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Hellraisers Journal: Socialist Party of Colorado Nominates Idaho Prisoner, William D. Haywood, for Governor

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You ought to be out raising hell.
This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Sunday July 8, 1906
Denver, Colorado – Socialist Party Nominates State Ticket

From The Topeka Daily Capital of July 7, 1906:

Haywood, Darrow Collection


COLORADO REDS NOMINATE
HAYWOOD FOR EXECUTIVE
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If Elected and Release From Caldwell Jail
Is Refused, Would March to Idaho in Force.
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SNATCH HIM FROM TEETH OF
DOGS OF CAPITALISM
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Denver, July 6.-It has just transpired that the Socialist party of Colorado held a convention in this city on the Forth of July and nominated a full state ticket, headed by William D. Haywood, secretary-treasure for the Western Federation of Miners, now in prison in Idaho, for Governor…
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Hellraisers Journal: Report to the Convention of the W. F. of M. by Acting President John C. Williams

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There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Monday June 18, 1906
Denver, Colorado – Response to Arrest of W. F. of M. Officers

WFM Executive Board, elected at 1905 Convention
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Hellraisers Journal: Eugene Debs Speaks in Toledo at Mass Meeting for Moyer and Haywood

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If they attempt to murder Moyer, Haywood,
and their brothers,
a million revolutionists at least will
meet them with guns.
-Eugene Debs
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Sunday June 17, 1906
Toledo, Ohio – Debs Speaks for Moyer and Haywood at Mass Meeting

Eugene Debs, Wilshire's Magazine, Nov 1905
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Hellraisers Journal: W. F. of M. Convention Demands Bail for Leaders Imprisoned in Idaho

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We recognize the class struggle,
we demand the surrender of capitalism,
a system that must die
that the people may live.
-Big Bill Haywood
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Friday June 15, 1906
Denver, Colorado – Bail Demanded for Moyer and Haywood

IWWs Kidnappers Special Poster by BBH, detail, ab: May 1906
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Hellraisers Journal: Western Federation of Miners Re-Elects Imprisoned Officers Moyer and Haywood

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There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday June 14, 1906
Denver, Colorado – W. F. of M. Stands By Imprisoned Officers

Moyer, Haywood, Darrow Collection
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Hellraisers Journal: George Pettibone, Miners’ Hero and First President of the Gem Miner’s Union of Idaho

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There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones

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Hellraisers Journal, Monday March 26, 1906
An Introduction to George Pettibone, Miners’ Hero

From The Miners’ Magazine of November 1901:

From the archives of The Miners’ Magazine, official organ of the Western Federation of Miners, we came across the following introduction to George Pettibone, who now stands accused, along with Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood, of the murder of the ex-governor of Idaho:

George Pettibone, First President of Gem ID, Miners Mag Nov 1901 Pettibone, Text 1, Miners Magazine, Nov 1901, Darrow CollectionPettibone, Text 2, Miners Magazine, Nov 1901, Darrow Collection

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Hellraisers Journal: Ralph Chaplin and Jim Larkin Honor the Memory of Joe Hill, from the International Socialist Review

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Therefore, Comrades, over the great heart of Joe Hill, now stilled in death,
let us take up his burden, rededicate ourselves to the cause that knows no failure,
and for which Joseph Hillstrom cheerfully gave his all.
-Jim Larkin
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Hellraisers Journal, Wednesday December 1, 1915
From the International Socialist Review:
Comrades Ralph Chaplin and Big Jim Larkin Remember Joe Hill

This month’s edition of the Review honors the memory of Joe Hill who was murdered by the state of Utah on Friday, November 19th.

Joe Hill, charcoal drawing by L. Stanford Chumley:

Joe Hill, charcoal, by L. Stanford Chumley, ISR, Dec 1915

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Hellraisers Journal: Thousands Gather in Chicago to Honor FW Joe Hill and Sing His Rebel Songs

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I. W. W. movement has been sealed in
the sweet blood of this poet-radical.
-Jim Larkin
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Saturday November 27, 1915
Chicago, Illinois-
I. W. W. Gives FW Joe Hill a Grand Send-Off, Thousands March

Joe Hill's Funeral, Chicago, Nov 25, 1915-2, ISR of Jan 1916

A grand funeral hosted by the Industrial Workers of the World was provided for Fellow Worker Joe Hill, Working Class Martyr. Thousands gathered in the West Side Auditorium on Thanksgiving morning, November 25th. The windows of the auditorium were open and the singing within could be heard by the the thousands who filled the streets outside, extending for blocks in every direction.

After the morning’s orations were completed, a great throng of mourners followed the casket to the train which bore the remains of FW Joe Hill to Graceland Cemetery. Another funeral service took place there followed by singing which lasted late into the night.

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Hellraisers Journal: Joe Hill Honored by Friends & FWs in Salt Lake City, Sent by Train to Chicago

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Gook luck to all of you,
-Joe Hill

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Monday November 22, 1915
Salt Lake City, Utah-
Joe Hill Given Grand Send-off, Will Arrive in Chicago Tomorrow

Joe Hill, lgr

Fellow Worker Joe Hill, our martyred rebel songwriter, was given a grand send-off in Salt Lake City before his body was placed upon a train bound for Chicago where another grand funeral will be held in that city, headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World. The Salt Lake City funeral was presided over by I. W. W. Local Union #69 and by Verdandi, Swedish Temperance Society.

Unfortunately, the only report of the funeral that we have on hand is from the hostile Salt Lake Tribune, one of the newspapers which so gleefully reported the Governor’s intention to drive the I. W. W. from Salt Lake immediately following the murder of our fellow worker. Nevertheless, as can be seen below, the unquenchable spirit of Solidarity displayed by those in attendance shines through the anti-I. W. W. propaganda of the Tribune’s reporting.

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