Big Bill Haywood
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Big Bill Haywood was a prominent early 20th-century American labor leader and founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, known for his militant advocacy for workers’ rights and involvement in high-profile labor struggles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Bill Haywood canonical | 3 |
| William Dudley Haywood | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American political activist
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human ⓘ labor leader ⓘ revolutionary socialist ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
abolition of the wage system
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industrial unionism over craft unionism ⓘ |
| birthName |
Big Bill Haywood
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Dudley Haywood
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| burialPlace |
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
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surface form:
Kremlin Wall Necropolis (partial ashes)
United States (partial ashes reportedly returned) ⓘ |
| convictedOf | violating the Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1928-05-18 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| event | jumped bail and fled the United States ⓘ |
| eyeInjury | lost an eye in childhood accident ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| ideology |
revolutionary industrial unionism
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socialism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of direct action
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opposition to craft unionism ⓘ organizing miners and industrial workers ⓘ support for the general strike ⓘ |
| legalCase | trial for the murder of Frank Steunenberg ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | acquittal in the Steunenberg murder trial ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Industrial Workers of the World
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Western Federation of Miners ⓘ |
| movement |
industrial unionism
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labor movement ⓘ syndicalism ⓘ |
| nickname | Big Bill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Industrial Workers of the World
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militant advocacy for workers’ rights ⓘ |
| occupation |
labor leader
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miner ⓘ trade union organizer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Colorado Labor Wars
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Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
surface form:
Lawrence textile strike of 1912
Paterson silk strike of 1913 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Salt Lake City
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surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
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surface form:
Moscow, Soviet Union
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| placeOfExile |
Russian SFSR
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surface form:
Soviet Russia
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| politicalAffiliation | Socialist Party of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
executive board member of the Western Federation of Miners
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founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ leader of the Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ |
| residence |
Moscow
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surface form:
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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| sentence | 20 years in federal prison under the Espionage Act ⓘ |
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Subject: Big Bill Haywood Description of subject: Big Bill Haywood was a prominent early 20th-century American labor leader and founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, known for his militant advocacy for workers’ rights and involvement in high-profile labor struggles.
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this entity surface form:
William Dudley Haywood