- Collection:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection
- Title:
- Statement by Melvin Manus
- Creator:
- Manus, Melvin
- Date of Original:
- 1914-05-23
- Subject:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Textile factories--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills--Employees--History--20th century
Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Labor unions--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Governmental investigations
Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Cotton textile industry--Employees
United Textile Workers of America
United States. Commission on Industrial Relations
Industrial relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Employees--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Labor unions--Georgia--Atlanta
Threats of violence--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915 - People:
- Gober, Harris
Henson, C. A. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Cabbagetown, 33.748162, -84.3665927 - Medium:
- testimonies
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In his statement, Melvin Manus details various intimidation methods used by the strikers. He and his whife overheard C. A. Henson and the Williams family, who were strikers, say that "if the balance of the help did not all come out of the Mill they were bound to get a whipping." He states a crowd of strikers and railroad workers threatened that "all houses which the Company had caused to be vacated by those taking part in the strike would be burned." He was also told that Harris Gober had said that if he and his wife did not join the strike, Gober would stop their groceries.
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Exhibit is a joint project between the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center's Archives and Records Management, Digital Initiatives, and Systems departments. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/item5784.html?collection=ms004&filename=ms004-037.xml
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Please cite [Folder Title, Series and Subseries Title,] Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Extent:
- 1 p. ; 8.5"x11"
- Original Collection:
- Box 5, Folder 6 Threats 1914, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
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