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[Fort Smith, Arkansas, General Strike and Telephone Strike] Casefile 16-82, 1917

 File — Reel: 8
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

September 30 - December 12, 1917. 23pp. Subjects: Strike of female telephone operators at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; sympathy strikes by all organized trades in the area; protests against company efforts to obtain injunctions and U.S. Marshal deputies to guard property; Samuel Gompers' letters to Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory concerning strike and use of federal troops in wartime strikes. Begins at 0000.

Dates

  • 1917

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

2.22 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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