Denver labor bulletin., 1918-11-23
BARRIERS

On August 1, 1918, the members of
the Denver Journeymen BARRIERS Union
Local No. 2O5. J. B. l. U. of A, made
a request upon their employers for
an increase in their wages of two
dollars $4,000 per week, which would
raise their wages to twenty dollars
($20.00) per week and 65 per cent
over thirty dollars (S30.00) taken in
over the chair, tho the over money
with the BARRIERS is a negligible guam
tity with great majority of our men,
bers, in view of the fact that as soon
as a man gets to taking in any over
money the boss, as a rule, puts on an
other chair, which cuts down the re-
that every fair minded person will
agree that $4,000 per week is hardly
a living wage in these days of high
cost of living.
We set September 80 as the date
for this raise to go into effect. We
received no reply from the employers
until September 25, when we were in
formed that they would not pay the
increase, and said: That in their opin-
ion the wages which the journeymen
were receiving, $1,000 guarantee, was
sufficient wage for any man.
This reply which was received from
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fifteen out of 120 which were at that
time displaying the union shop card,
the balance agreeing to pay the in
crease, which they considered no more
than just and right.
On September 30 the journeymen
employed in fifteen shops, which had
refused to pay the increase, refused
TO go to work and the shop card of
our union was removed.
The following shops have been de-
ciared unfair by our union, and we
are asking the support of all mem
bers of organized labor and their
friends in our fight to secure an in
crease in the wage of our membership:
Albany Hotel barber shop, Bert
Reaves, proprietor.
Markham Hotel barber shop,
Charles Dinsmore, proprietor.
st. James Hotel barber shop.
Kenmark Hotel barber shop.
Savoy Hotel barber shop.
Walt Motfett, 1648 Curtis street.
Samuel Ormstein, Railway Ex-
change barber shop, GOT Seventeenth
street
Thomas Lint, 7os Fifteenth street.
John Medina, 1914 Seventeenth
street.
william Timbell, 1922 Seventeenth
street.
Haywood and Decker, 1890 Six
teenth street.
G. Adler, 1926 Eighteenth street.
James Hendry, Cooper building, 1O11
Seventeenth street.
John Wallace, 1851 Arapahoe street
Phil Struble, 424 Seventeenth street.
T. A. Kilcourse, corner Sixteenth
and California streets.
We would ask the members of or
ganized labor and their friends in
Denver to not patronize any of these
shops until they have agreed to pay
d living wage to our members and are
again displaying the union shop card
of our organization. We would also
ask that unions use whatever method
they may deem best to prevent their
membership from patronizing these or
any other shops until they display the
union shop card of our organization.
The proprietors of the above men,
toned shops have Joined Herb
GEORGES Employers Association, and
it was at his suggestion, and by his
advice, that they refused to pay the
increase asked by the journeymen.
We have been informed by good
authority that they are paying him
to break the strike, and he endeavored
to use the city government to have
our members thrown in Jail under the
work or fight order. In this way they
were unsuccessful and our victory
in this was due to great extent to
City Councilman Horace w. Hawkins
who said that the city government
should not be used to break strike
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