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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Big Bill Haywood canonical 6
William "Big Bill" Haywood 3
William Dudley Haywood 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American political activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
labor leader ⓘ
revolutionary socialist ⓘ
trade unionist ⓘ
advocatedFor abolition of the wage system ⓘ
industrial unionism over craft unionism ⓘ
birthName William Dudley Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
burialPlace 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 ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of direct action ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Western Federation of Miners ⓘ
movement industrial unionism ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
syndicalism ⓘ
nickname Big Bill ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
militant advocacy for workers’ rights ⓘ
occupation labor leader ⓘ
miner ⓘ
trade union organizer ⓘ
participatedIn Colorado Labor Wars ⓘ
Lawrence textile strike of 1912 ⓘ
Paterson silk strike of 1913 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake City
placeOfDeath Moscow, Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Moscow
placeOfExile Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
politicalAffiliation Socialist Party of America ⓘ
positionHeld executive board member of the Western Federation of Miners ⓘ
founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
leader of the Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
residence Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Moscow
sentence 20 years in federal prison under the Espionage Act ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarence Darrow → represented → Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
Bread and Roses Strike → keyPerson → Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
Big Bill Haywood → birthName → William Dudley Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
Big Bill Haywood → name → Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Bill
Big Bill Haywood → birthName → William Dudley Haywood ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Bill
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
Western Federation of Miners → key person → Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
Paterson silk strike of 1913 → keyPerson → Bill Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
The American → mainCharacter → William "Big Bill" Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
The American → depicts → William "Big Bill" Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood
The American → hasCharacter → William "Big Bill" Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood