The Samuel Gompers Papers: Volume 9 Index M-Z This index also includes references to substantive annotations in previous volumes that are not repeated here; for instance, the reference to Theodore Roosevelt's annotation in volume one appears in this index as 1:443n; and the glossary entry for Agnes Nestor in volume seven appears in this index as 7:*.
M (Asterisks indicate glossary entries.) McAdoo, William G., 299-300n, 358, 437; letter to, 296-99 McArdle, Thomas E., 276n; letter to, 275-76 McBryde, Patrick,* 336, 341n McCarthy, Frank H., 8:*, 418n, 492n McClory, Joseph, 311n McClurg, Harry O., 487, 488n McCullough, Theodore W., 7:422n, 212, 213n, 345, 346n McDonald, Duncan,* 52, 52n, 62-63, 63n, 66-67, 68n, 69-70, 72n MacDonald, William, 48n McGhee, Richard, 477n, 487 McGovern, Francis E., 353, 355n McGuire, Peter J.,* 336-37, 341n Machinists, International Association of,* 62, 63n, 191n; disaffiliation from AFL, threatened, 71, 73n; jurisdiction of, 346-47, 347n; strike, 1915 (Bridgeport, Conn.), 304, 305n McIntyre, Frank, 72, 74n McMorrow, Edward, 388, 390n McNamara case, 8:131n, 279, 280n, 300n McNamara Defense Fund, 279 MacNaughton, James, 183, 184n McNulty, Frank J.,* 38n McReynolds, J. C., 106n Madero, Francisco, 160n, 360, 425, 432; reforms of, 325, 327, 436, 443n; overthrow of, 96n, 158, 436-37; and overthrow of Díaz, 158, 212n, 324; Zapata and, 307n Magna Carta, 290 Mahon, William D.,* 31-32, 34n, 47n, 65, 208n, 255, 337; as fraternal delegate to TUC, 162, 469, 485; letters from, 206-7, 388-90; letter to, 533-34 Mahon et al. v. Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co., 208n Mahoney, Charles E., 7:285-86n, 65; indictment of, 182-83, 184n Maintenance of Way Employes, International Brotherhood of,* 50n, 342 Male Nurses' Association of Massachusetts, 416-18 Malines, German defeat at, 193n Manly, Basil, 312 Mann, James R., 24, 25n Mann, Thomas, 4:*, 337 Manning, James F., 166n; letter to, 164-66 Man Nobody Knows, The (Barton), 17n Mansfield, Frederick W., 454, 455n Marot, Helen, 422n Martel, Arthur, 458, 460n Martine, James, 195n Martínez, Edmundo E., 307n, 326-27, 426-27n, 436-38, 443n, 465; letter from, 305-7; letter to, 360-62 Marx, Karl, 1:43n, 5 Mason Forwarding Co., 83n Mathews, James W., 422n; letter to, 419-22 Mayors, conference of, 1914 (Philadelphia), 206-7, 208n Mayor's Committee on National Defense, 358-59, 359n Mazur, Paul M., 229n; letter to, 228-29 Meador, C. H., 494, 495n Mendelsohn, George, 236n; letter from, 235-36 Menge, Edward, 213n Merritt, Charles H., 284, 285n Merritt, Walter G., 284, 285n Mesabi Range strike (1916), 488, 489-90n, 504-5 Metal Mine Workers' Industrial Union (IWW), 489n Metal Polishers', Buffers', Platers', and Brass and Silver Workers' Union of North America,* 224n Mexican-American War, 434n Mexican Federation of Labor, 305-7, 326-27, 436, 465 Mexican workers, in U.S., 43, 352n, 425, 438-39, 443n, 456, 466-68 Mexico: AFL and, 158-59, 360-61, 436, 458, 462; AFL Executive Council and, 158, 324, 326, 326n; American prisoners held by, 426n, 434-35, 435n, 437; anti-American feeling in, 439; hacienda lands, distribution of, 307n, 439, 443n; organization of labor in, 427-28, 429n, 439, 467 (see also Casa del Obrero Mundial; Federación de Sindicatos Obreros de la República Mexicana; Gran Círculo de Obreros Libres; Mexican Federation of Labor); and Pan-American Federation of Labor, 466n; religious persecution in, 440, 443n, 458; schools in, 465; Tampico incident, 95, 95-96n; U.S. intervention in, possible (1915), 306, 307n, 326-27, 361, 363n, 437; U.S. Punitive Expedition in, 212n, 426n, 437; U.S. war with, possible (1916), 428, 430-33, 433n, 434, 434n, 435, 435n, 438-39; wages in, 439 Mexico City, general strike in (1916), 426n, 499-500, 500- 501n Meyling, Herman, 173 Migrant workers, 142, 143n, 507n Militarism: AFL and, 524-25n, 529; SG and, 380-81, 384 Military, democracy in, 380-82 Military training, 332n; AFL and, 345-46, 379, 524, 524- 25n, 526 Military Training Camps Association of the U.S., 332n Militia, 379, 382 Miller, Abraham, 227n; letter from, 227 Miller, Guy E., 6:460n, 179, 183n Mills, Ernest,* 44n; wire from, 43-44 Mills, Ogden, 403n Milwaukee Building Trades Council, 4:183n, 354 Milwaukee-Downer College, 354, 355n Milwaukee Female College, 355n Miners, organization of, 222. See also Miners, Western Federation of; Mine Workers of America, United Miners, Western Federation of,* 28n, 66, 115, 118n; amalgamation with Mine Workers of America, United, 176-78, 178n, 271-74; in Butte, Mont., 