shipped from the Hackethal
Bros. undertaking parlors.
Z Two members of The Labor Bulle-
tin chapel in the recent selective draft
drew connecting serial numbers, an
unusual coincidence. A. E. OFT is No.
1867 and Howard NJ. easier 1868.
Possibly if they go to France they will
continue to stick as closely together.
Most of the Denver printing shops
are running short-handed this week on
account of the influenza epidemic,
many employees being victims of the
prevailing disease.
Albert Rosenthal Printing Company,
1927 Lawrence street, has the Allied
Printing Trades union label, No. 25,
granted by the council at the last
meeting.
Denver Job Printing Pressmen's
Union No. l has presented a new
schedule of wages to employers, to be
effective as of October /. 1t calls for
an increase of 20 per cent permanent
wage and 10 per cent war bonus. A
conference between Representatives of
the union and employing printers has
been called to consider the matter
President Clark B. Hicks of d. T.
u. No. 49 has been resting at home
this week with slight touch of in
fuenza.
C. Otis Wilson, former Denver
typo, writes to The Bulletin from Salt
Lake City, enclosing money order in
payment of his subscription a year in
advance, saying: "Have just wound
up a winning wrestle with the flu
and on the job again. Clifford H.
Smith, formerly of Pueblo and Den
yer, is now situation holder on the
Tribune. We could use a few more
operators and ad men here, and there
is an opening for good makeup. For
poor married printer am trying to
do my bit for the boys over there. Up
to date have bo6ght and paid for
$1,000 in War Savings Stamps and
$3.50 in bonds"
George W. Duffy, old-time member
of Pueblo Typographical Union No.
175, has been notified by the war de-
partment of the death of his son, Clyde
G. Duffy, on September IT, from
wounds received on the battle fields of
France. Clyde was but 20 years of
age and enlisted in Canon City, the
home of his mother, in 1917. The
notification contained no particulars,
merely stating the date and cause of
death.
In the official journal of the Inter-
national Stereotypers and Electrotyp-
ers Union, President Freel reports
these gains: Boston Stereotypers