Samuel Gompers

Hellraisers Journal: War, Patriotism, and Wage Reductions to Beat the “Barbarous” German Workers

Submitted by JayRaye on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 1:09pm
The working class has no country.
The employing class has stolen them all.
-Robert Minor
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Sunday May 21, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: War and Wages by Robert Minor

From this month's Review, some thoughts on War, Patriotism, and International Solidarity:

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Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones on "The Big Stick" and the Western Federation of Miners

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 12:58pm
Every one of the Western Federation of Miners
ought to be hung,
they are nothing but a gang of criminals.
-President "Big Stick" Roosevelt
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Wednesday May 9, 1906
From Washington, D. C.: News on the Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone Case

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Hellraisers Journal: Destruction of W. F. of M. Is Purpose of Mine Owners’ Association Conspiracy

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 12:58pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday April 18, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part I

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Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones: We stand in the dawn of war between the robbed and robbers.

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 12:54pm
If they force us to shoot they will find
that they never struck such a band of fighters
as the American workingmen.
-Mother Jones

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Wednesday March 14, 1906
New York, New York - Socialists and Trade Unionists Rally to Defense of Moyer and Haywood

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Two thousand Socialists and trade unionists, watched over by one thousand bluecoats, gathered in the city of New York last night to protest the arrests and attempted judicial murder of Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood, officers of the Western Federation of Miners. One of the speakers was Mother Jones who stated:

We stand in the dawn of the world's greatest war...It will be the war between the robbed and the robbers, and the robbers will go down. When they talk of hanging Moyer and Haywood, now why didn't they talk of hanging the men who shot down innocent working men in Virginia? Why don't they talk of hanging the commercial pirates who are murdering the little children in the mills of the South?.....

If they force us to shoot they will find that they never struck such a band of fighters as the American workingmen.

Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Street Carmen: "The nation was founded on a strike!"

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 12:58pm

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

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Tuesday March 7, 1916
Washington, D. C. - Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Street Carmen

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The street carmen of Washington, D. C., conducted a two-day strike, March 5th and 6th. Negotiations are ongoing and a settlement is expected soon. The article below from The Washington Herald of March 6th describes a mass meeting held by the strikers at which Mother Jones appeared unannounced and was greeted with great applause.

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Four Unions, 6,000 Strong, Pledge
Support to Strikers
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Strikers Give "Mother" Jones Ovation as She Makes
Unannounced Appearance at Meeting-
Mob of Hundreds Jeer at Passing Conductor,
Calling "Scab."
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Hellraisers Journal: Porto Rican Laborers Beaten, Shot, Jailed. "Territory Run by Feudal Lords."

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 02/29/2016 - 12:56pm

The reign of industrial tyranny and oppression
is governing supreme over life and labor.
-The Free Federation of Workingmen of Porto Rico

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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
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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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