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Hellraisers Journal – Monday November 4, 1912
Cabin Creek Junction, West Virginia – “More Trouble” -Mother Jones Blamed
From The Hinton Daily News and Leader of November 2, 1912:
MORE TROUBLE IN KANAWHA FIELD
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With Departure of the Militia
Situation Grows More Threatening
-Mother Jones at Work
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 1.-The prediction has been frequently made that as soon as the militia was withdrawn or reduced to a small number the disturbers in the strike district who do not want an adjustment of conditions would arouse the striking miners passions and make necessary the return of the militia.
Yesterday the number of militia-men was reduced to about two score. Immediately the disturbers became busy. In fact; it had been going on for several days in the sections of the district where the militiamen had been withdrawn, where they could move about with rifles on their shoulders, and drink and shoot at will.
This condition was aggravated yesterday when “Mother” Jones held a meeting in a corn field near Cabin Creek Junction and told the miners to shoot down any mine guards found in the district.
That the miners now in tents in tend to stay there for some time is shown by the statement of a number of miners and their wives who were in a local Justice of the Peace court yesterday, charged with throwing stones at persons whom they disliked.
They informed inquirers that they intended to stay in their tents until they got what they were fighting for that the coal mines belonged to them and that nothing could stop them from getting what belonged to them. This indicates the position taken by these persons now idle and who appear to be supplied with sufficient means to roam about, carrying arms and usually are in an intoxicated condition.
The situation warranted Adjutant General Elliott returning to the district this morning, accompanied by several military officers.
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[Photograph and emphasis added.]
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SOURCES
Quote Mother Jones re Get Rid of Mine Guards,
Charleston WV, Aug 15, 1912, Steel Speeches p95
https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735035254105/viewer#page/116/mode/2up
The Hinton Daily News and Leader
(Hinton, West Virginia)
-Nov 2, 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/image/667475312/
IMAGE
Mother Jones, NE State Jr p2, Sept 19, 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/image/313903955/
See also:
Tag: Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike of 1912-1913
https://weneverforget.org/tag/paint-creek-cabin-creek-strike-of-1912-1913/
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