Hellraisers Journal: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Arrives in Duluth to Assist Striking Miners of Mesabi Iron Range

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It’s great to fight for freedom
with a Rebel Girl.
-Joe Hill
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Thursday July 13, 1916
Duluth, Minnesota – I. W. W. Sends in Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

From the Reno Evening Gazette of July 12, 1916:

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Reno Gz-Jr, July 12, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: FromThe Duluth News Tribune: “Elizabeth Flynn Arrives to Stir Up More Strife”

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It’s great to fight for freedom
with a Rebel Girl.
-Joe Hill
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday July 12, 1916
Duluth, Minnesota – Miss Flynn Meets with Local I. W. W. Leaders

MN Iron Miners Strike, EGF Arrives, DNT July 12, 1916

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, prominent I. W. W. speaker and organizer, was in Duluth yesterday and is expected to leave today tor the strike zone on the range to assume an active part in the cause of the insurgent range miners.

The appearance of Miss Flynn and Haywood’s “Declaration of War” against the “United States Steel corporation and independent mining companies of Minnesota,” which is in part an organization appeal for funds with which to continue the range strike, were yesterday’s chief developments in the I. W. W. situation as related to this city.

Miss Flynn registered at the Hotel Holland, giving her residence as New York city.
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Hellraisers Journal: Mesabi Range Strike: Deputy Sheriff and Soft Drink Vendor Killed in Battle at Striker’s Home

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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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Friday July 7, 1916
Biwabik, Minnesota – Strikers and Striker’s Wife Arrested

From the July 1st edition of The Duluth News Tribune:

MN Miners Strike-give 'em the boot cartoon, DNT, July 1, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Strikers Battle Company Gunthugs in Hibbing; Sam Scarlett Arrested in Virginia

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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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Friday June 30, 1916
Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota – More Arrests in Miners’ Strike

Funeral of John Alar, IWW Leaders, Virginia MN, by GR Dawson, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Carlo Tresca, I. W. W. Strike Leader, Arrested on Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range

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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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Thursday June 29, 1916
Virginia, Minnesota – Carlo Tresca Arrested for “Criminal Libel”

John Alar Funeral, w Carlo Tresca & Banner, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Pickets Organized at Hibbing, Miners Pour into Union HQ for Membership Cards

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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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Wednesday June 28, 1916
Hibbing, Minnesota – Striking Iron Miners Issue Demands

MN Iron Miners Strike, IWW Cards, DNT June 28, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Banner at Funeral for John Alar Proclaims Fellow Worker “Murdered by Oliver Gunmen”

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Pray for the dead and
fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday June 27, 1916
Virginia, Minnesota – Tresca Leads “Eye for Eye” Oath at Funeral

John Alar Funeral, Virginia MN, Tresca Oath, June 26, 1916
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Hellraisers Journal: Duluth Labor World Deplores Violence of Company Police and Rantings of I. W. W.

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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 June 25, 1916
Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota – I. W. W. and the Steel Trust Police

IWW Metal Mine Workers IU No. 490, Hibbing MN, June 19, 1916, w Red
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