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Adolph Lessig

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Lessig circa 1913

Adolph Lessig (c. 1869 – 1935) was the business agent of the Industrial Workers of the World. .[1]

Biography

He was born in 1869. He participated in the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 with Bill Haywood. He died on August 12, 1935 at his stationery store in Paterson, New Jersey.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Adolph Lessig. I.W.W. Leader in the 1913 Silk Strike at Paterson Was 63". New York Times. August 13, 1935. Lessig, for years a standing leader among silk workers here, died yesterday after a heart attack ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)


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