Denver labor bulletin., 1918-11-09
Cigarnakers
BY j. w. SANFORD.


C. F. Peggy" Hamm blew in one
where he has been engaged recently
in a general store. The "f1u" epidemic
necessitated o'clock closing, thus
taking away the main receipts, as
the busy hours were at night. Hamm
sold out at auction and lost a couple
of hundred; said he would rather lose
! it quick and be done with it.
| G. C. Nehring writes from Tabasco,
Colo, where he is employed as elevator
pilot in a coal mine, that he likes the
work and is going to stick as long as
there is any coal to hoist.
Bennie Specks, the youngest MEM
ber of No. 129 to enlist, is reported
holding a place with the hospital
corps down in Texas. Ben wanted to
get into the rough stuff, but his su-
periors figured different for him.
Don't overlook the label when pur-
chasing goods. 1t represents just what
you yourself demand for your work.
Received a>card this week from our
old friend, F. A. Mangini, who is at
the front somewhere in France with
the Knights of Columbus and having
good time. A copy of his card ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue of The
Bulletin.
B. Welham, an old-time member of
No. 129, has been obliged to give up
his work in the mines at Silverton
temporarily on account of the "fiu"
epidemic, but will return in a few
days. Ben says the work beats max
ing cigars.
Lou Fette dropped in from Boulder
the first of the week on business. Mrs.
al tn Il ipt
mas shopping. Business is booming
in Boulder in the cigar line, notwith-
standing temporary interruption of
business recently on account of the
flu scare
Lawrence, Fred and Albert Petrone,
all members of No. 129, suffered the
loss of their 14-year-old sister this
week. They have the sympathy of all
members of our union.
Philip Sennete, one of our youngest
members, has been called to the COL
ors and leaves next Monday for a
training camp. Philip, while not a
citizen of the United States, waived
his right of exemption.
Joe Schwartman, an ex-member of
No. 129, conducts the Opera House
pool hall in Golden and has a good
showing of label cigars.
|
en-, is in charge of a good label boost
er. Open all winter.
Don't forget to take look at the
box once in a while when purchasing
cigars, and see that the label is there
Always blue. Stands for fair working
conditions and wages.
| Ranger, Hessler's Single Binder,
Sierra Cruz and High Altitude are
made by machines and cheap labor.
No label on these goods.
The reference made to H. Achenbach
last week should have given Joliet as
his home instead of Peoria.
San Francisco Cigarmakers Union
is reported on strike for an increased
bill of prices.
We regret to announce the death of
Joseph Helm on the morning of the
7th inst, after an illness of few
hours. He went home as usual
Wednesday evening after making his
usual number of cigars at the Soils
Cigar Company factory, where he has
bee nemployed for a number of years
He was preparing some kindling for
the morning fire when he was sud-
denly stricken with apoplexy, losing
consciousness in little while, and died
at 6:l5 Thursday morning, just twelve
hours after being stricken. Shorty"
as he was familiarly known to his
shop mates, has been making his
home for the past few years since
the death of his wife, with his sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Kaps
at 2949 West Thirty eighth avenue
He was sc years old, being the oldest
of family of five, one brother living
in Chicago, another a prosperous
farmer out on the Golden road. Re-
mains will be inferred at Riverside
cemetery in the family plot beside his
father, mother and wife. He had
been continuous member of this
union since 1887.