Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-15


some day when it is ali over.
Respectfully,
MAY c. SEXAUER,
''257 E. 5th St"
Private C. c. Adair wrote aboard
ship en- route to France, saying IF
you receive this, to be mailed when l
reach shore, you may know that Leo
Cuthbertson, Frank Hennen and nv
self have escaped the submarines -
Hence this trio of Denver printers is
somewhere over there" Said the
trip was uneventful, just like sailing
on Washington park lake. but expected
more excitement later on ashore.
Red" Gilmore, another of the group
which enlisted the same day in Den
yer, and was left at Camp Greene.
North Carolina, on account of sick
ness, writes Secretary Birdsall: Am
well enough now to 20 aboard ship and
hope to be sent over soon. In the
meantime have been made foreman
of the company canteen- Thermome-
ter registers 90 in the shade here to-
day, and the North Carolina natives
prophecy some warm weather during
July and August
II. l. MacMahon of the Post ad
Ludlow casters to a visiting printer
the other day. As most always hap
pens when a fellow is trying to ..show
of" the Ludlow bucked up and
squirted metal over the demonstration
and visitor, leaving painful tokens of
the event No more demonstrating
for Mac He'd rather work
w: N. Wintermute, employed at the
kistler Office. died Thursday, June 6,
Of pneumonia, after being i'll only
three days. He came to Denver from
Colorado Springs ten years ago and
leaves a widow but no children. The
funeral services were conducted under
auspices of the typographical Union
last Sunday, the /. T. U. funeral ritual
being read. The remains were Gre
mated at Riverside cemetery.
Ford H. Matteson, former secretary
Of the Cripple Creek local, is now
working on the ad side Of the Denver
Post.
10 D. Hurd has returned from st.
Joseph, Mo-, where he was EMPLOYED
during the past three years, and saws
Denver is good enough for any sane
printer.
Webb Burrows, Emil Klunker and
Harris Harvey of the Post chapel are
up along the Little Laramie river in
Wyoming this week angling for trout
Here's hoping they can show proper
evidence on the return trip and thus
escape the anti-booEe squad of the
Colorado state constabulary.
Frank NJ. Sloan, former president of
Pueblo Typographical Union, left that
city last Sunday for San Antonio.
Texas, where he will receive prelimi-
nary training for active Y. Nj. C. A.
war work in France. Sloan was also
president of the Pueblo Trades and
Labor Assembly, and a member of the
State Federation educational board.
AL S. Andrew was chosen to fill the
latter vacancy. Sloan is well known
In the state labor movement and WINS
a delegate to the State Federation
convention in Boulder last August.
Hosts of friends express best wishes
for him in his war work and a safe
return.
In the report of death benefits paid
to members by organizations affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor during the past year, the /. T. u.
stands second with total of S279.6lo.
The Amalgamated Street Railway
Employees rank first with $Sl7,594. the
Carpenters and Joiners third with
s237 ,975, and the Cigarmalers fourth
with $4,000. The rerors further
shows the |. T. U. paid $So2s2lO in
old age pensions and $lS4,4 for
maintenance of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs.
Harvey E, Garman, former member
Of No. 40, is now editor and manager
of the San Diego Labor Leader.
owned and controlled by the San Diego
County Federated Trades and Labor
Council. The Leader has had numer-
GUS editors during its precarious life
Of twelve years. Upon assuming man.
agement last week, Garman an
nounced that he was going to give his
best efforts to making the paper a
success and his many friends in Dem
yer wish him well.
Abe Plunkett has returned from a
two weeks vacation wearing a rustic
coat Of tan. Abe says he has ouali-
ned for any kind Of farm work.
Salt Lake typographical Union has