WE NEVER FORGET: December 24, 1913 - The Italian Hall Massacre, Calumet, Michigan
girl leader of the miners.
She was not the usual militant Annie Clemenc.
She was saying a prayer for the children.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Christmas Eve December 24, 2015
This morning I woke up thinking about the Italian Hall Massacre. I thought of Annie Clemenc and I remembered the miners and their families who preserved through the great Michigan Copper Strike of 1913-14.
Let us always honor their sacrifice and NEVER FORGET:
```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
This poem was published in the Miners Bulletin, the official voice of
the Western Federation of Miners during the strike:
-by Ellis B. Harris
My heart goes out to you.
Little lives that must endure
Where miseries accrue;
In the factories and mills
There robbed of play and hearth
Suffering a world of ills
For parasites of wealth.
Little children of the poor,
You, tender, precious flowers,
Blooms for gardens sweet and pure,
Yet robbed of playtime hours.
Is it strange that blood runs wild
And hands are clenched in wrath
When we contemplate a child
Upon the thorn strewn path?
Little children of the poor,
Brave hearts shall place the blame
For the lives that you endure,
And point the nations's shame.
Boasting here of Freedom's reign
And scorning royal commands,
Forging them a master's chain
To shackle baby hands.
Little children of the poor,
Pearls for trampling swine,
Cast and mired that they secure
The wealth from mill and mine.
There are those who hear the call
From far off Galilee,
Heeding, until Mammon fall
And you, His Jewels, are free.
Little children of the poor,
A future day shall break,
When no one can e'er secure
Your lives for profit sake;
When the people's rule shall fill
The world with melody,
And childhood's joys and laughter thrill
The world with ecstasy.
SOURCE
Miners' Bulletin
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan Copper Country
-Nov 11, 1913
IMAGES
Italian Hall Memorial on Christmas Eve
http://britacarolineblog.com/?p=9480
Children's March, Papa Is Striking for Us, Michigan 1913
http://genealogytrails.com/mich/houghton/citycalumet.html
See also:
(What DK5 has done to these 2 diaries that I worked so hard on, almost makes me cry.)
"Annie Clemenc and the Italian Hall Massacre" by JayRaye
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/22/1264311/-Anti-Capitalist-Meet-U...
Hellraisers Journal: Big Annie leads parade of 500 children in Calumet, "PAPA IS STRIKING FOR US"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/07/1244883/-Hellraisers-Journal-Bi...
WE NEVER FORGET: Christmas Eve 1913 Italian Hall Massacre
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/24/1264853/-WE-NEVER-FORGET-Christ...
Tag: Michigan Copper Strike of 1913-14
http://www.dailykos.com/news/MichiganCopperStrikeof1913-14
`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Coventry Carol
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rt8znceI-8 width:560 height:315]
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYmrUmRsATI&list=RD9rt8znceI-8&index=8 width:560 height:315]
Night of Silence - Silent Night : St Olaf Choir Minnesota
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obe3cAApvGM width:560 height:315]
`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Comments
Thank you JayRaye...
DK5 really did screw up those diaries, what a shame.
I ran across this tweet yesterday and thought you'd like to know that others have picked up on your work.
You and yours and the boys have a very Merry Christmas!
That list of all the names took me hours to put together.
I had it really looking nice, on blue back ground. I almost started crying when I saw it. More for them then for me. Our martyrs deserve better than a mess like that.
Thank you for that tweet, JtC. I appreciate the notice.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
FWIW JR...
I used Easy Copy and transferred it to here in a test essay. It picked up all the side bar menu items where it bled over the right margin, but it did look like it could be cleaned up and restored to it's original state if you're interested. I think it can be saved.
Thank you so much, Johnny. Really appreciate it!!!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I'll be pretty busy...
the next few days, but early next week I can give it a shot. Remind me if I forget.
will do Jtc, thx
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I never heard of the Italian Hall Masacre. I will definitely have to look at this later. I lived in Hancock for a brief while, and I went down into one of the copper mines - cold, loud, dark, and dank. I come from Italian immigrants who worked the W. VA coal mines and followed the Apalachian Trail to the factories in Detroit. Merry Christmas.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Thank you and same to you, dk
Those Italian miners were some very fine fighters. Mother Jones praised them as such more than once!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
dk, many fine fighting miners ended up in Detroit and Flint
many of the copper miners from Michigan made their way there also, including some from the family of Annie Clemenc, and there they might have played a part in Labor's Great Victory of 1937
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Merry Christmas!
This is my first comment here. Thanks for inviting me JayeRae.
"I started with nothing and I still have most of it left."
Seasick Steve
Welcome ruleoflaw...
Glad to have you with us. Love your sigline, Seasick Steve is one of my faves.
Really great to see you here rol!
And Merry Christmas right back atcha!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons