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t. e. William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American labor organizer and founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involved in ...
3 days ago · Died: May 18, 1928, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 59) Bill Haywood (born February 4, 1869, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.—died May 18, 1928, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was an American radical who led the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or “Wobblies”) in the early decades of the 20th century. A miner at the age of 15, Haywood became ...
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The General Strike. By Bill Haywood (March 16, 1911) Born in Salt Lake City, Bill Haywood (1869-1928) went to work in the mines at the age of nine. He joined the Western Federation of Miners in 1896 and was active as an executive board member and as secretary-treasurer of that organization until 1907. One of the founders and the best known of ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about the trial of William Haywood, a labor leader and socialist, who was accused of conspiring to kill Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg in 1905. Find out how Haywood was defended by Clarence Darrow and acquitted by a jury in 1907.
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William Dudley “Big Bill” Haywood (1869–1928), a labor activist in the late 1800s and early 1900s, was the most prominent leader of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), the largest union ever operating in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain states.
‘Big Bill’ Haywood was not a spy; and although he was a political prisoner, he was far from unknown. Indeed, fifty years ago he was perhaps the most notorious man in American public life. As secretary-treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies as the I.W.W were known, he was chief defendant in a five-month trial of the ...
One of the foremost labor radicals of the American West, "Big Bill" Haywood became a leading figure in labor activities across the United States. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1869, Haywood had a difficult life. He was only three years old when his father died, and at age nine he both lost an eye and for the first time worked in a mine.
