Eviction Petition 1913 Strike

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Title: Eviction Petition 1913 Strike
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Labor Movements, Miners - Copper Miners,
Condition: Good
Description: [Letter from employees to James MacNaughton, General Manager of C&H stating their approval of their unwillingness to recognize the Western Federation of Miners and suggesting the company remove the strikers from company houses and give them to the men who are working.]
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Universal Oil Products
Date of Photo: December 31 1913
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 20 cm x 25 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS002-354-01-01
Collection Name: Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Interesting to see this side of the strike. Adds to the legends of strikers attacking passersby with lunch buckets and roughing them up severely. (One turned out to be teacher on his way from Laurium to Tamarack.)
11/22/2010 11:32:25 AM by Anonymous