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Chapter XXVII: Appendix: V. Local Unions of the I. W. W.--Chicago and Detroit, 1914740

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-------------+----------------+------------------------+------------------------
| | Chicago. | Detroit.
State. | City. +------------+-----------+------------+-----------
| |Local unions|Industrial |Local unions|Industrial
| |numbered-- |character. |numbered-- |character.
-------------+----------------+------------+-----------+------------+-----------
California |Brawley | 439 | Mixed | |
|Eureka | 431 | Lumber | |
|Fresno | 66 | Mixed | |
|Los Angeles | Propaganda | Mixed | 103 | Mixed
| | league | | |
|Oakland | 174 | Mixed | |
|Redding | 88, 313 | Mixed | |
|Sacramento |71, 334, 489| Mixed | |
|San Francisco | 9 | Marine | 3 | Garment
| | | transport | |
| | 147, 173 | Mixed | 8 | Musicians
| |173 Branch 2| Mixed | 107 | Mixed
|Stockton | 5 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
| | 73 | Mixed | |
|Taft | 453 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Canada |Amherst, N. S. | | | 122 | Mixed
|Edmonton, Alta. | 339 | Mixed | |
|Vancouver, B. C.| 332 | | |
| | | | |
Colorado |Denver | 26 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Connecticut |Bridgeport | | | 112 | Mixed
|Hartford | | | 69 |Machinists
|Moosup | 303 | Textile | |
|Mystic | | | 35 | Textile
|Norwalk | 535 | Textile | |
| | | | |
Florida |Tampa | 102 | Mixed | |
|Key West | 108 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Idaho |Wallace | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
| | | | |
Illinois |Chicago |3, Br 2; 85;| Mixed | 52 |Machinists
| |85, Br 2; | Mixed | 431 |Foodstuffs
| |85, Br 3; | Mixed | 102 | Mixed
| |85, Br 5; | Mixed | 102 Br 2| Mixed
| |85, Br 6; | Mixed | |
| |144; | Mixed | |
| |144, Br 3; | Mixed | |
| |341; | Mixed | |
| | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league |(Hungarian)| |
|Rockford | 480 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Indiana |Indianapolis | 52 | Mixed | 105 | Mixed
| | | | |
Iowa |Sioux City | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
|Valley Junction | 577 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Kansas |Kansas City | 146 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Louisiana |Alexandria | 282 | Lumber | |
|New Orleans | 7 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
| | | | |
Massachusetts|Boston | 2 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
|Brookline | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
|Fall River | 204 | Textile | |
|Holyoke | 205 | Textile | |
|Lawrence | 20 | Textile | |
|Lowell | 436 | Textile | |
|Lynn | | | 209 |Machinists
|Malden | 190 | Textile | |
|New Bedford | 157 | Textile | |
|Quincy | 34; | Mixed | |
| | 34, Br 3; | Mixed | |
|Quincy Point | 34, Br 2 | Mixed | |
|Roxbury | | | 121 | Mixed
| | | | |
Maryland |Baltimore | 192; | Textile | 275 | Tobacco
| | 192, Br 2; | Textile | |
| | 371 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Michigan |Detroit | 16; | Mixed | 603 | Building
| | 16, Br 1; | Mixed | 26; 551; |Automobile
| | 16, Br 2; | Mixed | 551, Br 1; |Automobile
| | 16, Br 3 | Mixed | 551, Br 2 |Automobile
| | 62 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Minnesota |Duluth | 136 | Mixed | |
|Minneapolis | 64; 221 | Mixed | 500 | Transport-
| | | | | ation
|St. Paul | | | 307 | Mixed
| | | | |
Missouri |Kansas City | 61 | Mixed | |
|St. Louis | 84 | Mixed | 101 | Mixed
| | | | |
