[D0327AAM], Letter from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency to Thomas Alva Edison, October 16th, 1903
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Edison Laboratory, West Orange, N.J. Dear Sir:- G.A.P. reports: W. Orange, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 15th, 1903 I arrived at the Edison works at 6:45 a.m. and assigned opt. G.W.C. to do duty at the side gate on Lakeside Ave., leading to the works. Shortly I arrived I noticed four delegates standing on the corner of Lakeside Ave. and Valley Road. They watched the oars as they came to a stop, but did not interfere with the men who entered the works. After 7 a.m. the delegates patrolled up and down the side walk in front of the works. They stopped everyone who came along the walk, whether they were looking for work or not. I had to speak to the delegates several times during the day for attempting to stop men in front of the office. I had no further trouble with the delegates or pickets. Nothing further transpired during the day. After the delegates left the vicinity of the works we discontinued. G.W.C. reports: W. Orange, N.J., Thursday, Oct 15th, 1903. I arrived at the Edison works at 6:45 a.m., and was assigned by opt G.A.F. to do duty at the side gate on Lakeside Ave. Shortly after I arrived four delegates arrived on the scene. They patrolled up and down the side walk for a short time in the morning, then they remained about the saloon opposite the works until 12:20 p.m. and then they remained about the saloon opposite the works until 12:10 p.m. ined up, as usual, opposite the gate, remaining there until after 1 p.m. While the men were coming out from work, one of the delegates noticed a tool maker, whom he worth with in some other shop, so he went up the street and met the toolmaker. He told him that there was a strike pm "That settles it," said the toolmaker, "when I went to work this morning I did not know of any strike." The toolmaker went back to the works, and got his tools. He would not work under any conditions. During the afternoon the delegates remained around the saloon most of the time occasionally they would walk up and down by the gate. At 6 p.m., the delegates lined up, the same as usual, but had nothing to say. Nothing further of importance transpired. At 6:20 p.m., the delegates having left the vicinity of the works, we discontinued for the day. Yours truly, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, by Robt A. Pinkerton Reported, New York, 10/16/1903