[Invoice from the Railway Audit and Inspection Company] |
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Date: |
1914 June 15 |
Document Type: |
Invoice |
Unique ID: |
ms004-137 |
Description: |
This invoice bills Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills for two operatives, and the loss of the dictograph used to record meetings at Union headquarters at Odd Fellows Hall. |
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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 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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Letter from F. W. Stockmar, Railway Audit and Inspection Company to Charles E. White, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills |
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Date: |
1921 April 21 |
Document Type: |
Letter |
Unique ID: |
ms004-250 |
Description: |
In this letter, F. W. Stockmar informs C. W. White of a new detective agency and assures him that the Railway Audit and Inspection Company wants to keep working with Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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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 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 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 J. H. Kelley, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency to Gordon A. Johnstone |
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Date: |
1914 August 28 |
Document Type: |
Letter |
Unique ID: |
ms004-041 |
Description: |
In this letter, J. H. Kelley of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency discusses with Gordon A. Johnstone the details of the billing arrangements for the detective agency's services. |
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Letter from John W. Weccard, American Detective Service Company, to G. A. Johnstone, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills |
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Date: |
1918 June 11 |
Document Type: |
Letter |
Unique ID: |
ms004-205 |
Description: |
In this letter, John W. Weccard details charges for the services of various operatives in the Mill. |
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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 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 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 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 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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[Report of Operative #16] |
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Date: |
1915 January 04 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-176 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative describes the activities of mill workers and labor organizers during the strike. |
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[Report of Operative #185] |
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Date: |
1918 May 26 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-204 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative describes how his father-in-law indavertantly uncovered him as an operative at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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"Report of Operatives J.W.W. and A.E.W." |
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Date: |
1914 June 09 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-134 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative reports that the dictograph installed in the ceiling at Union headquarters at Odd Fellows Hall has been discovered after the machine malfunctioned and made a noise. |
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"Report of Operatives J.W.W. and A.E.W." |
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Date: |
1914 June 10 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-133 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative states that union detectives have been inquiring at the Electric Supply House about wire purchased by the operatives and used to install a dictograph in Union headquarters at Odd Fellows Hall. The operatives say they are leaving town for their own safety. |
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"Some Light on Individual Contract" |
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Date: |
1917 June 01 |
Document Type: |
Brochure |
Unique ID: |
ms004-244 |
Description: |
In this pamphlet, the Railway Audit and Inspection Company defends individual contract employment policies. |
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[Testimony of Gordon A. Johnstone] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-023 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Gordon A. Johnstone, General Manager of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses the physical condition of the Mill, Fulton Bag employment policies, operatives employed by the Mill to spy on union activities, and conditions in the mill village. Pages 9 and 15 are missing from the original document. |
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