Hellraisers Journal: I. W. W. Aniversaries – In November We Remember: Joe Hill, Wesley Everest, and Everett Massacre

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Quote Wesley Everest, Died for my class. Chaplin Part 15———-

Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday November 3, 1920
Industrial Workers of the World – Some November Anniversaries

From The One Big Union Monthly of November 1920:

Some I. W. W. Anniversaries

Joe Hill, Funeral Program page 1, small, Chicago Nov 25, 1915

The month of November is particularly rich in memories for the I. W. W.

The events of the day are crowding upon us so fast that we cannot devote much time or space in our publications to the memories of the past, but not for a moment should the workers of this country be allowed to forget the outrages committed upon us in years gone by.

For the time being we shall content ourselves with a very brief review of some of the most horrid anniversaries of the I. W. W., which should be “celebrated” this month, not forgetting such anniversaries as that of Frank Little, whose anniversary falls in a different month.

On November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was legally murdered in the prison of Salt Lake City, Utah. His ashes are scattered by loving friends, who believe in his innocence, over the flower beds of this and other countries, and his memory lives in the songs which the I. W. W. members sing on every occasion.

Joe Hill Sig, OBU Mly p60, Nov 1920

Besides being a writer of songs which made the workers of all countries listen, Joe Hill, the miner, was also an amateur cartoonist. We reproduce here with a couple of his cartoons.

On November 5th, 1916, The Everett Massacre took place. We shall not try to describe this terrible tragedy of the class struggle. We refer every body to the account of it, issued in a book of 302 pages by the I. W. W. This book, “The I. W. W. Massacre,” is written by Walker C. Smith and sold by the I. W. W. Should be read by every red- blooded worker. Five were killed and scores wounded.

The Everett Massacre was one of the foulest deeds ever committed by the dirty hirelings of the capitalist class. It can be compared only to the indescribable horrors of Armistice day in Centralia, Wash., on November 11, 1919. The gruesome death of our Fellow Worker Wesley Everest on that day is enough to stagger the world. We cannot go into details. Read the book “The Centralia Conspiracy,” by Ralph Chaplin. It describes in word and illustration those terrible days.

Fellow Worker Bert Bland, who with a number of others is now serving a sentence equal to life imprisonment in Montesano as a result of the Centralia conspiracy, writes a touching tribute to the memory of the martyr Wesley Everest, which is published herewith.

Wesley Everest’s last greeting was: “Tell all the boys I did my best.” Joe Hill’s last message was: “Don’t mourn. Organize!” Frank Little’s last message is known only to his murderers, but we have no doubt it was like Joe Hill’s.

Let us keep the memory of our martyrs green by commemorating their death every year, but on the other 364 days let us follow their advice: “Don’t
mourn, but organize!”

It may be some consolation for us to record that the anniversary of the Great Russian Revolution is celebrated on November the 9. In the near future there shall be several more such anniversaries, where the spirits of our martyred fellow workers will find solace for their sufferings.

The events in Italy and England and many other countries bid fair to serve as good stuff for anniversaries with which to compensate, in part, for the death of our martyred fellow workers.

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Four Labor Martyrs Everett Massacre, OBU Mly p59, Nov 1920

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Wesley Everest POEM by Bert Bland, OBU Mly p60, Nov 1920

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Joe Hill POEM by COG, OBU Mly p60, Nov 1920

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TWO CARTOONS BY JOE HILL

Joe Hill Cartoon, As It Was n As It Is, OBU Mly p60, Nov 1920

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Joe Hill Cartoon, Mr n Mrs Highbrow re War, OBU Mly p60, Nov 1920

 

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[Emphasis, Joe Hill Memorial and Signature added.]

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SOURCES & IMAGES

Quote Wesley Everest, Died for my class. Chaplin Part 15
https://www.iww.org/history/library/Chaplin/centralia-conspiracy/15

The One Big Union Monthly
“Published Monthly by the General Executive Board
of the Industrial Workers of the World”
(Chicago Illinois)
-John Sandgren, Editor
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008910402
Volumes 2-3, 1920-1921
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058908474&view=image&seq=9
OBU – Nov 1920
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058908474&view=2up&seq=650
page 59 – “Some I. W. W. Anniversaries”
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058908474&view=2up&seq=708

page 60 – “Wesley Everest” by Bert Bland
page 60 – “Joe Hill” by C. O. G.
page 60 – Two Cartoons by Joe Hill
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058908474&view=2up&seq=710

IMAGE
Joe Hill Funeral Program, Chicago Nov 25, 1915
http://local.sltrib.com/charts/joehill/undercover.html

See also:

Hellraisers Journal, Sunday November 21, 1915
Salt Lake City, Utah-Walking with FW Joe Hill on His Last Day and to the Execution

The Everett Massacre
-by Walker C. Smith
IWW,
https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/AmRad/everettmassacre.pdf
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100342013
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001106557
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31810

The Centralia Conspiracy
-by Ralph Chaplin
Seattle WA, 1920
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019248947&view=2up&seq=6

The Centralia Conspiracy
The Truth about the Armistice Day Tragedy
-by Ralph Chaplin
General Defense Committee, 1924
https://books.google.com/books?id=llVSAQAAMAAJ
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002326784a&view=2up&seq=4

Tag: Bert Bland

https://weneverforget.org/tag/bert-bland/

Note: for another piece by C.O.G., see:
Lumberjack / Voice of the People
-Aug 13, 1914, page 4
https://marxists.architexturez.net/history/usa/pubs/lumberjack/140813-voiceofthepeople-v3n31w083.pdf

Hellraisers Journal, Sunday August 12, 1917
Cartoonists Depict the Lynching of Fellow Worker Frank Little
-Cesare of Evening Post and Bingo of Solidarity

Tag: Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
https://weneverforget.org/tag/russian-bolshevik-revolution-of-1917/

Note: re events in Italy and England, see:
(search separately: italy; england)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058908474&view=2up&seq=8

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I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night – Bruce Springsteen