Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-08
Printing Trades
TYPOCRAPHICAL,

GERS for a term Of one year featured
last Sundays meeting of Denver
Typographical Union No. 49, Retir-
ing President F. L. Pferdesteller made
a neat speech, thanking the other Off
GERS, committees and members gener-
ally for the cooperation given him
during his term, covering a period of
reflected some Of the older members
who can't go to war. Clark B. Hicks,
the newly installed president, deliv-
cred a brief, nifty talk with a perora-
ton giving evidence of extensive read
ing and home comforts, saying by
their works ye shall know them"
Then he raped the gavel and an
nounced the next order of business.
Before adjournment President Hicks
announced the following standing
committees and appointive officers for
the term:
Executive Committee-O. K. Chap
man, Times chapel, chairman; Harry
Wander Perel, Post chapel; /. Pol
wosky, News chapel; d. B. Kirkman,
Eastwood chapel; Roy T. Baker, West
ern Newspaper Union chapel.
Laws Committee-Will II. Hedley,
chairman; Henry Schluter, John B.
Thomas.
Appeals Committee-Pau L. Denn-
hardt, chairman; John A. Robertson,
E. V. Rees.
Apprentice Committee - August
Rooster, chairman; H. r. Hayes, A. G.
Cotton.
Sanitation Committee - Fred L.
Zimmerman, chairman; James A. Nc
Namara, w. H. Sciple.
Reading Clerk-William L. Stitt.
Correspondent-S S. Summers.
The amount Of routine business to be
transacted was lighter than usual,
therefore the session lasted only one
hour and thirty minutes. Two appli-
cations for admission to the Union
Printers Home were approved, and
two new members were obligated.
Without dissenting vote the union
purchased bunch of tickets to the
Bindery Women's ball and ordered
that they be distributed among the
apprentice members, thus giving the
youngsters a chance TO break into
society without cost
Chairman Clint c. Houston of the
Red Cross committee reported that
| 1888 members of the union had pledged
a total of S1,63l.75 in the weeks
campaign for subscriptions TO the sec
ond war fund of the Red Cross.
Frank S. Potter, one Of the oldest
! linotypers in the Smith Brooks chapel,
resigned this week and went to the
Pacific coast. He makes the change
for the benefit of his wife's health
Country publishers are now bidding
for city printers. The scale in Ala
mosa has been boosted from $50 to $50
per week as an inducement to have
one or two linotypists come that way.
William T. Wiley, brother of Door
keeper Alonzo Wiley, former presi--
dent of Indianapolis Typographical
Denver, having accepted a position as
linotype operator in the Smith Brooks
Office.
Owing to the scarcity of subs and
high railroad rates, not to mention
the price of grub when travelling,
there will be fewer visitors and eX-
delegates in attendance at the Scran-
ton l. T. U. convention than for many
years past 1t will be a good time for
Jim Lynch TO put over his pet hobby
to have Indianapolis, the headquar-
tiers city, named as the permanent
place for holding conventions and to
cut out the camouf1age entertain
ments.
S. S. Summers, one of the /. T. U.
delegates from Denver, will make the
| trip to Scranton in an automobile, ac-
companied by his wife. He expects
to leave two weeks before the con-
vention and make the journey by easy
stages.
w. /. Reilly, mechanical superin-
tendent of the Colorado Springs Ga
zette, was in Denver this week bask-
ing in the bright lights of Curtis street
and calling on some of his many
l friends. He visited The Bulletin Office
just to satisfy himself that things
were going along properly.
James A. Connor, linotypist on the
Post, was taken suddenly i'll while at
work Tuesday forenoon and removed
to his home in an ambulance.
According to the New York Union
Printer, the daily papers of that city
are being hit hard by the conscriptive
draft. Composing room and other en-
ployes have gone to war as follows:
World, II, including the two Pulitzer
sons, proprietors; Herald and Tele-
gram, 95; Times, 100, twenty of whom
are officers; Sun, morning and evening,
81; Globe, %; Brooklyn Union Stand
ard. %; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, SO. The
bearing a total of 45S stars. Posi-
tons of all these men will be restored
to them when they return from the
war.
Printers are becoming scarce in the
North Atlantic coast states, so many
are entering the national army. The
Meridian Comm Morning Record is
giving $50 bonus to all employees
who remain with the paper until
Christmas.
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