[Collinsville, Illinois, Smelter Workers Strike] Casefile 16-83, 1917-1918

October 10, 1917-Octobe 21, 1918. 29pp. Subjects: DIJ policy concerning the appearance of U.S. Attorneys in labor litigations; contempt of court proceedings against local officials of the IUMMSW for violation of injunction protecting operations of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company; Illinois State Federation of Labor protests against alleged anti-union bias of U.S. Attorney; DOJ deferral of authority to the Council of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Labor; company use of black strikebreakers in outskirts of East St. Louis following race riots; wartime effort to avert labor disputes. Begins at 0067.