Portrait of William D. Haywood

People/labour leader

William D. Haywood

William D. Haywood (1869–1928), labour leader, from United States.

The downfall

As secretary of the Western Federation of Miners he was arrested in February 1906 and taken to Idaho over the 30 December 1905 bombing that killed ex-governor Frank Steunenberg. The US Supreme Court ruled on 3 December 1906 that his extradition was not unconstitutional.1,2,3,4

Legacy

Acquitted on 29 July 1907 after a trial that began on 9 May with Clarence Darrow defending. He was a founder of the IWW and wrote The General Strike (1911).1,2,3,4

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People

Partner ofJoe HillHaywood was a founder of the IWW. Joe Hill wrote its songs.5

Mines

Worked atCripple CreekWestern Federation of Miners secretary arrested in the Steunenberg case.1

Sources

  1. Chronicling America research guide: the Haywood trial Library of Congress
  2. Author page: William Dudley Haywood (works and dates) Wikisource (public domain source text)
  3. Wikidata item Q1398819
  4. File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons
  5. Joe Hill Utah Division of State History (History To Go)

Pictures on this page: Bill haywood from langdon page243.png, Emma Florence Langdon (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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