Denver labor bulletin., 1918-11-02
Printing Trades

There will be no meeting of Denver
Typographical Union No. 49 tomor-
row Sunday afternoon. The board
of health influenza ban remains in eff
feet against all assemblies, in or out
of DOORS This is the second regular
meeting date passed without meet
ing. In the meantime the executive
committee is taking care of all urgent
business.
Mike J. Williams of Oklahoma City
Typographical Union No. 2S3, known
to many printers in Denver, died Oc-
tober %, following a long illness.
| Williams was serving as member of
the Oklahoma State Industrial Com
mission and had previously been as
sistant state labor commissioner.
Frank ]. Pulver, I. T. U. represen-
tative, is still confined to his home in
Edgewater. He is, however, conval-
escing from a very serious attack of
influenza, and the attending physician
says Pulver will be able to resume
work in about a week.
4 Newly elected officers of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders
will assume their duties January /,
| 1919, as follows: President, Walter
| n. Reddick; first vice president, Will
liam Glockling; second vice-president,
John Haggerty; third vice-president,
Mrs. Augusta ]. Frincke; secretary
treasurer, David T. Davies; members
executive council, Mary E. Meehan,
Anna Neary, Thomas P. Garrity, Dan
iel j. Ahearn, Frank H. Callahan, C.
o. Kennel. On account of failing
health President A. p. Sovey was not
candidate for reelection. He will
take up a home on q ranch.
IA Tux ~ nAnror'c
most famous perambulating printers,
is now operating a machine on the
Brighton Blade. He moves so often
that he always has new linotype metal
on The Bulletin mailing list.
Secretary Duke of Kansas City
Typographical Union, in a message to
the Missouri Valley Conference Bupe-
tin says: State of trade very good.
There is demand for good operators
in all of the offices doing work for the
! trade, with likelihood of a perma-
nent position if the operator is good
on all kinds of crap matter in the
linotype offices doing composition for
the trade. Also a shortage of opera
tors on the Times and on the Journal,
both morning newspapers. The Jour
nal has a new business manager, Mr..
Rosewater, formerly Of Omaha, but
lately of Los Angeles, and it is ru-
mored he is going to make things hum
in the near future"
c. P. Harwood, for FIVE years presi-
dent of Richmond Typographical
Union No. 80, and secretary-treasurer
of the Virginia State Federation of
Labor. is in Denver this week enlist
ing laborers for war production plants
in the Richmond Norfolk district. Har-
wood has been connected with the
United States department of labor and
employment services as travelling ex-
aminer for the past eight months. He
was a delegate to the l. I. U. con-
vention in Colorado Springs last year.
Laura McComb,, member of Bind
! cry Women Local No. 80, employed
at the Hoeckel shop. died Tuesday of
influenza Nell Connors, forewoman
in the same shop, was stricken with
influenza Wednesday and taken to the
hospital. Ada Swallow, forewoman
of the Great Western bindery, one of
the first victims of the epidemic, has
been confined to her home for four
weeks.
doc" Watson, Times machinist, is
back at work after a seven-day tussle
with a wrenched back, received IN =
fall while getting off q street car.
Howard F. Sciple, whose interest
Ajng letter from base hospital No. 30
at Fort Riley appeared in last weeks S
issue of The Bulletin, sends a post
card to John E. Collett, saying he left
this week for port of embarkation
en- route to Somewhere over there"
Says Tell the boys ! am well, happy
and fat
Albert Allyn. member of Greeley
Typographical Union, recently enlisted
in the marines, left Denver Thursday
for Pacific port. Allyn served in
the Philippines during the Spanish
American war and later worked as a
printer on the Paris edition of the
| New York Herald. In the party of
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