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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday March 5, 1904
“The Class War in Colorado” by John Spargo-Strikes at Telluride and Cripple Creek
From The Comrade of March 1904:
Western Federation of Miners sends Delegates Reed and Dougan to New York City, will make known the truth about the miners’ strikes in Colorado.
The article continues for the next two pages and covers the following subjects:
-Military Despotism established by Governor Peabody to crush the striking mines.
-Persecution of Foster, Parker, Davis and Adams.
-Terror inflicted upon Parker’s family.
-The Case of John Glover.
-The Case of Victor Poole.
-Telluride Deportations.
-“The W. F. of M. is one of the most advanced labor organizations in the country.”
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Mother Jones, CFI Owns Colorado, re 1903 Strikes UMW WFM,
Ab Chp 13, 1925
https://archive.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/13/
The Comrade
(New York, New York)
-March 1904, p128-130
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/comrade/v03n06-mar-1904-The-Comrade.pdf
See also:
The Comrade, 1901-1905
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/comrade/index.htm
John Spargo (1876-1966)
1904-Editor of The Comrade, Active in Socialist Party of America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spargo
Hellraisers Journal – Friday March 4, 1904
Cripple Creek, Colorado – Union Leaders Freed by “Not Guilty” Verdict
Tag: Military Despotism Colorado 1904
https://weneverforget.org/tag/military-despotism-colorado-1904/
Tag: Telluride Strike of 1903-1904
https://weneverforget.org/tag/telluride-strike-of-1903-1904/
Tag: Cripple Creek Strike of 1903-1904
https://weneverforget.org/tag/cripple-creek-strike-of-1903-1904/
The Cripple Creek Strike, 1903-1904
-by Emma F. Langdon
Victor, CO, 1904
(Search with names mentioned in the article above.)
https://archive.org/details/cripplecreekstri00lang/mode/1up?view=theater
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