Mary O’Reilly

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.