You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday March 17, 1914
From the El Paso Herald: Mother Jones Tells Story of Her Deportation from Trinidad
The evening newspaper of El Paso, Texas, gives this front-page account of how Mother Jones was deported from the Colorado strike zone:
WOMAN LEADER IS DEPORTED; IS STILL ANGRY
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DECLARES SHE IS SURE TO RETURN
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"Mother" Jones Now in Denver, Says She Was Deported Late at Night by Military Authorities and Sent Away on a Ticket Paid For by the State;
Goes to Call on the Governor.
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Trinidad. Colo., March 16-"Mother" Mary Jones, noted woman strike leader, who has been a military prisoner in San Rafael hospital here since January 12, was put aboard a train quietly last night and sent out of the coal strike district. Her departure became known today.
She went to Denver. The military authorities proceeded with the utmost secrecy to remove "Mother" Jones. She was arrested at a local hotel here January 12, after having been deported from the district the week previous and told not to return. Since her confinement several efforts have been made to secure her release.
Denver, Colo., March 16-That she was deported from Trinidad; that she was accompanied by Denver militia officers, taken to a hotel and was not told she had been released; that she expects to return to the strike zone soon, was the substance of a statement made today by "Mother" Mary Jones, noted strike leader, who has been a military prisoner at San Rafael hospital in Trinidad since January 12.
Her statement was given to a group of newspaper men at the conclusion of a conference with Horace N. Hawkins, attorney for the United Mine Workers of America, Immediately thereafter she left for the state house to call upon Governor E. M. Ammons.
Rearrest Threatened.
General Chase stated "Mother" Jones will be arrested whenever she returns to Trinidad.
"Mother" Jones was put upon an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train last night [Sunday], arriving in Denver early today. She was accompanied by Col. W. A. Davis, of the Colorado National Guard.
"Mother" Jones declared that the state bought the ticket on which she came to Denver. Se declared she intended returning to Trinidad to demand her mail, explaining that no mail had been delivered to her during her detention. She stated that she had received considerate treatment at the hospital, but had suffered somewhat from the confinement.
Confers With Governor
In the conference with the governor were his secretary, Claude W. Fairchild, "Mother" Jones, John Lawson, John McLennan, union officials, and Horace N. Hawkins.
Telegrams were sent to M. D. Foster, chairman of the house committee on mines and mining, and representative Edward Keating of Colorado by John Lawson, relating the incident of "Mother " Jones being brought to Denver.
Didn't Consent to Trip, She Says
In her statement to newspaper men, "Mother" Jones said:
"I never asked to talk with governor Ammons and I never gave my consent to the trip to Denver. Sunday night a military officer came to me and told me to pack my clothes quick, as it was almost train time. He took pains to tell me I was not being deported.
Boarded train a Crossing.
"We did not board the train at the depot, but it was stopped at a crossing. We arrived in Denver early today, and I was taken to a hotel. They did not even tell me whether or not I was free."
Mr Hawkins then took up the narrative. "I telephoned to Gen. Chase," he said, "and he told me that 'Mother' Jones was released. I then called up Governor Ammons and he said that he had not been advised that 'Mother' Jones wanted to see him. I informed him that she had no desire to talk with him, but would call at his office if he invited her to do so.
"He said:'Well, then I invite her to call.'"
She Complains of Detention.
"Mother" Jones complained vigorously of the manner in which she had been arrested and detained. "If I have done any thing wrong why have they not charged me with a crime in court?" she demanded of the assembled newspaper men. "Why have they resorted to this trick to release me just before the supreme court was to pass upon my habeas corpus suit?"
"Mother" Jones gave her vision of the events preceding her arrest. She said the day before the Forbes battle a man came to her room at a Trinidad hotel and told her the guards were preparing to raid the tent colonies.
Mother Jones shares the top of the front page of this edition of the
El Paso Herald with General Pancho Villa:
VILLA DECLARES NO FIGHTING HAS OCCURRED NEAR TORREON
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Chihuahua, Mex., March 16.-If there has been any real fighting in the vicinity of Torreon, Pancho Villa doesn't know it, he said last night. He scouted the rumor that the federals had advanced northwest from Torreon to meet him, and as indicating his opinion of the reports, said he only hoped that the enemy would not evacuate their stronghold, as he hoped to capture most of them.
Villa's utterances were accepted here as putting a quietus on reports, apparently based on little or nothing, that the rebel army might be called upon to defend Chihuahua.
The story had it that Gen. Orozco was about to execute a flank movement in conjunction with an advance by Gen. Velasco from Torreon. This, Villa said, was too silly a report to require comment.
It is said that Gen. Pedro Ojeda, who has been operating on the Pacific coast, has joined the garrison at Torreon.
Villa Loyal to Carranza.
In the course of conversation Sunday the old subject of Villa's loyalty to Carranza came up, and the former took occasion to emphasize his devotion to "the supreme chief of the revolution." He was asked concerning the reports that ultimately he expects to be president of Mexico. It was suggested that his loyalty to Carranza as provisional president would not prevent him from becoming a candidate when an election is ordered, providing always that the "Constitutionalist" cause is successful.
"Present conditions warrant me only in hoping for the success of the revolution," he said. "I have formed no idea as to who will succeed Huerta and assume the task of reestablishing a just government over my country. I have no ambition at present other than to defeat the federals-what the future holds in store none of us knows, but I am satisfied that the Mexican people soon will enter upon an era of peace, contentment, prosperity and progress."
Censorship Rigid.
Juarez, Mex., March 16.-Inauguration of a rigid censorship over the telegraph line to Chihuahua is believed here to indicate that important fighting already has occurred in the Torreon region, or that Villa has begun the long awaited attack on Torreon.
Unconfirmed reports had it Sunday that federals and rebels clashed in some force between Escalon and Bermejillo Saturday and sudden descent of the censor gave rise to rumors that the rebels were defeated, as officials are not slow to make public news of a favorable character.
SOURCE
El Paso Herald
(El Paso, Texas)
-of Mar. 16, 1914
Note:
March 22 [1914]: Second Battle of Torreon. 12,000 under Villa attacks 10,000 strong federal garrison and drives them off with heavy loses
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Photo: Women March in Trinidad for Mother Jones
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Hold the Fort-One of Labor's Oldest Songs
Fierce and long the battle rages,
But we will not fear.
Help will come when e'er it's needed,
Cheer, my Comrades, cheer.
Hold the fort for we are coming-
Union men, be strong.
Side by side we battle onward,
Victory will come.