Reel 5

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May 27, 1913-August 13, 1914. 10pp. Subjects: DOJ cooperation with U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations; letters and petitions from union, Socialist Party of America, and immigrant organizations to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson against jailing of IWW organizer Patrick Quinlan on charges of incitement to riot and urging federal intervention in strike; memorials by Frederic C. Howe and others to the U.S. Congress protesting violations of Constitutional Rights. Begins at 0791.

Scope and Contents October 25, 1913- February 2,1915. 46pp. Subjects: Letters and petitions from union, Socialist Party of Michigan, and other organizations to President Woodrow Wilson urging federal intervention in strike; U.S. Department of Labor report on strike and efforts to negotiate a settlement; mob violence and intimidation; ordering out of the National Guard of Michigan; use of strikebreakers; vigilantism and beating of Western Federation of Miners president Charles H. Moyer by members of the...

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October 28, 1913-February 27, 1914. 12pp. Subjects: Prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of striking chauffeurs for obstructing U.S. mails; cooperation with Post Office Department; mob violence and intimidation; International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers Union of America. Begins at 0847.

Scope and Contents Section 1. May 9-July 20, 1914. 216pp. Subjects: Use of injunctions in labor disputes; federal deferral of authority for guarding mine property to state officials; contempt of court proceedings against UMWA District 21 president and members; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies; Arkansas Commissioner of Labor report on strike at the Bache Denman Coal Company properties known as the Mammoth Vein Coal Company and the Prairie Creek Coal Company near Fort Smith, Arkansas; conflict between that...

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February 3-June 9, 1908. 127pp. Subjects: Proposed use of federal troops; mob violence and intimidation; U.S. Marshal explanation of expenses and deployment of deputies an appointment of deputies guarding mines; cooperation of Mine Owners and Operations Association in appointment of deputies; employment of Russian workers as strikebreakers. Begins at 0000.

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May 15-16, 1907 and July 2, 1941. 14pp. Subjects: Settlement of strike at U.S. Smelting Refining and Mining Company operations at Fairbanks, Alaska Territory, in 1941; proposals for deputizing bodyguards of the governor of California during San Francisco streetcar and telephone workers strike in 1907. Begins at 0128.

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October 5-12, 1907. 13pp. Subjects: Opinion of Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar s. Straus concerning the use of injunctions in labor disputes; request by U.S. Attorney for authorization to ask for injunction; general strike of all labor engaged in handling freight in the port of New Orleans. Begins at 0142.

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Jul 28-August 5, 1908. 31pp. Subject: U.S. Marshal appointment of deputies. Begins at 0155.

Scope and Contents May 14, 1900 and May 20-August 6, 1909. 44pp. Subjects: Arbitration of dispute between the Georgia Railroad Company and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; union protests against employment of Negus as locomotive firemen; protection of U.S. mails as justification for federal involvement in strike; mob violence and intimidation; memorandum of duties of postal officials and employees in cases of strikes on railroads carrying the mails; instructions for U.S. Attorney in St....