Montana |Missoula | 40 | Lumber | |
|Butte | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
|Great Falls | 571 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Nebraska |Omaha | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
| | | | |
Nevada |Goldfield | 353 | Mixed | |
|Reno | 588 | Mixed | |
|Tonopah | Propaganda | Mixed | |
| | league | | |
| | | | |
New Jersey |Hoboken | | | 504 | Transport-
| | | | | ation
|West Hoboken | 514 | Textile | |
|Newark | 90 | Mixed | 123 | Mixed
|Paterson | 152 | Textile | 25 | Textile
|Summit | 212 | Textile | |
| | | | |
New York |Buffalo | 5 | Mixed | 317 | Mixed
|Jamestown | | | 114 | Mixed
| | | | 214 |Machinists
|Little Falls | 207 | Textile | |
|Rochester | 191 | Textile | |
| | 76 | Mixed | |
|Utica | | | 113 | Mixed
|New York City | 527 | Textile | 277 | Tobacco
| | 1 | Marine | 100 | Mixed
| | | transport | |
| | 9, 46, 179;| Mixed | |
| | 179, Br 3 | Mixed | |
|Brooklyn | 179, Br 1, | Mixed | 213 |Machinists
| | 466 | Mixed | 701 | Printing
| | | | |
North Dakota |Minot | 585 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Ohio |Cincinnati | | | 107 | Mixed
|Cleveland |33; 33, Br 3| Mixed | 104 | Mixed
|Columbus | | | 450 | Furniture
|Dillonvale | 240 | Mixed | |
|Rayland | 236 | Mixed | |
|Toledo | 86 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Oregon |Portland | 93 | Lumber | 600 | Building
| | | | |
Panama |Cristobal, C. Z.| | | 505 | Transport-
| | | | | ation
| | | | |
Pennsylvania |Erie | | | 210 |Machinists
|Homestead (West)| | | 205 |Machinists
|Old Forge | 97 | Mixed | |
|Philadelphia | 425; | Textile | 404 | Musicians
| | 425, Br 1; | Textile | 451 | Furniture
| | 533 | Textile | 218 | Textile
| | 8 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
| | 57; | Mixed | |
| | 57, Br 2; | Mixed | |
| | 405; | Mixed | |
| | 405, Br 1; | Mixed | |
|Pittsburgh | 215 | Mixed | |
|Shelly | | | 276 | Tobacco
| | | | |
Rhode Island | Olneyville | 530 | Textile | |
| Woonsocket | 513 | Textile | |
| | | | |
South | Easley | 537 | Textile | |
Carolina | Greenville | 512 | Textile | |
| | | | |
Texas | Galveston | 3 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
Utah | Salt Lake City | 69 | Mixed | |
| | | | |
Virginia | Norfolk | 4 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
Washington | Bellingham | 337 | Lumber | |
| Seattle | 317; 432| Lumber | 400 | Public
| | | | | service
| | 252 | Marine | 427 | Foodstuffs
| | | transport | |
| | 178; 178, | Mixed | 675 | Lumber
| | Br 2 | Mixed | |
| | 382 | Mixed | |
| Spokane | 315 | Lumber | |
| Tacoma | 338 | Lumber | 169 | Mixed
| | 380 | Marine | |
| | | transport | |
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | | | 118 | Mixed
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RECAPITULATION.

Chicago.

Totals: Mixed locals 74
National industrial unions: Textile 22 locals.
Lumber 9 locals.
Marine transport 10 locals.
Agricultural Workers Organization (L. U. no. 400) --
Propaganda leagues 8
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Total 123

Detroit.

Mixed locals 20
Textile locals 2
Lumber 1
Transportation 3
Musicians 2
Garment workers 1
Machinists 5
Foodstuffs 2
Tobacco 3
Automobile 4
Building 2
Printing 1
Furniture 2
Public service 1
--
Total 49

FOOTNOTES:

[740] Based on mailing lists furnished by Secretary-Treasurers St. John and Richter of the Chicago and Detroit factions of the I. W. W., respectively. _Cf._ Helen Marot, _American Labor Unions_, Appendix.

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