Casefile 16-130. Subjects 26, Enclosure Section. Illinois, 1917-1920
Scope and Contents
1917-1920. 682pp. Subjects: U.S Supreme Court cases; Lever Act; Sherman Antitrust Act; constitutional law; government regulation of coal prices; alleged profiteering by coal companies; Majority and Minority Reports of the U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission to the president; DOJ prosecution of UMWA leadership; U.S. v. Frank J. Hayes, et. al. legal documents and transcript of proceedings; use of injunctions in labor disputes; Report to Governors of Six New England States on Present Fuel Crisis in New England; DOJ press relations; list of UMWA members denied reinstatement by coal companies; newspaper clippings; American Wholesale Coal Association; agreement between the Director General of Railroads and the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company; statement of contacts for production of railroad coal; UMWA contract negotiations; "The Coal Strike," issued by the Executive Committee of the Bituminous Coal Operators of the Central Competitive Field; UMWA order rescinding strike; U.S. Fuel Administration; U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission; "The Case of the Bituminous Coal Mine Workers," as presented by the UMWA; Hillsboro Coal Company and Rice Miller v. Edward C. Knotts legal documents; U.S. v. James M. Armstrong, et al. transcript of proceedings, vol. 1. Begins at 0050.
Dates
- 1917-1920
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