Western Federation of Miners

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

Moyer and Haywood, Wilshire's Magazine, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: May Day in New York City! Unionists & Socialist Turn Out by Tens of Thousands!

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:57pm

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday May 2, 1916
From The New York Times: Thousands March Singing Marseillaise

May Day 1916, NYC Parade, LOC.png

Hellraisers Journal: George Shoaf for Appeal to Reason on Crimes of Mine Owners’ Association

Submitted by JayRaye on Wed, 04/20/2016 - 12:57pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Friday April 20, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part III

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: Western Federation of Miners & Industrial Workers of the World vs A. F. of L.

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 04/19/2016 - 12:30pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday April 19, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part II

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

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

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: Darrow and Richardson Meet in Chicago to Plan Defense of Haywood and Moyer

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 04/17/2016 - 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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Tuesday April 17, 1906
Chicago, Illinois - Attorney Clarence Darrow Meets with Richardson

Haywood-Moyer-Pettibone Case, Darrow, Richardson, 1907.png

Hellraisers Journal: Little Children of the Poor Securing Wealth from Mine and Mill

Submitted by JayRaye on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 12:30pm
Little children of the poor,
Pearls for trampling swine,
Cast and mired that they secure
The wealth from mill and mine.
-Ellis B Harris
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Sunday April 16, 1916
From the United Mine Workers Journal: Little Child of the Mines

UMWJ, Child at Mine, Apr 13, 1916.png

Hellraisers Journal: Gaylord Wilshire Calls for General Strike to Free Moyer, Haywood & Pettibone

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 12:55pm

If the workers take a notion,
They can stop all speeding trains;
Every ship upon the ocean
They can tie with mighty chains.
-Joe Hill
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Wednesday April 11, 1906
Wilshire's Magazine: Editorial Calls for General Strike

Moyer and Haywood, Wilshire's Magazine, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: San Francisco Police Incite “Red Flag Riot” at Haywood-Moyer Protest Meeting

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 12:57pm
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 April 10, 1906
San Francisco, California - Police Attack Protest of Workingmen

Protestors Protect Worker's Red Flag, SF Call, Apr 9, 1906.png

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