El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-21
MOTHER JONES EATS MORE FIRE
CALLS SPADE A SPADE AND SNEARS
aged Labor Agtator Says She Asked Colorado Cover
nor "What the Hell He W las Going To Do About IT.
When She Returned; Or OVID Cheers Her On To
Make Hot Statements in Cleveland Square.

OASTED babies" and chill
dren's blood" were articles on
IL the oratorical menu that was
Served BY Mother" Jones to an audi
ence of 1900 in Cleveland Square Sat
urday night. The fiery speaker called
a spade a spade and the crowd was
with Mother from start to finish.
Cries of Give it to 'em, Mother, "
Tell it to EN-" were heard after many
of the speakers most telling points;
but Mother" needed no invitation.
ROastS George Baer.
' when George Baer told me that God
Almighty had appointed him TO take
care of us working people, l answered
him that God Almighty must have mad
a Jag on when he did the appointing,
shouted the aged speaker. while her
Nisteners broke out into A pandemo-
MUM of applause and laughter
Die fighting, but don't die making
money for the corporations. she eX-
horted. Freedom will not be given to
you-you've got to take II. I know Of
a shipyard owner that said he'd see
he'll freeze over before he'd listen to
any union man. Well, l guess hell
must have frozen over
Tells Negro Story.
Mother" Jones illustrated her point
with the story OF the sick negro VINO
took his pastors advice and prayed foi
chicken. but the chicken never came
Finally the preacher called on the
patient again. and was informed that
the latter had acquired two chickens
-.Ah. you see, brother. what comes
of praying exclaimed the preacher
You got those chickens because you
prayed for them
It's 4 damn lie answered the sick
negro I got EN- because ! went out
Wand took EN-
Mother Jones opened up hostilities
by referring to the suggestion Wnlch
she said had been made by one Of the
papers that she be removed from the
city limits
Grows PrOfaBe.
THAT was done once-and 1 went
right back she said. The governor
of Colorado ordered me out Of the
state. Well. ] came back. and l wrote
Sue governor note. asking him what
Inc hell he was going to do about II.
Under the present system. we are
lust as brutal as we ever were have
seen PSI men murdered-roasted 10
learh-in the mine at Dawson y NJ
lille digging out wealth for tEranls-
Their colleagues were not even al
lowed to offer bread to the widows or
the victims. but were driven out by the
gun men
livery page of history is written in
the blood of the worker At LauIner'
Pa. 20 men were shot in the back sew
en- were killed and % injured in West
Virginia
Labor I niOn History.
But we are making progress tlftN
years ago when we first got together
in Chicago. we had to go into the
woods near the city. because We had
no other place to meet When winter
came. we wondered where We couio
meet Finally one Of the men said ne
had found A saloon. We went there,
but soon we were thrown out by the
saloonkeeper. who said to US, Get the
he'll away from here-yoG are not buy
ing enough drinks.
The speaker paid her respects to the
.-prejudiced press" referring 20 the pa
Ders that maligned her cause as con
temptible lying sheets. channels OF
poison" She urged the laborers TO es-
tablish and support newspapers OF
their own, and predicted that the day
would come when the working classes
would have daily in every large city.
The superintendent Of the railway
company came in for share OF the in
vective-
Gets No Money for Speeches.
| He said / would stay here IS long
as they paid me-" she shouted. I want
10 say that no labor organization ever