Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

VeuLIOu, anu It IS my nope that we shall deal as conservativeIy and adt as inte1ligent1y as other conventions ] have done.
 The work of securing new afhliation 1 is labor with which few men cam l be entrusted, for it requires ability, intelligence and tact and willingness
 to work, far beyond the hope of pe- l cuniary reward.
 ORGANIzER's GOOD WORK. 1 The work of your organizer during | the past year has been most commend able, and yet we cannot hope to main ! tain our present membership and to build it greater and greater each year by the efforts of one man. To hold our membership we must depend upon l the young men who are entering our
 ranks, and our energies should be bent towards training these young men to the work of organizing. On every hand the 'old guard" who hlazed the way, who overcane unlimited ob- l stacles which seemed unsurmountable
 and who always labored. under most i tremendous difficulties, are retired o1 are retiring. . f.: l They had no fixed lines along which
 to proceed. They had to fight, every l inch of ground gained. They had to 1 buy their experience, and in many ial-
 stances it was very costly. They had
 to build up reputation for Us. They l had to overcome the most intense pre- judice. They had to overcome the
 methods of generations and their vic tories are the result of unselfish devo-
 tion to the cause of labor. f 1 No organizations which ever existed have given to the world so many great
 minds and brilliant leaders as our la bor organizations, and yet to-day the demand is greater than the supply.
 We are only starting on the work that lies before us, and great as our progress has been it will be great CT in the future, and our fu ture lies in the training of our
 young men to take up the burden of the pioneers in the movement and to l organize and educate the toilers and increase the prosperity of the State branch and all local and international unions in this great work. Each city should strive to affiliate all organiza- tions with the State branch and he should receive just remuneration for his services.
 Fifty-eight. organizations were re- ported in good standing at the last convention and during the yeal the following were added by your organ
 izer, J. J. O'Neill: X
 l NEW ORGANIZATIONS.
 Painters and Decorators, New k1s
 idon: Lumber Mill Workers, BJ
 bort; Screw Makers, New Britain
 chinists, New London; Textile E. iers, Waterbury; Corset &, Il stil esassz:t ;-sA a4e.ch asc
 Bridgeport; C.. L. U., Waterbt Clerks, Bridgeport; Barbers, Der
 Electric Workers, Bridgeport; IL g. | I0y, o1,c Ac
 Derby; Polishers and Buffers, WRter-
 bury; Building Laborers, Bridgeport; Hat Finishers, South Norwalk; Bar
 bers, South Norwalk.
 Our constitution in describing the
 duties of the state president, says:
 ''He shall submit a written report of
 all his official acts during his term of
 office,'' and pursuant to this clause it is my duty to report having secured cations during the year:
 Bartenders, Hartford; Stove Mount
 CTS, Norwich; Clerks, Thompsonville; ! Allied Metal Mechanics, Hartford; ;
 Clerks, Danbury; Clerks, Waterbury; Clerks, New Britain; Screwmakers, ] Hartford; Machinists, Hartford; Ci- gar-makers, New Haven; Assorters and Packers, Hartford; Bartenders,
 New Haven; Steam and Hot Water Filters, Hartford.
 While we have had a humber of strikes in the state the one which
 overshadows all others was the na- tional strike of the International As : sOciation of Machinists. We are to Dc congratulated upon the successful ter
 imitation of the strike in Hartford
 Danbury, New Haven, Ansonia and Derby, and I am convinced that if suf- ficient funds were available success  r Bridgeport and Waterbury,
 ARBITRATION ADVANCED. & : Dealing with strikes naturally sug- e gests arbitration as 8 means of set > tlement, and no arguments can be ad-
 lvanced against settlement by arbitra- a tion that are logical or reasonable n Compulsory arbitration can never be /, l accepted by organized labor as a safe fmeans by which differences arising be. / l tween employers and employees may be s amicably settled. Compulsory arbitra e tion is nothing more nor less thar
 settlement by force, and one has bu .- to call to mind the nature of the in s functions which have been granted b. O judges in Connecticut and e1sewher, :, to determine who-whether capital O
 labor-would be forced. l. Consolidation having failed, arbitra C tion should be resorted to, but n' l. board of arbitration as at present con
 stituted in this state should be accept 8 ed by us as competent or adequate }, Voluntary arbitration, then, is the onl. if settlement of strikes, for by this mean F. means left by which to attempt tn
 men on both sides who are thorough, >- conversant with the facts and condi tions are brought together, when req :. son and judgment are certainly al able to grasp a difficult situation ant
 offer practical remedy. ,11 I am confident that thousands an( - even millions of dollars have been los . IL I in labor conflicts when the root of th' - l WhoIe flifficIlltY WAS the ignorance nI