They
were employees. Tate's place Edison's
secretary was taken Johnny Randolph, who had started an
office boy the 1880s.VII-34
problem and stamped his forceful manner the management of
the Edison Manufacturing Company. When their usefulness was over they were
discharged.
. Although Gilmore, Randolph and
Devonald wielded considerable power within the organization,
they were not given the same broad responsibilities the old
"boys" and they were constantly harried the founder
