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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday September 20, 1919
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Mother Jones Arrives to “Raise Hell”
From the Fairmont West Virginian of September 18, 1919:
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“I’ve Come to Raise Hell!”
Mother Jones AnnouncesFamous Labor Worker is
in Pittsburgh for the
Steel Strike.
—–By LEE J. SMITS.
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 18.-The chief of police in a steel town said: “I’d rather see a mob of armed strikers marching down Main street than have that old lady arrive on the scene.”
He meant Mother Jones.
From mine fields of West Virginia and Colorado; from every field where labor and capital have battled, come the tales of this white-haired warrior, who has been in jail more times than she can remember, who is called a demon by her foes and an angel by her friends.
She says she is 89 years old, but her voice rings out like a bugle call and she expects to see labor triumphant, not only in the steel strike, but in every industry in the United States.
“I came here to raise hell,” said Mother Jones, as she looked up from her sewing to welcome me.
