The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-03
REQUEST OF MACHINISTS
Presented to D., l.. e. w. and Dickson
Manufacturing Company-Full
Text of the Documents.

Tho committee appointed at We'd
| ncsday nights meeting of the council
of affiliated machine. boiler. car. black =
smith and pattern shop employees yes
tcrday waited unon n number of local
| Suporntcndents and formally present
cd their demands for nine hour day.
The office of Superintendent r. s.
Lloyd. of motive power and machin-
cry, of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company, was among those
at which the committee reported and
the document submitted was as fol-
lows:
May I.
Mr.. Y. $. Lloyd, Superintendent Motive Power
and Machinery, Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company City.
Dear Sir: We, the Undersigned composing the
council of delegates from lodges of the lntcrna.
ticnal Association Of Machinists OH the Della.
ware. I.achawanna and Western Railroad COM
pnhys system and representing in addition to
our own lodges mentioned the lodges Of the In
tcrnationa Association of Machiniss on the sys
ten as follows: Syracuse lodge, No. ISL. Syra.
cusc. \. V: Bnghamton lodge. No. 314, Bing.
hamton. n Y: Silk City lodge, No. 1ss. Patcr-
son. y. j.; District lodge, No. ID, which in.
cudcd among others the following local odgcs
Elysan lodge, No. 35l. of Tioboken, y. j.. 10.
cal lodges of the International Association Of
Machinists in New York city, n y; Jersey City
lodge, No. 304. Jersey City, n. j., and Newark
lodge. No. $40. Newark, n. J. (wha have no dele.
gates at the present convention but who have
signed agreements Of approval and support Of
this council in its efforts to secure what it was
formed for). respectfully petition You to grant
I, all the machinists employed by the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western railroad system, the
nine.hour day without any reduction In the pres.
cnt rate per day. 4 days work to be considered
as having been completed and the time for ccas
ing work to be marked (by the whistle or any
other way used at present., one hour earlier each
day than formerly and all time worked after that
10 be considered overtime at the same extra rate
for overtime paid by your company. We ask that
this reduction in hours go into effect not later
than May 20, 1901, and ask that YOU grant
us an answer TO this petition not later than May
), 1901 We ask that your answer he mailed to
the chairman OF the council and copy OF it to
each delegate signed below to the address fur
nshcd you herewith and also simultaneously
with the mailing OF your answer notices he
posted in your various shops containing the same
information as your communications hut OF course
addressed to the men in each shop in which the
notices are SO posted. Respectfully,
Humphrey B. Campbell, chairman, delegate Of
Electric Lodge, No. $50, Scranton, Pa; 4. j.
Valentine, delegate, Utica lodge, No. 425, Utica
y. y: Patrick Flynn, delegate Elmira lodge No.
isl. Elmira. y. y; Thomas Lyons, delegate Blf-
tao lodge, No. 2ij Buffalo, n, Y.
Superintendent Lloyd was i'm Buffalo
and the committee was met by Master
Mechanic a. G.. Elvin, who assured
them that the matter would be brought
before the superintendent. Chief
Clerk Lowther left with the demand
later in the day, for Buffalo. The
only other concerns visited during the
day were the Dickson Manufacturing
company's Penn avenue works, and
the company's Cliff street locomotive
shops. Superintendent McLaren. OF
the former place, Informed the COM
mittec that their demands would be
taken action upon by the combine
into which the Dickson company re-
Gently entered
a copy of the document presented
to the other superintendents besides
Mr.. Lloyd, is as follows:
Dear Sir: The Council OF Affiliated Machine
Boiler, Car, Blacksmith and Pattern shop cul
ploycs Of the Central Labor union Of Scranton
Pa, with which the various organizations Of your
employees are affiliated, have selected the under.
signed, Your employees, to represent your en-
ploycS in pcttioninG you to grant the nine honr
day without any reduction in the present rate
per day. days work to he considered as hav.
nG been completed and the time for ceasing work
to be marked thy the whistle or any other way
used Al the present tme), one hour earlier each
day than formerly, and all time worked after
that To he considered as overtime at the present
extra rate for overtime paid by your company.
We ash that this reduction in hours go irto
effect not later than May 70, 1901, and that YOU
grant liS an answer TO this petition not later than