Reel 8

October 3-7, 1918. 6pp. Subjects: U.S. Attorney report on labor unrest in the Pittsburgh region. DOJ referral of cases to the National War Labor Board; wartime efforts to avert labor dispute involving carpenters' union. Begins 0320.

November 15, 1918-April 29, 1920. 57pp. Subjects: DOJ policy concerning U.S. Attorney payment of bail bonds for alleged violators of injunction; U.S. Post Office Department request for DOJ prosecution of strikers; use of injunctions in labor disputes; mob violence and intimidation; employment of strikebreakers in telephone system operating under federal control. Begins at 0326.

November 26-December 19, 1918. 34pp. Subjects: U.S. Post Office Department request for DOJ prosecution of strikers at Miami, Florida; affidavits concerning alleged interference by strikers with operations of the company. Begins 0383.

November 29-December 26, 1918. 28pp. Subjects: Samuel Gompers' request for DOJ investigation of local situation; strike involving local union of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; mediation and use of injunctions in labor disputes; contract negotiations concerning "closed shop" issues and wages; U.S. Post Office Department investigation of case and request for DOJ prosecution of strikers. Begins at 0417.

December 30, 1918-October 22, 1919. 198pp. Subjects: U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies guarding property of the Kansas City Railways Company; investigation of strike by special assistant to the attorney general; use of injunction of strike by special assistant to the attorney general; use of injunctions in labor disputes; Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees; Kansas City, Kansas, Chamber of Commerce intervention in case. Begins a 0455.

November 5, 1919-November 4, 1920. 48pp. Subjects: DOJ dismissal after continuance of conspiracy charges against strikers; DOJ communications with defense attorneys and Samuel Gompers concerning case; U.S. Marshal request for reimbursement of Kansas City Railway Company for funds advanced to deputies guarding their property. Begins at 0643.

October 13, 1918-Octobers 26, 1920. 96pp. Subjects: Investigation of strike by special assistant to the attorney general; U.S. Marshal employment of special deputies; use of injunctions in labor disputes. Begins at 0691.

January 12-27, 1919. 19pp. Subject: Strike by white switchmen against employment of blacks on crews. Begins at 0787.

January 11-March 31, 1919. 25pp. Subjects: U.S. Fuel Administration opinion concerning wartime need to facilitate shipment of coal; DOJ interpretation of Clayton Act protection of labor right to strike. Begins at 0796.

September 30 - December 12, 1917. 23pp. Subjects: Strike of female telephone operators at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; sympathy strikes by all organized trades in the area; protests against company efforts to obtain injunctions and U.S. Marshal deputies to guard property; Samuel Gompers' letters to Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory concerning strike and use of federal troops in wartime strikes. Begins at 0000.