The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-09

. R Receipts for quarter ending
 May 31, 1914. 704 50
 August s1. 1914. ....... s2s o4 Receipts from convention
 book, August s1, 1914. 500 %
 Total receipts for year
 ending August s1, 1914 $4.o77 p Expenditures for quarter
 ending Nov. 80, 1913.. $687 94 Expenditures for quarter
 ending Feb. 2S, 1914... 463 95 Expenditures for quarter
 ending May 31, 1914... 257 40 Expenditures for quarter
 ending Aug. 31. 1914... 2SS IS Total expenditures for year
 ending Aug. 31, 1914. s1,697 47 Balance in Bank Aug. S1,
 1914 $2,S19 fS
 John H. Riley, state organizer, was the next to report:
 Bridgeport, Ct, Sept. 8, 1914. To the Officers and Delegates of the
 Twenty-nfnth Annual Convention of
 the Connecticut Federation of La
 bor. Greeting:
 I herein submit only a brief report of my work as your Organizer as you know this was very dull year and, as such, is not a good time for organ izing At the meeting of the Execu- tive Council held in Bridgeport, Oc- tober 25, 1918, was instructed to go to New Britain on December g, 1913, and during that week worked among the team drivers, butchers workmen, retail clerks, iron moulders, table knife grinders and others. In the evenings I attended meetings of car penters, cigarmakers, mill workers, bakers, barbers, plumbers, and paint CTS. On Sunday, December 14, 1918, the Executive Council instructed me to remain the following week and com tinue my efforts. In the afternoon the Bartenders' union did not hold their meeting on account of the open meeting under the auspices of the state branch of the New Britain c. L. U. This meeting was a. grand suc- cess and I believe brought good results to that city. I worked among the va rious crafts in hope to get Q meeting and form some new organization but had little success. The names se- cured by me of the butcher workmen and others who desired to be organ ized were turned over to the commit tee of the c. l.. U., who promised to follow them up. At the meeting of the Painters union they asked that branch attend the next quarterly meeting and President Stremlau did so and they affiliated. Many of the other meetings, attended promised
 
 in that city I was assisted by Charles Morris, representing the United Hat ters and Joseph Walsh of the Bakers union, also by the officers of the New Britain C. L. U. At the Executive Council meeting, held in Waterbury January 24th, 1914, I was instructed to go to Norwich and did so on Feb ruary 2 9th, 1914, and worked for three days among the local unions, urging them to affiliate with the state branch and to make the open meeting called by the state branch on Sunday, Feb ruary 18th, a success. There is no doubt it would have been but for the 1 worst storm of the year at the time of meeting. This city should be given the assistance of the state branch at some time in the near future. as it needs it. On April 4td, attended a meeting of the Executive Council at Derby and also spoke at the open l meeting under the auspices of the state branch. The attendance was large and I believe it did considerable good. On May IT. I attended an open meeting at Stamford and spoke The day was warm and the attendance was not very large, as it was getting ] late in the season for an open meeting. 1 On tfe request of the Norwalk c. L. U., I was instructed to attend a meet 1914, as they were having trouble at the, time. After speaking for some | time, I urged them to affiliate with | the state branch. They promised to do so at their next quarterly meeting ! attended meetings of the Executive | Council June 20th, at New Haven, and 1 August 22, at Bridgeport, and you will l find those in the seecreIary's report, 1 The Executive Council has been trying l to formulate plans to organize the un- organized and to have the organiza- 1 tions that are not part of the state branch to become affiliated and for the time and expense have been fairly 1 successful, as the reports will show. l knd, as organization is the first prin- 1 ciple of this body, it shou=6 be given | great care and thought and hope 1 this convention can adopt some plan | by which the state branch can double 1 its membership and organize many of 1 the unorganized before the holding of 1 the next convention in 1915 | In conclusion wish to thank the i Executive Council and the officers and members in, various cities for the as 1 sistance rendered me; and let us all get together and make the Connecti- 1 cut Federation of Labor the real mother organization of the state.
 Respectfully submitted, l JOHN H. RILEY, Organizer
 The reading of resolutions which were at once placed in the hands of that committee concluded the morn ing session.
 The list or delegates in attendance | at the convention follows:
 A. A. Street Railway EmpIoyes.
 Danbury. No. 269-Harold Jones. Norwich, No. 262-Oscar s. Chris l tenson.
 Stamford, No. 443-Edward F. Scott Waterbury, No. 57o-Joseph E. Ba- l ker, William H. Parkins.
 1 Bridgeport, No. 459-Bernard Elan Iagan, M. J. Hennessey
 1
 BaPbers.
 Hartford. No. 7s-Joseph D. Ange- lis.
 New London, No. 3Oo-Geo Goss.
 New Britain, No. 316-R. Beinout. 1 Meriden, No. SS-Thos E. Davis. ..