You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday October 7, 1903
From the Victor Daily Record: "To Hell With The Constitution," Maj. McClelland.
To Hell with the constitution. We are going by the governor's orders.
Thus, spoke Major Tom McClelland of the Colorado state militia according to a statement made by Attorney John M. Glover. McClelland is the acting judge advocate and counsel for the military authorities of state of Colorado. Attorney Glover's statement was printed in the October 4th issue of the
Victor Daily Record:
I was in the office of district Attorney Trowbridge when Tom McClelland and Willis V. Elliott were preparing information against Editor Kyner for libel. Referring to the seizure of the office of the Victor Record, I said to McClelland, "Your people apparently have not much respect for the constitution. That was a blow at the freedom to the press," to which McClelland replied: "To h-- with the constitution. We are going by the governor's orders." To which I replied: "We will have some of you fellows pleading for your liberty before a jury where the governor's orders don't go." McClelland replied: "We will take care of that when we come to it." Elliot was present and heard this conversation."
When McClelland denied making this remark, Attorney Glover repeated his charge in a letter to the editor:
Cripple Creek, Colo., Oct. 5, 1903
Editor of the Daily Record, Victor, Colo.:
Dear Sir:-The conversation reported in your issue of October 4, as having occurred between Thomas McClelland, judge advocate of the National Guard, and myself, took place explicitly and exactly as stated by your correspondent. My version of the matter will be accepted by the people of this section and by any jury before which McClelland shall be tried. I repeat that this conversation took place in the immediate presence and hearing of Willis V. Elliott, also an officer of the National Guard, and I cherish the hope that Mr. Elliott has too much regard for his honor and his uniform to join in McClelland's denial.
Very truly yours,
John M. Glover
SOURCE
The Cripple Creek Strike
-by Emma F Langdon
(Part I, 1st pub 1904)
NY, 1969
Note: the entire text of Langdon's account of these events can be read here:
http://www.rebelgraphics.org/...
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Tuesday October 7, 1913
Calumet, Michigan - Big Annie leads parade of 500 children, "PAPA IS STRIKING FOR US"
Big Annie Clemenc led a parade of 500 children through the streets of Calumet yesterday. These are the the children of copper miners who have been on strike now since July 23rd. One little fellow carried a flag which sums up the entire struggle:
PAPA IS STRIKING FOR US
PAPA IS STRIKING FOR US
Many of the children were willing to face truancy charges in order to make this show of support for their fathers. The Capitalistic press has been quick to seize on this story, declaring in lurid headlines:
YOUNG SYMPATHIZERS WITH STRIKING MINERS REFUSE TO STUDY
The fact that these young children are suffering hunger and deprivation has not bothered these same newspapers. Neither have they bothered themselves with worry over the fact that these same children often lose their fathers in mining accidents which, tragically, are all too frequent in Michigan's Copper Country.
SOURCE
Big Annie of Calumet
-by Jerry Stanley
NY, 1996
Photo: I believe that this photo was from The Calumet and Red Jacket News, described here:
http://michigannewspaperhistory.pbworks.com/...
Larger view available here:
http://www.flickr.com/...
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More on the Worker Safety as an issue of the Michigan Copper Strike of 1913
From Copper Country History:
Dubbed the “widow maker,” the one-man drill was an important piece of technology that saved money for companies by decreasing the amount of labor needed underground. However, the installation of the new drills also increased worker concerns about injury and fatalities. A one-man drill meant there wasn’t always a fellow worker nearby, meaning reduced safety when working alone, especially on shaft scaffolds and makeshift board bridges, which can be seen in the photo above. Falls, injuries, and fatalities were common in most of the major mines of the Copper Country during the early twentieth century.
http://coppercountry.wordpress.com/...
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Dream of the Miner's Child-Johnson Mountain Boys
Oh, daddy my daddy, oh don't go away
For dreams have so often come true
Oh, daddy my daddy, oh don't go away
I never could live without you
by Reverend Andrew Jenkins
