Hellraisers Journal: George Pettibone, Miners’ Hero and First President of the Gem Miner’s Union of Idaho

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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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Hellraisers Journal, Monday March 26, 1906
An Introduction to George Pettibone, Miners’ Hero

From The Miners’ Magazine of November 1901:

From the archives of The Miners’ Magazine, official organ of the Western Federation of Miners, we came across the following introduction to George Pettibone, who now stands accused, along with Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood, of the murder of the ex-governor of Idaho:

George Pettibone, First President of Gem ID, Miners Mag Nov 1901 Pettibone, Text 1, Miners Magazine, Nov 1901, Darrow CollectionPettibone, Text 2, Miners Magazine, Nov 1901, Darrow Collection

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