154, 155n, 179-82, 190; convention, 1914, 178n; and eight-hour day, 121; indictment of officers of, 182-83, 184n; local 1 (Butte), 155n, 180, 182, 270-72; and Mexico, 443n; strike, 1913 (Mineville, N.Y.), 177, 178n; strike, 1913-14 (Northern Michigan), 8:512-13n, 11-13, 13-14n, 25-28, 43-44, 44n, 46-47, 47-48n, 51-52, 52n, 64-67, 68n, 177, 181-83, 210, 301; strike, 1915-16 (Arizona), 351-52, 352n, 425 Mine Workers of America, United,* 24n, 66, 115, 118n; agreements with Ohio miner operators (1914, 1915), 282, 283n; amalgamation with Miners, Western Federation of, 176-78, 178n, 271-74; conference, 1897 (Wheeling, W.Va.), 4:359n, 337; convention, 1914 (Indianapolis), 40, 40n, 52, 52-53n, 63n, 64-67, 68n, 69, 176, 178n; District 12 (Illinois), 181; and eight-hour day, 121; indictment of officers of, 39, 40n, 89; and industrial unionism, 502; and Mexico, 436, 443n; organization of, 336-37; strike, 1897, 4:345n, 33; strike, 1913-14 (Colorado), 23, 24n, 210-11, 211n, 242, 301, 399, 400n (see also Ludlow massacre); strike, 1914 (threatened), 97, 98n Minimum Wage Law (Brown), 316, 318n Minimum wage legislation, 19, 21-22n; AFL and, 19, 22n, 214, 532; AFL Executive Council and, 19-21, 22n, 460-61, 461n; SG and, 22n, 119, 122, 215, 258-59, 259n, 314-17. See also specific entries under Legislation, state, and Legislation, U.S. Mitchel, John P., 358-59, 359n, 430n, 492 Mitchell, John,* 13n, 38n, 200n, 280n, 359, 359n; and Buck's Stove and Range Co. cases, 105; and Northern Michigan copper miners' strike, 12, 14n, 28n, 44n, 47n, 65; retirement of, 37-38, 41 Model state law regarding injunctions, 262, 262n, 320, 423 Molders' Union of North America, International,* 34n Moley, Daniel M., 99, 99n Molloy, Annie E., 270, 274n Monon Railroad, 516 Monroe, sinking of, 201, 203n Montana Federation of Labor, 155n Montana State Federation of Labor, 155n Montana Trades and Labor Council, 155n Mooney, Rena, 517-18n Mooney, Thomas J.,* 343, 344n, 517-18n Mooney-Billings case, 517, 517-18n Morales, Nieves G., letter to, 43 "More," 127-30 Morgan, J. Edward, 517, 517-18n Moriarty, James, 479n Morones Negrete, Luis N.,* 426-27n, 436, 443n Morrison, Frank,* 14n, 48n, 64, 157n, 359n, 464n, 488n, 508; at AFL conventions, 29, 33, 34n, 214n; at AFL Executive Council meetings, 271-74, 436; and black workers, 282n; and Boston building trades conference, 68n, 70, 73n; and Buck's Stove and Range Co. cases, 105; and Clayton bill, 90-91, 97n, 98n, 153; elected AFL secretary, 38n, 226n, 348n; and International Federation of Trade Unions, payment of per capita tax to, 174, 175n; and jurisdictional dispute, 107-8; and Lawson protest, 309; salary of, 213, 214n; and trade union movement in Canada, 15-16n; letters to, 39-40, 227, 260-61, 281, 464; wire from, 146; wire to, 371 Morrison, Harry, 145n Morrison, John (grocer), 343, 343-44n Moyer, Charles H.,* 44n, 65, 154, 155n, 274; attack on, 43-44; criticism of AFL, 52n, 67, 68n; indictment of, 182-83, 184n; letter from, 179-83; letter to, 189-91 Murdock, Victor, 7:95n, 98n Murillo, Geraldo, 433n Murray, John, 430-31, 433-34n, 436, 438, 443n Mushet, William, 213n Musical Mutual Protective Union (New York City), 2:37n, 4:399n, 168-69, 169n Musicians, American Federation of,* 169n; and black workers, 168-69, 169-70n; local 310 (New York City), 168-69, 169n Mussolini, Benito, 489n Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employes, 48, 50n Myers, Joseph S., 352, 352n Myrup, A. A., 145n National Association for Universal Military Training, 451n National Association of Manufacturers, 5:15n, 3, 78, 82, 135, 221, 229-30, 230n National Association of Manufacturers Exposed (AFL), 229, 230n National Civic Federation, 5:218n, 51n, 138; annual meeting, 1916 (Washington, D.C.), 382n; annual meeting, 1916, SG address before, 372-82; Department on Regulation of Interstate and Municipal Utilities, 163, 164n; Minimum Wage Commission, 461n; and minimum wage laws, 460-61, 461n; model bill for regulating public utilities, 163-64, 164n; SG testimony regarding, 132-36; survey of social and industrial conditions, 139, 140n; and workmen's compensation laws, 199, 200n National Constitutional Prohibition Committee on Cooperation, 179 National Emergency Peace Conference, 1915 (Chicago), 269, 274n National Erectors' Association, 8:227n, 221 National Founders' Association, 5:368n; convention, 1916 (New York City), 523, 523n National Industrial Conference Board, 523, 523n National Labor Union, 3:204n, 241 National League (baseball), 237n National League of Professional Baseball Clubs et al. v. Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc., 238n National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, 353, 353n National Society for Vocational Education, 353n Neary, Timothy F., 267n, 453; letter to, 266-67 Neff, William B., 138n Nelson, Knute, 8:363n, 10n, 92 Nestor, Agnes, 7:*, 422n Neutrality, American, 254n New Jersey State Federation of Labor, 8:135n; convention, 1914 (Newark), 168, 168n Newlands, Francis G., 55, 57n, 92 New Orleans Dock and Cotton Council, indictment of members of, 8:182n, 82 New Orleans longshoremen's case, 8:182n, 82 Newspaper Enterprise Association, 397 New York and Vicinity, Central Federated Union of Greater, 1:379n, 167, 269, 274n, 278n, 291n New York City, Gary Plan in, 429, 430n New York City Allied Printing Trades Council, 153n; investigation of, 72, 74n, 89 New York City Building Trades Council, 292n New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, 516 New York Railways Co., strike against (1916), 490-92, 492n New York state constitutional convention, 279-80, 280n New York State Department of Labor, 277, 277n New York State Factory Investigating Commission, 8:301n, 137, 138n, 156, 258-59, 259n, 316 New York State Federation of Labor, 2:96n, 62, 278n, 280, 280n, 408n; convention, 1914 (Schenectady), 178n New York state industrial board, 277n New York state industrial commission, 277n New York state workmen's compensation commission, 277, 277n New York World, statement to, 45 Nimmo, John, 283n Nockels, Edward N., 6:342n, 91, 205n, 354 Nolan, Edward, 517-18n Nolda, Henry, 214n Nolde and Horst Co., 263n Nolde and Horst Co. v. Kruger et al., 263n Nolte, Ed, letter to, 166-67 Northcliffe, Charles W. H., 289n Northcliffe press, 288, 289-90n North Dakota Non-Partisan League, 422, 424n Northern Michigan copper miners' strike (1913-14), 8:512- 13n, 11-13, 13-14n, 25-28, 43-44, 44n, 46-47, 47-48n, 51-52, 52n, 64-67, 68n, 177, 181-83, 210, 301; congressional investigation of, 28n, 46, 47-48n, 51-52, 52n, 65-66, 68n, 96n Nurses, male, 416-18 Obregón Salido, Alvaro, 160n, 306, 307n, 427n O'Brien, Patrick, 13n Observer, 289n O'Connell, James,* 10n, 71, 157n, 488n, 508; at AFL convention, 224-25, 225n; at AFL Executive Council meetings, 272, 436; and Clayton Act, 91; and Committee on Industrial Relations, 422n; elected AFL vice-president, 38n, 226n, 348n; and jurisdictional dispute, 388, 390n; and U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 9, 138, 171-72, 311, 312n, 322; letter from, 171-72 O'Connell, John, 518n O'Connor, T. V., 83n, 104n Office employees, organization of, 142 O'Gorman, James A., 194, 194n O'Hara, John J., 233n; letter from, 232-33 Ohio State Federation of Labor, 8:17n, 511 Olander, Victor A.,* 91, 94n Olsen, S. A., letter to, 422-24 "One Big Union," 103, 245 Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission, 317n Organizing, AFL assessments for, 38, 38n Otis, Harrison G., 6:213n, 484n Oudegeest, Jan,* 240n, 265, 266n, 289n Pabst, Gustave G., 354, 355n Pacific Gas and Electric Co., strike against (1913-14), 38-39n Page, Carroll S., 8:381n, 10n Pages, Baltasar, 426-27n, 430, 432, 433-34n, 436 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood of,* 34n, 62, 191n Palestine, 403-5, 405n Panama Canal, 328n Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), 326, 328n Pan-American Federation of Labor, 443n, 465, 466n, 500, 534 Pan-American Federation of Labor Conference Committee, 443n Pan-American Financial Conference (1915), 296-99, 299-300n, 327, 358, 437; commission of, 298, 299-300n, 358 Pani, Alberto J., 498-500, 500n Paper, print, 525, 526n Parker, Alton B., 7:296n, 97n, 141, 153, 536 Parker, Lewis W., 171n Parral (Chihuahua), battle at, 426n Pattern Makers' League of North America,* 34n Peace delegations, postwar, labor representation in, 485, 488n Peace movement, 254, 366n, 430, 433n; AFL Executive Council and, 231; meetings: Jan. 1915 (Washington, D.C.), 231, 232n; Feb. 1915 (Chicago), 269, 274n; Apr. 1915 (New York City), 269, 274n; Apr.