Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones-"Among the comrades we extol, Thy name shall blazon on the scroll."

She was fearless of every danger,
She hated that which was wrong;
She never gave up fighting
Until her breath was gone.

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Saturday December 23, 1905
From the Appeal to Reason: A Poem for Mother Jones by Ellis B. Harris

Mother Jones, Miners Angel .jpg

From the Appeal of December 16, 1905:

MOTHER JONES
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Here's to you, Mother, Mother Jones.
Foe of the sabre,
When Justice, reigning, Wrong dethrones,
Helped by Love's labor,
Among the comrades we extol
Thy name shall blazon on the scroll,
In memory of one great soul,
Dear, kindly neighbor.

Here's to you, Mother, Mother Jones,
O, who can measure
Thy love, when misery atones
For some lost pleasure
In words of cheer from lips of thine,
As childish arms around thee twin?
We'll make thy memory a shrine,
A priceless treasure.

Here's to you Mother, Mother Jones,
Reward thy striving.
Here within Life's earthly zone,
Reward thy striving.
Where the little children play
Strewn with roses by thy way.
Crown thee queen of that bright day.
When all are thriving.

Superior, Wis. -ELLIS B. HARRIS.
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SOURCE
Appeal to Reason
(Girard, Kansas)
-Dec 16, 1905
http://www.newspapers.com/image/66993411/

IMAGE
Mother Jones, Miners Angel
http://www.biography.com/people/mother-jones-9357488

See also, for more on Ellis B Harris:
Hellraisers Journal: "Little children of the poor, pearls for trampling swine..."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/12/1255004/-Hellraisers-Journal-Li...

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