Recently in New York, there was held a banquet
at which $15,000,000 was represented.
Not one of the men present at that banquet
ever produced one dollar’s worth.
All that they posses was taken
away from the toilers.
Hellraisers Journal, Thursday October 19, 1916
Moline, Illinois – Mother Jones Speaks and Encourages Illegal Street Music
From The Monmouth Daily Atlas of October 17, 1916:
MOTHER JONES HAS A GOOD TIME
IN MOLINE
—–Moline, Oct. 17. – “Mother” Jones needs music to start off her meetings.
Mayor Martin T. Carlson of Moline Saturday refused to issue a permit for a band to play Sunday afternoon on the streets but “Mother” Jones told the boys to go ahead. There was a musical program on the streets before the meeting and at a late hour this afternoon, city officials had taken no notice of the disregard to the mayor’s order.
The meeting at the Moline theater was a monster one and “Mother” Jones delivered one of her dynamic talks touching on several phases of modern life, touching political religious, civic and individual questions of the hour.
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[Photograph added.]
Mother Jones Interviewed by The Davenport News:
LABOR LEADER SCORES HUGHES, BOOSTS WILSON
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‘Mother’ Jones, National Celebrity,
in Davenport for Short Time.
Decries Past Conditions.
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Says U. S. Home of Nation of ‘Dollar Hogs’
Holding Down Toilers.
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