Thomas J. Mooney records, 1914-1937 (bulk 1914)

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Thomas J. Mooney records, 1914-1937 (bulk 1914)

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Largely copies of legal papers regarding his September 1913 arrest for illegaly transporting explosives.

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...