Haywood was elected General Secretary of the I.W.W. in 1914, taking his office in 1915. He continued in that position, with a break while on trial for ‘espionage’, until the end of 1918. The Tenth Convention was held in Chicago at the end of November and beginning of December, 1916.

Report of William D. Haywood, General Secretary-Treasurer, to the Industrial Workers of the World Tenth Convention. I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, Chicago. 1916.

Contents: To the Delegates in Convention Assembled and Members of the Industrial Workers of the World, Metal Mine Workers, Coal Mine Workers, Railroad Workers, Metal and Machinery Workers, Textile Workers, Marine Transport Workers, Lumber Workers, Delegate System, Strikes, Papers and Literature, Management of Strikes, Education, Free Speech, Defense, Recommendations. 30 pages.

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