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February 3-June 9, 1908. 127pp. Subjects: Proposed use of federal troops; mob violence and intimidation; U.S. Marshal explanation of expenses and deployment of deputies an appointment of deputies guarding mines; cooperation of Mine Owners and Operations Association in appointment of deputies; employment of Russian workers as strikebreakers. Begins at 0000.

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May 15-16, 1907 and July 2, 1941. 14pp. Subjects: Settlement of strike at U.S. Smelting Refining and Mining Company operations at Fairbanks, Alaska Territory, in 1941; proposals for deputizing bodyguards of the governor of California during San Francisco streetcar and telephone workers strike in 1907. Begins at 0128.

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October 5-12, 1907. 13pp. Subjects: Opinion of Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar s. Straus concerning the use of injunctions in labor disputes; request by U.S. Attorney for authorization to ask for injunction; general strike of all labor engaged in handling freight in the port of New Orleans. Begins at 0142.

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Jul 28-August 5, 1908. 31pp. Subject: U.S. Marshal appointment of deputies. Begins at 0155.

Scope and Contents May 14, 1900 and May 20-August 6, 1909. 44pp. Subjects: Arbitration of dispute between the Georgia Railroad Company and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; union protests against employment of Negus as locomotive firemen; protection of U.S. mails as justification for federal involvement in strike; mob violence and intimidation; memorandum of duties of postal officials and employees in cases of strikes on railroads carrying the mails; instructions for U.S. Attorney in St....

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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.