America Federation of Labor

Hellraisers Journal: The Whereabouts & Doings of Mother Jones, Sent on Mission to Arizona, May 1916

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 12:58pm

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

Mother Mary Harris Jones, Text- Please Find Her, AZ Repbn, May 16, 1916-1.png

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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