—————
Hellraisers Journal – Thursday February 13, 1913
Holly Grove, West Virginia – Mother Jones Speaks at Funeral of Francis Estep
From The Washington Times of February 11, 1913:
Cesco Estep, striker…was buried yesterday [February 10th near Holly Grove, West Virginia]. At his funeral, “Mother” Jones made an appeal to the men to get their guns and “Shoot them to hell,” meaning the mine watchmen and others who will not join their ranks.
[Emphasis added.
Note: Initial reports, in newspapers across the nation, claim that a striking miner, “Robert Estep,” was killed during rioting at Mucklow. In fact the striking miner killed was Francis Estep, member of the United Mine Workers of America. He was murdered at Holly Grove by gunthugs firing upon men women and children from a train-car called the “Bull Moose Special.” The attack was perpetrated against the small village at about 10 p. m. Residents scrambled for shelter and few miners were able to respond to the attack in an attempt to defend their families.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia) of February 9, 1913:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOURCES
Quote Mother Jones, Powers of Privilege ed, Ab Chp III
https://www.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/3
The Washington Times
(Washington, District of Columbia)
-Feb 11, 1913
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1913-02-11/ed-1/seq-1/
The Times Dispatch
(Richmond, Virginia)
-Feb 9, 1913
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1913-02-09/ed-1/seq-2/
IMAGE
Mother Jones, Tacoma Tx p3, Feb 14, 1912
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-14/ed-1/seq-3/
See also:
Feb 9, 1913, Bluefield WV Daily Telegraph
-re Attack on Holly Grove, Murder of Striking Miner Estep
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118289318/feb-9-1913-bluefield-wv-daily/
“THE STRIKER’S ORPHAN CHILD” (Poem)
http://www.wvgw.net/wvcoal/estep.html
The Bull Moose Special
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/707
Bull Moose Special, Hx Marker
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=137833
June 14, 1913, The Washington Herald
“Charleston, W. Va., June 13”-re the testimony “today” of Maud Estep concerning the murder of her husband, Francis/Francesco/Cesco Estep, on the night of Feb 7th, during surprise attack upon Holly Grove by deputized gunthugs firing from the “Bull Moose train.”
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-06-14/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=06%2F13%2F1913&sort=date&date2=06%2F30%2F1913&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=0&words=Estep+Maude&proxdistance=5&rows=50&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=maud+estep&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Testimony of Maud Estep
Conditions in the Paint Creek District, West Virginia
Senate Committee Hearings, 1913
https://books.google.com/books?id=HQM9AAAAYAAJ&dq=Conditions+in+the+paint+creek+district+first+session&q=%22maud+estep%22#v=onepage&q=estep&f=false
Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals
Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
ed by David Alan Corbin
PM Press, 2011
Testimony of Maud Estep
https://books.google.com/books?id=obdHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT64&lpg=PT64&dq=testimony+%22maud+estep%22&source=bl&ots=vu-gw-pLaS&sig=ACfU3U2wf8Hxy-zJSe8TMc8VnQvrkqR92A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsqMPi-Ij9AhW9mmoFHUG9CtcQ6AF6BAgnEAM#v=onepage&q=testimony%20%22maud%20estep%22&f=false
Francis Francisco (Cesco Estep) Memorial, 1975
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1409398/francis-francisco-cesco-estep-memorial/
Tag: Francis Estep
https://weneverforget.org/tag/francis-estep/
Tag: Maud Estep
https://weneverforget.org/tag/maud-estep/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coal Miner’s Grave – Hazel Dickens