Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones Comes to West Virginia, Will Organize Miners of Clarksburg and Fairmont Districts

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Quote John Mitchell, re Mother Jones, UMWC PM Session, Jan 25, 1901—————

Hellraisers Journal – Thursday May 30, 1901
Mother Jones Arrives in West Virginia to Organize Coal Miners

From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph of May 29, 1901:

Mother Jones, Drawing, SDH p4, Mar 9, 1901Mother Jones to Organize Miners

Wheeling, May 28-Mother Jones, who has been sent here by the United Mine Workers to try to organize the miners in the Clarksburg and Fairmont districts, held a big meeting at the opera house tonight. All previous efforts to organize the miners have failed.

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[Drawing and emphasis added.]

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