-May 1915 (The Hague), 270, 274n; May 1915 (Cleveland), 269, 274n; June 1915 (New York City), 290, 291-92n Pearce, William C.,* 336, 341n Pennsylvania, University of, SG address at, banned by, 256, 256n Pennsylvania Railroad, 48-49, 50n, 481, 511, 516; strike against (1914), 50n Pensions, 122-23, 525-26 People ex rel. Fursman v. City of Chicago et al., 419n Perham, Henry B.,* 9, 10n, 343n, 436, 495n; elected AFL vice-president, 38n, 226n, 348n Perkins, Edgar A.,* 64, 68n, 69 Perkins, George W.,* 75n, 80n, 254n, 260, 354, 403n; letter from, 253-54; letters to, 75, 237, 478-79 Persecution: political, 414-15; religious, 404, 414-15 (see also Mexico, religious persecution in) Pershing, John, 212n, 426n Persion, Achille,* 480n; letter from, 480 Pettipiece, R. Parmenter, 478n; letter to, 477-78 Phagan, Mary, 279n Philipp, Emanuel L., 353, 355n Phillips, Cyrus, 200n Phillips, George, 83n Photo-Engravers' Union of North America, International,* 94n; convention, 1914 (Indianapolis), 163, 163n, 168; local 1 (New York City), 74-75n Physical training, AFL and, 524-25n; SG and, 329-30, 374-75, 380, 382 Pierce, Willis H., 48, 49-50n Pinchot, Amos, 422n, 433n Pinchot, Gifford, 309, 310n Planten, G. H., 48, 49n Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Business Men's Camp, 330-31, 332n "Pluck-me" stores, 87, 222 Political action: nonpartisan, AFL and, 165-66, 423-24, 471-72; partisan, AFL and, 34-36, 36n, 165-66, 245, 327 Political candidates: legislative records of, 165; platforms of, 165 Pomerene, Atlee, 470, 472n Pope, George, 78, 78n Port-au-Prince, U.S. occupation of, 311n Porter, D. Edward, 168, 169n Port Henry Iron Ore Co., strike against (1913), 177, 178n Portland (Ore.) and Vicinity, Central Labor Council of, 172, 172n Portsmouth (Va.) Central Labor Union, 419-22, 422n Post, Louis F., 319, 321n, 323 Powell, George, 352n Preparedness, 332n, 358-59, 359-60n; AFL and, 344-46, 346n, 379, 383n, 524; SG and, 329-31, 346, 364-65, 374-82, 384 Pressmen's and Assistant's Union of North America, International Printing,* 348n; lockout, 1912- (local 7, Chicago), 74n Prince of Wales's Fund, 196 Princip, Gavrilo, 160n Prinz, Henry, 19, 21n Proebstle, Joseph,* 30, 34n Profit sharing, SG and, 397-98 Progressive party: convention, 1916 (Chicago), 430n; platform (1912), 77 Prohibition, SG and, 179, 406, 408n Proportional representation, 124-25 Protest conference, 1906 (Washington, D.C.), 7:6n, 89-90 Protest conference, 1908 (Washington, D.C.), 7:320n, 89-90, 165, 166n "Protocol of Peace," 8:114n, 403n Prussian military caste, antagonism toward, in Great Britain, 192, 196-97 Public works, 123 Puebla, strike at (1907), 307n Puerto Rican workers, organization of, 533-34, 534n Puerto Rico: agricultural workers' strike (1916), 411n; U.S. Industrial Relations Commission hearings on, 256-58, 258n, 280, 312. See also Legislation, U.S.: Jones Act (1917) Putrich, Antonia, 26, 28n Putrich, Steve, 26, 28n Quebec (City), National Trades and Labor Council of, 14-15, 15n Quebec (City) Trades and Labor Council, 14, 15n Quelch, Tom, 230n; letter to, 229-30 Quick, Humphrey, 26, 28n Railroads: government ownership of, AFL and, 494; government ownership of, SG and 254-55; municipal ownership of, 255, 255n Railroad Telegraphers of North America, Order of,* 342-43n Railroad workers, organization of, 48-49, 49-50n Railway Carmen of America, Brotherhood of,* 157n, 343n Railway Clerks, Brotherhood of,* 342, 343n Railway Employes, Brotherhood of Federated, 48-49, 50n Railwaymen, National Union of, 377, 382n Railway Yardmen, National Association of, 341-42 Ralston, Jackson H., 4:294n, 3-4, 90-91, 141, 153 Ramos, Domingo, 429n, 467, 468n Randall, Beverly, 282n Ratchford, Michael D.,* 336, 341n Ravola, Alfonso A., 467, 468n Reardon, John, 390n Recall, 124 Referendum, 124 Reid, James J.,* 38n Religion, and trade unions, SG and, 16-17, 458-59. See also Catholic Church, and trade unions in Canada Religious organizations, fraternal delegates from, AFL and, 212-13, 213-14n Remington Arms Co., strike against (1915), 305n Remington Cartridge Co., strike against (1915), 305n Republican party: convention, 1916 (Chicago), 430n; platform (1912), 4, 77, 111 Rheims, destruction of cathedral at, 192, 194n, 195 Rich, Albert, 529n Rickert, Thomas A.,* 203, 205n, 227, 393; wire to, 406 Río Blanco, strike at (1907), 306, 307n Riordan, William J., 354, 356n Rivera Martínez, Prudencio, 257-58, 258n, 280 Roach, James, 44n, 47n Roan, Jack, 283n Robins, Margaret Dreier (Mrs. Raymond Robins), 22n, 235n; letter from, 302-3, letters to, 234-35, 318-21 Rockefeller, John D., 8:277n, 218 Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 210-11, 211n, 282, 283n, 301, 302n, 328-29, 399, 400n Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., strike against (1913-14), 23, 24n, 210-11, 211n, 242, 301, 399, 400n. See also Ludlow massacre Roebuck, Joseph, 244n; letter to, 240-44 Rojas, Luis Manuel, 433n Rolland, Modesto, 433n Roosevelt, Theodore, 1:443n, 202, 323, 514 Root, Elihu, 5:438n, 