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The Wilmington Daily Republican
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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At a Turn Hall meeting in Wilmington on Saturday morning in June 1901, acting lodge president Robert Lee read a warning from Samuel Gompers about Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad agents seeking strikebreakers amid machinists' push for a nine-hour day. Correction: Thomas E. Cahill is the true president.
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Robert Lee presided at the meeting in Turn Hall on Saturday morning. Mr. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor warns the machinists to beware of agents of the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad Company, who are endeavoring to hire machinists to work in its shops. The following communication was read from Mr. Gompers:
Headquarters American Federation of Labor,
Washington, D. C., June 13, 1901.
Warning- Machinists are still on a strike for the nine hour day. A Mr. Carpenter and other agents are endeavoring to obtain machinists to take the place of the strikers in the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad shops and other places. Do not accept such engagements. Stand by the machinists and all workers struggling for their rights.
Fraternally yours,
SAMUEL GOMPERS
President American Federation of Labor
Thomas E. Cahill, one of J. Morton Poole Company's machinists is president of Wilmington Lodge, No. 184 and not Robert E. Lee, as has been announced on several occasions. Mr. Cahill has been ill and Mr. Lee has been acting president of the lodge in his absence.
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Wilmington
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Saturday Morning, June 1901
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Robert Lee presided at the Turn Hall meeting on Saturday morning. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, warned machinists via letter dated June 13, 1901, to beware of agents like Mr. Carpenter from the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad Company trying to hire replacements during the machinists' strike for a nine-hour day. Thomas E. Cahill is the actual president of Wilmington Lodge, No. 184, and Robert Lee has been acting in his absence due to illness.