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- Title
Labor Spies in Utah During the Early Twentieth Century.
- Authors
BRIMHALL, DAWN RETTA; BRIMHALL, SANDRA DAWN
- Abstract
The article discusses spying on labor movement activists and labor union members in Utah in the early 20th century. According to the article, private investigators were employed by businessmen, railroad owners, and mine owners to spy upon labor leaders and union organizers within their enterprises. The article states that spies kept business enterprise owners apprised of union activity, employee attitudes, and employee work performance. The article discusses the work of Pinkerton National Detective Agency undercover spy George W. Riddell and his work in Utah's Tintic Mining District. The article states that Riddell had been hired by the Tintic Mine Owners Association to spy on the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), which was aligned with the Eureka, Utah, Miner's Union.
- Subjects
TINTIC Valley (Utah); EUREKA (Utah); UTAH; UNITED States; LABOR unions; SPIES; RIDDELL, George W.; HISTORY of labor; PRIVATE security services; LABOR movement; WESTERN Federation of Miners; 20TH century Utah state history; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; HISTORY of labor unions; UNITED States history
- Publication
Utah Historical Quarterly, 2013, Vol 81, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0042-143X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/45063390