Reel 10

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Subfile 0. October 30-December 22, 1919. Subjects: Personal correspondence to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer commending him on his stand in the coal strike situation, A-H; use of injunctions in labor disputes; federal protection of strikebreakers. Begins at 0000.

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November 6-7, 1920. 6pp. Subject: Answers to circular no, 1006 concerning U.S. v. Frank J. Hayes, et. al. Begins at 0288.

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February 9, 1920. 2pp. Subject: Answer to circular no. 1021. Begins at 0294.

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October 31, 1919-March 6, 1920. 193pp. Subjects: U.S. Fuel Administration; U.S. Railroad Administration; regulation of coal prices; investigation of alleged profiteering in the coal trade. Begins at 0294

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October 28-November 29, 1919. 162pp. Subjects: UMWA contract negotiations in Alabama; correspondence with coal operators regarding evictions of striking miners and refusal to reemploy alleged agitators; UMWA District 20; Southern Afro-American Federation of Industrial Brotherhood; violence and intimidation directed against black coal miners; affidavits of UMWA strikes regarding coal operators' refusal to rehire them. Begins at 0489.

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December 1, 1919-January 6, 1921. 187pp. Subjects: Violence and intimidation directed against black coal miners; UMWA and AFL officials correspondence regarding state militia actions in Alabama coal mining district; open shop versus closed shop issues; mediation of labor dispute; Southern Afro-American Federation of Industrial Brotherhood; U.S. Marshal deployment of special deputies guarding coal mines. Begins at 0651.

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December 11, 1919. 2pp. Subject: Suggestion to release coal reserves held in Alaska to break coal strike. Begins at 0838.

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November 29, 1919-February 19, 1920. 50pp. Subjects: Arkansas coal strike; UMWA contract negotiations. Begins at 0840.

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November 7-Decembe 26, 1919. 23pp. Subjects: Citizen disapproval of action of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, California, criticizing the ole of the federal government in this coal strike; regulation of coal prices. Begins at 890.

Scope and Contents November 5, 1919-February 22, 1922. 171pp. Subjects: Miner protests against actions of the State Industrial Commission of Colorado U.S. senator's request for DOJ investigation of alleged seditious correspondence from UMWA local union protesting the Sterling-Graham Peace Time Sedition Bill; regulation of coal prices; DOJ prosecution of the coal operations for alleged violations of the Leve Act; coal company protests against wage increases; mediation and the use of injunctions in labor...