I am down at the Fleetwood whenever they want to put me in jail for violation of the law.
Come along for me, come.
There is coming a day when I will take the whole bunch of you and put you in jail.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday May 1, 1915
Indianapolis, Indiana - Mother Jones Thinks of "Her Boys" on Her Birthday
From today's Indianapolis Star:
Mother Jones, 83 Today, Thinks of "Her Boys"
Mother Jones in the Military Bastile
at Pratt, West Virginia, 1913
"I have spent one birthday in jail and missed spending the last one by only a few hours, but I'd be willing to spend all of them in prison if it would be of any help to my boys," said Mrs. Mary Jones, known as Mother Jones to thousands of admiring union labor men everywhere in America, yesterday afternoon. Mrs Jones had been at the Hotel Severin for several days and she recalled, just before she started to the Union station to take a train for Washington that today is her eighty-third birthday anniversary.
Mother Jones will spend a part of her birthday anniversary, after her arrival in Washington, with Terrance V. Powderly, former head of the Knights of Labor. Mrs. Jones said she and Powderly were "warriors together" at one time, and added that her eighty-first anniversary was spent in a military prison at Pratt. W. Va., and that she missed spending her eighty-second in a prison in Colorado only by a few hours. In both instances she had been placed under arrest for her efforts in behalf of striking miners.
[Photograph added.]
Mother Jones in the Military Bastile at Walsenburg, Colorado, 1914:
Below the fold we offer two more articles regarding the recent trip made by Mother Jones to Indianapolis where she met with the officers of the United Mine Workers of America at the union's international headquarters in that city.
From The Indianapolis News of April 28, 1915:
MOTHER JONES IN THE CITY.
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Will Confer With Miners' Board Over
Colorado Conditions.
Mother Jones, friend of the miner and the workingman generally, who registered plain "M. Jones, United States," arrived at the Hotel Severin today from Washington. Her mission to Indianapolis relates to the labor situation in Colorado. While in this city, Mother Jones will have conferences with the Colorado members of the miners' executive board, which is in session at the headquarters of the organization.
Mother Jones says she has great hopes of better labor conditions in Colorado since she has had the positive promise from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., that he will go there and personally take charge of matters. She expresses sorrow for the young millionaire, that he was born and educated in the midst of wealth. "He's a good sort of fellow at heart," she remarked.
Mother Jones recently visited Frank Ryan and other iron workers in Leavenworth prison and she proposes to start a campaign in Washington for a parole for Ryan and three or four others whom she declares have been punished enough.
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Photograph added.]
From The Indianapolis Star of April 29, 1915:
MOTHER JONES STOPS HERE FOR
CHAT WITH HER "BOYS"
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Mrs. Mary Jones, known to thousands of laboring men, throughout the United States as Mother Jones, was in Indianapolis yesterday. While here Mrs. Jones visited the offices of the United Mine Workers of America for a chat with her "boys, " as she invariably refers to the miners.
"The situation in Colorado is much better than it was and it is going to be all right again," said Mrs. Jones at the Hotel Severin. "Things don't get bad in a day and they can't get good in a day, either, so we can't expect the Colorado situation to improve right away. John D. Rockefeller Jr. told me he would go to Colorado and look after the situation there, and I believe he will do it. He has had a death in his family and that has delayed his trip."
Mrs. Jones carries her eighty odd years with a buoyant step, a steady hand and a strong voice. She wore a black silk dress trimmed with white and a black hat with a dash of purple on the crown, which added youth to her appearance. Mrs. Jones is on her way to Colorado, but will remain here a short time before proceeding.
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[Photograph added.]
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SOURCES
The Indianapolis Star
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
-Apr 29, 1915
http://www.newspapers.com/...
-May 1, 1915
http://www.newspapers.com/...
The Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana
-Apr 28, 1915
http://www.newspapers.com/...
IMAGES
Mother Jones in West Virginia Military Bastille, 1913
http://www.wvculture.org/...
Mother Jones, Military Bastile,
Walsenburg Cellar Cell, Colorado, 1914
https://archive.org/...
Mother Jones on Cover of United Mine Workers Journal
of Jan 21, 1915 (Repaired by JtC-thank you, kind sir!)
http://books.google.com/...
Mother Jones on train, Winnipeg Tribune of June 5, 1914
http://www.newspapers.com/...
See also:
ACM: The West Virginia Court-Martial of Mother Jones
by JayRaye
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones from Cellar Cell, "Let my friend,
General Francisco Villa know.." by JayRaye
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Google search: Hellraisers journal + cold cellar cell
(DK search not working.)
https://www.google.com/...
Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones to Chicago F. of L:
Iron Workers Must Be Freed from Leavenworth by JayRaye
http://www.dailykos.com/...
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The Children of Mother Jones by Pete Duffy
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