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Hellraisers Journal: The Whereabouts & Doings of Mother Jones, Sent on Mission to Arizona, May 1916


My address is like my shoes.
It travels with me.
I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday June 7, 1916
Mother Jones Travels From Chicago to Arizona with Stop in Kansas

Mother Mary Harris Jones, Text- Please Find Her, AZ Repbn, May 16, 1916-1.png

Hellraisers Journal: New Castle, Pennsylvania, Remembers James Connolly, Editor of The Free Press

The great appear great to us,
only because we are on our knees:
LET US RISE.
-James Connolly
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Friday May 19, 1916
New Castle, Pennsylvania - James Connolly Edited Socialist Free Press

From the New Castle News of May 15, 1916:

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Hellraisers Journal: Chicago Federation of Labor Pleads for Life of Irish Rebel James Connolly

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday May 11, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - America Union Workers Plead for Life of Irish Rebel

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In a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor this past Sunday, a resolution was passed that a message should be sent to London making a plea for the life of the Irish Rebel, James Connolly. Connolly is well known and much respected by the trade unionists and Socialists of Chicago, having once been a resident of the city where he was active in both movements on behalf of the working class.

Hellraisers Journal: Basil Manly of Walsh Commission Explains Real Cause of Youngstown Riots

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones

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Tuesday January 18, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - Basil Manly Speaks Out Regarding Youngstown Riots

From the Chicago Day Book of January 17, 1916:

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Hellraisers Journal: Sluggers of Chicago Garment Strike Cut Off Bosses Payroll, Crime Wave Follows

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones

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Sunday December 19, 1915
From the Chicago Day Book: Laid-Off Sluggers and Gunmen Causing Crime Wave

Now that the Chicago Garment Workers Strike is winding down, citizens of Chicago are finding that crime is up in their city. The Day Book of December 17th cites evidence that this is due to the 600 to 800 sluggers and gunmen who have recently been released from duty by the private detective agencies and garment shops who had employed them as strikebreakers:

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Hellraisers Journal: Report on Chicago Garment Workers Strike from International Socialist Review

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones

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Friday December 10, 1915
From the International Socialist Review: Report from Chicago Garment Strike
We Shall Fight Until We Win, ISR, Nov 1915, Chicago ACW Strike.png

The strike of the Chicago garment workers which began at the end of September is now in its eleventh week. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers remain firm in their intention to continue the battle to a successful conclusion. The Day Book is collecting funds to assist the strikers, and the Chicago Federation of Labor stands with the strikers despite the fact that A. C. W. of A. is not a member of the C. F of L. nor of the A. F. of L.

The December issue of the International Socialist Review includes an article by Leslie Marcy on the strike which tells of mass arrests of strikers at the hands of a corrupt police department, and dwindling strike funds with winter coming on fast. Yet, the strikers remain unified and determined to win a living wage and shorter hours.