Western Federation of Miners

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

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Hellraisers Journal: Haywood: "It is good to know that at last the working class are aroused."


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday June 2, 1906
From Ada County Jail: A Letter from Big Bill Haywood

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Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: Miners’ Officials Declared Guilty on Sight


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Monday May 28, 1906
Report from Boise: Conclusion of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck

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Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: State Alleges "Inner Circle” Ordered Murder


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunday May 27, 1906
Report from Boise: Fourth of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck

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Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: The “Confession” of Harry Orchard


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday May 26, 1906
Report from Boise: Third of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck

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Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: “Treated Prisoners Like Jail Demons"


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friday May 25, 1906
Report from Boise: Second of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck

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Correspondent Jacob Waldeck, nationally recognized as a star among newspaper reporters, recently spent a month in Idaho researching the facts surrounding the Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone affair. His findings are offered here as a five-part series which began yesterday and continues today with Mr. Waldeck's reporting on the conditions under which the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners have been held in Idaho.

Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: “Justice, or Case of Railroading to Gallows?"


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Thursday May 24, 1906
Report from Boise: First of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck


JUSTICE, OR A CASE OF
RAILROADING TO GALLOWS?
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Hellraisers Journal: From the Appeal to Reason: Kidnappers’ Special Poster by Big Bill Haywood

If they hang Moyer and Haywood,
they've got to hang me.
-Eugene V. Debs
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Wednesday May 23, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: The Kidnappers' Special Poster

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Detail from Kidnappers' Special Poster by Big Bill Haywood
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Hellraisers Journal: Members of the United Mine Workers of Defend the Western Federation of Miners


There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday May 22, 1906
To The Indianapolis News: Miners of U. M. W. Defend W. F. M.

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A letter written to The Indianapolis News, signed by members of the United Mine Workers of America, defends the Western Federation of Miners which was so viciously attacked recently by The News. The letter was found published in the Socialist section of a newspaper out of Salem, Oregon.

Hellraisers Journal: "Their murder would be a blow at the heart of every labor organization in America."

There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thursday May 10, 1906
From the International Socialist Review: A. M. Simons on Justice for W. F. of M.

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Striking union miners being deported from Cripple Creek..

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