Reel 5

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September 28, 1911-December 3, 1912. 82pp. Subjects: Assistance of railroad attorneys in prosecution of strikers; killing of deputy U.S Marshal by railroad guards; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies guarding railroad property; interference with interstate commerce as grounds for issuing injunction against strikers; mob violence and intimidation; railroad requests for antitrust prosecution of unions; Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Begins at 0230.

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August 5-10, 1910. 9pp. Subjects: Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association request for antitrust prosecution of unions; open shop versus closed shop issues. Begins at 0312.

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April 7-November 25, 1914. 14pp. Subjects: Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO strike at Atlantic Steel Company plant in Atlanta, Georgia; race relations; AFL strike at Mason Dixon Truck Lines in Atlanta, Georgia; NLRB actions in cases. Begins at 0321.

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September 27, 1910-January 18, 1911. 49pp. Subjects: Letter and petitions from union and immigrant organizations to President William Howard Taft urging federal intervention in strike; complaints regarding murder of two Italian strikers and abridgement of the strikers' rights: mob violence and intimidation; federal deferral of authority to state officials. Begins at 0335.

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October 6-10, 1911. 4pp. Subjects: Instructions for U.S. Marshal to protect railroad property only if an injunction is issued; railroad offer to pay salaries of deputies. Begins at 0384.

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October 5, 1911-August 17, 1915. 24pp. Subjects: Appeal of dismissal of prosecution of strikers for obstruction of U.S. mails; use of injunctions in labor disputes; mob violence and intimidation. Begins at 0388.

Scope and Contents October3-15, 1912 and August 20, 1919. 19pp. Subjects: Toole Valley Railroad Company protest in 1919 of 1915 valuation of company property; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies guarding railroad property; use of injunctions in labor disputes; obstruction of U.S. mails as justification for federal involvement in strike; cooperation with Post Office Department; instruction for U.S. Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, during street car strike of 1900 as guidelines for handling the situation in...

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January 9-25, 1912. 17pp. Subjects: U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies guarding railroad property; use of injunctions in labor disputes; company offer to pay salaries of deputies; mob violence and intimidation; Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Begins at 0431.

Scope and Contents February 24-September 12, 1912. 120pp. Subject: Investigation of alleged interstate transportation of dynamite by mill-owners; disputes between the IWW and the UTW; letter from UT; letter from UTW; letter from UTW general president John Golden to Rep. William B. Wilson condemning IWW evacuation of strikers' children from Lawrence as a public relations and fundraising ploy; immigrant labor; letters and petitions from union; Socialist Party of America, immigrant, and international...

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February 25-September 8, 1912. 201pp. Subject: Letters and petitions from union, Socialist Party of America, immigrant, and international organizations of President William Howard Taft against jailing of IWW organizers Joseph J. Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti by city officials on charges of being accessories before the fact to the killing of a woman striker by city police and urging federal intervention in the strike. Begins at 0550.