Reel 7

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June 25-July 12, 1917. 6pp. Subjects: DOJ deferral of authority to U.S Department of Labor; request for use of federal troops. Begins at 0621.

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July 3. 1917. 5pp. Subjects: DOJ deferral of authority over strike at the Consolidated Iron Works shipbuilding plant with wartime government contacts; U.S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation attempts to arbitrate dispute. Begins at 0627.

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July 3, 1917-May 21, 1920. 17pp. Subjects: Protests against killing of strikers by local authorities; protests against wartime IWW strikes; Military Intelligence Division reports on situation; U.S. Attorney Burton K. Wheeler's correspondence regarding situation; requests for federal intervention in strike. Begins at 0632.

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April 24, 1917-May 23, 1921. 40pp. Subjects: Affidavits regarding mob violence and intimidation; speeches delivered by UMWA organizers Mary "Mother" Jones and others at Thayer, West Virginia. Begins at 0649.

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August 6, 1917-December 4, 1920. 13pp. Subjects: Bureau of Investigation reports on UMWA strike and coal production in Alabama; anti-union policies of company stores; local officials suppot for mine owners; UMWA contact negotiators. Begins at 0689.

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July 30-Septembe 3, 1917. 39pp. Subjects: Mob violence and intimidation; alleged IWW involvement in strike of the AFL Foundry Workers' Union; immigrant labor ; Illinois State Federation of Labor protests against the Bureau of Investigation activities in Illinois; no appointment of owners of firm as Deputy U.S. Marshals. Begins at 0702.

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September 44, 1917-Decembe 7, 1919. 28pp. Subjects: Arbitration of wartime strikes; AFL Railroad Employees Division; Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Begins at 0741.

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August 23-Novembe 8, 1917. 11pp. Subjects: Alleged IWW involvement in strike and U.S. Reclamation Service Camp near Yakima; general strikes of lumber and construction workers on the Pacific Northwest; grand jury investigations. Begins at 0769.

Scope and Contents September 24-November 10, 1917. 158pp. Subjects: Alleged IWW involvement in strike; Chattanooga Railway and Light Company employment of secret operatives and strikebreakers; Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America Union organization; open shop versus closed shop issues; mob violence and intimidation; use of federal troops; use of injunctions in labor disputes; pro-German matters; investigation of federal cases against William D. Haywood, Raymond S....