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Casefile 16-130. Subfile 81, Section 1. West Virginia, 1919

 File — Reel: 14
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

October 27-December 18, 1919. 317 pp. Subjects: refusal by coal operators to abide by terms of strike settlement UMWA Districts 17 and 29 contract negotiations; Kanawha Coal Operators Association; New River Coal Operators Association; grand jury investigators of Lever Act violations; use of injunctions in labor disputes; Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association; U.S. Fuel Administration; U.S. Railroad Administration; Winding Golf Coal Operators Association; controversy over implementation of the check-off system; open shop versus closed shop issues; arrest and deportation proceedings against radical immigrant laborers; alleged IWW activities; UMWA strike benefits. Begins at 0000.

Dates

  • 1919

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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