Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12
Printing Trades

kinds of aSsemblageS became effective
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. This IS
said to be the first time since the
union was formed in 1S59-just fifty
nine years ago-that a regular month
ly meeting has not been held. Presi-
dent Clark b. Hicks lost a wonderful
opportunity of gaining place in the
hall of fame by not holding the meet
ing in the Greek theater on the Civic
center. 1t would have been the first
labor meeting held at site destined
to become renowned as a gathering
place of world notables. OF course
the theater is not yet completed, but
was used this week by the Liberty
loan army when it became necessary
to cancel the usual dinners for the
report of teams participating in the
drive The executive committee and
board of trustees met Monday evening
in Secretary Birdsall's office and
transacted necessary routine business.
including the purchase of $1,000
Fourth Liberty loan bond.
Claiming that the successful strike
of the Bindery Women last week ter
minated contracts with employing
printers under the section providing
that this contract shall be null and
void in case of strike or lockout of
an affiliated printing trade union,'
Bookbinders Union No. 20 and Printing
Pressmen's Union No. 40 this week
gave notice to the employers of de-
mand for higher wages. The matter
will probably be taken up at confer
ences between committees of employ
ers ana the unions during the coming
week.
Ernest A. Peters, president of the
Peters Paper Company, and pioneer
of Colorado, died suddenly at his home,
939 Grant street, last Friday morn
ing Death was due to an attack of
heart trouble. Mr.. Peters attended to
his business affairs as usual the day
before and was returning to his of
fee in the afternoon when stricken
with an attack which forced him to
stop at the office of his physician. The
sole surviving relative of the deceased
is the widow, Mrs Peters. Mr. Peters
was well and favorably known among
the printing trades generally of Den
yer and the Rocky mountain region,
having made a reputation for fair
dealing and courtesy. The funeral was
held in the flower garden of his home
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
w. l. Reilly, foreman of the Colo
RADIO Springs Gazette, was in Denver
this week and made a call at The
Bulletin Office to place himself in good
standing on our subscription list. He
remained in the city for a couple of
days boosting the candidacy of Oliver
II. Shoup, a fellow townsman, who is
running on the Republican ticket for
governor. Reilly says all the union
labor boys in Colorado Springs are
strong for Shoup.
The executive council of the Inter
national Typographical Union, which
IL. l. -,
the board of governors of the Allied
Printing Trades Council, announced
that as an answer to Germany's peace
proposal it had authorized an addi-
tional $4,000 subscription to the
Fourth Liberty loan. This makes $780,
900 subscribed by the Typographical
Union to the Fourth loan, and its
total holdings of Liberty bonds $751;
900. The first 100000 was o. KID by
President Marsden G. Scott during his
visit in Denver last week.
J. P. Rivett of Chicago, production
efficiency mechanic for the Western
Newspaper Union Company, has been
in Denver during the past week in
stalling some modern improvements
at the local house in the composing
and stereotyping departments. He is
the inventor of a revet fiong machine
for trimming stereotype plates now
being used all over the country in
large printing Offices, and installed
one of the machines in the Denver
plant of the Western Newspaper
Union while here. Rivett is former
Denver printer and some years ago
was assistant foreman of the w. n.
U. Office here.
Jerry Sills, foreman of the Globe
Printing Company, resigned last week
and will assume the position of in
structor of printing at the State Nor
NAL school at Greeley, Colo. Ira
Gwinnup succeeds him as foreman.
Charles E. Freeman returned last
week from two weeks visit in Wood
ward, Okla, and vicinity.
Clement G. Whitaker, an old-time
printer, fell and broke his right arm
Tuesday.
Miss Helen Matteson. who was con-
fined to her bed by illness for two
weeks, is again operating the mono
type keyboard at Smith-Brooks.
Thomas J. Elwell was confined to
his home this week with a slight at
tack of the "fiu."
Louis Held, formerly proprietor of
printing office in indianapolis, en-
joyed Colorado's climate for the past
week. He is on a trip to Utah and
California.
Sterling (Colo.) typographical IN
ion No. 1893 this week signed one year
contracts with all offices in that thriv-
ing town, increasing the existing scale
of $50 day, $22 night, to S24 and $26,
. respectively. The union also secures
a "war bonus" in addition to the scale,
or 81 per week, to continue from date
to the final exchange of peace treaties