Reel 4

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Jul 12, 1895-September 26, 1896. 32pp. Subjects: Requests for reimbursement of railroads for funds advanced to U.S. Marshals; employment of private detectives as deputies. Begins 0000.

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June 28-July 27, 1894. 38pp. Subjects: Protection of U.S. mails and interstate commerce as justification for federal involvement in strike; Stoppage of mails in Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Montana, Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, and California. Begins at 0032.

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March 27-October18, 1895. 9pp. Subjects Acknowledgements of papers received in appeals of cases against Eugene V. Debs and other leaders of the American Railway Union. Begins at 0070.

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July 5, 1894-July 7, 1897. 52pp. Subjects: U.S. Marshal explanations of expenses incurred and deployment of deputies guarding railroad property; requests for reimbursement of railroads for funds advanced to U.S. Marshals; employment of special counsel in case against Eugene V. Debs and other leaders of the American Railway Union; use of federal troops to restore order in Arizona Territory and California. Begins at 0079.

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July 6, 1894-July 31, 1897. 60pp. Subjects: Use of federal troops to restore order in Idaho, Nevada, California, Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, Utah, Montana, Washington, and Illinois; mob violence and intimidation; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies in Arkansas; protection of U.S. mails and interstate commerce as justification for federal involvement in strike. Begins at 0131.

Scope and Contents May 16-September 29, 1902. 155pp. Subjects: Letters and petitions to President Theodore Roosevelt urging federal arbitration or federal seizure of coal mines; public sympathy and antipathy for strikers; cover letters to report to the president on the anthracite coal strike by the Commissioner of Labor; protests against trusts and combines among American businesses; local union protests against the use of injunctions in labor disputes involving William B. Wilson and Mother Jones of UMWA;...

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October 1-December 14, 1902. 301pp. Subjects: Letters and petitions to President Theodore Roosevelt urging federal arbitration or federal seizure of coal mines; protests against trusts and combines among American businesses; proposed legislation for the regulation of corporations and unions; proposed antitrust proceedings against UMWA and coal operators. Begins at 0346.

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May 26-June 2, 1903. 191pp. Subject: Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings of William Randolph Hearst against railroads and coal companies concerning price-fixing and transportation contracts in the coal markets. Begins at 0647.

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January 13-December 29, 1903. 78pp. Subjects: Correspondence concerning Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings of William Randolph Hearst against railroads and coal companies concerning price-fixing and transportation contracts in the coal markets; U.S. Supreme Court; letters and petitions to President Theodore Roosevelt urging federal action against coal operators.