Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-13
Sundays Meeting of No. 49-

ownership of coal mines.
Obligated four new journeymen and
one apprentice.
Fined a member s5 for patronizing
a non-union restaurant.
Union voted to carry in good stand
inb members enlisting in allied armies
as well as those in United States
service.
Two members announced their en-
listment in the British army.
Newspaper scale committee report
heartily concurred in.
Secretary Birdsall announced the
addition of four stars TO the service
flag of No. 40, viz: s. A Walker,
monotype operator, News, and Charles
Grant, monotype operator, Times, en-
listed in British army; George Astler,
aviation corps, U. S. N, and George
j. DRYER, aviation corps, U. S. A. The
flag now carries twenty-seven blue
stars for members in the service and
one gold star for F. A. Weed of the
marine corps, who died at Galveston,
Texas.
State Federation proposition No. !,
endorsing selection Of William Young,
Pueblo, to fill vacancy as president
owing to resignation of John X Law
son. concurred in, 80 TO l. PROPOSE
ton No. 2, in regard 70 publishing
year book, defeated by vote of 81 to
''-r Thomas E. Doty, Smith Brooks
chanel. and William T. Vaughn,
Union Printing Company, elected TO
I'M vacancies on Allied Printing
Trades Council delegation.
Charles Linderman and Alfred +.
Parks elected delegates TO Trades and
Labor Assembly.
Fred Miller. an old-time member
who has been out Of the business for
several years, further proved his in
terest in No. 40 by sending in a check
for $50 for the unions defense fund.
The New York referendum PROPOSE
tion was endorsed.
Mrs. c. b. Wanamaker, member of
Rock Springs tWyo.) Typographical
Union and publisher of the Rocket,
was in Denver last week 70 attend the
funeral of her father, William King,
who died March 29 Mrs. Wanamaker
has the sympathy Of members of No.
80 in her loss.
Work on the city directory is slated
to start April 20 at the Smith Brooks
plant. II is expected 10 make about
six weeks work for some six or eight
machine operators.
Charles Jones, formerly of the
Eames Bros. machine department, has
transferred to the mo-. job at Brock
Hafner's, succeeding ID. J. Minchin,
who soon leaves for California.
Charles NJ. Hillman, monotype OPP
orator. left Denver last Saturday for
Washington. d. c., where he will re
port for duty in the big government
printing office.
Frank c. White, for several years
at the Robinson Printing Company,
and recently on the Pacific coast, has
returned to Denver. dcpositing a San
Francisco card.
Frank Sprechcr, for some time at
the Union Printing Company, and for
merly foreman of the Ogden Standard,
has resigned his Denver situation and
departed for California.
]. II. Hincke. for many years with
the Hoeckel plant and later purchas-
ing agent of the Smith Brooks Com
pany. has purchased the interest of
William Hammersmith in the Globe
Printing Company and is now sole
owner of that plant.
Mrs. Alonzo Wiley, who has passed
the winter in Florida, is en- route home.
After visit in Indianapolis and st.
Louis, she will arrive in Denver today
or tomorrow.
President Pferdsteller has appointed
Fred A. Cantrall. William Fornhof
and =. X. Otis to assist in circulating
referendum petitions for the state
ownership of coal mines.
Alfred T.. Park. James f. Carretero,
Charles T. Linderman and Betty Ma
than were obligated at Sundays meet
ing as journeymen members. Wesley
Cook was initiated as an apprentice.
A. p. (Tony) Knill of the News ad
room is reported slightly improved in
health. but far from being well man.
The latest member of No. 40 to an
nounce his candidacy for the suffrage
of his fellow workers is Alonzo Wiley.
Among other things, he bases his
claim for reelection on the fact that
he has not missed n meeting in three
years. Alonzo desires to be retained
as official doorkeeper, and If faithful
attention to duty is rewarded he will
receive n handsome majority.
John b. Thomas of the Smith
Brooks monotype department has de-
cided to make n try for the trip to
Scranton as delegate. He has his
cards out and announces his that is in
the ring" until the May election.
There were several printer war gar
dens in Denver last season. Few
were better than that of August
Rooster of South Grant street, and
Gus never overlooked an opportunity
to proudly exhibit It to credulous
printer visitors. Many were the COM
pliments he received, and his good
wife appeared pleased ut the favorable
remarks, but allowed August all
credit. Gus is not certain he will
farm" this year. Mrs. Rooster is
away on visit.