Hellraisers Journal: Whereabouts & Doings of Mother Jones for July 1906: Stumps for Socialist Party in Arkansas and Texas

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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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Hellraisers Journal, Thursday September 20, 1906
Mother Jones Found in Arkansas and Texas During July

From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat of July 3, 1906:

Mother Jones, Mar 11, 1905, AtR

MOTHER JONES AT CONCORDIA.
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“Mother” Jones, one of the most prominent and most widely known of the Socialist contenders, will deliver an address at Old Concordia Thursday night. It will be her first visit to Little Rock, and she is sure to attract a large audience.

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From The Arkansas Democrat of July 6, 1906:

MOTHER JONES ON SOCIALISM
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Well-Known Leader of Socialist Propaganda
Delivered Lecture at Old Concordia-
Aggregations of Wealth and
All Political Parties Condemned.
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“Mother Jones” talked to a large audience last night at Old Concordia Hall on Socialism. She touched on all parts of the question, telling some of her experiences in the capital and labor fights for the last thirteen years, in which she has nearly always been more or less concerned. She has been jailed several times, on account of her activity in exhorting employes to stand up for their rights, and her encouragement of strikes, etc. Mrs. Jones had many a rap for the political party in power in the national government, paid her respects to Bryan, told of the greed and soullessness of Rockefeller and his “crew,” the steady gain in socialism everywhere, its beautiful points and the necessity of concerted action for the final overthrow of existing government and the establishment of the peaceful Socialistic rule, when “honor and work will be equally divided among the people.” “As it is the lower class has all the work and the honor, while the others have neither,” the speaker declared.

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Hellraisers Journal: From The Masses: “Laying Down Our Lives for Their Country” by Maurice Becker

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I have no country to fight for;
my country is the earth;
and I am a citizen of the world.
-Eugene Victor Debs

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Hellraisers Journal, Sunday September 3, 1916
From The Masses: A Comment on War by Maurice Becker

Laying Down Our Lives for Profit by M Becker, Masses Sept 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Attorney Keyes Speaks Out on Behalf of Mesabi Range Strikers and I. W. W. Leaders, Scores Company Police

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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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Tuesday July 25, 1916
From The Labor World: “Facts Regarding Strike,” Part I


FACTS REGARDING STRIKE BECLOUDED
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Duluth Attorney Scores Mining Company Police,
Courts and Daily Press.
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LEADERS ARRESTED WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE
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Fate of Republic Hangs Upon Settlement
of Trouble on Range, He Says.
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John Arnold Keyes, Labor World, Sep 12, 1896

The real facts concerning the strike of the miners on the Mesaba range have been beclouded by misrepresentation and much prejudice aroused against the miners according to Attorney John A. Keyes of Duluth, who is acting as counsel for some of the leaders who have been placed under arrest. Mr. Keyes denounces the mining corporation police, the “gunmen” as termed by the miners, and the courts and daily press in part. Stories from the range have been highly colored Mr. Keyes declares, and so for the sake of justice, he has made the following statement regarding the cause and development of the strike and conditions up to the present time [Part I of statement by Attorney Keyes]:

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Hellraisers Journal: From the International Socialist Review: Robert Minor and Carl Sandburg Comment on War

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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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Monday July 10, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: The Workers and War

Robert Minor, Perfect Soldier, ISR, July 1916
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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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