August Gillhaus
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August Gillhaus | |
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Born | June 10, 1867 |
Died | May 4, 1932 | (aged 64)
Spouse | Marie |
Children | 2 |
August Gillhaus (June 10, 1867 - May 4, 1932) was an American
Career
In 1902, Gillhaus was among the delegates elected from New York City to the state Socialist Labor convention in Utica.[1] In August 1905, he was elected general treasurer of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance of the United States and Canada, and a delegate to the forthcoming convention in Chicago which would give rise to the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or "Wobblies").[2]
Gillhaus was an active participant in what would come to be known as the first convention of the IWW, voted for the STLA to affiliate with the new organization, and was installed as a member thereof.[3]
Political races
In the November 1905 New York City election, Gillhaus was the Socialist Labor nominee for Comptroller.[4] In 1908, Gillhaus was substituted for the original Socialist Labor nominee, Morris R. "Morrie" Preston, a miner who was arrested on murder charges during a citywide strike in Goldfield, Nevada, in 1907. Gillhaus and his running mate Donald L. Munro, of Virginia, received 14,029 votes.[citation needed]
In
Death
Gillhaus died suddenly May 4, 1932, survived by his wife Marie, his mother Mary, six siblings and two children.[5]
References
- Newspapers.com
- ^ "Want Wage System Abolished" Cambridge Jeffersonian June 15, 1905; p. 2, col. 4
- ^ Proceedings of the First Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World; Founded at Chicago, June 27-July 8, 1905 New York: New York Labor News Company, 1905; pp. 12, 747, 752 and passim
- Newspapers.com
- Brooklyn Times UnionMay 6, 1932; p. 52, col. 6