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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday August 18, 1921
Williamson, West Virginia – Mother Jones Visits Mingo County Jail
From the Hinton Daily News and Leader of August 17, 1921:
MOTHER JONES VISITS MINGO
COUNTY JAILS
———-Williamson, W. V., Aug.,-16.-“Mother” Jones, labor organizer, arrived in Williamson tonight after, it is said, permission was granted by Governor Morgan to visit the Mingo coal fields, where there has been an industrial controversy since July 1, 1920. Upon her arrival she obtained permission from Sheriff A. C Pinson to visit the county jail, where nearly 100 prisoner are confined, some of them being idle miners. This is the third time “Mother” Jones has visited the Williamson district since the controversy began.
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[Photograph and emphasis added.]
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SOURCES
Quote Mother Jones Princeton WV Speech Aug 15, 1920,
Steel Speeches, p227
https://books.google.com/books?id=vI-xAAAAIAAJ
Hinton Daily News and Leader
(Hinton, West Virginia)
-Aug 17, 1921
https://www.newspapers.com/image/667494634/
IMAGE
Mother Jones, ed WDC Tx p2, Aug 29, 1920
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1920-08-29/ed-1/seq-2/
See also:
Tag: Mingo County Coal Miners Strike of 1920-1922
https://weneverforget.org/tag/mingo-county-coal-miners-strike-of-1920-1922/
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