92 Rowe, Thomas W.,* 31, 34n Rubin, William B., 8:459n, 354 Run-of-mine method of paying miners, 282, 283n Russell, Charles E., 378, 382-83n Russia, and outbreak of WWI, 160n, 163n, 174; U.S. mission to (1917), 383n Ryan, John D., 270-71, 275n Ryan, Martin F.,* 49, 50n Sailors' and Firemen's Union of Great Britain and Ireland, National, 474-76, 477n St. John, Vincent, 150n Sam, Vilbrun Guillaume, 311n Sandeman, George, 518n San Francisco Building Trades Council, 5:339n, 39n San Francisco exhibition (1915). See Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) San Francisco Labor Council, 4:172n, 5:475n, 39n, 40, 40n San Francisco preparedness parade, bombing of, 517, 517n Santiago, Cuba, naval battle at, 197, 198n Sarah Knisley v. Pascal P. Pratt et al., 7, 9n Sassenbach, Johann,* 107, 107n Scharrenberg, Paul,* 38n, 206n, 220-21, 223-24n, 514-15, 515n; wire to, 206 Schiff, Jacob H., 253, 254n Schley, Winfield S., 5:11n, 197 Schloerb, R. W., letter to, 254-55 Schlossberg, Joseph,* 227, 228n Schram, Louis, 200n Scientific management, 187-89, 189n; SG and, 228-29, 398 Scientific Management and Labor (Hoxie), 189n Scott, Melinda, 108, 110n; letter to, 258-59 "Scrap of paper" (Belgian neutrality treaty), 296n, 373 Scully, Mary P., 98, 99n Seamen's Union of America, International,* 213n; convention, 1916 (New York City), 476, 477n, 487; German effort to foment strikes by, 304, 305n Seattle and Vicinity, Central Labor Council of, 171, 221 Serbia, and outbreak of WWI, 160n, 163n Shackleton, David J., 8:*, 476 Shannon Copper Co., strike against (1915-16), 351-52, 352n, 425 Shaw, Quincy A., Jr., 211, 211n Sheet Metal Workers' International Alliance, Amalgamated,* 73n; and AFL Building Trades Department, 73n; jurisdiction of, 70, 73n Sheets, Henry, 451n Sheppard, Lucius E.,* 521, 523n, 527 Shields, John K., 194, 195n, 409-10, 410n Shipping disasters, 111, 112n, 201, 203n Shonts, Theodore P., 492, 493n Short, James A., 8:151n, 44n, 47n Shuster, George N., 302n; letter to, 300-302 Skilled workers, 251-52, 530-31 Slaton, John M., 278-79n; letter to, 278 Slobodin, Henry L., 378-79, 383n Smith, Alfred E., 8:472n, 359, 359n Smith, Ellison D., 103n; letter to, 100-102 Smith, Hoke, 10n Social Democratic Party of Germany, 2:371n, 379, 475 Socialist-labor conference, 1915 (London), 238, 239-40n Socialist Labor party, 112-13 Socialist Party of America, 6:204n, 4, 461-62, 462n; AFL and, 36n, 112-15, 124, 126, 130; and preparedness, 378-79; and U.S. intervention in WWI, 383n Socialists: AFL and, 34-36, 36n; SG and, 4-5, 80-82, 112-35, 138-39, 139n, 150-52, 152n, 245-46, 333-34, 353-55, 378-79, 461-62, 512, 527-29 Solidarity, 245 Sonora, governor of, 427n Spanish-American War, 4:465-66n, 291, 534, 534n Spartacus, 387, 387n Spelling, Thomas C., 7:254n, 279, 280n, 323 Spencer, Herbert, 2:110n, 17 Spencer, William J., 8:*, 157n Spring, George F., 277-78n Spry, William, 343, 344n Stafford, William H., 4-6, 9n Standard Oil Co., 279, 301 Starr, Ellen Gates, 371n; letters from, 370-71, 391; letters to, 385-87, 392-95 Steam and Operating Engineers, International Union of, 7:*, 205n; and black workers, 281, 282n, 497, 497n; convention, 1916 (Newark, N.J.), 492n; German effort to foment strikes by, 305n; local 69 (Chicago), 203, 205n; local 77 (Washington, D.C.), 281, 282n; local 94 (Washington, D.C.), 497, 497n; local 569 (Chicago), 205n Steam Shovel and Dredge Men, International Brotherhood of, 74n Steelworkers, organization of, 211 Steghagen, Emma, 302-3, 303n; letters from, 332, 452 Stephen, James F., 244, 245n Stepic, Stanko, 28n Sterling, John, 450n Stettler, Frank C., 317n Stettler v. O'Hara et al., 316, 317-18n Steward, Samuel, 155n Stillman, Charles B.,* 418, 419n Stimac, John, 26, 28n Stone, Warren S.,* 49, 50n, 521-22, 523n, 527; letters to, 449-50, 463 Stone Cutters' Association of North America, Journeymen,* 71, 73n; jurisdiction of, 73n Storey, Moorfield, 434n Strauss, William, 8:334n, 80n Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, Amalgamated Association of,* 34n, 191n, 251; division 308 (Chicago), 390n; division 589 (Boston), 390n; jurisdiction of, 388-90, 390n; and Puerto Rican workers, 533-34, 534n; strike, 1916 (New York City), 490-92, 492n Strikes, AFL financial appeals for, 11-13, 14n, 48n, 65, 171n, 191n, 352n; AFL financial support of, considered, 27-28, 28n, 29-33, 33n, 48n, 65-66, 156-57, 157n, 181-83, 190-91; German effort to foment, 303-4, 305n, 366n; SG and, 84-85 Strikes and lockouts: --agricultural workers: 1916 (Puerto Rico), 411n --clothing workers: 1915 (Chicago), 354, 355-56n, 356-57, 370-71, 371n, 386-87, 391 --cooks and waiters: 1913 (New York City), 8:452n, 489n --copper miners: 1913-14 (Northern Michigan), 8:512-13n, 11-13, 13-14n, 25-28, 43-44, 44n, 46-47, 47-48n, 51-52, 52n, 64-67, 68n, 177, 181-83, 210, 301 --electrical workers: 1913-14 (San Francisco), 38, 38-39n; 1914 (Toledo), 99, 99n --foundry workers: 1916 (Chicago), 438, 443n, 452 --general strikes: 1914 (miners, threatened), 97, 98n; 1916 (Mexico City), 426n, 499-500, 500-501n; 1916 (New York City), 490-91, 492n --Homestead strike: 1892, 3:189n, 51 --hop field workers: 1913, 1914 (California), 504, 507n --iron miners: 1913 (Mineville, N.Y.), 177, 178n; 1916 (Mesabi Range), 488, 489-90n, 504-5 --ladies' garment workers: 1913 (New York City), 8:442n, 98 --machinists: 1915 (Bridgeport, Conn.), 304, 305n --mill workers: 1916 (Buffalo, N.Y.), 406n --mine and smelter workers: 1915-16 (Arizona), 351-52, 352n, 425 --miners: 1884 (Hocking Valley, Ohio), 1:426n, 86-87; 1897, 4:345n, 33, 86-88, 337; 1900 (anthracite), 5:263n, 337; 1902 (anthracite), 6:13-14n, 13, 86-88, 337; 1912-13 (W.Va.), 8:519n, 24, 210, 301; 1913-14 (Colorado), 23, 24n, 210-11, 211n, 242, 301, 399, 400n (see also Ludlow massacre) --munitions workers: 1915 (Bridgeport, Conn.), 304, 305n --printing pressmen: 1912- (Chicago), 74n --railroad workers: 1914 (Pennsylvania), 50n; 1916 (Cuba), 534n; 1916 (threatened), 450n, 463, 495n, 529n --steelworkers: 1916 (Pittsburgh), 504, 507n --street and electric railway workers: 1916 (New York City), 490-92, 492n; 1916-17 (Havana), 534, 534n --textile workers: 1907 (Veracruz), 306, 307n; 1912 (Lawrence, Mass.), 8:325-26n, 229, 230n, 489n, 504; 1913 (Paterson, N.J.), 8:503n, 489n, 504-5; 1914 (Atlanta), 170-71, 171n, 191n Suhr, Herman, 507n Sullivan, James W.,* 124, 136n, 139, 192, 207, 470n; letter to, 468-69 Sullivan, Jere L.,* 246n; letter to, 245-46 Suzuki, Bunji,* 327, 328n, 513, 515, 515n Switchmen's Union of North America,* 34n Taft, William H., 6:383n, 3, 112n, 274n; and German submarine warfare, 253, 254n; and immigration bill (1913; S. 3175), 80-81, 82-83n; and sundry civil appropriation bill (1913; H.R. 28,775), 81-82, 82n, 353 Tagle, Manuel Vázquez, 306, 307n Tailors' Industrial Union,* 71, 73-74n, 235-36, 236n, 260-61, 261n; jurisdiction of, 74n; local 2 (San Francisco), 236; local 161 (Chicago), 356n. See also Tailors' Union of America, Journeymen Tailors' Union of America, Journeymen,* 74n, 354, 356n. See also Tailors' Industrial Union Tampico incident, 95, 95-96n Tanner, Charles H., 43, 44n Tariff commission, nonpartisan, AFL and, 365, 366n Taunton (Mass.) Central Labor Union, 166n Taylor, Claude O.,* 65, 68n Taylor, James A.,* 223-24n, 214-16 Taylor system, SG and, 228 Teachers: and Chicago board of education, 419n; and Cleveland board of education, 137, 137-38n, 418; in Mexico, 465; organization of, 137, 137-38n, 418-19, 419n, 429 (see also Teachers, American Federation of) Teachers, American Federation of,* 418-19, 419n, 429; local 8 (Washington, D.C.), 466n Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America, International Brotherhood of,* 36n; Joint Council 25 (Chicago), 267n; jurisdiction of, 143-45, 145-46n, 146-49; secession movement in, 357n Telegraph lines, government ownership of, AFL and, 494 Terry, William E., 7:384n, 83n Textile Workers of America, United,* 171n; local 900 (Reading, Pa.), injunction against, 262, 263n; local 909 (Lenoir City, Tenn.), injunction against, 262, 262-63n; strike, 1914 (Atlanta), 170-71, 171n, 191n Thirty Years War, 264, 266n Thomas, Charles S., 194, 195n Thompson, Joseph F., 510, 510n Thompson, William O., 83-85, 88n, 112 Thorne, Florence C.,* 433n; memorandum, 430-33 Tijan, Alois, 26, 28n Tillett, Benjamin,* 197n, 337; letter from, 195-97 Timberworkers, International Union of,* 453, 454n Times (London), 289n Titanic, sinking of, 8:369n, 201 Tobin, Daniel J.,* 35, 36n, 267n, 357n; letter from, 146-49; letters to, 143-45, 356-57; wire from, 52 Todd, G. Carroll, 74n Toledo Central Labor Union, 99n Toronto District Labor Council, 409n Townley, Arthur, 424n Tracy, Thomas F.,* 157n, 479, 479n Trades Union Congress of Great Britain, 4:*; meeting, 1914 (Portsmouth), 162-63, 163n; meeting, 1915 (Bristol), 404, 406n; meeting, 1916 (Birmingham), 469, 470n, 476, 484 Trade union disputes. See Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated; Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of, secession movement in; Garment Workers of