The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-17
DON'T LIKE ANSWER.
Nine Hour Day at Dickson Locomo-
tive Works Is Not Granted.
More Men Arrive.

\ meeting was held in Hulbcrts hall
last night of the nine-hour day conf
mittee Of the machinists. at which the
special committee of employees OF the
Dickson manufacturing company's To-
comotive works presented the 1olloW-
ing answer to their nine-hour day petl-
ton, received yesterday from Superln-
tendent Delaney:
May 10. 1901.
Mir. jeff Scul. MIR Ausu.t Gotz. Mr.. u. f..
Evans. Committee.
Gentleman: The reply 10 Your petition, MAlci
] now hand YOU. i as follows: We propose 10
work fifty nine hours per week as at present ;
that is ten hours per day, every day except
saturday, and saturday, nine hours for the
tenth hour OF the first five day, and for the
ninth hour of Saturdays we will pay at the rate
OF time and quarter time. That is we VIII pay
time and quarter time Tor six hours per week.
and our present rate ot overtime after "ofh'"s
hour- Dickson Manufacturing Company,
BY G.. A. Delaney, Superintendent
The answer proved highly unsatis-
factory. as the men claim that 1t guar
;lntecs merely an increase of 21a per
cent. without concedinG the reduction
in hours. 1t will be Impossible, more
over to take any action ON Sucn IL
communication containing variations
on the original demands without first
calling a meeting of all the animated
lodges. The remainder of the session
consisted of routine business. Another
entertainment is to be given for the
purpose of raising funds, and various
committees have been appointed to
take charge of its details.
At Dunmorc the men continued at
work yesterday. The situation there
is a peculiar one. superintendent
Slade has informed the men that the
shops are controlled by the Erie Rail-
road company and this places the en-
ployes under the heading Of railroad
machiniStS' None of the conditions
imposed by President O'Connell upon
railroad machiniSts to be scruplously
observed before Il strike can be de-
clared have been attended to. and this
leaves the situation tied up. The coun-
ell will soon take hold of the matter.
The local situation remains about
the same. Men are brought in on al,
most all thc trains in small bands, and
number We're yesterday working in
the machine shops ana "A few at the
ears shops. Superintendent of Motive
Power and Machinery n. ). Lloyd was
seen by Il Tribune man and briefly re-
marked:
II cannot say exactly how many
men we have at work. but | should
estimate the number ;tr between one
hundred ana fifty and two hundred.
vt any rate, we have sufficient for all
present needs
4 large fence is being erected around
the paint shop, in which the men are
hcing quartered. Eleven men We're
sent back by the executive committee
of strikers during the morning. Elev-
cn men arrived from Iioboken at 6
o'clu2k, but refused to go to work
Wncu they heard strike MAS on.
Two Communications We're yesterday
received from Dover by the car build
ei3, IN the first of which was an
nounced smallpox had broken out
2mong the men taking the places Of
the strikers, The second letter stated
that one of the man had died and that
the other was very low. The board
of health was declared to have quar-
antined their lodgings.
The Dover strikers We're paid off in
fun May 10. Notice was yesterday
served on number of local storekeep-
81 : that filling any orders for the new
help around tho shops would be re-
S.uifd