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Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday January 15, 1913
“After a few years in the steel mills…..” by Lewis Hine
From The Coming Nation of January 11, 1913:
Tag: John A Fitch
Hellraisers Journal: Thirty-Three Union Men on Train to Leavenworth, Heavily Guarded; Ryan to Serve Seven Years
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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday January 11, 1913
Leavenworth, Kansas – Heavily Guarded Train Carries Union Men to Prison
From the United Labor Bulletin of January 2, 1913:
Note: Article continues with names, residences and organizations of other men transported to Leavenworth along with President Ryan, and continues further with remarks of Judge Anderson at sentencing.
Hellraisers Journal: Explosion at CF&I’s Primero Mine Kills 79 Miners in Colorado; Company Continues to Withhold News
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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday February 5, 1910
Trinidad, Colorado – Primero Mine Disaster Leaves 300-400 Children Fatherless
From The Fort Collins Express of February 3, 1910:
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THE REPORT OF THE EXPLOSION REACHED HERE AT SIX O’CLOCK TONIGHT BY A MESSENGER AND TELEPHONE THE WIRES WERE PURPOSELY CUT OR WERE BROKEN BY SOME UNKNOWN CAUSE BETWEEN HERE AND THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER, FOR JUST AFTER THE EXPLOSION THE WIRES PUT OUT OF COMMISSION AND ONLY MEAGER NEWS HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE MINE.
At 11:30 tonight a messenger reported from a point about half way between here and Primero that fifteen bodies bad been recovered and that 135 more were in the mine with no hope of being rescued alive.
The cause of the explosion is unknown. A rescue party that left this city is expected back about 2 o’clock in the morning with complete reports of the disaster.
The criticism being directed against the company owning the mine is very severe as there is an apparent attempt to prevent the details from being made public. A large number of men who worked in the mine live in Trinidad, going back and forth on miners’ trains each morning and evening. Great excitement prevails in this city among the wives and children of the entombed men.
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