Papers, 1887-1945.

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Papers, 1887-1945.

Correspondence relating to Hawley's law practice, including letters pertaining to the conspiracy trials of officers of the Western Federation of Miners for crimes associated with the dynamiting of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentrator at Wardner, Idaho, in 1899 and for the assassination of Frank Steunenberg in 1905; correspondence and reports relating to mining operations in which the Hawley family held an interest.

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Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928

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Hawley, James H. (James Henry), 1847-1929

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Steunenberg, Frank, 1861-1905

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Pettibone, George, 1810-1891

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Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company

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Western Federation of Miners

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The Western Federation of Miners, which in 1916 became the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, was from its founding in 1893 to its merger into the United Steelworkers of America in 1967 the major American union in the nonferrous metals industry. The WFM was involved in many of the important labor disputes during the turbulent period from 1893-1915, including the two Cripple Creek strikes, the Leadville strike of 1896, the Coeur d'Alene labor troubles, the Goldfield, Nevada s...

Moyer, Charles H.

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