Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-06
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Fred W. haSch, for several years
foreman of the Fort Collins Courier,
has accepted a situation at the Globe
Printing Company in this city. His
wife has been in poor health for sew
eral. weeks and is in hospital at this
time
President Marsden G. Scott, who has
been in Denver for the past ten days
assisting the daily newspaper scale
committee in their negotiations with
the publishers Of this city, has re-
turned TO headquarters in Indianapolis.
Mr. Scott is a member Of the finance
committee Of the board Of trustees of
the Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs and spent last Saturday and
Sunday in that city.
J. Charles Deus, secretary of the
Intermountain Typographical Confer
ence, 922 Lake avenue, Pueblo, has
openings for both linotype operators
and handmen. He has calls on file
from Grand Junction and Trinidad,
Colo, and Cheyenne, Wyo. Anyone
seeking further information regarding
Jobs in these places can receive same
by getting in touch with Secretary
Deus.
The c. NJ. Davis Printing and Sta
tionery House. 1914 Curtis street, has
been unionized recently. This firm
has never before operated as a union
establishment. II has now signed the
allied agreement, which makes the
shop union thruout. w. II. Seaberry,
formerly with the Brock-Haffner Com
pany, is foreman.
II. c. Kohl, linotype machinist for
the Western Newspaper Union, is on
the sick list. He was formerly resi-
dent of the Union Printers Home, but
after recuperating there for some time
assumed his duties. At present the
assistant machinist is in charge of
the w. n. U. plant.
Louis A. Wenzel. who was admitted
10 the Union Printers Home on May
26. 1917, is again back in Denver.
He has greatly improved in health
and is able TO work. Before going to
the Home he was employed in the ad
room of the Post,
Phil johnson, a former chairman of
the executive committee of No. 80,
now of San Francisco, is a candidate
for auditor of the l. 7. U.
The News composing room has been
the victim of siege of influenza
the past week Some ten or twelve
men were reported i'll on one night,
including Superintendent Harry Cars
tarphen, who is still on the sick list,
The Foley Railway Printing Com
pany of Parsons, Kan, has been un-
ionized. This was the largest nom
union office in me Sunflower state.
Business has been good here for
the last month, especially in newspa-
per offices. Everybody working and
not an extra man in town." writes Sec
retary Snider of Chickasha, Okla. "On
March 9 the Daily Express gave its
men double pay for that weeks work.
Mr. Evans, the manager, said that the
last months business had been so
good that he wished to show his ap-
probation by sharing the profits with
his men who helped to make it possi-
BILE. The majority of our members are
drawing above the scale"
John Metzgar gives as an excuse
for not attending the special meeting
Wednesday the fact that he was busy
officiating as best man at the wedding
of his grandson, John d. Huck of 1880
South Pearl street, and Miss Nellie
Crunk of Sawker, Kan.
Fred Johnson of the Express is
fighting case of lagrippe. At last
accounts it was 5000 proposition.
A. r. CAD Hopkins, we'll known to
Denver printers and formely foreman
OF tne fucDlo sun, aI present ASSIST
ant state printer of California, is a
candidate for appointment to the posi-
tion of superintendent of the Cali
fornia motor vehicle department. He
has been endorsed unanimously by
practically every central labor council
of California, and has received en-
dorsements from over 100 local labor
unions. Some idea of the Importance
of the position may be conceived from
the fact that there are about $4,000
ers in California, the plates, licenses,
etc, for which are handled by the mo-
tor vehicle department. During the
past two months over 400 people, so
or 90 per cent of whom are women