Evening star., 1930-12-11

The passing of Mother Jones'" Mary
Harris Jones, brings forth expressions
of admiration for her personality, her
loyalty to her ideals and the part she
played in the early struggles of labor
for better conditions of work and of
living. AS described by the Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat, she was the last
of the true militants' for the rights of
the laboring man."
Death of Mother Jones' venerable
labor leader, agitator, and sometimes
martyr, at the alleged age of hun
dred years, removes from the human
stage one of the unique figures OF the
present generation" says the Salt Lake
Deseret News.
What an exceptional woman she
was!" exclaimS the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, as 1t extolS her strength OF
character and force, and her sense OF
fairness and feminine chivalry, even
in partisan warfare" The Abilene
Reporter calls her this indomitable,
scrappy little woman" and the scran-
ton Times sees in her "the Joan Of Arc
of labor in the United States" To the
Hartford Daily Times she was 'the
Mother Machree' of labor" with a
unique personality" while the Apple
ton Post-Crescent characterizes her as
"labor's militant, indefatigable, resist
less leader
She believed firmly in the old Ameri-
can conception of liberty, and she was
never in the least afraid to fight for
her conception" according to the Geneva
Daily Times. AS the Burlington Gazette
says With all her militancy, Mother
Jones always was a good American. She
frowned upon socialism and communism,
her good sense alive TO the fallacy Of
permitting these elements to intrude
themselves into the field of American
organized labor. Her heart impulses
ever were right, and labor can well
cherish her memory" this paper con-
cludes.
THE sympathy of her warm Irish
heart was always with the under dog
and labor was so often the under dog
that she was always its champion,
though she was never one of the hot and
needless radicals who would burn down
the barn to get rid of the rats" says
the Duluth Herald.
"She might be styled the female
CoXey, although she was even more pic
turesque than that champion of the
poor, and had the faculty of attracting
more attention to herself" notes the
Philadelphia Inquirer, which describes
her as having been threatened, jailed
and deported from one State to another,
but she proved to be as ubiquitous as a
flea and often quite as troublesome. She
travelled from one end of the country
to another, carrying her earthly possess
sions in little black shawl. Asked once
where her home was, she said, Wherever
there is fight against oppression "
concludes the Inquirer.
Mother Jones never asked anything
for herself, but it is a notable fact
that. sgitator and fiery denunciator of
capitals old practices that she was, she
lived to win the respect and admiration
OF all who recognized her truth and
sincerity, and the generosity which led
her to spend her life IN the service of
those who needed her." relates the
youngstown Daily Vindicator
Whether or not she may have been
too radical and violent on certain occa-
sions, the fact remains that she had
the respect of the whole country and
the love of considerable part of 1t
at her death Courage, candor, zeal,
honesty and devotion prove themselves
despite opposition" asserts the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal
She had been called menace in
the old days" recalls the Albany Eve
ming News, but she lived to know the
admiration Of those against whom she
had battled"
AS to the results achieved by Mother
Jones'" the Minneapolis Star believes
that many abuses which might other
wise have been hushed up were brought
into the clear light of public scrutiny
by tactics that were both fearless and