Robert H. Harlin

[3][4] Before that he was the statistician for the national office of the United Mine Workers in Indianapolis, Indiana.

[5] Harlin ran for national president of United Mine Workers in 1920 on the platform that miners had the right to strike.

[9] He ran for re-election in March 1932, losing to John F. Dore,[10] and returned to the city council the following year.

Harlin resigned from the city council on May 5, 1941, after his appointment as director of the state department of Labor and Industries.

[8] Harlin had both of his legs amputated due to a circulatory illness later in his life.