Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-07

U. S. marine barracks, Mare Island.
California, that he is getting along
nicely and concludes an interesting let
ter as follows: "Give my regards TO
the printers of Denver You ought
to see me-trained down to my fight
ing weight, straight as an arrow; eat
like horse and sleep like babe.
This is sure the life. We eat better
than three-fourths Of the civil popu-
lation and have all we want of every
thing" Allyn reports that Jimmie"
Hampton, former copy boy on the
Post, is in the same company with
him, and is rapidly developing into
the most formidable boxer in the
"Devil Hounds" training camp. Last
week at boxing carnival at Mare
Island, Jimmy" was declared the vic
tor over fellow weighing fifteen
pounds more than himself. and "all
Jim got out of it was sprained wrist,
the result Of his final punch.
Guy r. Heacock, E. W. Stewart
and Fred Zimmerman are reported as
being among the flu patients from the
Express chapel. All are said to be
improving.
Zaris Meredith has returned from
Texas and is again holding down his
machine situation on the Times, there
by relieving Lester w. Brewster after
a four months Stretch"
Sam Jackson of the Post chapel
has had more than his share Of the
flu the past few weeks--Mrs. jackson
and their two children all being suf-
fereYs at the same time. At this writ
ing they are reported as improving.
Charley Morgan, a member of No.
40 some years ago, returned this week,
and the Sessions" he, Harry Parker
and some others are holding on the
good old days" are interesting, to
say the least.
The arbitration case between the
Star-Journal and Pueblo Typographi-
cal Union has been adjusted locally.
The new scale calls for $50 day and
$3S night and runs for period ending
January !, 1920. Back pay from jan
uary /, 1918, to November 1, has
been paid the Star-Journal printers,
amounting to as high as 500 to one
member. Printers who have left
Pueblo, who worked on the Star-.Iour-
nal during the period mentioned above,
should correspond with Secretary o.
o. Faith, I'll Polk street, Pueblo, that
their back pay may be adjusted.
Another member of No. 40 has
landed in the "Pershing" printing Of
fee in France. John NJ. Shanks of the
News chapel, now a member of Com
pany C, headquarters battalion, gen.
eral headquarters, A. E. F., writes
Secretary Birdsall that shortly after
his arrival over there he was assigned
to duty in the big print shop. AS soon
as it was learned in the hand de-
partment that Shanks was from Dem
yer and member of No. 40, he was
informed another 49er was employed
in the linotype department, by the
name of Sid Adair. Shanks' narra-
tive of the meeting Of these two
friends from Denver is most inter
esting one.
One day last summer Ed E. (Bub)
Goshen was given machine situation
on the Express. The next day he en-
listed in Uncle Sans fighting force,
and almost Immediately was on his
way to the scene of the late activities
across the pond. Two or three letters
have been received from him out on
the "first line" One from him the
past week, however, is from the base
hospital, and conveys the information
that he was slightly wounded in the
head by the fragment of an exploding
she'll At the time of writing he was
reported as improving and anxious to
again get back into the fray.
Sunday No. 40 took action in refer
ence to the controversy the Peerless