0499. Butte, Montana. Case File 195397. Section 1. 143 pages., 1918-1920

People: J. Edgar Hoover; Baldwin Robertson; A. Mitchell Palmer; Edward C. Day; S.V. Stewart; Burton K. Wheeler; Robert P. Stewart; John Lord O'Brian; Victor Elting; Thomas W. Gregory; Newton D. Baker; A. B. Bielaski. Subjects: Department of Justice investigation of Industrial Workers of the World and radical activities in Montana; citizen and United States congressman protests against Butte, Montana, Daily Bulletin editorials regarding Industrial Workers of the World union organization, violence in labor disputes, and free speech; use of United States Guards in Butte, Montana, labor disputes; Espionage Act prosecutions; general strikes; American Protective League; governor of Montana requests for federal intervention in Butte, Montana; private detective agencies; United States War Department cooperation with Department of Justice; alleged illegal arrests and false imprisonments by United States Guard and local officials in Butte, Montana.