Casefile 16-130. Subfile 3. West Virginia, 1920-1921

March 22 , 1920-October 24, 1921. 165pp. Subjects: Jailings of UMWA District 29 members in Logan, Mingo, and McDowell Counties, West Virginia; violence and intimidation declaration of martial law by U.S. President Warren G. Harding; Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover report on arbitration of labor disputes; open shop versus closed shop issues; Coal Operators Association of the Williamson Field; Logan County Coal Operators Association; reports on activities of Robert Minor by Francis Ralston Welsh; requests for use of federal troops; union requests for DOJ investigation of conditions; use of injunctions in labor disputes; U.S. Marshal deployment of special agents; refusal to re-employ and eviction of UMWA District 17 members from company houses in Kentucky and West Virginia; open shop versus closed shop issues; private detective agencies; U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission; Lever Act; regulation of coal prices. Begins at 0589.