You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
Thursday August 13, 1903
Cripple Creek, Colorado - Negotiations Fail, The Portland Mine Is Shut Down
Negotiations have failed between the manager of the Portland Mine and officials of the Western Federation of Miners, and the mine is now shut down.
Throughout the day on Tuesday, more mines in the district were reached with news of the strike and the men were called out. The W.F. of M. is reporting that as fast as they can be reached, the men are answering the call. There are very few breaks in the ranks. The El Paso, the Golden Cycle, the Last Dollar, and the Modoc have all been shut down.
By yesterday evening, an estimated 3000 miners were out on strike.
SOURCE
The Cripple Creek Strike
-by Emma F Langdon
(Part I, 1st pub 1904)
NY, 1969
Wednesday August 13, 1913
Yuba County, California - General Round-up of Hop-pickers and I.W.W. Continues
Sheriff's deputies assisted by detectives from the Burns Agency have continued the round-up of hop-pickers who were on the Durst Ranch on the "Bloody Sunday" of August 3rd. Any member of the Industrial Workers of the World found in the area is also considered fair game.
Disturbing stories of abuse and torture are coming out of the area. There are reports of men being dragged from one county to the next, being held incommunicado, beaten, denied food and water, and threatened with death. A 15-year-old boy, Edward Glaser, who was seized by a Burns detective, is being held incommunicado, and was denied a visit by his uncle.
"Wanted" posters are up around this state and nearby states for "Blackie" or "Shorty" Ford and for H. D. Suhr. They are wanted by the Sheriff's office at Marysville, California on a charge of murder stemming from the events on the Durst Ranch at Wheatland on August 3rd.
SOURCE
History of the Labor Movement in the United States
The Industrial Workers of the World 1905-1917
-by Philip S Foner
International Pub, 1965
Hellraisers Journal on vacation!
Hellraisers will appear in abbreviated form until Sept 2nd for a vacation of sorts. A total vacation is not possible since the capitalist never took any time off in their suppression of the U.S.labor movement.
Solidarity,
JayRaye