Casefile 16-130. Subfile 23. Illinois, 1919-1920
Scope and Contents
October 31, 1919-July 30, 1920. 228pp. Subjects: Regulation of coal prices; arbitration of labor disputes; UMWA District 12 contact negotiations with Bituminous Coal Operators Association of Illinois; DOJ antitrust investigation of coal operators; U.S. Fuel Administration; Peabody Coal Company plan of importing labor from Alabama to work in Harlan County, Kentucky; worker complaints regarding interest charges on purchase from company stores in Pinckneyville, Illinois; UMWA District 12 president Frank Farringdon circulars during World War I; UMWA factionalism and internal politics; open shop versus closed shop and check off system issues; arrest of Frank Farrington for violating injunction; employer complaints concerning effects of coal strike; steel workers union request for federal arbitration of steel strike. Begins at 0049.
Dates
- 1919-1920
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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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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