Here is a partial re-post from a previous years entry:
Photos from collection of John T. Richards |
"The 1886 Haymarket riots, trials, and executions made a deep impression on Haywood inspiring, he would later say, his life of radicalism. The Pullman railroad strikes of 1893 further strengthened Haywood's interest in the labor movement. Then in 1896, while working a silver mine in Idaho, Haywood listened to a speech by Ed Boyce, President of the Western Federation of Miners. Haywood immediately signed up as a WFM member and by 1900 became a member of the organization's executive board."
--From William D. Haywood, Famous American Trials, Bill Haywood Trial 1907
(Half of Haywood's ashes were entombed at the Haymarket Monument in Chicago). jr
May Day - the Real Labor Day
May Day - the Real Labor Day
No comments:
Post a Comment