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 17, 1903
Boston, Massachusetts - Women Trade Unionist and Supporters Gather
As the American Federation of Labor meets in convention in the city of Boston, men and women interested in supporting women within the American trade unions, are also holding a convention in that city. The plan is to form an American Women's Trade Union League similar to the British Women's Trade Union League which was established some thirty years ago by Emma Paterson. The first meeting was held on November 14th. A few of those in attendance were: William English Walling, Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, and Nellie B. Barker. Walling and O'Sullivan have been visiting Boston settlement houses in an effort to gather support for their plan. They have also contacted the A. F. of L. to announce the plan and hope for support from the labor leaders gathered there. Another meeting is planned for today, and a third for later in the week, when, hopefully, the new organization will be formally established.
STRONG
Women and the American Labor Movement
From Colonial Times to the Eve of World War I
-by Philip S. Foner
NY, 1979
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Monday November 17, 1913
Walsenburg, Colorado - Militia confiscates film of Victor Miller, all 1000 feet destroyed.
Victor Miller behind the camera,
assistant beside camera, 1913
Last evening in a Walsenburg cinema, Victor Miller was attempting to screen a silent picture newsreel, when the hall was raided by the militia, and the film was confiscated. The entire film, one thousand feet long, has, reportedly, been destroyed.
The newsreel in question is of the battle which took place late in October during which miners fired on a train full of Baldwin-Felts gunthugs and deputies, forcing the train to stop and back up all the way to Forbes. As miners took their positions, lying prone on the ground, Victor Miller remained standing at his camera. He caught the battle on film for all posterity (or so he had hoped) as bullets flew around him.
Victor Miller is a cameraman from Cleveland, on assignment here from the newly established newsreel company, Pathé Weekly.
SOURCE
Blood Passion
The Ludlow Massacre and Class War
in the American West
-by Scott Martelle
Rutgers U Press, 2008
Photo: Victor Milner/Miller, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Sunday November 17, 2013
More on Victor Milner/Miller, cinematographer:
Victor Milner, A.S.C. (December 15, 1893 – October 29, 1972) (sometimes Victor Miller) was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for ten cinematography Academy Awards, winning once for 1934 Cleopatra.
SOURCE
Wikipedia, see link above.
Pioneering cinematographer Victor Milner acquired his fascination with the celluloid media during the days of the nickelodeon. After working as a lab assistant for a film equipment manufacturer, he joined Pathe Weekly News in the capacity of projectionist and newsreel cameraman. Among other events, he filmed the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz during the conflict with Mexico in 1914.
SOURCE
IMBD
http://www.imdb.com/...
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I'm Still Standing Here-Janis Ian