"Asks Investigation for Atlanta Strike" |
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Date: |
1914 September 16 |
Document Type: |
Article |
Unique ID: |
ms004-087 |
Description: |
This newspaper article annouces the investigation of the textile industry in Atlanta. |
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[Excerpt of a petition for police protection from strikers by employees of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills] |
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Date: |
ca. 1914 |
Document Type: |
Petition |
Unique ID: |
ms004-114 |
Description: |
In this petition, workers from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills ask the Atlanta police for more protection, claiming they are being disturbed and harrassed by strikers. Original item has 24 pages. Only the first page has been scanned. |
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"General Conditions Surrounding St. Louis Labor Trouble" |
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Date: |
1918 April 18 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-252 |
Description: |
This report describes labor disputes with management at the St. Louis branch of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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[Headnotes for Jones et al. vs. Van Winkle Gin and Machine Works] |
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Date: |
ca. 1915 |
Document Type: |
Government Record |
Unique ID: |
ms004-100 |
Description: |
The decision in the case of Jones et al. vs. Van Winkle Gin and Machine Works was favorable towards management in regards to picketting and striking by employees. |
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"House Resolution 621" |
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Date: |
1914 September 15 |
Document Type: |
Government Record |
Unique ID: |
ms004-085 |
Description: |
This House Resolution authorizes an investigation of the conditions of the textile industry in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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Letter from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta |
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Date: |
1914 November 25 |
Document Type: |
Letter |
Unique ID: |
ms004-089 |
Description: |
In this letter, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills requests additional police presence at the Mill during the strike. |
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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[List of witnesses for the defendant and the complainant in the investigation of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills by the Commission on Industrial Relations] |
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Date: |
1915 March 17-27 |
Document Type: |
Government Record |
Unique ID: |
ms004-262 |
Description: |
This document lists the witnesses for the complainant and defendant in the Commission on Industrial Relations investigation of the Atlanta textile industry. |
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[Notes on witnesses] |
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Date: |
ca. 1915 |
Document Type: |
Notes |
Unique ID: |
ms004-062 |
Description: |
This list contains the names of the witnesses who will testify before the Commission of Industrial Relations as well as summaries of their testimonies. |
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[Operative notes] |
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Date: |
[1914] |
Document Type: |
Notes |
Unique ID: |
ms004-052 |
Description: |
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills hired several agents to spy on the activities of strike organizers and workers in the Mill. These notes describe a picket line on the corner of Fair and Bulward Streets. |
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"Report of Operative #145" |
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Date: |
1919 September 06 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-234 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative describes a threat of a strike by teamsters. |
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[Report of Operative #16] |
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Date: |
1915 June 25 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-188 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative describes the construction of an effigy of Georgia Governor John M. Slaton, and strikers' plans to burn it in Inman Park. |
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"Report of Operative #457" |
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Date: |
1915 January 14 |
Document Type: |
Report |
Unique ID: |
ms004-174 |
Description: |
In this report, an operative working in the Mill reports on the activities of other mill workers and strikers. |
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"Strike Waged in Georgia Factory" |
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Date: |
1914 August 15 |
Document Type: |
Article |
Unique ID: |
ms004-116 |
Description: |
This article describes the Fulton Bag strike from the point of view of the labor leaders. Item is a photocopy. |
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"Strike on Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills" |
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Date: |
ca. 1914 |
Document Type: |
Flyer |
Unique ID: |
ms004-029 |
Description: |
This flyer announces that the strike has not been settled, and that agents of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills are concealed among the mill workers and in the mill village. |
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"Strikers' Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1" |
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Date: |
1914 July 18 |
Document Type: |
Newsletter |
Unique ID: |
ms004-083 |
Description: |
In this propaganda newsletter, the Atlanta Federation of Trades describes the living and working conditions of the mill workers during the strike. |
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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 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 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 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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"Woman Organizer Comes From Great Southern Strike" |
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Date: |
ca. 1914 |
Document Type: |
Article |
Unique ID: |
ms004-169 |
Description: |
This article gives a brief biography of labor organizer Sara Conboy, and her activities in Atlanta during the strike. Item is a photocopy. |
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