Friday April 21, 1916
From the United Mine Workers Journal: Public Health and Poverty
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Unknown Worker of Loiza
Unknown Worker of Arecibo
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Tuesday February 29, 1916
From The Labor World: Porto Rican Strikers Shot Down, Beaten, and Jailed,
The following is a report from the February 26th edition of Duluth's Labor World:
IT HAPPENED UNDER STARS
AND STRIPES
-----Porto Rican Laborers Beaten With Cutlasses
As Chattel Slaves of South.
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AMERICAN TERRITORY RUN
BY FEUDAL LORDS
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Workingmen Who Dare to Rebel Given
Long Terms In Prison.
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Wednesday February 2, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: A Report on the Youngstown Massacre
This month's edition of the Review offers an overview of the Youngstown Massacre:
Capitalist Violence at Youngstown
By JOHN RANDOLPHA GANG of gunmen broke loose in Youngstown, Ohio, on the night of January 7. When they got through with the paid job they came to Youngstown to do, three union workingmen were dead, twenty more labor rebels had bullet wounds on their bodies, and somewhere over $1,000,000 worth of property lay smoking in ruins.
Not a life was lost nor a bullet gash received by the enemies of labor, according to reports so far arriving. Of the $1,000,000 and more property destroyed practically all was owned by somebody else than the big steel sheet and tube works, whose workers were on strike.
Look at it. Three working class rebels are dead, murdered by hired gunmen. Who paid the gunmen and where did they come from and what were their orders? Nobody is telling. The one certainty is the dead are dead.
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Tuesday January 25, 1916
From the Chicago Day Book: Report on an Interview with Mother Jones
Mother Jones was recently in the city of Chicago and was interviewed by a reporter on various topics. Monday's Day Book gave the following account of what Mother had to say:
"MOTHER" JONES CALLS FOR HAPPY HOMES
IN AMERICA
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There will be no strike in the soft coal fields if the present demand for soft coal keeps up, Mother Jones told a Day Book reporter Sunday. She says operators are expected to give in to the demands of the unions this spring. "Mother" left Chicago Sunday for Indianapolis, where last week she brought the two warring factions of United Mine Workers of America together.
[She says:]
The outlook is not so promising in anthracite fields...Operators are not expected to give in to demands of miners. Strike is likely.
Thousands of tons of coal have been stored away by railroads. Some industries have contracted for delivery for months in advance, fearing an industrial struggle.
Mother Jones is hopeful in general. She sees better wages and better working conditions for American workingman. She thinks the "little revolt" in Youngstown taught money kings a lesson. She expects more voluntary increases like 10 per cent raise in steel industry.
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Wednesday January 19, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - Report by George P West Exposes Conditions at Youngstown
From The Day Book of January 18th:
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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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Thursday January 13, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: The Life of the Tenant Farmer
In this month's edition of the Review, W. W. Pannell describes the life of the tenant farmer, how tenant farmers are manufactured, and the deep pit of debt in which they and their families struggle to survive:
Tenant Farming in the United States
By W. W. PANNELL
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Tenant Farmers Levi and Beulah Stewart with children,
CIR Hearings at Dallas, March 1915
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Sunday January 9, 1916
From The Labor World: Rebuke of Walsh Report by The Survey Taken as Vindication
Apparently, the professional philanthropists do-gooders of The Survey are concerned that the employing class has not been given a fair shake by the Manly Report, prepared as a summary of the findings of the Commission on Industrial Relations. This report has been signed by all three of Labor's representatives on the Commission as well as by its Chairman, Frank P. Walsh, to his everlasting credit.
One might consider that impartiality is no longer called for after hours and hours of testimony from plain-spoken working men and women who described the daily despair of working long hours at starvation wages. Not to mention the horrific testimony which followed upon the Ludlow Massacre, the Roosevelt Massacre, and the shooting down of working people in strikes too numerous to mention here. Nevertheless, The Survey, through the pen of John A. Fitch, rebukes the Manly Report as sounding too much like "an extended editorial in the labor press."
Perhaps Mr. Fitch is concerned that the employing class with its company controlled governors who control the state militias, the county sheriffs who deputized the company gunthugs, and the major newspapers, owned and operated by the employers for the employers, have not adequately represented the interests of the class which rules America.
The concerns of the professional philanthropists are duly noted
in the January 8th edition of The Labor World:
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Saturday January 8, 1916
From The Day Book: "Bosses Seek to Oust Governor Who Backed Miners"
Friday's Day Book reported that the Copper Bosses are out to have Governor Hunt of Arizona recalled. The governor has consistently refused to allow the mine operators to import gunmen and scabs in order to break the strike, now ongoing, against the Clifton-Morenci Co., owned by Phillips-Dodge & Co. The Copper Bosses refuse to meet with the miners, and, instead prefer to initiate a recall campaign against the Governor. The article states:
The companies refuse arbitration or any consideration of the men's demands.
From the Chicago Day Book of January 7, 1916:
