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Letter from A.J.M. to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from C. L. Denk to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from F. W. Stockmar, Railway Audit and Inspection Company to Charles E. White, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
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.
Letter from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta
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.
Letter from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills to James S. Alexander, National Bank of Commerce
Date: 1914 July 03
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-120
Description: In this letter, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills attempts to persuade Atlanta's business community leaders that the Men and Religion Movement's leaders are acting in a way detrimental towards local business and industry.
Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from J. H. Kelley, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency to Gordon A. Johnstone
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.
Letter from Jacob Elsas to James R. Gray, The Atlanta Journal
Date: 1914 August 07
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-118
Description: In this letter, Jacob Elsas complains that paid advertisements run in the Atlanta Journal have been unfair and biased against Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in favor of the strikers.
Letter from John W. Weccard, American Detective Service Company, to G. A. Johnstone, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
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.
Letter from Louis J. Elsas to C. B. Wilmer
Date: 1914 July 11
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-122
Description: In this letter, Louis J. Elsas defends his brother Oscar Elsas' decision not to meet with C. J. Wilmer, due to articles published by Wilmer which were unfavorable to the company.
Letter from Operative #741B, Sherman Service, to F. H. Neely, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Date: 1918 September 06
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-207
Description: In this report, an operative working in the Mill reports on the activities of mill workers, and working conditions in the Mill.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Arthur St. George Joyce
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Charles E. White
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to David Clark, Southern Textile Bulletin
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."
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Edwards-Adams Studio
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to F. A. Weiss, Wolston Manufacturing Company
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to H. P. Meikleham, Massachusetts Mills in Georgia
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Hoke Smith, U.S. Senate
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to James A. Emery, National Council for Industrial Defense
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to John Y. Phillips
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Richard Sloss
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Robert H. Wright
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to William Schley Howard, U.S. House of Representatives
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Congressional Information Bureau
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Railway Audit and Inspection Company
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."
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin
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.
Letter from R. K. McCuen to J. W. McCuen and Operative Notes
Date: 1914 August 30
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-048
Description: This personal letter from J. W. McCuen's sister includes operative reports on its reverse side.
Letter from Roser, Brandon, Slaton, and Phillips to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Thomas S. Florence, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, to T. Grady Head, State Revenue Comissioner
Date: 1938 July 06
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-256
Description: In this letter, Thomas S. Florence asks the Georgia State Revenue Commissioner for his support in the removal of a liquor store near the mill village.
Letter from Victor Elsas to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from operative to Jacob Elsas
Date: 1914 July 17
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-084
Description: In this letter, an operative reports to Jacob Elsas on the current situation at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills.
Letter from the Cue Cluck Rangers to Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Date: 1922 July 26
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-231
Description: This letter, from an anonymous group most likely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, mentions the Leo Frank case.
[Summons for Oscar Elsas to appear before the Commission on Industrial Relations]
Date: 1915 March 15
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-064
Description: This summons requests Oscar Elsas to testify before the Commission on Industrial Relations on March 22, 1915.
[Threat note to Mrs. Burdett]
Date: 1914 July 10
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-034
Description: This hand-written note to Mrs. Burdett warns her not to testify on behalf of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. The note reads: "Mrs. Burdett if you go an sware fo the co. yo will wish yo hadt. If all you got burnt up the co. will not give you no more. Take warnin an keep yor mouth of the coin."
[Threat note to Mrs. Hardman]
Date: 1914 July 10
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-035
Description: This hand-written note to Mrs. Hardman warns her not to allow her children to work for the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. The note reads: "Mrs. Hardman ples stop yor boys from work in Fulton Mill an sav troubl. We ar goin to stop it if we hav to use force. Tak warnin."

[Reproduction of a letter from Lola Church to Oscar Elsas]
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Date: [1915 March 05]
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: vam004-019
Description: In this letter, Lola Church asks Oscar Elsas for her job at the Mill back after leaving during the strike. She claims that Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills "have better treatment, better pay and lighter work than any other work shop." She also states she "has no use for" the Union and gives the Mills permission to publish her letter.