[Bache Denman Coal Company Lockout, Fort Smith, Arkansas] Casefile 16-32, 1914

Section 1. May 9-July 20, 1914. 216pp. Subjects: Use of injunctions in labor disputes; federal deferral of authority for guarding mine property to state officials; contempt of court proceedings against UMWA District 21 president and members; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies; Arkansas Commissioner of Labor report on strike at the Bache Denman Coal Company properties known as the Mammoth Vein Coal Company and the Prairie Creek Coal Company near Fort Smith, Arkansas; conflict between that company and the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association over UMWA contract; use of strikebreakers; mob violence and intimidation. Begins at 0859.