Hellraisers Journal: Whereabouts and Doings of Mother Jones for July 1910, Part I: Found Speaking to Miners in Hazleton and Coleraine, Pennsylvania

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Quote Mother Jones, Brutal Ruling Class, Cnc Pst p7, May 31, 1910———-

Hellraisers Journal – Saturday August 13, 1910
Mother Jones News Round-Up for July 1910, Part I:
-Found with Miners of Hazleton and Coleraine, Pennsylvania

From the Shenandoah Evening Herald of July 6, 1910:

Mother Jones crpd, WDC Tx p5, June 18, 1910

Mother Jones Coming.

Mother Jones who led the McAdoo marchers in 1900 and who was stricken in a western city some months ago has partially recovered and is expected to arrive in Hazleton this week to spend several weeks, in the hope of regaining her former health and vigor.

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[Photograph added.]

From the Pottsville Republican of July 16, 1910:

Mother Jones at Hazleton.

“Mother” Jones, who took a leading part to two of the big miners’ strikes some years ago, arrived in Hazleton to remain for three or four days. She may make one or more addresses. She was recently stricken ill in Cincinnati, O., but has fully recovered.

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From the Shenandoah Evening Herald of July 19, 1910:

“Mother” Jones to Speak.

“Mother” Jones, who is at Hazleton for a week or ten days, will be the principal speaker at a big rally to be held at Coleraine on Thursday night.

From the Pittston Gazette of July 23, 1910:

Mother Jones at Coleraine.

Mother Jones, who came to this region over a week ago to recuperate her health, is rapidly gaining in strength and in a few weeks will have regained her former vigor and activity. Last night she addressed the miners at Coleraine and was given a rousing welcome, particularly by the breaker boys.-Hazleton Standard.

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Note: Emphasis added throughout.

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Quote Mother Jones, Brutal Ruling Class, Cnc Pst p7, May 31, 1910
https://www.genealogybank.com/

Evening Herald
(Shenandoah, Pennsylvania)
-July 6, 1910
https://www.newspapers.com/image/448056570
-July 19, 1910
https://www.newspapers.com/image/448058246/

Pottsville Republican
(Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
-July 16, 1910
https://www.newspapers.com/image/449123136/

Pittston Gazette
(Pittston, Pennsylvania)
-July 23, 1910
https://www.newspapers.com/image/52095427/

IMAGE
Mother Jones, WDC Tx p5, June 18, 1910
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1910-06-18/ed-1/seq-5/

See also:

Hellraisers Journal – Sunday July 17, 1910
Mother Jones News Round-Up for June 1910, Part I:
-Found Recovering from Illness at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio

Hellraisers Journal – Monday July 18, 1910
Mother Jones News Round-Up for June 1910, Part II:
-Found in Washington, D. C., Testifying Before House Committee

Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday July 19, 1910
Mother Jones News Round-Up for June 1910, Part III:
-Interviewed by Selene Armstrong in Washington, D. C.

The Autobiography of Mother Jones
Charles Kerr, Chicago, 1925
-Chapter 12 – How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale [Fall of 1900]
Mother Jones re McAdoo women marching 15 miles at night to mop up Coaldale scabs in the morning: “It was a great fight.”
https://archive.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/12/

Sept 17, 1900 – Philadelphia Times
Mother Jones on Miners Strike
-Written at Carbondale PA, Sept 16

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