| [Testimony of Oscar Elsas] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-026 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Oscar Elsas, President of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses the value of the company, employment policies of the Mill, employee savings accounts, negotiations with labor leaders, wages, and strikes at the Mill. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Richard Sloss |
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| Date: |
1915 March 18 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-066 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas attempts to persuade Judge Richard Sloss that the hearings held by the Commission on Industrial Relations not be swayed by public prejudice due the the Leo Franks case or misrepresentation of facts by labor organizers. |
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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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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta |
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| Date: |
1914 June 04 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-075 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks the Atlanta Chief of Police to be more vigilant in dispersing "hangers-on" to the strike at the Mill. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Hoke Smith, U.S. Senate |
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| Date: |
1914 July 09 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-079 |
| Description: |
In this telegram to U.S. Senator Hoke Smith, Oscar Elsas claims that reports of the strike have been exagerated. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Congressional Information Bureau |
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| Date: |
1914 September 21 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-080 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks the Congressional Information Bureau to inform Senator Hoke Smith that the upcoming investigation is unnecessary, and will disrupt the operation of the Mill. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to William Schley Howard, U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Date: |
1914 September 17 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-086 |
| Description: |
In this letter to U.S. Representative William Schley Howard, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop the investigation of the textile industry and Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Date: |
1914 October 03 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-088 |
| Description: |
In this letter to U.S. Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop the investigation of the textile industry and Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Arthur St. George Joyce |
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| Date: |
1914 December 16 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-092 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas offers a rebuttal to the allegations laid out in Arthur St. George Joyce's article on living conditions in the tent colony. Text quality is very poor. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Robert H. Wright |
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| Date: |
1914 January 25 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-094 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas replys to Robert H. Wright's apology for his involvement in the strike and his request for his job back. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to James A. Emery, National Council for Industrial Defense |
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| Date: |
1915 February 11 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-097 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks James A. Emery for advice in responding to a subpoena to testify before the Commission on Industrial Relations. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Date: |
1915 February 11 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-099 |
| Description: |
In this letter to U.S. Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop legislation eliminating efficiency systems used by the textile industry. |
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| Letter from Roser, Brandon, Slaton, and Phillips to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1915 February 26 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-101 |
| Description: |
In this letter, the law firm of Roser, Brandon, Slaton, and Phillips offers legal advice to Oscar Elsas in dealing with the strikers at the Mill. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Edwards-Adams Studio |
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| Date: |
1915 March 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-103 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas requests photographs of houses in the mill village. He states he would like the photographs taken without the knowledge of the occupants. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to F. A. Weiss, Wolston Manufacturing Company |
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| Date: |
1915 April 23 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-106 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas warns F. A. Weiss of the Wolston Manufacturing Company that labor leader Sara Conboy is planning to exchanged strikers between the on-going strikes at the two companies. |
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| Letter from C. L. Denk to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1915 May 02 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-107 |
| Description: |
In this letter, salesman C. L. Denk reports on the commissary, wages, schools, public health, fines, and the living conditions in the workers' village of the Campbell Coal Company in Westborn, Tennessee. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to John Y. Phillips |
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| Date: |
1915 May 01 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-108 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas assures a customer that the Mill is not affected by the strike, and is running at full capacity. The collection contains many such letters to different types of customers. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to H. P. Meikleham, Massachusetts Mills in Georgia |
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| Date: |
1915 May 14 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-110 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas discusses strategies for speaking at an annual meeting of Georgia textile mill owners. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association |
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| Date: |
1915 June 30 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-111 |
| Description: |
This letter details negotiations between Oscar Elsas and a person named Massey to purchase copies of strikers' testimonies. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association |
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| Date: |
1915 July 07 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-112 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas questions the impartiality of the interviewer, A. M. Daly, in the investigation of the textile industry by the Commission on Industrial Relations. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Railway Audit and Inspection Company |
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| Date: |
1914 May 15 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-135 |
| Description: |
In this letter Oscar Elsas explains that in the past, operatives from detective agencies have "a tendency to stir up strife and give unnecessary trouble from that standpoint, feeling that their job depends on trouble always brewing." |
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| Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1914 May 19 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-136 |
| Description: |
In this letter, H. N. Brown describes two potential operatives from Philadelphia who will work as weavers in the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, and spy on employees and labor organizers. |
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| Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1916 January 28 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-192 |
| Description: |
In this letter, H. N. Brown gives Oscar Elsas on labor organizers and offers the services of the Railway Audit and Inspection Company in supplying operatives for spying purposes. |
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| Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1920 January 08 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-221 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Harry Preston informs Oscar Elsas of the availabilty of Isaac L. Jones (#396), an African-American operative, who can work as a laborer in the Mill. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company |
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| Date: |
1920 January 16 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-222 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas informs Harry Preston of his acceptance of employment of Isaac L. Jones (#396), an African-American operative, who will work as a laborer in the Mill. |
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| Letter from A.J.M. to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1921 August 07 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-230 |
| Description: |
In this letter, an operative informs Oscar Elsas that operative #259 has been lying about reports of secret meetings and has a "vindictive and foul mind." The author reccommends that #259's services been discontinued. |
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| Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1920 January 18 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-239 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Harry Preston informs Oscar Elsas of a new operative that will investigate wages in the Mills. |
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| Letter from Victor Elsas to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1920 September 03 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-241 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Victor Elsas tells his brother Oscar Elsas that a new operative will be hired to work undercover as a machinist. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas |
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| Date: |
1920 September 07 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-242 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas reminds his brother Victor Elsas not to discuss matters reagrding mill operatives with local agents. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas |
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| Date: |
1920 August 06 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-243 |
| Description: |
IIn this letter, Oscar Elsas reminds his brother Victor Elsas of a new operative that will work as a machinist in the New Orleans mill. |
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| Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1919 May 21 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-247 |
| Description: |
In this letter Charles White updates Oscar Elsas on mill operations in St. Louis. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Charles E. White |
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| Date: |
1919 May 23 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-248 |
| Description: |
In this letter Oscar Elsas warns Charles E. White not to uncover an operative working in the St. Louis mill. |
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| Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1919 May 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-249 |
| Description: |
In this letter Charles White updates Oscar Elsas on mill operations in St. Louis. |
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