[Western Federation of Miners Strike in Calumet, Michigan] Casefile 16-30, 1913-1915

October 25, 1913- February 2,1915. 46pp. Subjects: Letters and petitions from union, Socialist Party of Michigan, and other organizations to President Woodrow Wilson urging federal intervention in strike; U.S. Department of Labor report on strike and efforts to negotiate a settlement; mob violence and intimidation; ordering out of the National Guard of Michigan; use of strikebreakers; vigilantism and beating of Western Federation of Miners president Charles H. Moyer by members of the Citizens Alliance of Calumet; obstruction of U.S. mails as justification for federal involvement in strike; cooperation with Post Office Department; instructions for U.S. Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, during street car strike of 1900 as guidelines for handling the situation in Michigan. Begins at 0801.