You ought to be out raising hell.
This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
Hellraisers Journal, Friday February 28, 1908
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Speaks
From The Industrial Union Bulletin of February 22, 1908:
Propaganda in Philadelphia
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was the speaker at the regular Sunday night meeting of the I. W. W., February 9th, in Philadelphia. Every seat in the large hall was taken and extra seats had to be arranged to accommodate those who were anxious to hear the eloquent advocate of industrial unionism.
Miss Flynn’s subject was “Socialism from a Woman’s Standpoint.” She began by stating that there is no difference between the man’s standpoint and the woman’s, as industrial development had forced the woman into the same position as the man-wage slavery. In the course of her address she rapped the craft unions and the pure and simple political Socialists impartially, and pointed to industrial unionism as the salvation of the workers, the highest and most enlightened expression of Socialism as embodied in the I. W. W. Her points were generously applauded throughout the address.
The progress made in Philadelphia is most encouraging. There are now eight locals in that city, the latest acquisition being the Independent Union of French Textile Workers, who by unanimous vote, have joined the I. W. W.
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Elizabeth Flynn Lecture Tour
Arrangements are being made for a tour through the western states to the Pacific coast by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, in the interest of the I. W. W., Local organizations or individuals desiring to engage Fellow Worker Flynn’s services are requested to communicate with Vincent St. John, 212 Bush Temple, Chicago, and Karl Rathje, 532 East Fifth street, Los Angeles, Cal., not later than March 15. The tour will be through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming. The terms for the lectures will be made known on application.
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[Photograph added.]
From The Industrial Union Bulletin of February 1, 1908:
Newly-Wed Gurley Flynn-Jones Visits I. W. W. Headquarters
Comrade Gurley Flynn-Jones passed through Chicago last Monday on her way to New York, where she will visit her parents. She received a hearty welcome at headquarters of the I. W. W., where her work for the organization is greatly appreciated.
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CHARGE AGAINST JONES FAILS
Fellow Worker J. A. Jones [husband of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn], who was arrested at Aurora, Minn., December 23, charged with complicity in wrecking the home of Thos. J. Nichols, has been released from jail. He is entirely innocent and his innocence was substantially proven by the fact that the authorities tried to persuade him to leave the town. This he has refused to do and will face his accusers in court should the case ever reach that stage.
LATER
The case against Jones and the two Austrians, who were charged with complicity in the outrage, was dropped on Tuesday, Jan. 23, and the plot of the United States Steel Trust has collapsed.
SOURCE
The Industrial Union Bulletin
(Chicago, Illinois)
-Feb 22, 1908, page 1
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iub/v1n52-feb-22-1908-iub.pdf
-Feb 1, 1908, page 2
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iub/v1n49-feb-01-1908-iub.pdf
IMAGE
EGF, Girl Socialist, DEN, Sept 21, 1907
https://www.newspapers.com/image/87255888/
See also:
Hellraisers Journal, Friday February 14, 1908
New York, New York – Young Socialist Returns to Parent’s Home
Honeymoon of Elizabeth Flynn & Jack Jones Halted, Will Rejoin Comrade Husband in Spring
Minnesota Official Marriage System
LAKE County #D32 on 01/07/1908:
JONES, JOHN ARCHIBALD to FLYNN, ELIZABETH GURLEY
https://moms.mn.gov/
Category: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
https://weneverforget.org/category/elizabeth-gurley-flynn/