You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday November 3, 1903
From The Arizona Republican: Victory for 35,000 Striking Miners in Spain
SPANISH STRIKERS
They Got All They Asked But Can Not Organize
Bilboa, Nov. 1-Never in the history of Bilboa has there been a strike of such consequences to the iron workers of Spain as that which terminated to-day. The miners will no longer be compelled to live cooped in barricades provided by the mining companies, and they will no longer be forced to purchase food from the company stores, which has been often declared unfit to eat.
Instead of being paid by the month, they will hereafter be paid every week. They have been refused, however, the right to organize, and it is believed this refusal will lead to trouble in the future.
The strike affected 35,000 men and 10,000 infantry, cavlary and artillerymen were brought here to settle it.
The arrival of Lieut. Gen. Zappino, commander-in-chief of the Basque provinces, was followed by conferences, which resulted in the settlement. It is officially stated that four persons were killed and twenty-one wounded during the strike, but the wounded will exceed this number.
SOURCE
The Arizona Republican
(Phoenix, Arizona)
-of Nov 2, 1903
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Monday November 3, 1913
Calumet, Michigan - John H. Walker Promises to Seek More Aid for Copper Strikers
John H Walker, speaking as the President of the Illinois Miners' Union, promised the striking copper miners of Michigan that he would ask the United Miner Workers to double the benefit assessment which they have already leveled upon themselves. Brother Walker was speaking before 3,000 men, women, and children, whose determination has not been broken by the long strike and months of deprivation.
The Michigan National Guard
Camped near the Calumet and Hecla Company Offices
Brother Walker, who is also the President of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, blasted General P. L. Abbey, charging that, under his command, the soldiers have been "guilty of grave misconduct." Mr. Walker counseled the strikers to conduct themselves peaceably, while maintaining that the strikers have "a perfect right to protect themselves."
In spite of hundreds of arrests in the past few weeks, leaders of the Western Federation of Miners insist that the strikers are "standing firm."
SOURCES
The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
(Fort Wayne, IN)
-of Nov 3, 1913
Rebels on the Range
-by Arthur W Thurner
MI, 1984
Photo: Michigan National Guard in Calumet
http://coppercountry.wordpress.com/...
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Sunday November 3, 2013
More on unity attempts between the UMWA and WFM:
Although there were jurisdictional disputes between the two unions, there were also many examples of co-operation and mutual support between the two miners' unions. In January of 1914, the possibility of a merger was being explored:
MOVE TO UNITE MINERS
Mine Workers Appoint Committee to Confer with Western Federation
SOURCE
The New York Times
(New York, New York)
-of Jan 28, 1914
http://query.nytimes.com/...
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Internationale-Spanish
Agrupémonos todos,
en la lucha final.
El género humano
es la internacional.
- Eugene Pottier
(original in French)