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Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday April 27, 1920
Butte, Montana – Fellow Worker Thomas Manning Dies
From The Butte Daily Bulletin of April 26, 1920:
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M’CARTHY AND SULLIVAN HOVERING ON BORDER
OF DEATH IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
———-In the early hours of yesterday morning the spirit of Thomas Manning, first of the victims of the bloodlust of the Anaconda Copper Mining company’s gunmen as evidenced in the massacre of last Wednesday on Anaconda Road, fled to join the spirits of those who at Ludlow, and at other industrial centers of the United States have offered up their lives on the altar of devotion to the cause of the wage slaves.
On a cot in St. James hospital James Sullivan, with his spine shattered by a bullet from one of the company assassins and the lower part of his body paralyzed, lies awaiting the call of the Angel of Death. On another cot in the same institution, John McCarthy, his lungs riddled with shot fired by the murderers of Manning, also awaits the call and is hourly expected to join Manning in the Great Beyond.
Manning joined the ranks of the labor martyrs, sent to their deaths by the greed of the corporate interest who never hesitate to use the riot gun, the machine gun, the rifle and the bayonet to perpetuate the enslavement of the workers, at about 1:30 o’clock yesterday morning. Despite the severity of his wounds and the frequency of internal hemmorhage the merciful administration of opiates by the hospital authorities made his last hours on comparatively painless, although his tortured body tossed and turned in the delirium of approaching death.
The name of Manning, first of the martyrs of Wednesday, the twenty-first, has been emblazoned on the scroll of organized labor in Montana and from reports reaching Butte from the various organizations of workers throughout the state, “Manning!” will be the shibboleth around which the wage slaves will rally to end forever the reigns of the copper, the lumber, the power and the railroad kings in Montana.
Announcement was made this afternoon that due to the illness of Coroner Dan Holland, the inquest into Manning’s death would be held by Justice of the Peace Doran, acting as coroner. The inquest will begin Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock and will probably be held in one of the district courtrooms.
At the request of the coroner’s office, all persons who witnessed the wanton shooting down of the workers by the gunmen on last Wednesday which act resulted in the death of Manning, are requested and urged to present their names and addresses to the coroner’s office so that they may be subpoenaed as witnesses the inquest.
The county attorney’s office will await the verdict of the coroner’s jury before taking action in the matter, County Attorney Rotering said this morning. He said he was continuing the compilation of the evidence in the case.
“The verdict of the coroner’s jury, no matter what it might be, will not mean the closing of the case insofar as our office is concerned,” said Mr. Rotering, who intimated that even should the verdict not fix the guilt for Manning’s death upon any party or parties, his office would continue its investigations with a view to bringing the perpetrators of last Wednesday’s outrage to justice.
The direct cause of Manning’s death as developed from an autopsy performed yesterday afternoon by Drs. Kane and Emery was peritonitis, which followed the perforation of the martyred miner’s bowels. The autopsy showed that the large bowel and the stomach had each been perforated by a bullet once.
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SOURCE & IMAGE
The Butte Daily Bulletin
(Butte, Montana)
-Apr 26, 1920
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045085/1920-04-26/ed-1/seq-1/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045085/1920-04-26/ed-1/seq-6/
Note: James Sullivan died from his wounds on Dec 7th, 1920, at Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland, where he had been taken to spend his last days with his parents and siblings.
BDB of Dec 8, 1920
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045085/1920-12-08/ed-1/seq-1/
See also:
Tags: Anaconda Road Massacre of 1920
https://weneverforget.org/tag/anaconda-road-massacre-of-1920/
Tag: Ludlow Massacre
https://weneverforget.org/tag/ludlow-massacre/
More from BDB of Apr 26th:
“STRIKERS’ STATEMENT”
-from Strike Committee of Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union, No. 800, I. W. W. -John Martin, Chairman
Pages 1 & 3:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045085/1920-04-26/ed-1/seq-1/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045085/1920-04-26/ed-1/seq-3/
Fellow Worker Thomas Manning, MT Death Certificate, Apr 25, 1920
-FindaGrave Memorial
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193289916/thomas-manning
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Workers of the World, Awaken! – Magpie
Lyrics by Joe Hill
Workers of the world, awaken!
Break your chains. demand your rights.
AII the wealth you make is taken
By exploiting parasites.
Shall you kneel in deep submission
From your cradles to your graves?
ls the height of your ambition
To be good and willing slaves?