America, United, secession movement in; Jurisdiction, of trade unions; Jurisdictional disputes; Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America, International Brotherhood of, secession movement in Trade unions: Catholic Church and, in Canada, 14-15, 15-16n, 458, 460n; constitutions of, SG critiques of, 267-68, 419, 419n, 420-22; democracy in, 392-93; dues of, 452; economic power of, 282, 333-35, 339, 462; goals of, 447-48, 536; history of, 222-23; members of, indictment of, 39, 40n, 82, 83n, 89, 182-83, 184n; nonpartisan political activity in, 165-66, 423-24, 471-72; organization of, 501-3; and "outsiders," 277, 392-93, 420-21, 431, 459-62, 512; partisan political activity in, 34-36, 36n, 165-66, 245, 327; patriotism of, 381; philosophy of, 127-30; and religion, 16-17, 458-59 (see also Catholic Church, and trade unions in Canada); secession movements in (see Trade union disputes) Training School for Active Workers in the Labor Movement, 332, 333n Training School for Women Organizers, 332, 333n Travis, Claude C., 400n; letter to, 399-400 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 431-32, 434n Treitschke, Heinrich von, 192, 194n Tresca, Carlo, 488-89, 489n TUC. See Trades Union Congress of Great Britain Tumulty, Joseph, 203n Tunnel and Subway Constructors' International Union, jurisdiction of, 347, 347-48n Typographical Union, International,* 36n, 315, 537; convention, 1914 (Providence), 168, 168n; and eight-hour day, 120; and industrial unionism, 502; local 174 (Los Angeles), 436 Underwood, Oscar W., 48n, 65, 68n, 98n Unemployment insurance: in Belgium, 175n; in Great Britain, 193n United Mine Workers' Journal, letter to, 335-40 Unorganized workers. See Itinerant workers; Migrant workers; Unskilled workers; Women workers Unskilled workers, 142, 143n, 172, 251-52, 530-31 Urquidi, Francisco, 307n Uruguay, and civil war in Mexico, 363n U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 8:331-32n, 9; AFL and, 464n; hearings, 83-88, 90, 112-38, 138n, 139, 139-40n, 171-72, 172n, 188, 189n, 224n, 256-58, 258n, 279-80, 280n, 282, 283n, 284, 285n, 322; and minimum wage, 316-17; reports of, 311, 312n, 321-23, 324n; and scientific management, 187-89, 189n U.S. Department of Labor, 2:127n, 8 U.S. House of Representatives: --Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 526n --Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 111, 112n --Committee on Mines and Mining, 48n, 302n --Committee on the Judiciary, 40, 40n, 52n, 106n, 140 --Select Committee on Lobby Investigation, 3-8, 229, 230n U.S.-Mexican Joint Commission, 426n, 431-32, 434n, 482-84, 498 U.S. Punitive Expedition, 212n, 426n, 437 U.S. Senate --Committee on Foreign Affairs, 111, 112n --Committee on Interstate Commerce, 92, 526n --Committee on the Judiciary, 92, 300 U.S. Steel Corporation, 5:335n, 81, 279; profit sharing plan of, 8:25n, 45, 46n U.S. v. A. Haines et al., 83n Utah Board of Pardons, 344n Utilities, mayors' conference on municipal, 206-7, 208n Utilities, National Civic Federation model bill for regulating public, 163-64, 164n Valentine, Joseph F.,* 14n, 38n, 226n, 271-73, 348n, 436 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 2:409n, 218 Van Lear, Thomas, 347, 348n, 350n Vare, William S., 19, 22n Vargas, Hermogenes, 411n, Veracruz: occupation of (see Tampico incident); textile workers strike in (1907), 306, 307n Verbanac, Nick, 182, 184n, 190-91, 191n Verdun, battle of, 426n Victor-American Fuel Co., strike against (1913-14), 23, 24n, 210-11, 211n, 242, 301, 399, 400n. See also Ludlow massacre Villa, Francisco "Pancho," 211, 212n, 306, 307n, 426n, 432, 437 Vocational Association of the Middle West, 353n Vocational education, 126, 355, 355n; SG and, 382 Volturno, sinking of, 201, 203n Vote: direct, 125; right to, 184-87 Waddell, W. E., letter to, 44-45 Waddell-Mahon guards, 11-12, 13n, 28n, 43, 182 Wages, 126-27, 252; legislation regarding, 19, 22n, 460-61, 461n; legislation regarding, AFL and, 214, 532; legislation regarding, SG and, 119, 122, 215. See also Minimum wage legislation Walker, John H.,* 24, 25n, 27, 65, 346, 346n, 350n; letter to, 150-52 Wallace, Edgar, 341n; letter to, 335-40 Wallace (Idaho) Trades and Labor Council, 25n Walsh, Francis P., 117n, 257, 312n, 324n, 517; and American Union against Militarism, 433n; and Committee on Industrial Relations, 422n; at U.S. Industrial Relations Commission hearings, 112, 118, 124, 130, 135; letter from, 311-12; letters to, 279-80, 321-23 Wambaugh, Sarah, 270, 274n Wanhope, Joshua, 378, 383n Warheit (Truth), 405n Washington, Booker T., 4:408n, 383 Washington Association of New Jersey, 254n Washington Herald, letter to, 76-78 Waterman, Homer F.,* 27, 28n, 47n Watters, James, 409n Weeks, Edwin W.,* 157n; letter from, 156-57 Weinberg, Israel, 517-18n Weinstock, Harris, 285n, 312n; letter to, 284-85 West, George P., 430-31, 433n West Indian workers, 496 Westinghouse, strike against (1916), 504, 507n West Virginia, congressional investigation of strike in (1913), 8:519n, 23, 51 White, A. Robert, 383 White, John P.,* 39-40, 40n, 67, 68n, 98n, 422n; and AFL vice-presidency, 38n, 41-42, 42-43n; letter from, 41-42; wires to, 64, 97 Whitefield, William, 487, 488n Whitehead, Myrtle, 332, 333n White Rats Actors' Union, 292n Whitney, C. E., 450n, 464n Wickersham, George W., 8:54n, 250, 295-96n, 319, 323, 324n; letter to, 292-95 Willcox, William R., 163, 164n Williams, Charles, 422n Williams, Thomas, 157n, 261n Williams, Wayne C., 457, 457n Willis, Frank, 283n Wilson, Frederick, 213n Wilson, James A.,* 32, 34n Wilson, J. Havelock,* 477n; letter from, 473-76; letter to, 484-87 Wilson, Thomas Woodrow, 8:135n, 106n, 203n, 354, 358-59, 360n, 435, 476; and AFL convention delegates, reception of, 519-20; and AFL Executive Council, meeting with, 9, 10n; and AFL office building, dedication of, 276n, 444-45, 448n; Brandeis, nomination of, 409, 410n; and Burnett immigration bill, 103n, 405n; and Clayton Act, 91-92, 140-41, 197, 200-201, 446, 455; and Colorado miners' strike (1913-14), 24n, 95n, 98n, 210, 211n; and Hill, 343, 344n; labor record of, SG on, 473, 487, 488n; and Mexico, U.S. relations with, 96n, 307n, 324-27, 361, 363n, 426n, 432-33, 434n, 437; and Puerto Rico, 410-11, 411n; and railroad strike, threatened, 450n; reelection of, 518; and SG, meetings with, 358-59, 359-60n, 432-33, 434n; and vocational education, 353, 353n; letters to, 200-203, 324-26, 410-11 Wilson, William B.,* 9, 10n, 112n, 359, 431-32, 435; and AFL Executive Council, meeting with members of president's cabinet, 396, 396n; and Arizona mine and smelter workers' strike (1915-16), 352n; and Clayton Act, 319, 321n, 323; and Northern Michigan copper miners' strike (1913-14), 44, 44n Wilson v. New et al., 450n Winslow, Charles H., 54-55, 57n Wirt, William A., 429, 430n Witherbee, Sherman, and Co., strike against (1913), 177, 178n Woll, Matthew,* 93n; and Clayton Act, 89, 93, 153n, 168, 323, 324n; fraternal delegate to TUC, 162-63, 469, 485 Woman's Peace Party, 231, 232n, 274n Woman's Suffrage League, 36n Woman suffrage, 36, 124, 185-87 Women Machine Wood Workers' Union (Oshkosh, Wis.), 332, 333n Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 274n Women's Trade Union League, National, 6:483n, 108, 286, 332, 333n, 371; AFL financial support of, 234, 235n; Chicago branch, 302-3, 371, 452; and Clayton Act, 318-21, 321n; convention, 1915 (New York City), 302, 303n, 318, 321n; New York branch, 110n Women workers, 99n, 285-86; organization of, 20, 38, 38n, 98-99, 99n, 108-9, 142, 186, 235n, 332, 333n; hours of labor of, legislation regarding, AFL and, 214-15, 223n; minimum wage legislation for, New York State Factory Investigating Commission and, 258-59, 259n. See also Minimum wage legislation Wood, Leonard, 331-32n, 363n; letter to, 329-31 Woolley, Robert W., 473n; wire to, 473 Workers' International Industrial Union, 150n Workmen's compensation laws, 75-76n, 200n; National Civic Federation-AFL model bill, 200n; SG and, 6-7, 75, 198-200 World Court Congress, 1915 (Cleveland), 269, 274n World War I, AFL and, 226, 226n, 231, 232n, 265, 291, 292n, 485, 525n; AFL Executive Council and, 231, 232n; American involvement in, discussion of, 253-54; American involvement in, SG and, 286-87, 290-91, 447; atrocities, 192, 193-94n, 195; economic impact of, 190; outbreak of, 160n, 163n, 173, 192, 193n; outbreak of, SG and, 160, 162-63, 166-67, 168n, 175n, 372. See also Peace movement; entries under specific countries Wright, Daniel T., 7:438n, 105, 106n Yager, Arthur, 72, 74n, 79-80, 80n, 411, 411n York Manufacturing Co., 347n Young, George B., 56n; letter to, 54-56 Young, Maurice de, 63n Young, Samuel B. M., 451n; letter to, 451 Y aikai (Laborers' Friendly Society), 513, 515n Yucatán, governor of, 427n Yudico, Samuel O., 426n; letter to, 425-26 Zapata, Emiliano, 212n, 306, 307n Zionism, 405n; SG and, 60, 403-5, 405n Zolezzi, Norman A., 341, 342n Zubarán Capmany, Rafael, 159n, 425, 498, 500n; letter to, 158-59 Zuckerman, Max,* 110n; letter from, 107-10 |
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