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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday November 3, 1918
Sacramento, California – Five Fellow Workers Dead of Influenza
Fellow Worker Frank Travis died yesterday of influenza while awaiting trial on federal charges in the Sacramento County Jail. Travis is the fifth indicted I. W. W. member to die of influenza. Edward Burns was the first to die on October 22nd. James Nolan and Robert Blaine died October 28th, and Henry Evans died on October 31st.
From The Sacramento Bee of November 2, 1918:
Two Prisoners Die-Two more County Jail inmates died to-day of the influenza. Frank Travis died in the County Jail, while Peter Ramiez died after he was removed to the County Hospital. Travis is the second county prisoner to die in the jail, while Ramiez is the fourth county prisoner to die at the hospital.
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Death Stalks the Sacramento County Jail
From the Modesto Evening News of October 16, 1918:
FOURTEEN I. W. W. PRISONERS GET INFLUENZA
—–SACRAMENTO, Oct. 16-Spanish influenza has broken out among the I. W. W. prisoners in the county jail here. Of the half hundred “Wobblies” held awaiting trial in federal court, fourteen are already stricken with the malady, according to Sheriff W. F. Gormarly. The local health office is treating the patients, none of whom are reported terminally ill.
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From The Sacramento Bee of October 24, 1918:
I. W. W. Expected to Die
All hope for the recovery of R. J. Blaine, I. W. W. prisoner confined at the County Hospital with influenza, has been given up, according to the doctors at the County Hospital. He was removed to the hospital from the County Jail with four other county prisoners. M. Ramiez and R. Sanders were sent to the hospital to-day.
Edward Burns, another I. W. W., died Tuesday. Yesterday F. Marshall died at the hospital.
There are between thirty-five and forty cases of influenza at the jail, and the place is under strict quarantine.
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From The Sacramento Bee of October 28, 1918:
TWO MORE INDICTED I. W. W. PRISONERS
James Nolan and Robert Blaine, two members of the I. W. W. indicted some time ago here by the Federal Grand Jury for violating the Espionage Act, died to-day at the County Hospital. Nolan had been residing here since his arrest and release on bail, while Blaine was sent to the hospital from the County Jail.
All of the men removed from the jail to the hospital have died. With the deaths of Nolan and Blaine, six of the county prisoners have died. Three were indicted I. W. W. members, while the other three men were serving short sentences.
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From The Sacramento Bee of October 31, 1918:
Fourth I. W. W. Prisoner Dies of Influenza
—–Henry Evans, one of the indicted I. W. W. prisoners, to-day died in the County Jail. Evans is the fourth I. W. W. member to die of influenza, but the first to die in the County Jail. He refused to be removed from the jail to the County Hospital.
Jailer C. L. Taylor is still in a very serious condition. The other deputies of Sheriff William F. Gormley who are ill are rapidly recovering.
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Note: emphasis to names added.
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SOURCE
The Sacramento Bee
(Sacramento, California)
-Nov 2, 1918, page 5
-Oct 24, 1918, page 4
-Oct 28, 1918, page 5
-Oct 31, 1918, page 1
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Modesto Evening News
(Modesto, California)
-Oct 16, 1918
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IMAGE
IWW Label, BBH-With Drops of Blood page 4, Oct 1919
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See also:
Tag: IWW Federal Trial Sacramento 1918-1919
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With Drops of Blood by BBH
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WITH DROPS OF BLOOD
THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
HAS BEEN WRITTEN
[by William D. Haywood, Secretary.]…..The charges set forth in this indictment would count for nothing unless evidence and proof were at hand to sustain them. A record of every charge can be found in the annals of the press, the court records of the land, the report of the Commission on Industrial Relations, and other reports of the Government of the United States……
We charge that members of the Industrial Workers of the World have died in prison while waiting for trial; and mention the names of R. J. Blaine, Ed Burns, H. C. Evans, James Nolan and Frank Travis, all of whom died of the dreadful disease influenza while imprisoned in the terrible county jail at Sacramento, California. These young men were confined in cramped quarters and left to die without the aid of physicians or nurses……
Note: first mention of this pamphlet by press, found so far:
Leavenworth (KS) Post, p2
-Oct 2, 1919
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Prison Song, 1917 by Ralph Chaplin
