You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
Sunday July 19, 1903
Paterson, New Jersey - Mother Jones says her Army will not be "bluffed."
Mother Jones and the Industrial Army arrived in Paterson at noon yesterday. They came from Newark by trolley car, and were taken to Helvetia Hall for a luncheon and entertainment provided for them by the Trades Council.
Charles Sweeney made this statement:
We have sent a letter to President Roosevelt asking him to receive us and hear our story, but have not yet had an answer. We hope that the President will not refuse our request. We will probably go to Jersey City, and thence to New York for several days, as so many unions have asked us to visit them that there is no chance that we will get out of the city in less than a week.
In the evening, Mother spoke to a packed audience at Helvetia Hall. Daniel Tewan, Secretary of the Textile Workes' Union introduce Mother Jones, and she was given a vigorous reception by the crowd. Mother Jones said that the Army had every intention of visiting Oyster Bay, and that they would not be "bluffed" in their efforts to see the President.
New York City Chief Inspector Cortright insists that Mother Jones and the Industrial Army will not be allowed to parade in the city without a permit, and he doubts that a permit will be granted to Mother Jones.
Mother is scheduled to address the United Silk Weavers here in Paterson this morning. She will address the Democratic Socialist Party at their annual picnic later on today.
SOURCES
The New York Times
-of July 19, 1903
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-of July 20, 1903 X2
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The Inter Ocean
(Chicago, IL)
-of July 20, 1903
The Children's Crusade Summary
Day 12: Saturday July 18, 1903
From Newark, NJ
To Paterson, NJ
(Use with "get directions" on google maps to follow general route of march.)
Saturday July 19, 1913
Seattle, Washington - Mob of Sailors Attacks I.W.W. and Socialists Headquarters
I.W.W. Hall after Riot
From
The New York Times:
Seattle, July 18-A party of the U.S. marines and sailors from the Pacific reserve fleet, most of the sailors wearing the name brands of the cruisers Colorado and California, started tonight to "clean up the town," as they expressed it, by attacking Socialists' headquarters and Industrial Workers of the World. They dragged the furniture from the big I.W.W. hall in the southern part of the city, and made a bonfire of it...The mob then proceeded to the Socialists' headquarters, on Fifth Ave, near Stewart Street, smashing the plate-glass front, after which they nailed American flags on the front of the building.
It seems that these "patriotic" actions were inspired by remarks made at a banquet Friday night by the Secretary of the Navy, Mr Daniels, who said:
The red flag has no place in this country and believers in it have no place in this country. A mayor who does not enforce the law against the red flag is not fit to hold office, and people who believe in the red flag should be driven from the country.
Some believe that these remarks were directed toward Mayor Cotterill of Seattle who was seated near the Secretary at the banquet. Mayor Cotterill has been much criticized in some newspapers for allowing the I.W.W. to hold meetings in the city of Seattle.
SOURCE
The New York Times
-of July 19, 1913
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Friday July 19, 2013
BREAKING NEWS as reported by Veto Votti:
Libertarian Congress Legalizes Child Labor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a landmark vote on Monday morning, the Libertarian-controlled Congress passed a bill eliminating all prohibitions on child labor in the United States.
Standing outside the Capitol Building, large swaths of supporters wearing Ayn Rand t-shirts emblazoned with the words “Our Market, Our Money, Our Bank Accounts” cheered loudly as House Speaker Paul Ryan read the tally.
Read full article here:
http://glossynews.com/...
Is Votti writing satire, or predicting the future?
The wisdom of John Stossel:
We grow up learning that some things are just bad: child labor, ticket scalping, price gouging, kidney selling, blackmail, etc. But maybe they're not.
What I love about economics is that it can show that what seems harmful is actually good for society. It illuminates what common sense overlooks.
This was the subject of my Fox Business show last week. It was inspired by the eye-opening book Defending the Undefendable by economist Walter Block...
More enlightenment here:
http://reason.com/...
The World Will Know!