Hellraisers Journal – Monday July 26, 1920
Reward of $5,000 Offered for Apprehension of Slayer of Fannie Sellins
From The Pittsburgh Post of July 23, 1920:
Slayer of Woman In Riot Sought
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Reward Offered For Apprehension
of Guilty Person.
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Fannie Sellins in Marion County Jail at Fairmont, W. V. -from the Huntington Labor Star of May 29, 1914 ———-
A reward of $5,000, thought to be offered either by the United Mine Workers of America, or by Fred Broad of New Kensington, a son-in-law of the slain woman, will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the slayers of Fannie Sellins, labor organizer, who was killed in a mine strike riot near Brackenridge almost a year ago. The reward has been advertised in the local papers.
The circumstances surrounding the death of the woman leader was a subject for discussion at recent labor meetings in Montreal, and it is said that the campaign for a solution will be continued this summer.
Mrs. Sellins was shot down the night of August 26, 1919, during a riot between guards and strikers near the pit mouth of the Allegheny Coal and Coke Company at Brackenridge. The guards were arrested after the riot but they were released because of insufficient evidence. Since then there have been no new developments or arrests in the case.
[Note: there was no riot. Company gunthugs attacked picketers who were peacefully assembled, as was their right.]
Note: a beautiful drawing has been made of this photo by Jennifer Rempel, member of Battle of Homestead Foundation I was hoping to find this drawing turned into a poster and available for purchase. Contacted BHF to request same. https://battleofhomestead.org/bhf/tragedy-in-1919-fannie-sellins/
Oct 1919
The American Photo-engraver, Volume 11
International Photo Engravers Union, 1918
(search: “john sellins” murder “of his mother”) https://books.google.com/books?id=bfFJAQAAMAAJ
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