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Scope and Contents October 27-December 18, 1919. 317 pp. Subjects: refusal by coal operators to abide by terms of strike settlement UMWA Districts 17 and 29 contract negotiations; Kanawha Coal Operators Association; New River Coal Operators Association; grand jury investigators of Lever Act violations; use of injunctions in labor disputes; Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association; U.S. Fuel Administration; U.S. Railroad Administration; Winding Golf Coal Operators Association; controversy over...

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December 11, 1919-March 17, 1920. 262pp. Subjects: Regulation of coal prices; U.S. Fuel Administration; U.S. Railroad Administration; U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission; Lever Act; UMWA Districts 17 and 29 contract negotiations; New River Coal Operators Association; refusal by coal operators to abide by terms of strike settlement; controversy over implementation of the check- off system. Begins at 0317.

Scope and Contents March 22 , 1920-October 24, 1921. 165pp. Subjects: Jailings of UMWA District 29 members in Logan, Mingo, and McDowell Counties, West Virginia; violence and intimidation declaration of martial law by U.S. President Warren G. Harding; Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover report on arbitration of labor disputes; open shop versus closed shop issues; Coal Operators Association of the Williamson Field; Logan County Coal Operators Association; reports on activities of Robert Minor by Francis...

Scope and Contents October 22, 1921-December 5, 1924. 124pp. Subjects: Dismissal of charges against members of UMWA Districts 17 and 29 in Logan and Mingo Counties, West Virginia; U.S. Marshal deployment of special deputies and explanation of expenses; use of injunctions in labor disputes; corruption and fraudulent elections by sheriffs of Logan and Mingo Counties, West Virginia; civil law suits brought against UMWA District 17 by coal operators; open shop versus closed shop issues; prosecution of violators of...

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December 2, 1919-March 26, 1920. 16pp. Subjects: Regulation of coal prices; U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission; U.S. Fuel Administration. Begins at 0878.

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November 8, 1919-January 6, 1920. 52pp. Subjects: Local union strikes; DOJ prosecution of radicals; regulation of coal prices; U.S. Marshal deployment of special deputies; U.S. Railroad Administration; Central Western Regional Coal Committee; use of injunctions in labor disputes; deportation of radical immigrant laborers; U.S. Fuel Administration. Begins at 0894.