Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Our OLD fr1enQ, JACK CnamplOn, IL
years old, after a half dozen years
Home, is again on deck, fit and fine,
holding down the job of machinist on
the Pueblo Star-Journal. Jack for
merly worked in Denver and is well
known turnout the Western country.
In fact, he is the dean of linotype ma
chinists in the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. He vacated the Home May %
and has been hitting the cams" ever
since, but is now kicking about hav-
ing overtime with no subs in sight.
He writes to a friend here: when
l started work few weeks ago was
soft as mud but I 'bucked the line,'
came thru o. k. and am getting strong
er every day. 1t was some tough
proposition, believe me, and the bunch
here sure had the laugh on me for a
few days. But now Little jack is
the guy that is looking at the scenery
while the erstwhile ha-ha boys are
carrying the hod."
Lieutenant Bayard Brooks, former
ly of the News chapel, member of d.
I. U. No. 40, has written thru fell
low officer to his wife in this city of
an accident recently whereby he suf-
fered a broken arm. Lieutenant
Brooks was directing the unloading
VI SOllt ntdNy LiuiDcIe dL place III
France where the great American ma
tional army is assembling, when one
of the timbers fell and struck him a
heavy blow on the right arm, breaking
bone. He writes from a base hos
pital that the injury will only keep
him from duty for few weeks.
News reached Denver this week of
the death in Kansas City of William
F. Spang, who for a number of years
worked in Denver and Omaha He
located in Kansas City about twenty
years ago and at time of death was
one of the owners of the Kansas City
Typesetting Company Spang was
long time member of the Topographic
cal Union and is remembered by many
of the old timers of No. 49. He origi-
Norman, now employed at the Wiser
linotype shop.
Fred NJ. Johnson, for twelve years
employed on the Denver Express, part
of the time as an mo-, left this week
for California, where he expects TO
locate permanently. Fred has a fruit
ranch out there and has no cause for
worry.
Harry Mercy of the Kistler chapel
has returned from a ishless fishing
Qlun carry
the right sort of bait.
Sam belong of the Times chapel
is back in town after a two weeks
vacation. Sam has the finest war
garden in the Highlands district, and
confidently expects to win some gar
| den prizes this year
Next Monday evening, July %, the
J Colorado Pioneer Printers will hold
: their annual meeting at the Metropole
: hotel. Election of officers for the en-
suing year. All members are urged
: to be present.
President Scott has appointed the
, following delegates-elect to serve as
members Of the committee on laws of
the sixty-fourth session of the Inter-
, national Union, which convenes at
Scranton, Pa, during the week of Au-
gust 12-17: F. W. Steffen (chairman)
Cleveland Union No, So; C. l. Wilson,
Charleston Is. c. Union No. 43; John
! T. Hudson, Newark Union No. 1903;
Clifford NJ. Cobb, Cincinnati Union
No. 8; A. D. Bauer. Topeka Union No.
121; A. S. Andrews, Pueblo Union
No. It's; ]. E. Corcoran, st. Paul
Union No. 80. The committee will
meet at the Hotel Casey, Scranton,
Pa, on Tuesday, August 6, at 10
, O'CLOCK A. m, to begin consideration
Of propositions or amendments to. the
laws which will later be acted on by
the convention.
i After many attempts by the officers
and members of Oklahoma City Typo
graphical Union No. 2s3, the news
papers of that city have granted a
war bonus of So week to all men,
bers- This makes the wage 500 for
afternoon and S32 per week for morn
ing papers.
Job printers of Winnipeg, Mani
toba, to the number of over 800 are
on strike to enforce n new wage scale
which provides for an increase of SIS
week over the present rate of S25
n week. Since the strike was declared
a number of shops have signed up and
! their printers have returned to work
under the new conditions. 1t is not
expected that the trouble will be on
long before matters will be satisfac-
torily adjusted and all the offices run
ming again under the new scale.