| "Relations between Employers and Operatives" |
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| Date: |
1914 April 02 |
| Document Type: |
Article |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-074 |
| Description: |
In this editorial, the Southern Textile Bulletin claims that "the present scale of wages in the Southern cotton mills is as high as manufacturing conditions will permit and that they are enough to provide good living conditions for the operatives." |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin |
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| Date: |
1914 June 09 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-070 |
| Description: |
In this letter, intended for dsitribution to other mill presidents, Oscar Elsas gives a summary of events surrounding the strike at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. He states that the company does not wish to give in to Union demands, since that would mean "the recognition of the unions." He also complains about the indifference of the Atlanta police force in dealing with the strikers. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to David Clark, Southern Textile Bulletin |
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| Date: |
1914 June 22 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-071 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas describes conditions at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills during the strikes. He states that "our condition is improving regularly, although the incessent and unreasonable picketting is still active." He describes a striker parade as follows: "A total of 271 were in the parade, of which not over 30 were our employees. The balance were loafers, bums, and hangers-on, who were glad to get a living off of the commissary and the Union without having to work." |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin |
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| Date: |
1914 July 25 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-073 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas expresses his opinion that the best course of action to deal with the strikes at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills is not to give the unions any newspaper notoriety. |
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