[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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[Testimony of P. A. Smith] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-025 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, P. A. Smith, Overseer of Spinning of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses employment policies of the Mill. |
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[Testimony of E. H. Rogers] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-024 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, E. H. Rogers, Superintendent of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses working conditions in the Mill, labor organization, and employment policies of the Mill. |
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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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[Testimony of D. A. Farrell] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-022 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, D. A. Farrell, President of the Farrell Heating and Plumbing Company, dicusses the sewage and sanitation conditions at the Mill plant and Mill village. |
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[Testimony of H. P. Meikleham] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-021 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, H. P. Meikleham of the Massachusetts Mills in Georgia discusses living conditions in the mill villages operated by his company, and the differences between textile mills in the North and the South. Page 6 is missing in the original document. |
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[Testimony of Mabel Emma Wheeler] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-020 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, nurse Mabel Emma Wheeler discusses living conditions in the Wesley House and in the Mill village. |
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[Testimony of W. C. Sweatt] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-019 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, former Mill worker and Acting President of the union W. C. Sweatt discusses pressure from strikers to walk out, problems supporting his family after joining the strike, living conditions in the mill village. |
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[Testimony of Jennie Clinton] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-018 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Mill worker Jennie Clinton discusses walking out with the strikers, threats made against her by strikers when she left to return to work, and living conditions in the Mill village. |
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[Testimony of George Medlock] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-003 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, spinner George Medlock discusses being injuried on the job and forfeiting his pay while he was unable to work. |
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[Testimony of Emma Burton] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-017 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Head Resident of the Wesley House Emma Burton discusses conditions in the mill village and company housing, the Mill clinic, education provided by the Mill, public health, and child labor practices. |
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[Testimony of Robert H. Wright] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-016 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, carpenter and President of the Local Robert H. Wright discusses child labor practices, unethical activities of labor leaders Ola Delight Smith and Charles A. Miles, and living conditions in the mill village. |
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[Testimony of Minnie B. Ware] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-001 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, spinner Minnie B. Ware discusses being out sick from work, and having wages withheld by the Mills. |
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[Testimony of James G. Hall] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-015 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, Atlanta City Physician James G. Hall discusses living conditions and public health in the mill village. |
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[Testimony of H. Newbern Mullinax] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-014 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, member of the Local Textile Council H. Newbern Mullinax discusses the strike of October 1913, labor organization, living conditions in the mill village, and workers who had been discharged from the Mill. |
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[Testimony of Andrew Jackson Clark] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-013 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, carpenter and boarding house owner Andrew Jackson Clark discusses a conversation with labor leaders Ola Delight Smith and Charles A. Miles in which they asked where they could purchase dynamite in order to blow up the Mill-run boarding house. |
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[Testimony of W. V. Garrett] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-012 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, physician W. V. Garrett discusses living conditions and public health in the mill village. |
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[Testimony of Lucretia Briley] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-011 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, clipper Lucretia Briley discusses her family's eviction from the mill village. |
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[Testimony of R. F. Irwin] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-010 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, R. F. Irwin claims that labor leaders Ola Delight Smith and Charles A. Miles propositioned him to aid them in blowing up Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills with dynamite. |
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[Testimony of Marion M. Jackson] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-009 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, Executive Officer of the Men and Religion Movement Marion M. Jackson discusses the relationship of the Men and Religion Movement to the Union and the the Mill, as well as living conditions in the mill village. |
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[Testimony of Louie Marquardt] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-008 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, Atlanta Assistant Building Inspector Louie Marquardt discusses labor organization, and the demands of the strikers. |
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[Testimony of Shuford B. Marks] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-007 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, President of the Georgia Federation of Labor Shuford B. Marks discusses labor organization, and the demands of the strikers. |
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[Testimony of Rufus Odell] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-006 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, special officer of the Local Rufus Odell discusses previous strikes at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, his experiences with Mill management, employment contracts, living conditions in the tent colony, and fines imposed on workers by the Mill. |
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[Testimony of Francis Johnson] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-005 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, spinner Francis Johnson discusses living conditions in the tent colony and in the Mill company housing. |
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[Testimony of Lina McFarland] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-004 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, spinner Lina McFarland discusses starting to work at the Mills at age eleven, her lack of eduction, and working conditions in the Mills. |
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[Testimony of Sarah Nations] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-002 |
Description: |
A witness for the union, spooler Sarah Nations discusses wages, company housing, and fines at the Mills. |
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[Testimony of Harris Gober] |
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Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
Document Type: |
Testimony |
Unique ID: |
ms004-027 |
Description: |
A witness for the Mill, grocer Harris Gober discusses the employment contract used by the Mill, strike leaders, and the activites of labor leaders Sara Conboy and Mary Kelleher. |
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