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Hellraisers Journal – Monday August 9, 1909
Mother Jones News Round-Up for July 1909, Part II:
-Found Speaking in Denver at W. F. of M. Convention
From Proceedings of the Convention of Western Federation of Miners
-Held at Denver, Colorado, July 12-August 3, 1909:
Third Day, Afternoon Session of July 14, 1909:
-From Financial Report of Secretary-Treasurer Earnest Mills
We have been in receipt of $3,911.72, principally through the efforts of “Mother” Jones, for the defense of the Mexican Political Refugees, whose cases were discussed at the Sixteenth Annual Convention, and $3,809.75 has been paid to the Bisbee Mexican Defense Committee, and used directly in behalf of securing the liberty of the imprisoned men, while the balance, $101.97, has been forwarded to the Political Refugee Defense Committee at Chicago at the request of “Mother” Jones for the defense of Calixto Guerra, a political refugee, whose extradition is demanded by President Diaz of Mexico.
Fifth Day, Afternoon Session of July 16, 1909:
Mother Jones, having entered the hall at this time [following the Report of Vice-President C. E. Mahoney], was escorted to the platform, where she was introduced by the chair to the delegates, who received the venerable “mother” with ringing applause.
“Mother” Jones spoke at length, describing the struggle of the coal miners who are now on strike, and urging the delegates to elect men to their respective legislatures and congress who would look after the interests of the working class. At the conclusion of her address, “Mother” Jones was loudly applauded.
Sixth Day, Afternoon Session of July 17, 1909:
At this juncture [as the convention was wrapping up its business for the day] Mother Jones was escorted to the platform and at length addressed the convention.
Convention adjourned at 6 p. m. to convene again at 9 a. m. Monday.
From the Miner’s Magazine of July 8, 1909:
-From “Abdul Hamid and Porfirio Diaz” by Carlo de Fornaro:
Diaz has created just as perfect a system, not only in Mexico but also in the United States. In Mexico he has so corrupted the homes that you can readily understand the characteristic secrecy of the average Mexican on all matters pertaining to politics. Most of the government officials are spies, and you will find them even among the lowest class of Indians. Your cook, your maid might be a spy; even your friend, your brother, your girl. In the United States most of the private detective agencies are in the pay of Diaz, besides his own Mexican agents. By order of the Aztec Czar American detectives kidnapped the Mexican patriot Manuel Sarabia from the jail at Douglas, Arizona, across the Mexican border in an automobile. This little plot was foiled by the timely interference of an American woman, Mother Jones, who telegraphed to the governor of Arizona and to Washington and forced the Mexican government to give the victims back.
Note: Emphasis added throughout. Photograph of Mother Jones is from the Elkhart (Indiana) Daily Review of July 19, 1909.
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SOURCES
Quote Mother Jones, We Will Rest, UMWC Jan 27, 1909
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=dyhRAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA380
Proceedings of Convention of Western Federation of Miners
Denver, Colorado, July 12-Aug 3, 1909
https://books.google.com/books?id=qc0JAAAAMAAJ
WFMC July 14, 1909, Third Day, Afternoon Session
-From Financial Report of Secretary-Treasurer Earnest Mills
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qc0JAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA54
WFMC, July 16, 1909, Fifth Day, Afternoon Session
-Mother Jones Speaks
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qc0JAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA265
WFMC, July 17, 1909, Sixth Day, Afternoon Session
-Mother Speaks Again
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qc0JAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA280
Miners Magazine
(Denver, Colorado)
-July 8, 1909
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hT8tAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA40
“Abdul Hamid and Porfirio Diaz” by Carlo de Fornaro
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hT8tAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA48
Re Kidnapping of Sarabia foiled by Mother Jones:
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hT8tAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA49
From:
Miner’s Magazine
-June 3, 1909-Jan 19, 1911
Western Federation of Miners, 1909
https://books.google.com/books?id=hT8tAQAAMAAJ
IMAGES
Mother Jones, Elkhart IN Dly Rv p2, July 19, 1909
https://www.genealogybank.com/
See also:
Hellraisers Journal, Friday August 16, 1907
Mother Jones News for July, Part II: Found in Arizona
Whereabouts and Doings of Mother Jones for July 1907, Part II: Found in Speaking in Arizona
Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday May 11, 1909
Manuel Sarabia Tells Story of Illegal Arrest and Deportation
From the International Socialist Review: “How I Was Kidnaped” by Manuel Sarabia, Part I
Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday May 12, 1909
Manuel Sarabia Tells Story of Illegal Arrest and Deportation, Part II
International Socialist Review: “How I Was Kidnaped” by Manuel Sarabia, Part II
Autobiography of Mother Jones
Chapter 16-The Mexican Revolution
https://www.iww.org/fr/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/16
Tag: Manuel Sarabia
https://weneverforget.org/tag/manuel-sarabia/
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The Spirit Of Mother Jones – Andy Irvine