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Title
Telegram from R. J. Thorne to C. V. Boller, April 10, 1905.
Subject
1905 Chicago Teamsters' Strike.
Description
A telegram from R. J. Thorne, son of Montgomery Ward & Co. co-founder and himself co-founder of the Employers' Association of Chicago, to C. V. Boller requesting he return to Chicago regarding the origin of the strike which initiated in the cutting room Mr. Boller managed for Montgomery Ward & Company.
Creator
Thorne, R. J. (Robert Julius).
Source
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Date
April 10, 1905.
Contributor
Claude Villette Boller
Relation
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 99.
Format
13.3 cm. x 20.4 cm., paper.
Language
English.
Type
Text.
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
TELEGRAM
Received at 1237 Broadway
Apr 10 1905
a 117Ny.Ca. 120 2a 34 Chicago, Ills. Apl, 10th Apr 10 1905
C. V. Boller Holland House N.Y.
The strike situation is rapidly coming to a focus certain points in regard to the garment makers are in dispute wire me at once if you demanded arbitration last december take first train home
R. J. Thorne
Original Format
13.3 cm. x 20.4 cm., paper