Hellraisers Journal: Strikers Battle Company Gunthugs in Hibbing; Sam Scarlett Arrested in Virginia

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You ought to be out raising hell.
This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Friday June 30, 1916
Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota – More Arrests in Miners’ Strike

Funeral of John Alar, IWW Leaders, Virginia MN, by GR Dawson, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Carlo Tresca, I. W. W. Strike Leader, Arrested on Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range

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

Thursday June 29, 1916
Virginia, Minnesota – Carlo Tresca Arrested for “Criminal Libel”

John Alar Funeral, w Carlo Tresca & Banner, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Pickets Organized at Hibbing, Miners Pour into Union HQ for Membership Cards

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

Wednesday June 28, 1916
Hibbing, Minnesota – Striking Iron Miners Issue Demands

MN Iron Miners Strike, IWW Cards, DNT June 28, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Banner at Funeral for John Alar Proclaims Fellow Worker “Murdered by Oliver Gunmen”

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Pray for the dead and
fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday June 27, 1916
Virginia, Minnesota – Tresca Leads “Eye for Eye” Oath at Funeral

John Alar Funeral, Virginia MN, Tresca Oath, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Duluth Labor World Deplores Violence of Company Police and Rantings of I. W. W.

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

Sunday June 25, 1916
Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota – I. W. W. and the Steel Trust Police

IWW Metal Mine Workers IU No. 490, Hibbing MN, June 19, 1916, w Red
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Hellraisers Journal: From the Masses: “The Mexican Tangle” by John Reed

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Yo, Pancho Villa, fui un hombre leal
que el destino trajo al mundo para
luchar por el bien de los pobres y que
nunca traicionaré ni olvidaré mi deber.
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Wednesday June 21, 1916
From The Masses: John Reed on the “Punitive Expedition”

Villa Expedition, Generals Pershing & Villa, begun Mar 14, 1916
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