Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21

development, and will prove to be the
means of not only overcoming many
of the complicated difficulties in their
management and their relation with
the public, but also will lead to the
satisfactory determination of the most
important economic questions; and in
addition will be of immense benefit to
all the people, without injury, or in
justice to any; and be it further
Resolved, That copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to Mr.. McAdoo,
and also to the press for publication"
Unions in State Help.
By the middle of July the work of
organized labor in Colorado had as
sumed very magnificent proportion.
To give special mention of each hl-
dividual union in the state would be
impractical, but random report from
a large pile of labor union cards n
the stamp committees headquareers
in Denver shows the general trend of
war saving stamp purchases in this
state as follows:
Local Union No. 1914, United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
Brighton, thirty three members, 81 900
and SO month for each member dur
ing remainder of the year.
! Colorado Springs Typographical
Union No. 90, fifty members pledged
$4,000, in addition to 500 taken by
the union.
Denver Cooks Union No. 1s, thirty
nine members, pledged for S1,250.
Cripple Creek Typographical Union
No 227, six members, $500.
Electrical Workers Union No. 6s.
Denver, forty-eight members (partial
report, s1,560.
Local No. II, Independent Union of
Mine Workers of America, Heybro,
thirty-nine members, 81, 500.
Division 662, Amalgamated Asso-
. citation Of Street and Electrical Rail-
way Employees, Pueblo, eighty-four
members, reporting SO 400.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, Division 794, Denver, sixty-six
members, pledged 81 800.
Pixies Peak Division, Order Rail-
way Conductors, Colorado Springs,
slxty-nine members, has taken to date
S1,793 in stamps and S30,550 in Liberty
bonds.
The above gives an idea of what
organized labor is doing in making up
Colorado's W. S. S. quota
The Colorado State Federation.
In stirriag resolution adopted at
meeting of the Colorado State Fedora
ton of Labor, which met at Salida,
Colo, August IL, urged that all mem
bers of organized labor do what they
could to see unified America and to
, bring about speedy and satisfactory
termination of the war and making
the world now and forever safe for
democracy.
In recognition of the interest taken
by organized labor in Colorado, in ad-
vancing war work, John R. Lawson,
one of the most widely known lead
ers Of the Independent Union of Mine
Workers of America, was appointed
associate director by the committee
on Americanization of aliens of the
Colorado state council of defense. Mr..
Lawson at once began activities in the
various coal fields of the state and is
still doing good work in the various
camps.
u. S. Employment Service.
Roady Kenehan, state director
United States employment service,
with corps of lieutenants. opened of
fees in the Barclay block during the
month of August and large number
of skilled and unskilled men have
since been secured for government
work thru this service. 1t is esti-
mated that during the following month
Colorado recruited l0,120 unskilled la
borers for work in various govern
ment activities.
Labor Day Parade in Denver. .
Labor Day in Colorado will go down
in history as one of the epochal events
of the war. The monstrous parade in
the city of Denver, every feature of
which seemed to have a bearing on
the war. was the largest demonstra-
ton of this character ever witnessed
in Colorado. 1t is estimated that
over 10000 people witnessed this pa
rade and it is fact that every form
of organized labor was fully repre-
sented. Banners borne by these va
rious branches of labor were indica-
tive of the earnest support given our
government in everything that spells
glorious victory. After that DEM
onstration there could be no sugges-
tion of n thought in the minds of the
people Of our state or the nation that
labor was not solidly back of every
movement to win the war.
Labor Supplies Men for War Work.
Apparently from a misunderstand-
ing on the part of employers who did
not respond to the request of the
United States employment bureau to
furnish all names of their employees
hundreds of skilled laborers were
taken out of Colorado to supply de-
mands in other states for war work.
1t is estimated that 1900 men were
withdrawn from Colorado for mill
tary service or for labor in other
states during the month of August.
With desire of retaining in Colo
rado every available essential man
Federal State Directors w. N. w.
Blayney and Roady Kenehan protest
eS to the government against the with
draSsal Of SO many laborers. 1t was
pointed ont bv thesa d;ra~fors that