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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday September 10, 1904
Akron, Ohio – Mother Jones Speaks to Members of Central Labor Union
From The Akron Beacon Journal of September 9, 1904:
MOTHER JONES ADDRESSES LABOR UNION
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Woman Leader Speaks Her Mind
on Colorado Trouble.
———-“COMMERCIAL CANNIBALS”
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Will Make a Public Address
in the City on Sunday.
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The principal feature of the regular meeting of the Central Labor union Thursday night was an address by “Mother” Jones.
Mrs. Jones spoke mainly upon the labor war in Colorado. She maintained that the money powers and employers of the state of Colorado were united in an effort to crush out all organized labor. She stated that the governor of Colorado said the fight was against the Western Federation of Miners and not the American Federation of Labor he was a liar. Mrs. Jones described many of the scenes of this bloody labor war which she saw while in Colorado before she was deported.
About the Philippines.
She paid her compliments to the Dick bill by which the guns were supplied to the state of Colorado as well as the others. These guns were used by the militia in service at the mines.
Mrs. Jones brought up a bugaboo when she said she actually believed that the next congress would pass a law to make the Philippines a penal institution and ship all union labor over there.
She referred to the wealthy manufacturers of the east as the “commercial cannibals.” Commercialism was declared to be the curse of the whole country and responsible for the Colorado trouble.
Mrs. Jones then distributed some of her literature bearing on the labor questions of the day.
[Will Speak to Public on Sunday]
She will remain in Akron for several days and on Sunday afternoon will again speak in public under the auspices of the Central Labor union. A committee was appointed by the Central union to secure a hall for the purpose. One of the opera houses will be secured…
[Photograph and emphasis added.]
