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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

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I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me.

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I have always advised men to read.

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I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers.

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Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads.

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Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men.

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And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

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I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.

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The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt.

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Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: August 1st, 1837

Died: November 30th, 1930

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