Show OF mi GREETED he believers his annual address progress made the past year mich special the tenth annual convention american fed aeration of ft as called to order today by samuel gompers president of the organization the i large sand enthusiastic mr gompers was cordially greeted w hen lie rose to deliver his anual address lie said that the recent movement move begun to reduce the hours of labor has been crowned with such success the whole colemn have advanced with such rapid strides for improved conditions and the trade unions have received such an impetus from surrounding circumstances anat the boilers toilers of the country have become more and more convinced of the advisability and necessity of gathering within the fold of labor organizations he is barely a quarter of a century since the craftsman of the united states first began to organize today to day it is estimated that the various unions aggregate fully taisia merely of the craftsmen who have specific trades the different organizations of farmers and farm laborers would add in abo neighborhood of more to the army of workers what is more every possible step is now being taken to push the work of union it is not unlikely that within the nest ten years ther e nill be a federated body of different crafts upward of men the questions to bo debated during the convention are average wages in trade oct 1 1890 average hours of labor in the trade october how many strike have occurred in your organization during the year ending oct 1 how many were successful wat is the total reduced number of hours of labor and aliat ia the total increase of wages that your organizations ibave secured since i oct the object of this is that all the delegates may the better get an understanding of the status of labor at the present time and conclude as to what legislation it should undertake to to improve the condition of the wage workers |