El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-21

United Mine N OGhtfS- ne SpuhE Jul
of his rotten dollar-heart.
But l don't care what those Shiny
rats say of me-" she added
The speaker showed several bullets
which she said she had picked up in
Calumet. Mich
seventeen men were shot 10 death
on the streets of Calumet with these
bullets" she declared. 4 fAve picked
IN several of these things in other
places. And who made those bullets:
You made them-your bosses would
not know how TO make them"
Strike Not Long Enough.
Mother Jones encouraged the street
car strikers by saying that seven weeks
were not long time for strike.
In the Pennsylvania strike" she
said. the ministers. clerks and others
tried to get the women to persuade
their husbands TO return to work. We
got to work and prevented this. and
the strike lasted for five months
longer.
We didn't have 10 steal coal for Jesus.
either. II Jesus needs coal. Wen give
it to him
There have been other strikes that
lasted longer-the eOne in West Viz
cinia. for instance. which lasted II
months All you need is strength-and
the man that is weak ought to go into
corner with a nursing bottle until he
gets backbone"
Appeals to Women.
The speaker urged the women to use
their influence with the men TO hold
out for their rights
Let no woman be the cause OF
breaking a strike" she demanded i'm
pressively. while the crowd cheered.
The colored nanny would dig her
way out of prison in order to get into
what she thought was free country;
but the white nanny is willing TO let
her child be brought into slavery in
order that she may wear feather on
her head"
one of the men on the platform was
apparentlv so impressed by Mother"
Joness oratory that he arose and eX-
pressed a desire to join in
sit down." snapped out the aged
woman.
The man sat.
Mother Jones referred to the East
land disaster and asked why il was
that war was wanted when the Lusi-
tania went down. but none was clam
ored for when 1900 human souls
souls of working people-went down in
the Chicago river"
More Cruel Than Beasts.
In one year. we commit more cru
city than all the savage beasts have
ever perpetrated-and God knows they
get careless at times
How many of you have taken out
the meter from your house?" she asked
from the audience.
The more TO your shame It's your
own fault If YOU only tried you could
win out But you must stick together
The speaker here referred TO the
ousting OF the sheriff at HUerfano,
Colo. through the efforts of the labor
ing classes
IN the last so years we have Gre
ated as much wealth as it took Rome,
Babylon and Greece 200 years TO pro-
hon i'm
died he left an estate of s100.0OO,0 600.
Fl Cents An Hour.
''On q cents an hour a man cannot
support a wife and family. The super
intendent of the street railway
wouldn't think Of supporting his wife
just as good as the one he's married to-
Look at those parasites at the sea-
shore in the fashionable resorts, dane
ing away on the blood of the working
people. Yet We uphold these people,
and then go to church on Sunday.
Women VIII Talk.
The chief Of police at Fairmont, w.
Va. once told me that although he had
been asked to stop me from speaking,
he would not try 20 do so. and would
give me his protection
I am glad have met one public Of
fetal l told him who had sense
enough not 10 try TO stop a woman
when she has made up her mind that
she IS gong 10 speak
No policeman ever arrested me. and
I have never been molested at any or
my meetings. I have the goods. and I
want to put backbone into the working
people"
Mother Jones ended her speech
with a message of hope to her fellows.
4NO Strike Is Ever LOST
There never was a strike lost. We
go out. let ourselves be known, retreat
and then 90 at it again some other
time.
Women. it's up to you to change the
evils Men viii not change them, and
the ballot will not do il. 1 don't care
what party is in power if you give me
a well organized economic army.
Our lobbyists are active, and they
are equal 10 the other fellows Men in
general-not only Of the working class
are beginning to think of the prob
lens that confront US as they have
never thought of them before. The day
/ of murder and starvation is over"
The speaker was introduced by F. c.
Standish. a member of the Carpenters
union, and vice president of the Central
| Labor union.
Immediately after the meeting.
! Mother Jones left for Phoenix, Ariz.